Politicians who have been killed By Ryan Teague Beckwith

How many Members of Congress have been killed in office?
At least 60 Members of Congress have died of something other than natural causes while in office, according to a Congressional Research Service report from 2002.
Of those, most were killed in automobile or plane crashes or committed suicide.
At least 10 were killed:
* Sen. David Colbreth Broderick (D-Calif.) was killed on Sept. 16, 1859, in a duel.
* Sen. Edward Dickinson Baker (R-Ore.) was killed on Oct. 21, 1861, in a Civil war battle.
* Rep. Johnathan Cilley (D-Maine) was killed on Feb. 24, 1838, in a duel.
* Rep. Cornelius Springer Hamilton (R-Ohio) was killed on Dec. 22, 1867, by an insane son.
* Rep. James Hinds (R-Ark.) was assassinated on Oct. 22, 1868.
* Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) was assassinated on June 6, 1968.
* Sen. Huey Long (D-La.) was assassinated and died on Sept. 10, 1935.
* Rep. Spencer Darwin (D-Mo.) was killed on Aug. 28, 1931, in a duel.
* Rep. John McPherson Pinckney (D-Texas) was assaulted and killed on April 24, 1905.
* Rep. Leo J. Ryan (D-Calif.) died from gunshot wounds received while visiting an American religious commune in Guyana on Nov. 18, 1978.
-- Ryan Teague Beckwith, Congress.org