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John Lewis. John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the ...
Age at death (years) Cause Place of death Place of burial John Lewis Democratic Georgia (5th district) July 17, 2020 80 ... (Senator) September 29, 2023 90
ATLANTA (AP) — Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age 80. He is being ...
List of United States Congress members who died in office. U.S. Congress members. who died in office. 1790–1899. 1900–1949. 1950–1999. 2000–present. Killed or wounded. v.
The measure — initially passed by House Democrats in December and blocked from coming to a vote by Senate Republicans — stands as a symbol of how Lewis’s death has prompted liberal ...
Senator John Porter East of Springfield, Illinois, but later of Greenville, North Carolina, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what was later ruled to be a suicide. ^ "Rep. George M. O'Brien Dies At 69 in U.S. Cancer Institute". The New York Times. July 18, 1986.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business (US 80 Bus.) across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader ("Grand Dragon") of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. [ 2] The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central ...
Lewis Strauss. Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss ( / ˈstrɔːz / STRAWZ; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and he served as the commission's chair in the 1950s.