List of new members of the 98th United States Congress
Introduction


The [98th United States Congress](/wiki/98th_United_States_Congress "98th United States Congress") began on January 3, 1983\. There were four new [senators](/wiki/United_States_Senate "United States Senate") (one [Democrat](/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29 "Democratic Party (United States)"), three [Republicans](/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29 "Republican Party (United States)")) and 79 new [representatives](/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives "United States House of Representatives") (56 Democrats, 23 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, two senators (one Democrat, one Republican) and nine representatives (six Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 98th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1985\.

Due to [redistricting](/wiki/Redistricting_in_the_United_States "Redistricting in the United States") after the [1980 census](/wiki/1980_United_States_census "1980 United States census"), 20 representatives were elected from newly established [congressional districts](/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts "List of United States congressional districts"). One representative[\-elect](/wiki/-elect "-elect"), [Jack Swigert](/wiki/Jack_Swigert "Jack Swigert"), died before taking office.


Who died before taking office as a representative-elect?