Mike McCormack

Washington has sixteen living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives: Don Bonker, Rod Chandler, John Cunningham, Tom Foley, Mike Kreidler, Mike Lowry, Mike McCormack, John Miller, Sid Morrison, George Nethercutt, Linda Smith, William Stinson, Allan Swift, Randy Tate, Jolene Unsoeld, and Rick White.  The oldest living ex-Congressman is the 86-year-old McCormack, a Democrat who served from 1975 to 1981.  He was first elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1956, and served in the State Senate from 1961 to 1969.  He lost his bid for re-election in 1980.

Washington’s oldest living Congressman is 86-year-old Mike McCormack, a Democrat who was first elected in 1970 after ten years in the state legislature.  He served in Congress for ten years before losing his seat to 57%-43% to Republican Sid Morrison.  After Congress, she served as Director of the Institute for Science and Society.