2009

Events

 * January 3:
 * William Cassidy becomes Member of the House of Representatives
 * Bobby Bright becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Daniel Claitor becomes Member of the Louisiana Senate
 * Thomas Udall becomes Senator of New Mexico
 * July 14:
 * Judy Chu becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Deaths

 * August 11:
 * Eunice Mary Kennedy - Sister of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1921)
 * August 25:
 * Edward Moore Kennedy Sr. - Senator of Massachusetts (b. 1932)