district succeeded death_place death_date religion birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
8th 10th jo ann emerson district inactive bethesda , maryland 22 june 1996 presbyterian saint louis , missouri republican june 22 , 1996 january 3 , 1983 wendell bailey william dean burlison 1 january 1938 january 3 , 1983 january 3 , 1981 lyn -rrb- zwahl jo ann emerson -lrb- 1975 -- 1996 bill emerson
 missouri missouri bill emerson
bill emerson

norvell william `` bill '' emerson -lrb- january 1 , 1938 -- june 22 , 1996 -rrb- was an american politician from missouri .
he served in the united states house of representatives from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in bethesda , maryland in 1996 .
he was succeeded in the house by his widow , jo ann emerson .
emerson was a republican .
