district succeeded death_date death_place religion birth_place profession party preceded term birth_date spouse article_title state birth_name
7th george darden 1 september 1983 near sakhalin , soviet union independent methodist atlanta , georgia physician democratic john w. davis january -lrb- died in office -rrb- 3 , 1975 -- september 1 , 1983 1 april 1935 anna ? ; divorced -rrb- kathryn mcdonald -lrb- née jackson -rrb- mcdonald -lrb- 1975 -- 1983 ; his death -rrb- -lrb- née tryggvadottir -rrb- -lrb- ? -- larry mcdonald
 georgia lawrence patton mcdonald
larry mcdonald

lawrence patton mcdonald , m.d. -lrb- april 1 , 1935 -- september 1 , 1983 -rrb- was an american politician and a member of the united states house of representatives , representing georgia 's 7th congressional district as a democrat from 1975 until he was killed in the soviet union in 1983 .
he was a passenger on board korean air lines flight 007 when it was shot down by soviet interceptors and presumed dead .
a conservative democrat , mcdonald was active in numerous civic organizations and maintained a very conservative voting record in congress .
he was the prime mover in dedicating two statues in the us congress capitol rotunda to prominent african american leaders .
he was known for his staunch opposition to communism and believed that there were longstanding covert efforts being made by the trilateral commission and other powerful us groups to bring about socialism and world government .
he was the second president of the john birch society and also a cousin of general george s. patton .
