Congressman Found Dead at Home
EmailABC News’ Jack Date and Theresa Cook Report: Veteran Ohio Republican Rep. Paul Gillmor is dead at the age of 68.
Two members of Gillmor’s staff found the Congressman’s body at the bottom of a staircase in his suburban Washington home at 11:10 Wednesday morning, according to Arlington County, Va. Police Department spokesman John Lysle.
The staff members stopped by Gillmor’s home to check on him after he missed a hearing, Lysle said. Gillmor, who was serving his tenth term as a Congressman, was a member of the House Financial Services Committee, which had a 10:30 hearing scheduled Wednesday morning.
House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner, a fellow Ohio Republican, informed colleagues of Gillmor’s death while speaking on the House floor Wednesday.
"Congressman Paul Gillmor was a good friend and a trusted colleague who served his constituents with honor for nearly two decades," Boehner said in a statement.
"Born, raised and educated in our home state of Ohio, Paul never lost sight of the reason he came to Congress – to serve this great institution and his constituents with dedication and distinction. Paul will be dearly missed," the statement said.
Arlington County detectives are investigating the death, but say that at this time there are no indications of foul play or suspicious activity. The home was secure, Lysle told ABC News.
The department believes Rep. Gilmore flew back from Ohio last night.
Gillmor was first elected to represent Ohio’s 5th district in 1988. Previously, he had served in the Ohio Senate for 22 years. Gillmore had held various leadership roles in both the state government and the U.S. House.
He is survived by his wife, Karen, two daughters and three sons.
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let me know what you thought of vince foster? you were out front running I bet…i tell me about your bushbaby and his ability? ohio election fraud got you scared? this guy involved in that perhaps? i do hope he was craigs “buddy” for your sake…
Posted by: daddy | September 5, 2007, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm
You know, I was going to make a joke about crazy Republicans trying to blame this on Clinton, but lo and behold EagleWisdom already beat me to it. You just can’t make this kind of stuff up!
Posted by: Pogo | September 5, 2007, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm
i don’t know about vince foster or mary mahoney’s murders and whether the clintons orchestrated them, but this one sounds like the guy fell down the staircase and died, plain and simple.
Posted by: emmarose | September 5, 2007, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
Wow… whenever someone in congress meets fate in one way or another the first thing I check is their party affiliation.
I don’t mean this in poor taste regarding this one’s fate but republicans seem like they’re dropping like flies.
Posted by: Ted | September 5, 2007, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm
My condolences to his wife and his children.
Posted by: Adams684 | September 5, 2007, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
May the Gillmore family find peace and strength in this time of sadness.
I looked at the ABC website because they are my news channel by choice. I was VERY disappointed in the coverage on Good Morning America.
The first story was about the Italian Opera Singer’s death. Moving on to the terror group, Iraq’s not meeting safety standards, even that pilot/adventurer that is missing. Even a blurb about Oprah supporting a presidential hopeful. Still, no story about Senator Gillmore.
I came online to look, perhaps I was mistaken and he was not a US senator.
I am ashamed at how this story was buried. Yes, he was not known to millions of people across the world as the opera singer is, but he was still a US SENATOR. Or doesn’t a life of politics count for anything these days? Or was it because he was republican?? Surely not. Or was it???
Posted by: Vicki | September 6, 2007, 7:19 am 7:19 am