place_of_death major r. owens
Major Robert Odell Owens ( June 28 , 1936 -- October 21 , 2013 ) was a ___MASK4___ politician and a prominent member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007 , representing the state ' s 11th Congressional district . He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke . ___MASK88___ is the ___MASK95___ populous borough of ___MASK78___ , with a Census - estimated 2 , 636 , 735 residents in 2015 . It borders the borough of Queens at the southwestern end of Long Island . Since 1896 , ___MASK88___ has had the same boundaries as Kings County , the ___MASK95___ populous county in the U . S . state of New York , and the second - ___MASK95___ densely populated county in the United States , after the county of New York ( which is coextensive with the borough of ___MASK39___ ). The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress which , along with the Senate , composes the legislature of the United States . The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers : the Senate and the House of Representatives . The Congress meets in the Capitol in ___MASK63___ , D . C . Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election , though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment . Members are usually affiliated to the Republican Party or to the Democratic Party , and only rarely to a third party or as independents . Congress has 535 voting members : 435 Representatives and 100 Senators . The House of Representatives has six non - voting members in addition to its 435 voting members . These members can , however , sit on congressional committees and introduce legislation . These members represent ___MASK63___ , D . C ., Puerto Rico , American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands and the U . S . Virgin Islands . A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city . Legislatures form important parts of ___MASK95___ governments ; in the separation of powers model , they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial branches of government . Yvette Diane Clarke ( born November 21 , 1964 ) is a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from ___MASK4___ . Clarke ' s district was numbered the 11th district from 2007 to 2013 , and redistricted as the 9th district in 2013 covering much of central Brooklyn .