until January 3, 1979. He ran for reelection in 1978 to the 96th Congress and lost to Democrat Michael D. Barnes, and unsuccessfully challenged Barnes in 1980. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland in 1982, losing to Democrat J. Joseph Curran, Jr. Steers was a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, until his death there in 1993. Personal life In 1957, Steers married Nina Gore Auchincloss (born 1937), the daughter of Hugh D. Auchincloss (1897-1976) and Nina S. Gore (1903–1978). Nina S. Gore had previously been married to Eugene Vidal, with whom she had one child, the writer Gore Vidal, Nina Gore Auchincloss's half-brother. Hugh D. Auchincloss later married Janet Lee Bouvier, the mother of Jacqueline Kennedy, who became a stepsister to Nina Gore Auchincloss. Kennedy was matron of honor at the wedding and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy was one of the groomsmen. Together, Steers and Nina Gore Auchincloss had three children: Hugh Auchincloss Steers (1962–1995), a painter who died of AIDS related complications Ivan Steers Burr Gore Steers (born 1965), a writer and filmmaker Steers and Auchincloss were divorced in 1974. In 1978, he married Inge Gabriele (née Wirsich) Irwin, who he remained married to until his death. Inge had a son, Kristof Andreas Irwin, from a previous marriage who became Steers's stepson. Steers died on February 11, 1993, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland after a long battle with cancer. References External links Newton I. Steers papers at the University of Maryland libraries 1917 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of World War II Auchincloss family DuPont people Republican Party Maryland state senators People from Bethesda, Maryland People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey People from White Plains, New York Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Military personnel from New Jersey Yale Law School alumni United States Army Air Forces soldiers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland