election to succeed Price, fellow Democrat and chairman of the St. Clair County Board, Jerry Costello defeated Republican candidate Robert Gaffner. Costello took office August 9, 1988. He was elected to a full term that November with 53% of the vote. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) References External links Congressional Biographical Dictionary entry Louisa H. Bowen Special Collections and University Archives at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville houses Congressman Price's papers 1905 births 1988 deaths People from East St. Louis, Illinois Saint Louis University alumni United States Army personnel of World War II Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Camp Springs, Maryland Deaths from cancer in Maryland Deaths from pancreatic cancer 20th-century American politicians