Personal Life
In 1988, after an intervention with his family and friends, Emerson acknowledged his alcoholism and spent a month at the Betty Ford Center. He later helped create the House Employee Assistance Program which provides legislative and administrative support services for the House, later expanded to the Senate, and helps alcoholics find treatment.
Emerson died of cancer in 1996. He was succeeded by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson.
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