71st United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 27 Democratic: 4 seat net gain Republican: 3 seat net loss deaths: 25 resignations: 6 contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 32

71st United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 27 Democratic: 4 seat net gain Republican: 3 seat net loss deaths: 25 resignations: 6 contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 32

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor

New York 21st	Vacant	Rep. Royal H. Weller died during previous congress	Joseph A. Gavagan (D)	November 5, 1929

Illinois 15th	Vacant	Rep. Edward J. King died in previous congress	Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)	November 4, 1930

Kentucky 3rd	Charles W. Roark (R)	Died April 5, 1929	John W. Moore (D)	June 1, 1929

Louisiana 3rd	Whitmell P. Martin (D)	Died April 6, 1929	Numa F. Montet (D)	August 6, 1929

Pennsylvania 12th	John J. Casey (D)	Died May 5, 1929	Charles M. Turpin (R)	June 1, 1929

Minnesota 5th	Walter Newton (R)	Resigned June 30, 1929, after being appointed secretary to President Herbert Hoover	William I. Nolan (R)	July 17, 1929

Georgia 5th	Leslie J. Steele (D)	Died July 24, 1929	Robert Ramspeck (D)	October 2, 1929

Minnesota 7th	Ole J. Kvale (FL)	Died September 11, 1929	Paul J. Kvale (FL)	October 16, 1929

New York 18th	John F. Carew (D)	Resigned December 28, 1929, after being appointed a justice to the New York Supreme Court	Martin J. Kennedy (D)	April 11, 1930

Illinois 24th	Thomas S. Williams (R)	Resigned November 11, 1929, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims	Claude V. Parsons (D)	November 4, 1930

Pennsylvania 10th	William W. Griest (R)	Died December 5, 1929	J. Roland Kinzer (R)	January 28, 1930

Massachusetts 2nd	Will Kirk Kaynor (R)	Died December 20, 1929	William J. Granfield (D)	February 17, 1930

Utah 2nd	Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)	Died December 24, 1929	Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)	November 4, 1930

Kentucky 11th	John M. Robsion (R)	Resigned January 10, 1930, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Charles Finley (R)	February 15, 1930

Texas 14th	Augustus McCloskey (D)	Lost contested election February 10, 1930	Harry M. Wurzbach (R)	February 10, 1930

West Virginia 4th	James A. Hughes (R)	Died March 2, 1930	Robert L. Hogg (R)	November 4, 1930

Connecticut 5th	James P. Glynn (R)	Died March 6, 1930	Edward W. Goss (R)	November 4, 1930

Texas 17th	Robert Q. Lee (D)	Died April 18, 1930	Thomas L. Blanton (D)	May 20, 1930

Rhode Island 3rd	Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)	Resigned May 9, 1930, after being appointed a justice to the Rhode Island Superior Court	Francis Condon (D)	November 4, 1930

Wisconsin 6th	Florian Lampert (R)	Died July 18, 1930	Michael Reilly (D)	November 4, 1930

Pennsylvania 32nd	Edgar R. Kiess (R)	Died July 20, 1930	Robert F. Rich (R)	November 4, 1930

Pennsylvania 16th	Stephen G. Porter (R)	Died June 27, 1930	Edmund F. Erk (R)	November 4, 1930

North Carolina 5th	Charles M. Stedman (D)	Died September 23, 1930	Franklin W. Hancock, Jr. (D)	November 4, 1930

North Carolina 7th	William C. Hammer (D)	Died September 26, 1930	Hinton James (D)	November 4, 1930

Kentucky 2nd	David H. Kincheloe (D)	Resigned October 5, 1930, after being appointed to the United States Customs Court	John L. Dorsey, Jr. (D)	November 4, 1930

California 3rd	Charles F. Curry (R)	Died October 10, 1930	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Arkansas 4th	Otis Wingo (D)	Died October 21, 1930	Effiegene Locke Wingo (D)	November 4, 1930

New York 7th	John Quayle (D)	Died November 27, 1930	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 9th	David J. O'Connell (D)	Died December 29, 1930	Stephen A. Rudd (D)	February 17, 1931

Wisconsin 1st	Henry A. Cooper (R)	Died March 1, 1931	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

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