43rd United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 15 Democratic: 3 seat net gain Republican: 4 seat net loss Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 5 contested election: 4 Total seats with changes: 19

43rd United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 15 Democratic: 3 seat net gain Republican: 4 seat net loss Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 5 contested election: 4 Total seats with changes: 19

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

Louisiana 4th	Vacant	Rep-elect Samuel Peters died before taking seat	George L. Smith (R)	November 24, 1873

Georgia 8th	Vacant	Rep-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before taking seat	Alexander H. Stephens (D)	December 1, 1873

New York 6th	James Brooks (D)	Died April 30, 1873	Samuel S. Cox (D)	November 4, 1873

Massachusetts 3rd	William Whiting (R)	Died June 29, 1873	Henry L. Pierce (R)	December 1, 1873

Oregon At-large	Joseph G. Wilson (R)	Died July 2, 1873	James Nesmith (D)	December 1, 1873

Michigan 5th	Wilder D. Foster (R)	Died September 20, 1873	William B. Williams (R)	December 1, 1873

Virginia 5th	Alexander Davis (D)	Lost contested election March 5, 1874	Christopher Thomas (R)	March 5, 1874

Georgia 1st	Morgan Rawls (D)	Lost contested election March 24, 1874	Andrew Sloan (R)	March 24, 1874

New York 9th	David B. Mellish (R)	Died May 23, 1874	Richard Schell (D)	December 7, 1874

Arkansas 3rd	William W. Wilshire (R)	Lost contested election June 16, 1874	Thomas M. Gunter (D)	June 16, 1874

Ohio 12th	Hugh J. Jewett (D)	Resigned June 23, 1874, after becoming President of the Erie Railroad	William E. Finck (D)	December 7, 1874

New York 3rd	Stewart L. Woodford (R)	Resigned July 1, 1874	Simeon B. Chittenden (IR)	November 3, 1874

South Carolina 3rd	Robert B. Elliott (R)	Resigned November 1, 1874	Lewis C. Carpenter (R)	November 3, 1874

Illinois 1st	John B. Rice (R)	Died December 17, 1874	Bernard G. Caulfield (D)	February 1, 1875

Massachusetts 10th	Alvah Crocker (R)	Died December 26, 1874	Charles A. Stevens (R)	January 27, 1875

Pennsylvania 23rd	Ebenezer McJunkin (R)	Resigned January 1, 1875	John M. Thompson (R)	January 5, 1875

Florida At-large	William J. Purman (R)	Resigned January 25, 1875	Vacant	Not filled this term

Maine 4th	Samuel F. Hersey (R)	Died February 3, 1875	Vacant	Not filled this term

Louisiana 1st	J. Hale Sypher (R)	Lost contested election March 3, 1875	Effingham Lawrence (D)	March 3, 1875

Sentence(s)

Wilder D. Foster (R) who was the representative until September 20, 1873, was replaced by William B. Williams (R), from December 1, 1873 6.

final_sentence: Wilder D. Foster (R) who was the representative until September 20, 1873, was replaced by William B. Williams (R), from December 1, 1873 6.