94th United States Congress
Senate
Replacements: 8 Democratic: no net change Republican: 1 seat net gain Deaths: 1 Resignations: 6 Vacancy: 0 Total seats with changes: 8

94th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: Replacements: 8 Democratic: no net change Republican: 1 seat net gain Deaths: 1 Resignations: 6 Vacancy: 0 Total seats with changes: 8

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

New Hampshire (3)	Vacant	Disputed election. Interim senator appointed August 8, 1975.	Norris Cotton (R)	August 8, 1975

New Hampshire (3)	Norris Cotton (R)	Interim appointee lost election. Successor elected September 16, 1975.	John A. Durkin (D)	September 18, 1975

Michigan (1)	Philip Hart (D)	Died December 26, 1976. Successor appointed December 27, 1976 to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Donald W. Riegle Jr. (D)	December 27, 1976

Missouri (1)	Stuart Symington (D)	Resigned December 27, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 27, 1976 to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	John Danforth (R)	December 27, 1976

Nebraska (1)	Roman Hruska (R)	Resigned December 27, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 28, 1976 to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Edward Zorinsky (D)	December 28, 1976

Ohio (1)	Robert Taft Jr. (R)	Resigned December 28, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 28, 1976 to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Howard Metzenbaum (D)	December 29, 1976

Rhode Island (1)	John O. Pastore (D)	Resigned December 28, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 29, 1976 to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	John Chafee (R)	December 29, 1976

Minnesota (2)	Walter Mondale (DFL)	Resigned December 30, 1976, after being elected Vice-President of the United States. Interim Senator appointed December 30, 1976.	Wendell Anderson (DFL)	December 30, 1976

California (1)	John V. Tunney (D)	Resigned January 1, 1977 to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed January 2, 1977 to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	S. I. Hayakawa (R)	January 2, 1977

Sentence(s)

John O. Pastore (D) served as the senator until December 28, 1976 which was later served by John Chafee (R) from December 29, 1976.

final_sentence: John O. Pastore (D) served as the senator until December 28, 1976 which was later served by John Chafee (R) from December 29, 1976.