72nd United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 23 Democratic: 6 seat net gain Republican: 6 seat net loss Deaths: 24 Resignations: 7 Contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 32

72nd United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 23 Democratic: 6 seat net gain Republican: 6 seat net loss Deaths: 24 Resignations: 7 Contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 32

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

Wisconsin 1st	Vacant	Representative Henry A. Cooper (R) died in previous congress.	Thomas R. Amlie (R)	October 13, 1931

Louisiana 8th	James B. Aswell (D)	Died March 16, 1931	John H. Overton (D)	May 12, 1931

Ohio 1st	Nicholas Longworth (R)	Died April 9, 1931	John B. Hollister (R)	November 3, 1931

New York 7th	Matthew V. O'Malley (R)	Died May 26, 1931	John J. Delaney (D)	November 3, 1931

Ohio 20th	Charles A. Mooney (D)	Died May 29, 1931	Martin L. Sweeney (D)	November 3, 1931

Pennsylvania 2nd	George S. Graham (R)	Died July 4, 1931	Edward L. Stokes (R)	November 3, 1931

Georgia 1st	Charles G. Edwards (D)	Died July 13, 1931	Homer C. Parker (D)	September 9, 1931

Michigan 8th	Bird J. Vincent (R)	Died July 18, 1931	Michael J. Hart (D)	November 3, 1931

Missouri 7th	Samuel C. Major (D)	Died July 28, 1931	Robert D. Johnson (D)	September 29, 1931

New Jersey 5th	Ernest R. Ackerman (R)	Died October 18, 1931	Percy H. Stewart (D)	December 1, 1931

New Hampshire 1st	Fletcher Hale (R)	Died October 22, 1931	William N. Rogers (D)	January 5, 1932

Texas 14th	Harry M. Wurzbach (R)	Died November 6, 1931	Richard M. Kleberg (D)	November 24, 1931

Pennsylvania 20th	James R. Leech (R)	Resigned January 29, 1932, to become a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals	Howard W. Stull (R)	April 26, 1932

Mississippi 7th	Percy Quin (D)	Died February 4, 1932	Lawrence R. Ellzey (D)	March 15, 1932

Georgia 6th	Samuel Rutherford (D)	Died February 4, 1932	Carlton Mobley (D)	March 2, 1932

Indiana 8th	Albert H. Vestal (R)	Died April 1, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Illinois 8th	Peter C. Granata (R)	Lost contested election April 5, 1932	Stanley H. Kunz (D)	April 5, 1932

Puerto Rico At-large	Félix Córdova Dávila	resigned April 11, 1932, to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	José Lorenzo Pesquera	April 15, 1932

Pennsylvania 18th	Edward M. Beers (R)	Died April 21, 1932	Joseph F. Biddle (R)	November 8, 1932

Pennsylvania 6th	George A. Welsh (R)	Resigned May 31, 1932, to become judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Robert L. Davis (R)	November 8, 1932

Tennessee 7th	Edward E. Eslick (D)	Died June 14, 1932	Willa McCord Blake Eslick (D)	August 14, 1932

Virginia 10th	Henry St. George Tucker III (D)	Died July 23, 1932	Joel W. Flood (D)	November 8, 1932

Maryland 4th	J. Charles Linthicum (D)	Died October 5, 1932	Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)	November 8, 1932

Georgia 3rd	Charles R. Crisp (D)	Resigned October 7, 1932, to become a member of the US Tariff Commission	Bryant T. Castellow (D)	November 8, 1932

Illinois 22nd	Charles A. Karch (D)	Resigned November 6, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Michigan 9th	James C. McLaughlin (R)	Died November 29, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Connecticut 3rd	John Q. Tilson (R)	Resigned December 3, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Texas 8th	Daniel E. Garrett (D)	Died December 13, 1932	Joe H. Eagle (D)	January 28, 1933

Oregon 2nd	Robert R. Butler (R)	Died January 7, 1933	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Pennsylvania 24th	Samuel A. Kendall (R)	Died January 8, 1933	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Minnesota 10th	Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)	Died February 16, 1933	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Sentence(s)

Ernest R. Ackerman (R), was until October 18, 1931 and Percy H. Stewart (D), succeeded him from December 1, 1931.

final_sentence: Ernest R. Ackerman (R), was until October 18, 1931 and Percy H. Stewart (D), succeeded him from December 1, 1931.