63rd United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 20 Democratic: 1 seat gain Republican: 2 seat loss Progressive: 1 seat gain deaths: 11 resignations: 19 contested elections: 2 Total seats with changes: 15

63rd United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 20 Democratic: 1 seat gain Republican: 2 seat loss Progressive: 1 seat gain deaths: 11 resignations: 19 contested elections: 2 Total seats with changes: 15

District	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Successor

South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Rep. George S. Legaré died during previous congress	Richard S. Whaley (D)	April 29, 1913

Massachusetts 13th	John W. Weeks (R)	Resigned March 4, 1913, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	John J. Mitchell (D)	April 15, 1913

Texas 10th	Albert S. Burleson (D)	Resigned March 6, 1913, after being appointed United States Postmaster General	James P. Buchanan (D)	April 15, 1913

New Jersey 6th	Lewis J. Martin (D)	Died May 5, 1913	Archibald C. Hart (D)	July 22, 1913

Michigan 12th	H. Olin Young (R)	Resigned May 16, 1913, while election was being contested	William J. MacDonald (Prog.)	August 26, 1913

Maine 3rd	Forrest Goodwin (R)	Died May 28, 1913	John A. Peters (R)	September 9, 1913

Maryland 3rd	George Konig (D)	Died May 31, 1913	Charles P. Coady (D)	November 4, 1913

West Virginia 1st	John W. Davis (D)	Resigned August 29, 1913, after being appointed Solicitor General of the United States	Matthew M. Neely (D)	October 14, 1913

New York 13th	Timothy Sullivan (D)	Died August 31, 1913	George W. Loft (D)	November 4, 1913

New York 20th	Francis B. Harrison (D)	Resigned September 1, 1913, after being appointed Governor-General of the Philippines	Jacob A. Cantor (D)	November 4, 1913

Massachusetts 3rd	William Wilder (R)	Died September 11, 1913	Calvin Paige (R)	November 4, 1913

Georgia 2nd	Seaborn Roddenbery (D)	Died September 25, 1913	Frank Park (D)	November 4, 1913

Iowa 2nd	Irvin S. Pepper (D)	Died December 22, 1913	Henry Vollmer (D)	February 10, 1914

Massachusetts 12th	James Michael Curley (D)	Resigned February 4, 1914, after being elected Mayor of Boston	James A. Gallivan (D)	April 7, 1914

New Jersey 7th	Robert G. Bremner (D)	Died February 5, 1914	Dow H. Drukker (R)	April 7, 1914

Alabama 8th	William N. Richardson (D)	Died March 31, 1914	Christopher C. Harris (D)	May 11, 1914

Alabama 3rd	Henry D. Clayton Jr. (D)	Resigned May 25, 1914, after being appointed judge for U.S. District Court for Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama	William O. Mulkey (D)	June 29, 1914

Missouri 12th	Leonidas C. Dyer (R)	Lost contested election June 9, 1914	Michael J. Gill (D)	June 9, 1914

Illinois 4th	James T. McDermott (D)	Resigned July 21, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Ohio 14th	William G. Sharp (D)	Resigned July 23, 1914, after being appointed United States Ambassador to France	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Massachusetts 11th	Andrew J. Peters (D)	Resigned August 15, 1914, after being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Massachusetts 10th	William F. Murray (D)	Resigned September 28, 1914, after being appointed Postmaster of Boston	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Maryland 1st	J. Harry Covington (D)	Resigned September 30, 1914, after being appointed to serve as chief justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Jesse Price (D)	November 3, 1914

New Jersey 9th	Walter I. McCoy (D)	Resigned October 3, 1914, after being appointed associate justice for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Richard W. Parker (R)	December 1, 1914

Georgia 10th	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	Resigned November 2, 1914, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Carl Vinson (D)	November 3, 1914

New York 36th	Sereno E. Payne (R)	Died December 10, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 31st	Edwin A. Merritt (R)	Died December 14, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 2nd	Denis O'Leary (D)	Resigned December 31, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Minnesota 2nd	Winfield Scott Hammond (D)	Resigned January 6, 1915, after being elected Governor of Minnesota	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Ohio 5th	Timothy T. Ansberry (D)	Resigned January 9, 1915, after being appointed associate justice of the Ohio Court of Appeals	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Ohio 8th	Frank B. Willis (R)	Resigned January 9, 1915, after being elected Governor of Ohio	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New Jersey 8th	Eugene F. Kinkead (D)	Resigned February 4, 1915, after becoming sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Sentence(s)

Robert G. Bremner (D) served until February 5, 1914 and Dow H. Drukker (R) served from April 7, 1914.

final_sentence: Robert G. Bremner (D) served until February 5, 1914 and Dow H. Drukker (R) served from April 7, 1914.