40th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 10 Democratic: 2 seat net loss Republican: 0 seat net gain Independent Republican: 1 seat net gain Conservative: 0 seat net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 3 contested election: 3 seats from re-admitted states: 32 Total seats with changes: 44

40th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 10 Democratic: 2 seat net loss Republican: 0 seat net gain Independent Republican: 1 seat net gain Conservative: 0 seat net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 3 contested election: 3 seats from re-admitted states: 32 Total seats with changes: 44

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated

New Mexico Territory At-large	Vacant	Vacancy in term	Charles P. Clever (D)	September 2, 1867

Arkansas 1st	Vacant	Arkansas re-admitted into the Union	Logan H. Roots (R)	June 22, 1868

Arkansas 2nd	James M. Hinds (R)

Arkansas 3rd	Thomas Boles (R)

Kentucky 9th	Vacant	John D. Young presented credentials but failed to qualify. Election was contested by McKee.	Samuel McKee (R)	June 22, 1868

Florida At-large	Vacant	Florida re-admitted into the Union	Charles M. Hamilton (R)	July 1, 1868

North Carolina 4th	Vacant	North Carolina re-admitted into the Union	John T. Deweese (R)	July 6, 1868

North Carolina 7th	Alexander H. Jones (R)

North Carolina 3rd	Oliver H. Dockery (R)	July 13, 1868

North Carolina 6th	Nathaniel Boyden (C)

North Carolina 1st	John R. French (R)	July 15, 1868

Louisiana 1st	Vacant	Louisiana re-admitted into the Union	J. Hale Sypher (R)	July 18, 1868

Louisiana 2nd	James Mann (D)

Louisiana 3rd	Joseph P. Newsham (R)

Louisiana 4th	Michel Vidal (R)

Louisiana 5th	W. Jasper Blackburn (R)

South Carolina 1st	Vacant	South Carolina re-admitted into the Union	Benjamin F. Whittemore (R)	July 18, 1868

South Carolina 2nd	Christopher C. Bowen (R)

South Carolina 4th	James H. Goss (R)

North Carolina 5th	Vacant	North Carolina re-admitted into the Union	Israel G. Lash (R)	July 20, 1868

Alabama 2nd	Vacant	Alabama re-admitted into the Union	Charles W. Buckley (R)	July 21, 1868

Alabama 3rd	Benjamin W. Norris (R)

Alabama 4th	Charles W. Pierce (R)

Alabama 5th	John B. Callis (R)

Alabama 6th	Thomas Haughey (R)

Alabama 1st	Francis W. Kellogg (R)	July 22, 1868

Georgia 1st	Vacant	Georgia re-admitted into the Union	Joseph W. Clift (R)	July 25, 1868

Georgia 2nd	Nelson Tift (D)

Georgia 3rd	William P. Edwards (R)

Georgia 4th	Samuel F. Gove (R)

Georgia 5th	Charles H. Prince (R)

Georgia 7th	Pierce M. B. Young (D)

North Carolina 2nd	Vacant	North Carolina re-admitted into the Union	David Heaton (R)	July 25, 1868

South Carolina 1st	Vacant	South Carolina re-admitted into the Union	Manuel S. Corley (R)	July 25, 1868

New York 21st	Roscoe Conkling (R)	Resigned March 4, 1867, after being elected to the US Senate	Alexander H. Bailey (R)	November 30, 1867

Kentucky 3rd	Elijah Hise (D)	Died May 8, 1867	Jacob Golladay (D)	December 5, 1867

Pennsylvania 12th	Charles Denison (D)	Died June 27, 1867	George W. Woodward (D)	November 21, 1867

Ohio 2nd	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	Resigned July 20, 1867, after being nominated Governor of Ohio	Samuel F. Cary (IR)	November 21, 1867

Missouri 3rd	Thomas E. Noell (D)	Died October 3, 1867	James R. McCormick (D)	December 17, 1867

Ohio 8th	Cornelius S. Hamilton (R)	Killed by insane son December 22, 1867	John Beatty (R)	February 5, 1868

Pennsylvania 13th	George W. Morgan (D)	Lost contested election June 3, 1868	Columbus Delano (R)	June 3, 1868

Missouri 5th	Joseph W. McClurg (R)	Resigned in July 1868	John H. Stover (R)	December 7, 1868

Pennsylvania 9th	Thaddeus Stevens (R)	Died August 11, 1868	Oliver J. Dickey (R)	December 7, 1868

Pennsylvania 20th	Darwin A. Finney (R)	Died August 25, 1868	S. Newton Pettis (R)	December 7, 1868

Louisiana 2nd	James Mann (D)	Died August 26, 1868	Vacant	Not filled this term

Arkansas 2nd	James M. Hinds (R)	Assassinated October 22, 1868	James T. Elliott (R)	January 13, 1869

New Mexico Territory At-large	Charles P. Clever (D)	Lost contested election February 20, 1869	J. Francisco Chaves (R)	February 20, 1869

Sentence(s)

Darwin A. Finney (R) served as the Representative until August 25, 1868 and was succeeded by S. Newton Pettis (R) from December 7, 1868.

final_sentence: Darwin A. Finney (R) served as the Representative until August 25, 1868 and was succeeded by S. Newton Pettis (R) from December 7, 1868.