66th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 23 Democratic: 4 seat net loss Republican: 4 seat net gain deaths: 13 resignations: 10 contested elections: 3 Total seats with changes: 32

66th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 23 Democratic: 4 seat net loss Republican: 4 seat net gain deaths: 13 resignations: 10 contested elections: 3 Total seats with changes: 32

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor

Texas 12th	Vacant	Rep. James C. Wilson died during previous congress	Fritz G. Lanham (D)	April 19, 1919

Virginia 8th	Vacant	Rep. Charles C. Carlin resigned during previous congress	R. Walton Moore (D)	April 19, 1919

Kentucky 8th	Vacant	Rep. Harvey Helm died during previous congress	King Swope (R)	August 1, 1919

Louisiana 1st	Albert Estopinal (D)	Died April 28, 1919	James O'Connor (D)	June 5, 1919

Alaska Territory	Charles A. Sulzer (D)	Died April 28, 1919	George B. Grigsby (D)	June 30, 1920

Alabama 7th	John L. Burnett (D)	Died May 13, 1919	Lilius Bratton Rainey (D)	September 30, 1919

Minnesota 4th	Carl Van Dyke (D)	Died May 20, 1919	Oscar Keller (R)	July 1, 1919

South Carolina 6th	J. Willard Ragsdale (D)	Died July 23, 1919	Philip H. Stoll (D)	October 7, 1919

South Carolina 7th	Asbury F. Lever (D)	Resigned August 1, 1919, after becoming member of the Federal Farm Loan Board	Edward C. Mann (D)	October 7, 1919

Oklahoma 5th	Joseph B. Thompson (D)	Died September 18, 1919	John W. Harreld (R)	November 8, 1919

Massachusetts 10th	John F. Fitzgerald (D)	Lost contested election October 23, 1919	Peter F. Tague (D)	October 23, 1919

North Carolina 9th	Edwin Y. Webb (D)	Resigned November 10, 1919, after being appointed United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina	Clyde R. Hoey (D)	December 16, 1919

Wisconsin 5th	Victor L. Berger (Socialist)	Ousted November 10, 1919, due to his conviction under the Espionage Act of 1917	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Missouri 3rd	Joshua W. Alexander (D)	Resigned December 15, 1919, after being appointed United States Secretary of Commerce	Jacob L. Milligan (D)	February 14, 1920

Virginia 4th	Walter A. Watson (D)	Died December 24, 1919	Patrick H. Drewry (D)	April 27, 1920

New York 10th	Reuben L. Haskell (R)	Resigned December 31, 1919	Lester D. Volk (R)	November 2, 1920

New York 14th	Fiorello H. La Guardia (R)	Resigned December 31, 1919, after being elected President of the New York City Board of Aldermen	Nathan D. Perlman (R)	November 2, 1920

Pennsylvania 3rd	J. Hampton Moore (R)	Resigned January 4, 1920, after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia	Harry C. Ransley (R)	November 2, 1920

Virginia 5th	Edward W. Saunders (D)	Resigned February 29, 1920, after being elected judge of State Supreme Court of Appeals	Rorer A. James (D)	June 1, 1920

Philippines At-large	Teodoro R. Yangco	Term expired March 3, 1920	Isauro Gabaldon	March 4, 1920

New Jersey 1st	William J. Browning (R)	Died March 24, 1920	Francis F. Patterson, Jr. (R)	November 2, 1920

Michigan 13th	Charles A. Nichols (R)	Died April 25, 1920	Clarence J. McLeod (R)	November 2, 1920

New York 26th	Edmund Platt (R)	Resigned June 7, 1920, after being appointed to the Federal Reserve Board	Hamilton Fish III (R)	November 2, 1920

Oklahoma 8th	Dick T. Morgan (R)	Died July 4, 1920	Charles Swindall (R)	November 2, 1920

Alabama 5th	J. Thomas Heflin (D)	Resigned November 1, 1920, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	William B. Bowling (D)	December 14, 1920

Pennsylvania At-large	Mahlon M. Garland (R)	Died November 19, 1920	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 3rd	John MacCrate (R)	Resigned December 30, 1920, after being elected justice to the Supreme Court of the State of New York	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Massachusetts 9th	Alvan T. Fuller (R)	Resigned January 5, 1921, after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Missouri 4th	Charles F. Booher (D)	Died January 21, 1921	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Alabama 4th	Fred L. Blackmon (D)	Died February 8, 1921	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Pennsylvania 10th	Patrick McLane (D)	Lost contested election February 25, 1921	John R. Farr (R)	February 25, 1921

Alaska Territory	George B. Grigsby (D)	Lost contested election March 1, 1921	James Wickersham (R)	March 1, 1921

Sentence(s)

Joshua W. Alexander (D) served as the House of Representatives until December 15, 1919 and later Jacob L. Milligan (D) from February 14, 1920.

final_sentence: Joshua W. Alexander (D) served as the House of Representatives until December 15, 1919 and later Jacob L. Milligan (D) from February 14, 1920.