70th United States Congress
Senate

70th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: None

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

Pennsylvania (3)	Vacant	Election of William S. Vare was not certified by the governor, and the Senate refused to seat him.	Vacant	Seat remained vacant until the next Congress.

Illinois (3)	Vacant	Frank L. Smith was not permitted to qualify, and resigned February 9, 1928. Successor elected November 6, 1928.	Otis F. Glenn (R)	December 3, 1928

New Mexico (1)	Andrieus A. Jones (D)	Died December 20, 1927 Successor appointed December 29, 1927. Successor was later not elected to finish the term, see below.	Bronson M. Cutting (R)	December 29, 1927

Michigan (1)	Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)	Died March 23, 1928 Successor appointed March 31, 1928. Successor was then elected November 6, 1928, to finish the term.	Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)	March 31, 1928

Ohio (3)	Frank B. Willis (R)	Died March 30, 1928. Successor appointed April 4, 1928. Successor was later not elected to finish the term, see below.	Cyrus Locher (D)	April 4, 1928

Idaho (3)	Frank R. Gooding (R)	Died June 24, 1928. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	John W. Thomas (R)	June 30, 1928

New Mexico (1)	Bronson M. Cutting (R)	Did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 6, 1928.	Octaviano A. Larrazolo (R)	December 7, 1928

Ohio (3)	Cyrus Locher (D)	Lost nomination to finish term. Successor elected November 6, 1928.	Theodore E. Burton (R)	December 15, 1928

Delaware (2)	T. Coleman du Pont (R)	Resigned December 9, 1928. Successor appointed December 10, 1928, to finish the term.	Daniel O. Hastings (R)	December 10, 1928

Sentence(s)

Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) was a member of Congress until March 23, 1928 and Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) succeed him beginning on March 31, 1928.

final_sentence: Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) was a member of Congress until March 23, 1928 and Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) succeed him beginning on March 31, 1928.