78th United States Congress
House of Representatives

78th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: None

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

Missouri 6th	Vacant	Rep. Philip A. Bennett died in previous Congress	Marion T. Bennett (R)	January 12, 1943

California 2nd	Harry L. Englebright (R)	Died May 13, 1943	Clair Engle (D)	August 31, 1943

Kansas 2nd	Ulysses S. Guyer (R)	Died June 5, 1943	Errett P. Scrivner (R)	September 14, 1943

Oklahoma 2nd	John C. Nichols (D)	Resigned July 3, 1943, to become vice-president of Transcontinental and Western Air.	William G. Stigler (D)	March 28, 1944

New York 32nd	Francis D. Culkin (R)	Died August 4, 1943	Hadwen C. Fuller (R)	November 2, 1943

Pennsylvania 23rd	James E. Van Zandt (R)	Resigned September 24, 1943, after being called to active duty in the US Armed Forces.	D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R)	November 2, 1943

Kentucky 4th	Edward W. Creal (D)	Died October 13, 1943	Chester O. Carrier (R)	November 30, 1943

Pennsylvania 2nd	James P. McGranery (D)	Resigned November 17, 1943, after being appointed an Assistant Attorney General	Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (R)	January 18, 1944

Pennsylvania 17th	J. William Ditter (R)	Died November 21, 1943	Vacant until the next Congress

Alabama 3rd	Henry B. Steagall (D)	Died November 22, 1943	George W. Andrews (D)	March 14, 1944

Colorado 1st	Lawrence Lewis (D)	Died December 9, 1943	Dean M. Gillespie (R)	March 7, 1944

New York 21st	Joseph A. Gavagan (D)	Resigned December 30, 1943, after being elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court	James H. Torrens (D)	February 29, 1944

Illinois 19th	William H. Wheat (R)	Died January 16, 1944	Rolla C. McMillen (R)	June 13, 1944

Illinois 7th	Leonard W. Schuetz (D)	Died February 13, 1944	Vacant until the next Congress

New York 4th	Thomas H. Cullen (D)	Died March 1, 1944	John J. Rooney (D)	June 6, 1944

New York 11th	James A. O'Leary (D)	Died March 16, 1944	Ellsworth B. Buck (R)	June 6, 1944

Louisiana 3rd	James Domengeaux (D)	Resigned April 15, 1944, to join US Armed Forces	James Domengeaux (D)	Re-elected to fill his own vacancy November 7, 1944

California 16th	Will Rogers, Jr. (D)	Resigned May 23, 1944, to enter the US Army	Vacant until the next Congress

Philippines At-large	Joaquín Miguel Elizalde	Resigned August 9, 1944, to become a member of the war cabinet of President Manuel L. Quezon	Carlos P. Romulo	August 10, 1944

Virginia 2nd	Winder R. Harris (D)	Resigned September 15, 1944	Ralph Hunter Daughton (D)	November 7, 1944

Florida 3rd	Robert L. F. Sikes (D)	Resigned October 19, 1944, to enter the U.S. Army	Vacant until the next Congress

South Carolina 2nd	Hampton P. Fulmer (D)	Died October 19, 1944	Willa L. Fulmer (D)	November 7, 1944

Florida At-large	Robert A. Green (D)	Resigned November 25, 1944, to enter the United States Navy	Vacant until the next Congress

Tennessee 4th	Albert Gore, Sr. (D)	Resigned December 4, 1944, to enter the United States Army	Vacant until the next Congress

Rhode Island 2nd	John E. Fogarty (D)	Resigned December 7, 1944, to enter the United States Navy	Vacant until the next Congress

Washington 1st	Warren Magnuson (D)	Resigned December 14, 1944, when appointed U.S. Senator	Vacant until the next Congress

Pennsylvania At-large	William I. Troutman (R)	Resigned January 2, 1945	Vacant until the next Congress

Sentence(s)

Lawrence Lewis (D) served as representative until December 9, 1943 which was later served by Dean M. Gillespie (R) from March 7, 1944.

final_sentence: Lawrence Lewis (D) served as representative until December 9, 1943 which was later served by Dean M. Gillespie (R) from March 7, 1944.