65th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 23 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 15 resignations: 12 contested elections: 3 Total seats with changes: 31

65th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 23 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 15 resignations: 12 contested elections: 3 Total seats with changes: 31

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation

New York 15th	Vacant	Rep. Michael F. Conry died during previous congress. Successor was elected.	Thomas F. Smith (D)	April 12, 1917

New Hampshire 1st	Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)	Died March 11, 1917. Successor was elected.	Sherman E. Burroughs (R)	May 29, 1917

Pennsylvania 28th	Orrin D. Bleakley (R)	Resigned April 3, 1917, after being convicted and fined under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act. Successor was elected.	Earl H. Beshlin (D)	November 6, 1917

North Dakota 1st	Henry T. Helgesen (R)	Died April 10, 1917. Successor was elected.	John M. Baer (R)	July 20, 1917

Massachusetts 6th	Augustus P. Gardner (R)	Resigned May 15, 1917, to join the U.S. Army. Successor was elected.	Willfred W. Lufkin (R)	November 6, 1917

Indiana 6th	Daniel W. Comstock (R)	Died May 19, 1917. Successor was elected.	Richard N. Elliott (R)	June 29, 1917

Connecticut 4th	Ebenezer J. Hill (R)	Died September 27, 1917. Successor was elected.	Schuyler Merritt (R)	November 6, 1917

Illinois 4th	Charles Martin (D)	Resigned October 28, 1917. Successor was elected.	John W. Rainey (D)	April 2, 1918

Michigan 2nd	Mark R. Bacon (R)	Lost contested election December 13, 1917. Successor was elected.	Samuel Beakes (D)	December 13, 1917

Georgia 4th	William C. Adamson (D)	Resigned December 18, 1917. Successor was elected.	William C. Wright (D)	January 6, 1918

Ohio 14th	Ellsworth R. Bathrick (D)	Died December 23, 1917. Successor was elected.	Martin L. Davey (D)	November 5, 1918

New York 7th	John J. Fitzgerald (D)	Resigned December 31, 1917. Successor was elected.	John J. Delaney (D)	March 5, 1918

New York 8th	Daniel J. Griffin (D)	Resigned December 31, 1917, after being elected Sheriff of Kings County, New York. Successor was elected.	William E. Cleary (D)	March 5, 1918

New York 22nd	Henry Bruckner (D)	Resigned December 31, 1917. Successor was elected.	Anthony J. Griffin (D)	March 5, 1918

New York 21st	George M. Hulbert (D)	Resigned January 1, 1918, to become Commissioner of Docks and director of the Port of New York. Successor was elected.	Jerome F. Donovan (D)	March 5, 1918

New Jersey 5th	John H. Capstick (R)	Died March 17, 1918. Successor was elected.	William F. Birch (R)	November 5, 1918

Virginia 1st	William A. Jones (D)	Died April 17, 1918. Successor was elected.	S. Otis Bland (D)	July 2, 1918

Wisconsin 11th	Irvine Lenroot (R)	Resigned April 17, 1918, after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Successor was elected.	Adolphus P. Nelson (R)	November 5, 1918

Wisconsin 6th	James H. Davidson (R)	Died August 6, 1918. Successor was elected.	Florian Lampert (R)	November 5, 1918

Maryland 2nd	Fred Talbott (D)	Died October 5, 1918. Successor was elected.	Carville Benson (D)	November 5, 1918

Missouri 10th	Jacob E. Meeker (R)	Died October 16, 1918. Successor was elected.	Frederick Essen (R)	November 5, 1918

Illinois 17th	John Allen Sterling (R)	Died October 17, 1918. Successor was elected.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Virginia 6th	Carter Glass (D)	Resigned December 6, 1918, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury.	James P. Woods (D)	February 25, 1919

Pennsylvania At-large	John R. K. Scott (R)	Resigned January 5, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

New York 4th	Harry H. Dale (D)	Resigned January 6, 1919, after being appointed judge of magistrate court.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Alaska Territory	Charles A. Sulzer (D)	Lost contested election January 7, 1919.	James Wickersham (R)	January 7, 1919

Pennsylvania 22nd	Edward E. Robbins (R)	Died January 25, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Missouri 5th	William P. Borland (D)	Died February 20, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

North Carolina 10th	Zebulon Weaver (D)	Lost contested election March 1, 1919. Successor was elected.	James J. Britt (R)	March 1, 1919

Kentucky 8th	Harvey Helm (D)	Died March 3, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Texas 12th	James C. Wilson (D)	Resigned March 3, 1919, to become judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Sentence(s)

In the 65th United States Congress, John J. Fitzgerald (D) served until December 31, 1917 and John J. Delaney (D) from March 5, 1918.

final_sentence: In the 65th United States Congress, John J. Fitzgerald (D) served until December 31, 1917 and John J. Delaney (D) from March 5, 1918.