59th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 17 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 12 resignations: 11 contested elections: 1 new seats: 1 Total seats with changes: 26

59th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 17 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 12 resignations: 11 contested elections: 1 new seats: 1 Total seats with changes: 26

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation

Indiana 1st	Vacant	Rep. James A. Hemenway resigned during previous congress	John H. Foster (R)	May 16, 1905

Nebraska 1st	Elmer Burkett (R)	Resigned March 4, 1905, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Ernest M. Pollard (R)	July 18, 1905

West Virginia 2nd	Alston G. Dayton (R)	Resigned March 16, 1905, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia	Thomas B. Davis (D)	June 6, 1905

Texas 8th	John M. Pinckney (D)	Died April 24, 1905	John M. Moore (D)	June 6, 1905

Connecticut 3rd	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	Resigned May 10, 1905, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Edwin W. Higgins (R)	October 2, 1905

Illinois 14th	Benjamin F. Marsh (R)	Died June 2, 1905	James McKinney (R)	November 7, 1905

California 1st	James Gillett (R)	Resigned January 4, 1906, after being elected Governor of California	William F. Englebright (R)	November 6, 1906

Virginia 5th	Claude A. Swanson (D)	Resigned January 30, 1906, after being elected Governor of Virginia	Edward W. Saunders (D)	November 6, 1906

Pennsylvania 3rd	George A. Castor (R)	Died February 19, 1906	J. Hampton Moore (R)	November 6, 1906

Pennsylvania 12th	George R. Patterson (R)	Died March 21, 1906	Charles N. Brumm (R)	November 6, 1906

Pennsylvania 2nd	Robert Adams Jr. (R)	Died June 1, 1906	John E. Reyburn (R)	November 6, 1906

Georgia 1st	Rufus E. Lester (D)	Died June 16, 1906	James W. Overstreet (D)	October 3, 1906

Missouri 12th	Ernest E. Wood (D)	Lost contested election June 23, 1906	Harry M. Coudrey (R)	June 23, 1906

Wisconsin 2nd	Henry C. Adams (R)	Died July 9, 1906	John M. Nelson (R)	September 4, 1906

New York 8th	Timothy Sullivan (D)	Resigned July 27, 1906	Daniel J. Riordan (D)	November 6, 1906

Illinois 13th	Robert R. Hitt (R)	Died September 20, 1906	Frank O. Lowden (R)	November 6, 1906

Massachusetts 3rd	Rockwood Hoar (R)	Died November 1, 1906	Charles G. Washburn (R)	December 18, 1906

New York 21st	John H. Ketcham (R)	Died November 4, 1906	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Tennessee 10th	Malcolm R. Patterson (D)	Resigned November 5, 1906, after being elected Governor of Tennessee	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Indiana 12th	Newton W. Gilbert (R)	Resigned November 6, 1906, after being appointed judge of the court of first instance at Manila, Philippines	Clarence C. Gilhams (R)	November 6, 1906

District of Alaska	New seat	New delegate seat December 3, 1906	Frank H. Waskey (D)	December 3, 1906

Arkansas 4th	John S. Little (D)	Resigned January 14, 1907, after being elected Governor of Arkansas	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Kansas 1st	Charles Curtis (R)	Resigned January 28, 1907, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 26th	William H. Flack (R)	Died February 2, 1907	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Virginia 8th	John F. Rixey (D)	Died February 8, 1907	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Michigan 5th	William Alden Smith (R)	Resigned February 9, 1907, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Sentence(s)

Rockwood Hoar (R) served until his death on November 1, 1906 and Charles G. Washburn (R) began serving on December 18, 1906.

final_sentence: Rockwood Hoar (R) served until his death on November 1, 1906 and Charles G. Washburn (R) began serving on December 18, 1906.