48th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 15 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss National Greenback: 1 seat net gain deaths: 9 resignations: 9 contested election: 8 Total seats with changes: 25

48th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 15 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss National Greenback: 1 seat net gain deaths: 9 resignations: 9 contested election: 8 Total seats with changes: 25

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

Mississippi 2nd	Vacant	Chalmers took seat after an election contest with Van H. Manning who challenged his election	James R. Chalmers (I)	June 25, 1884

West Virginia 3rd	John E. Kenna (D)	Resigned March 4, 1883, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Charles P. Snyder (D)	May 15, 1883

Alabama 1st	Thomas H. Herndon (D)	Died March 28, 1883	James T. Jones (D)	December 3, 1883

Iowa 6th	Marsena E. Cutts (R)	Died September 1, 1883	John C. Cook (D)	October 9, 1883

Virginia 7th	John Paul (D)	Resigned September 5, 1883, after being appointed judge of the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia.	Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)	May 5, 1884

Kansas 2nd	Dudley C. Haskell (R)	Died December 16, 1883	Edward H. Funston (R)	March 21, 1884

North Carolina 1st	Walter F. Pool (R)	Died August 25, 1883	Thomas G. Skinner (D)	November 20, 1883

Massachusetts 12th	George D. Robinson (R)	Resigned January 7, 1884, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts	Francis W. Rockwell (R)	January 17, 1884

South Carolina 7th	Edmund W. M. Mackey (R)	Died January 27, 1884	Robert Smalls (R)	March 18, 1884

New Mexico Territory At-large	Tranquilino Luna (R)	Lost contested election March 5, 1884	Francisco A. Manzanares (D)	March 5, 1884

Virginia 1st	Robert M. Mayo (Readjuster)	Lost contested election March 20, 1884	George T. Garrison (D)	March 20, 1884

Indiana 7th	Stanton J. Peelle (R)	Lost contested election May 22, 1884	William E. English (D)	May 22, 1884

Ohio 18th	William McKinley (R)	Lost contested election May 27, 1884	Jonathan H. Wallace (D)	May 27, 1884

Ohio 7th	Henry L. Morey (R)	Lost contested election June 20, 1884	James E. Campbell (D)	June 20, 1884

Iowa 7th	John A. Kasson (R)	Resigned July 13, 1884, after being appointed Minister to Germany	Hiram Y. Smith (R)	December 2, 1884

Indiana 13th	William H. Calkins (R)	Resigned October 20, 1884	Benjamin F. Shively (Anti-Monopoly)	December 1, 1884

South Carolina 4th	John H. Evins (D)	Died October 20, 1884	John Bratton (D)	December 8, 1884

Pennsylvania 19th	William A. Duncan (D)	Died November 14, 1884	John A. Swope (D)	December 23, 1884

North Carolina 5th	Alfred M. Scales (D)	Resigned December 30, 1884, after being elected Governor of North Carolina	James W. Reid (D)	January 28, 1885

Alabama 4th	Charles M. Shelley (D)	Lost contested election January 9, 1885	George H. Craig (R)	January 9, 1885

Ohio 9th	James S. Robinson (R)	Resigned January 12, 1885, after becoming Ohio Secretary of State	Vacant	Not filled this term

Rhode Island 2nd	Jonathan Chace (R)	Resigned January 26, 1885, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Nathan F. Dixon III (R)	February 12, 1885

Arkansas 2nd	James K. Jones (D)	Resigned February 19, 1885, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term

Iowa 5th	James Wilson (R)	Lost contested election March 3, 1885	Benjamin T. Frederick (D)	March 3, 1885

Sentence(s)

On December 2, 1884, Hiram Y. Smith (R) succeeded John A. Kasson (R) in the House of Representatives.

final_sentence: On December 2, 1884, Hiram Y. Smith (R) succeeded John A. Kasson (R) in the House of Representatives.