49th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 11 Democratic: 2 seat net gain Republican: 2 seat net loss deaths: 8 resignations: 7 contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 16

49th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 11 Democratic: 2 seat net gain Republican: 2 seat net loss deaths: 8 resignations: 7 contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 16

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated

Pennsylvania 19th	Vacant	Elected to finish term of Rep. William A. Duncan resigned during previous congress	John A. Swope (D)	November 3, 1885

Arkansas 3rd	Vacant	Elected to finish term of Rep. James K. Jones resigned during previous congress	Thomas C. McRae (D)	December 7, 1885

New York 8th	Samuel S. Cox (D)	Resigned May 20, 1885, after being appointed Minister to the Ottoman Empire	Timothy J. Campbell (D)	November 3, 1885

Illinois 5th	Reuben Ellwood (R)	Died July 1, 1885	Albert J. Hopkins (R)	December 7, 1885

Wisconsin 5th	Joseph Rankin (D)	Died January 24, 1886	Thomas R. Hudd (D)	March 8, 1886

Louisiana 2nd	Michael Hahn (R)	Died March 15, 1886	Nathaniel D. Wallace (D)	December 9, 1886

New York 9th	Joseph Pulitzer (D)	Resigned April 10, 1886	Samuel S. Cox (D)	November 2, 1886

Maryland 3rd	William H. Cole (D)	Died July 8, 1886	Harry W. Rusk (D)	November 2, 1886

New York 15th	Lewis Beach (D)	Died August 10, 1886	Henry Bacon (D)	December 6, 1886

New York 28th	John Arnot, Jr. (D)	Died November 20, 1886	Vacant until next Congress

Wisconsin 8th	William T. Price (R)	Died December 6, 1886	Hugh H. Price (R)	January 18, 1887

New York 12th	Abraham Dowdney (D)	Died December 10, 1886	Vacant until next Congress

New York 10th	Abram Hewitt (D)	Resigned December 30, 1886, after being elected Mayor of New York	Vacant until next Congress

North Carolina 5th	James W. Reid (D)	Resigned December 31, 1886	Vacant until next Congress

New Jersey 3rd	Robert S. Green (D)	Resigned January 17, 1887, after being elected Governor of New Jersey	Vacant until next Congress

Rhode Island 2nd	William A. Pirce (R)	Seat declared vacant January 25, 1887, due to election irregularities	Charles H. Page (D)	February 21, 1887

Sentence(s)

Lewis Beach (D) was the representative until August 10, 1886 when Henry Bacon (D) succeeded him, from December 6, 1886 16.

final_sentence: Lewis Beach (D) was the representative until August 10, 1886 when Henry Bacon (D) succeeded him, from December 6, 1886 16.