51st United States Congress
House of Representatives
Replacements: 16 Democratic: 2-seat net gain Republican: 2-seat net loss Deaths: 11 Resignations: 6 Contested election:8 Seats of newly admitted states: 7 Total seats with changes: 33

51st United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: Replacements: 16 Democratic: 2-seat net gain Republican: 2-seat net loss Deaths: 11 Resignations: 6 Contested election:8 Seats of newly admitted states: 7 Total seats with changes: 33

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated

Missouri 4th	Vacant	Elected to finish Rep. James N.	Robert P. C. Wilson (D)	December 2, 1889

Illinois 19th	Richard W. Townshend (D)	Died March 9, 1889	James R. Williams (D)	December 2, 1889

Kansas 4th	Thomas Ryan (R)	Resigned April 4, 1889 after being appointed U.S. Minister to Mexico	Harrison Kelley (R)	December 2, 1889

Louisiana 3rd	Edward J. Gay (D)	Died May 30, 1889	Andrew Price (D)	December 2, 1889

Nebraska 2nd	James Laird (R)	Died August 17, 1889	Gilbert L. Laws (R)	December 2, 1889

New York 9th	Samuel S. Cox (D)	Died September 10, 1889	Amos J. Cummings (D)	November 5, 1889

New York 27th	Newton W. Nutting (R)	Died October 15, 1889	Sereno E. Payne (R)	December 2, 1889

Dakota Territory At-large	George A. Mathews (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Remained in seat until November 2, 1889	Territory achieved statehood

North Dakota At-large	Henry C. Hansbrough (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Took seat November 2, 1889	New seat

South Dakota At-large	Oscar S. Gifford (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Took seats November 2, 1889	New seats

John Pickler (R)

Montana Territory At-large	Thomas H. Carter (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Remained in seat until November 7, 1889	Territory achieved statehood

New York 6th	Frank T. Fitzgerald (D)	Resigned November 4, 1889 after being elected Register of New York County	Charles H. Turner (D)	December 9, 1889

Washington Territory At-large	John B. Allen (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Remained in seat until November 11, 1889	Territory achieved statehood

Pennsylvania 4th	William D. Kelley (R)	Died January 9, 1890	John E. Reyburn (R)	February 18, 1890

West Virginia 4th	James M. Jackson (D)	Election was successfully challenged on February 3, 1890	Charles B. Smith (R)	February 3, 1890

West Virginia 1st	John O. Pendleton (D)	Election was successfully challenged on February 26, 1890	George W. Atkinson (R)	February 26, 1890

Maryland 5th	Barnes Compton (D)	Election was successfully challenged on March 20, 1890	Sydney E. Mudd (R)	March 20, 1890

New York 24th	David Wilber (R)	Died April 1, 1890	John S. Pindar (D)	November 4, 1890

Virginia 3rd	George D. Wise (D)	Election was successfully challenged on April 10, 1890	Edmund Waddill, Jr. (R)	April 12, 1890

Pennsylvania 3rd	Samuel J. Randall (D)	Died April 13, 1890	Richard Vaux (D)	May 20, 1890

Kentucky 6th	John G. Carlisle (D)	Resigned May 26, 1890 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	William W. Dickerson (D)	June 21, 1890

Alabama 4th	Louis W. Turpin (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 4, 1890	John V. McDuffie (R)	June 4, 1890

Idaho Territory At-large	Fred Dubois (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Remained in seat until July 3, 1890	Territory achieved statehood

Wyoming Territory At-large	Joseph M. Carey (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Remained in seat until July 10, 1889	Territory achieved statehood

Montana At-large	Thomas H. Carter (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Took seat November 8, 1889	New seat

Washington At-large	John L. Wilson (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Took seat November 20, 1889	New seat

Missouri 14th	James P. Walker (D)	Died July 19, 1890	Robert H. Whitelaw (D)	November 4, 1890

Pennsylvania 27th	Lewis F. Watson (R)	Died August 25, 1890	Charles W. Stone (R)	November 4, 1890

Arkansas 2nd	Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)	Election was successfully challenged on September 5, 1890, however Rep-elect John M. Clayton died during election challenge, so seat was declared vacant.	Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)	November 4, 1890

South Carolina 7th	William Elliott (D)	Election was successfully challenged on September 23, 1890	Thomas E. Miller (R)	September 24, 1890

Virginia 4th	Edward C. Venable (D)	Election was successfully challenged on September 23, 1890	John M. Langston (R)	September 23, 1890

California 1st	John J. De Haven (R)	Resigned October 1, 1890	Thomas J. Geary (D)	December 9, 1890

Idaho At-large	Willis Sweet (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Took seat October 1, 1890	New seat

Iowa 7th	Edwin H. Conger (R)	Resigned October 3, 1890 after being appointed U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil	Edward R. Hays (R)	November 4, 1890

Oklahoma Territory At-large	David A. Harvey (R)	Territory organized from Indian Territory. Took seat November 4, 1890	New seat

Wyoming At-large	Clarence D. Clark (R)	Territory achieved statehood. Took seat December 1, 1890	New seat

New York 8th	John H. McCarthy (D)	Resigned January 14, 1891 after being appointed justice of the City Court of New York	Vacant until next Congress

Tennessee 10th	James Phelan Jr. (D)	Died January 30, 1891	Vacant until next Congress

Sentence(s)

Thomas Ryan (R), until April 4, 1889 Harrison Kelley (R), from December 2, 1889 were the House of Representatives at 51st United States Congress.

final_sentence: Thomas Ryan (R), until April 4, 1889 Harrison Kelley (R), from December 2, 1889 were the House of Representatives at 51st United States Congress.