83rd United States Congress
House of Representatives

83rd United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: None

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

Georgia 2nd	Vacant	Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress	J. L. Pilcher (D)	February 4, 1953

Illinois 7th	Vacant	Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress	James Bowler (D)	July 7, 1953

Virginia 5th	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia	William M. Tuck (D)	April 14, 1953

South Carolina 4th	Joseph R. Bryson (D)	Died March 10, 1953	Robert T. Ashmore (D)	June 2, 1953

Kentucky 2nd	Garrett L. Withers (D)	Died April 30, 1953	William H. Natcher (D)	August 1, 1953

Wisconsin 9th	Merlin Hull (R)	Died May 17, 1953	Lester Johnson (D)	October 13, 1953

California 24th	Norris Poulson (R)	Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles	Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)	November 10, 1953

New Jersey 6th	Clifford P. Case (R)	Resigned August 16, 1953	Harrison A. Williams (D)	November 3, 1953

Hawaii Territory At-large	Joseph R. Farrington (R)	Died June 19, 1954	Elizabeth P. Farrington (R)	August 4, 1954

New York 8th	Louis B. Heller (D)	Resigned July 21, 1954, after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City	Vacant	Not filled this term

Georgia 4th	A. Sidney Camp (D)	Died July 24, 1954	John J. Flynt, Jr. (D)	November 2, 1954

Michigan 3rd	Paul W. Shafer (R)	Died August 17, 1954	Vacant	Not filled this term

Ohio 15th	Robert T. Secrest (D)	Resigned September 26, 1954

New Hampshire 2nd	Norris Cotton (R)	Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

Nebraska 2nd	Roman Hruska (R)	Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

Florida 6th	Dwight L. Rogers (D)	Died December 1, 1954

Ohio 15th	George H. Bender (R)	Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

Nebraska 1st	Carl Curtis (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

New York 21st	Jacob K. Javits (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York Attorney General

Sentence(s)

Merlin Hull (R) served as the House of Representative until May 17, 1953 and later Lester Johnson (D) from October 13, 1953.

final_sentence: Merlin Hull (R) served as the House of Representative until May 17, 1953 and later Lester Johnson (D) from October 13, 1953.