90th United States Congress
Senate
Replacements: 4 Democratic: 2 seat net loss Republican: 2 seat net gain Deaths: 2 Resignations: 2 Total seats with changes: 5

90th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: Replacements: 4 Democratic: 2 seat net loss Republican: 2 seat net gain Deaths: 2 Resignations: 2 Total seats with changes: 5

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

Oregon (2)	Vacant	Delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon.	Mark Hatfield (R)	January 10, 1967

New York (1)	Robert F. Kennedy (D)	Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	Charles Goodell (R)	September 10, 1968

Alaska (2)	Bob Bartlett (D)	Died December 11, 1968 Successor was appointed to continue the term.	Ted Stevens (R)	December 24, 1968

Kentucky (3)	Thruston B. Morton (R)	Resigned December 16, 1968, to give successor preferential seniority, having already retired. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Marlow Cook (R)	December 17, 1968

Missouri (3)	Edward V. Long (D)	Resigned December 27, 1968, having lost renomination to the next term. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Thomas Eagleton (D)	December 28, 1968

Sentence(s)

Bob Bartlett (D) was the senate until December 11, 1968 and Ted Stevens (R) was the senate from December 24, 1968.

final_sentence: Bob Bartlett (D) was the senate until December 11, 1968 and Ted Stevens (R) was the senate from December 24, 1968.