56th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 21 Democratic: 5 seat loss Republican: 5 seat gain Populist: no net change deaths: 12 resignations: 7 contested election: 3 new seats: 1 Total seats with changes: 26

56th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 21 Democratic: 5 seat loss Republican: 5 seat gain Populist: no net change deaths: 12 resignations: 7 contested election: 3 new seats: 1 Total seats with changes: 26

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation

Maine 2nd	Vacant	Rep. Nelson Dingley Jr. died during previous congress	Charles E. Littlefield (R)	June 19, 1899

Utah At-large	Vacant	B. H. Roberts was denied seat. King was elected to finish term.	William H. King (D)	June 19, 1899

New York 34th	Vacant	Rep. Warren B. Hooker resigned during previous congress	Edward B. Vreeland (R)	November 7, 1899

Nebraska 6th	William L. Greene (Pop.)	Died March 11, 1899.	William Neville (Pop.)	December 4, 1899

Louisiana 5th	Samuel T. Baird (D)	Died April 22, 1899.	Joseph E. Ransdell (D)	August 29, 1899

Missouri 8th	Richard P. Bland (D)	Died June 15, 1899.	Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)	August 29, 1899

Ohio 16th	Lorenzo Danford (R)	Died June 19, 1899	Joseph J. Gill (R)	December 4, 1899

Maine 1st	Thomas B. Reed (R)	Resigned September 4, 1899.	Amos L. Allen (R)	November 6, 1899

Pennsylvania 9th	Daniel Ermentrout (D)	Died September 17, 1899.	Henry D. Green (D)	November 7, 1899

Kentucky 7th	Evan E. Settle (D)	Died November 16, 1899.	June Ward Gayle (D)	January 15, 1900

Maryland 1st	John W. Smith (D)	Resigned January 12, 1900, after being elected Governor of Maryland	Josiah Kerr (R)	November 6, 1900

New York 24th	Charles A. Chickering (R)	Died February 13, 1900	Albert D. Shaw (R)	November 6, 1900

Virginia 4th	Sidney P. Epes (D)	Died March 3, 1900.	Francis R. Lassiter (D)	April 9, 1900

Pennsylvania 5th	Alfred C. Harmer (R)	Died March 6, 1900	Edward Morrell (R)	November 6, 1900

Alabama 4th	Gaston A. Robbins (D)	Lost contested election March 8, 1900	William F. Aldrich (R)	March 8, 1900

Virginia 2nd	William A. Young (D)	Lost contested election March 12, 1900	Richard A. Wise (R)	March 12, 1900

Alabama 8th	Joseph Wheeler (D)	Resigned April 20, 1900.	William N. Richardson (D)	December 3, 1900

North Carolina 9th	William T. Crawford (D)	Lost contested election May 10, 1900	Richmond Pearson (R)	May 10, 1900

Iowa 9th	Smith McPherson (R)	Resigned June 6, 1900, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa	Walter I. Smith (R)	December 3, 1900

Delaware At-large	John H. Hoffecker (R)	Died June 16, 1900	Walter O. Hoffecker (R)	November 6, 1900

New Jersey 7th	William D. Daly (D)	Died July 31, 1900.	Allan L. McDermott (D)	December 3, 1900

California 2nd	Marion De Vries (D)	Resigned August 20, 1900, after being appointed to the Board of General Appraisers	Samuel D. Woods (R)	December 3, 1900

Iowa 10th	Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)	Resigned August 22, 1900, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	James P. Conner (R)	December 4, 1900

Hawaii Territory	New seat	Seat established by the Hawaiian Organic Act April 30, 1900	Robert W. Wilcox (Home Rule)	November 6, 1900

Virginia 2nd	Richard A. Wise (R)	Died December 21, 1900	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New Hampshire 2nd	Frank G. Clarke (R)	Died January 9, 1901	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 24th	Albert D. Shaw (R)	Died February 10, 1901	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Maine 4th	Charles A. Boutelle (R)	Resigned March 3, 1901	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Sentence(s)

Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) served until August 22, 1900 and James P. Conner (R) succeeded him from December 4, 1900.

final_sentence: Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) served until August 22, 1900 and James P. Conner (R) succeeded him from December 4, 1900.