88th United States Congress
Senate

88th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: None

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

Oklahoma (2)	Vacant	Sen. Robert S. Kerr in previous congress. Successor appointed to continue the term.	J. Howard Edmondson (D)	January 7, 1963

Wisconsin (3)	Vacant	Delayed taking oath of office in order to finish term as Governor of Wisconsin	Gaylord Nelson (D)	January 8, 1963

Tennessee (2)	Estes Kefauver (D)	Died August 10, 1963. Successor appointed August 20, 1963 to continue the term.	Herbert S. Walters (D)	August 20, 1963

California (1)	Clair Engle (D)	Died July 30, 1964. Successor appointed August 4, 1964.	Pierre Salinger (D)	August 4, 1964

South Carolina (2)	Strom Thurmond (D)	Changed political parties.	Strom Thurmond (R)	September 16, 1964

New Mexico (1)	Edwin L. Mechem (R)	Lost special election. Successor elected November 3, 1964.	Joseph Montoya (D)	November 4, 1964

Oklahoma (2)	J. Howard Edmondson (D)	Successor elected November 3, 1964.	Fred R. Harris (D)	November 4, 1964

Tennessee (2)	Herbert S. Walters (D)	Successor elected November 3, 1964.	Ross Bass (D)	November 4, 1964

Minnesota (2)	Hubert Humphrey (DFL)	Resigned December 29, 1964, after being elected Vice President of the United States. Successor appointed December 30, 1964 to finish the term.	Walter Mondale (DFL)	December 30, 1964

California (1)	Pierre Salinger (D)	Resigned December 31, 1964 to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed January 1, 1965.	George Murphy (R)	January 1, 1965

Sentence(s)

Edwin L. Mechem (R) served as senator until November 3, 1964, which was later served by Joseph Montoya (D) from November 4, 1964.

final_sentence: Edwin L. Mechem (R) served as senator until November 3, 1964, which was later served by Joseph Montoya (D) from November 4, 1964.