70th United States Congress
House of Representatives
Replacements: 15 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Deaths: 16 Resignations: 7 Total seats with changes: 23

70th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: Replacements: 15 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Deaths: 16 Resignations: 7 Total seats with changes: 23

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor

Ohio 2nd	Vacant	Rep. Ambrose E. B. Stephens died during previous congress	Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr. (R)	November 8, 1927

Louisiana 7th	Ladislas Lazaro (D)	Died March 30, 1927	René L. De Rouen (D)	August 23, 1927

New York 35th	Walter W. Magee (R)	Died May 25, 1927	Clarence E. Hancock (R)	November 8, 1927

Colorado 1st	William N. Vaile (R)	Died July 2, 1927	S. Harrison White (D)	November 15, 1927

Oregon 3rd	Maurice E. Crumpacker (R)	Died July 24, 1927	Franklin F. Korell (R)	October 18, 1927

Pennsylvania 1st	James M. Hazlett (R)	Resigned October 20, 1927	James M. Beck (R)	November 8, 1927

Iowa 9th	William R. Green (R)	Resigned March 31, 1928, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims	Earl W. Vincent (R)	June 4, 1928

Massachusetts 12th	James A. Gallivan (D)	Died April 3, 1928	John W. McCormack (D)	November 6, 1928

Illinois 1st	Martin B. Madden (R)	Died April 27, 1928	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 32nd	Thaddeus C. Sweet (R)	Died May 1, 1928	Francis D. Culkin (R)	November 6, 1928

Pennsylvania 8th	Thomas S. Butler (R)	Died May 26, 1928	James Wolfenden (R)	November 6, 1928

Oregon 2nd	Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)	Resigned May 31, 1928, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims	Robert R. Butler (R)	November 6, 1928

Illinois At-large	Henry R. Rathbone (R)	Died July 15, 1928	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Philippines At-large	Isauro Gabaldon	Resigned July 16, 1928, after being nominated for election to the Philippine House of Representatives	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Alabama 5th	William B. Bowling (D)	Resigned August 16, 1928, after being appointed judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit of Alabama	LaFayette L. Patterson (D)	November 6, 1928

Massachusetts 14th	Louis A. Frothingham (R)	Died August 23, 1928	Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)	November 6, 1928

Missouri 16th	Thomas L. Rubey (D)	Died November 2, 1928	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Arkansas 2nd	William Allan Oldfield (D)	Died November 19, 1928	Pearl Peden Oldfield (D)	January 9, 1929

Ohio 22nd	Theodore E. Burton (R)	Resigned December 15, 1928, after winning special election to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 41st	Clarence MacGregor (R)	Resigned December 28, 1928, after being appointed to the New York Supreme Court	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Missouri 4th	Charles L. Faust (R)	Died December 17, 1928	David W. Hopkins (R)	February 5, 1929

Illinois 15th	Edward J. King (R)	Died February 17, 1929	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

New York 21st	Royal H. Weller (D)	Died March 1, 1929	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Sentence(s)

Walter W. Magee (R) served as representative until May 25, 1927 and Clarence E. Hancock (R) succeeded him from November 8, 1927.

final_sentence: Walter W. Magee (R) served as representative until May 25, 1927 and Clarence E. Hancock (R) succeeded him from November 8, 1927.