47th United States Congress
House of Representatives
Deaths: 6 Resignations: 9 Contested elections: 8 Total replacements: 14 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Total seats with changes: 22

47th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: Deaths: 6 Resignations: 9 Contested elections: 8 Total replacements: 14 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Total seats with changes: 22

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

Michigan 7th	Vacant	Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress	John T. Rich (R)	April 5, 1881

New York 9th	Vacant	Rep. Fernando Wood resigned during previous congress	John Hardy (D)	December 5, 1881

Maine 2nd	William P. Frye (R)	Resigned March 17, 1881, after being elected to the US Senate	Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)	September 12, 1881

New York 11th	Levi P. Morton (R)	Resigned March 21, 1881, after being appointed Minister to France	Roswell P. Flower (D)	November 8, 1881

South Carolina 2nd	Michael P. O'Connor (D)	Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death.	Samuel Dibble (D)	June 9, 1881

New York 22nd	Warner Miller (R)	Resigned July 26, 1881, after being elected to the US Senate	Charles R. Skinner (R)	November 8, 1881

New York 27th	Elbridge G. Lapham (R)	Resigned July 29, 1881, after being elected to the US Senate	James W. Wadsworth (R)	November 8, 1881

Rhode Island 1st	Nelson W. Aldrich (R)	Resigned October 5, 1881, after being elected to the US Senate	Henry J. Spooner (R)	December 5, 1881

Missouri 2nd	Thomas Allen (D)	Died April 8, 1882	James H. McLean (R)	December 15, 1882

Mississippi 6th	James R. Chalmers (D)	Lost contested election April 29, 1882	John R. Lynch (R)	April 29, 1882

South Carolina 2nd	Samuel Dibble (D)	Lost contested election May 31, 1882, during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor.	Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)	May 31, 1882

Florida 2nd	Jesse J. Finley (D)	Lost contested election June 1, 1882	Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R)	June 1, 1882

Alabama 8th	Joseph Wheeler (D)	Lost contested election June 3, 1882	William M. Lowe (GB)	June 3, 1882

Illinois 5th	Robert M. A. Hawk (R)	Died June 29, 1882	Robert R. Hitt (R)	November 7, 1882

South Carolina 5th	George D. Tillman (D)	Lost contested election July 19, 1882	Robert Smalls (R)	July 19, 1882

Alabama 4th	Charles M. Shelley (D)	Election contested by James Q. Smith. Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882. Shelley re-elected to fill seat.	Charles M. Shelley (D)	November 7, 1882

Alabama 8th	William M. Lowe (GB)	Died October 12, 1882	Joseph Wheeler (D)	January 15, 1883

Georgia 8th	Alexander H. Stephens (D)	Resigned November 4, 1882, after being elected Governor of Georgia	Seaborn Reese (D)	December 4, 1882

Ohio 16th	Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)	Died November 30, 1882	Joseph D. Taylor (R)	January 2, 1883

Indiana 9th	Godlove S. Orth (R)	Died December 16, 1882	Charles T. Doxey (R)	January 17, 1883

North Carolina 3rd	John W. Shackelford (D)	Died January 18, 1883	Vacant	Not filled this term

Missouri 3rd	Richard G. Frost (D)	Lost contested election March 2, 1883	Gustavus Sessinghaus (R)	March 2, 1883

Iowa 6th	Marsena E. Cutts (R)	Lost election contest March 3, 1883	John C. Cook (D)	March 3, 1883

Sentence(s)

Richard G. Frost (D) served the House of Representatives until March 2, 1883 and later Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883.

final_sentence: Richard G. Frost (D) served the House of Representatives until March 2, 1883 and later Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883.