79th United States Congress
House of Representatives

79th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: None

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

Rhode Island 2nd	Vacant	John E. Fogarty resigned during the previous Congress.	John E. Fogarty (D)	February 7, 1945

Montana 2nd	James F. O'Connor (D)	Died January 15, 1945	Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)	June 5, 1945

Virginia 3rd	Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D)	Resigned February 15, 1945, to become general counsel and executive director of the Life Insurance Association of America	J. Vaughan Gary (D)	March 6, 1945

Illinois 24th	James V. Heidinger (R)	Died March 22, 1945	Roy Clippinger (R)	November 6, 1945

New Mexico At-large	Clinton P. Anderson (D)	Resigned June 30, 1945, after being appointed Secretary of Agriculture	Vacant	Not filled this term

New Jersey 4th	D. Lane Powers (R)	Resigned August 30, 1945, to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey	Frank A. Mathews, Jr. (R)	November 6, 1945

Oregon 1st	James W. Mott (R)	Died November 12, 1945	A. Walter Norblad (R)	January 18, 1946

North Carolina 10th	Joseph W. Ervin (D)	Died December 25, 1945	Sam Ervin (D)	January 22, 1946

New York 19th	Samuel Dickstein (D)	Resigned December 30, 1945	Arthur G. Klein (D)	February 19, 1946

Virginia 6th	Clifton A. Woodrum (D)	Resigned December 31, 1945, to become president of the American Plant Food Council, Inc.	J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (D)	January 22, 1946

Georgia 5th	Robert Ramspeck (D)	Resigned December 31, 1945, to become executive vice-president of the Air Transport Association	Helen D. Mankin (D)	February 12, 1946

Pennsylvania 33rd	Samuel A. Weiss (D)	Resigned January 7, 1946, after being elected judge of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Frank Buchanan (D)	May 21, 1946

Pennsylvania 23rd	J. Buell Snyder (D)	Died February 24, 1946	Carl H. Hoffman (R)	May 21, 1946

North Carolina 8th	William O. Burgin (D)	Died April 11, 1946	Eliza Jane Pratt (D)	May 25, 1946

Virginia 5th	Thomas G. Burch (D)	Resigned May 31, 1946, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	November 5, 1946

Texas 6th	Luther A. Johnson (D)	Resigned July 17, 1946, after becoming judge of the United States Tax Court	Olin E. Teague (D)	August 24, 1946

Pennsylvania 10th	John W. Murphy (D)	Resigned July 17, 1946, to become judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania	James P. Scoblick (R)	November 5, 1946

Minnesota 3rd	William Gallagher (DFL)	Died August 13, 1946	Vacant	Not filled this term

Puerto Rico At-large	Jesús T. Piñero (PPD)	Resigned September 2, 1946, after being appointed Governor of Puerto Rico	Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)	September 11, 1946

New York 4th	William B. Barry (D)	Died October 20, 1946	Vacant	Not filled this term

Alabama 8th	John Sparkman (D)	Resigned November 6, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term

Idaho 2nd	Henry Dworshak (R)	Resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term

Virginia 7th	Absalom W. Robertson (D)	Resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Burr Harrison (D)	November 5, 1946

Wisconsin 2nd	Robert K. Henry (R)	Died November 20, 1946	Vacant	Not filled this term

Sentence(s)

John W. Murphy (D), served until July 17, 1946 which was later served by James P. Scoblick (R), from November 5, 1946.

final_sentence: John W. Murphy (D), served until July 17, 1946 which was later served by James P. Scoblick (R), from November 5, 1946.