113th United States Congress
House of Representatives

113th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: None

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

Illinois 2nd	Vacant	Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) resigned November 21, 2012, near the end of the previous Congress for health reasons.	Robin Kelly (D)	April 11, 2013

South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Tim Scott (R) resigned January 2, 2013, near the end of the previous Congress, when appointed to the Senate. A special election was held May 7, 2013.	Mark Sanford (R)	May 15, 2013

Missouri 8th	Jo Ann Emerson (R)	Resigned January 22, 2013, to become president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. A special election was held June 4, 2013.	Jason Smith (R)	June 5, 2013

Massachusetts 5th	Ed Markey (D)	Resigned July 16, 2013, having been elected to the United States Senate in a special election. A special election was held December 10, 2013.	Katherine Clark (D)	December 12, 2013

Alabama 1st	Jo Bonner (R)	Resigned August 2, 2013, to become a vice chancellor in the University of Alabama System. A special election was held December 17, 2013.	Bradley Byrne (R)	January 7, 2014

Louisiana 5th	Rodney Alexander (R)	Resigned September 26, 2013, to become the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs. A special election was held November 16, 2013.	Vance McAllister (R)	November 21, 2013

Florida 13th	Bill Young (R)	Died October 18, 2013. A special election was held March 11, 2014.	David Jolly (R)	March 13, 2014

North Carolina 12th	Mel Watt (D)	Resigned January 6, 2014, to become head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. A special election was held November 4, 2014.	Alma Adams (D)	November 12, 2014

Florida 19th	Trey Radel (R)	Resigned January 27, 2014 following a conviction for cocaine possession. A special election was held June 24, 2014.	Curt Clawson (R)	June 25, 2014

New Jersey 1st	Rob Andrews (D)	Resigned February 18, 2014, to take a position at a Philadelphia law firm. A special election was held November 4, 2014.	Donald Norcross (D)	November 12, 2014

Virginia 7th	Eric Cantor (R)	Resigned August 18, 2014 following his primary defeat. A special election was held November 4, 2014.	Dave Brat (R)	November 12, 2014

Sentence(s)

Mel Watt (D) was until January 6, 2014 and Alma Adams (D) succeeded him from November 12, 2014.

final_sentence: Mel Watt (D) was until January 6, 2014 and Alma Adams (D) succeeded him from November 12, 2014.