84th United States Congress
Senate
Replacements: 3 Democratic: 1 net loss Independent Democratic: 1 net loss Republican: 2 net gain Deaths: 2 Resignations: 1 Interim appointments: 3 Total seats with changes: 3

84th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: Replacements: 3 Democratic: 1 net loss Independent Democratic: 1 net loss Republican: 2 net gain Deaths: 2 Resignations: 1 Interim appointments: 3 Total seats with changes: 3

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

Oregon (3)	Wayne Morse (I)	Changed Political Parties April 30, 1955	Wayne Morse (D)	April 30, 1955

West Virginia (1)	Harley M. Kilgore (D)	Died February 28, 1956	William R. Laird, III (D)	March 13, 1956

South Carolina (2)	Strom Thurmond (ID)	Resigned April 4, 1956, to trigger a contested primary as promised to voters	Thomas A. Wofford (D)	April 5, 1956

Kentucky (2)	Alben W. Barkley (D)	Died April 30, 1956	Robert Humphreys (D)	June 21, 1956

Kentucky (2)	Robert Humphreys (D)	Successor elected November 6, 1956	John S. Cooper (R)	November 7, 1956

South Carolina (2)	Thomas A. Wofford (D)	Successor elected November 6, 1956	Strom Thurmond (D)	November 7, 1956

West Virginia (1)	William R. Laird, III (D)	Successor elected November 6, 1956	W. Chapman Revercomb (R)	November 7, 1956

Sentence(s)

In the 84th United States Congress, Strom Thurmond represented until April 4, 1956, then Thomas A. Wofford (D) represented from April 5, 1956 to November 6, 1956 and Strom Thurmond (D) again from November 7, 1956.

final_sentence: In the 84th United States Congress, Strom Thurmond represented until April 4, 1956, then Thomas A. Wofford (D) represented from April 5, 1956 to November 6, 1956 and Strom Thurmond (D) again from November 7, 1956.