92nd United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 10 Democratic: no net loss Republican: no net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 6 Total seats with changes: 16

92nd United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 10 Democratic: no net loss Republican: no net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 6 Total seats with changes: 16

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

District of Columbia At-large	Vacant	District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress	Walter E. Fauntroy (D)	March 23, 1971

South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Rep. L. Mendel Rivers died during previous congress	Mendel J. Davis (D)	April 27, 1971

Maryland 1st	Rogers Morton (R)	Resigned January 29, 1971, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior	William O. Mills (R)	May 25, 1971

Pennsylvania 18th	Robert J. Corbett (R)	Died April 25, 1971	H. John Heinz III (R)	November 2, 1971

Vermont At-large	Robert Stafford (R)	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971	Richard W. Mallary (R)	January 7, 1972

Kentucky 6th	John C. Watts (D)	Died September 24, 1971	William P. Curlin Jr. (D)	December 4, 1971

Pennsylvania 27th	James G. Fulton (R)	Died October 6, 1971	William S. Conover (R)	April 25, 1972

Illinois 15th	Charlotte T. Reid (R)	Resigned October 7, 1971, after being appointed to the Federal Communication Commission	Cliffard D. Carlson (R)	April 4, 1972

Alabama 3rd	George W. Andrews (D)	Died December 25, 1971	Elizabeth B. Andrews (D)	April 4, 1972

Massachusetts 5th	Frank B. Morse (R)	Resigned May 1, 1972, after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations	Vacant	Not filled this congress

Louisiana 7th	Edwin Edwards (D)	Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972	John Breaux (D)	September 30, 1972

Virginia 6th	Richard H. Poff (R)	Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia	M. Caldwell Butler (R)	November 7, 1972

New York 20th	William Fitts Ryan (D)	Died September 17, 1972.	Vacant	Not filled this congress

Ohio 16th	Frank T. Bow (R)	Died November 13, 1972.

Illinois 6th	George W. Collins (D)	Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.

Alaska At-large	Nick Begich (D)	He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death dertificate for Rep.

Sentence(s)

In the 92nd United States Congress, Rogers Morton (R) resigned on January 29, 1971 and William O. Mills (R) was appointed on May 25, 1971.

final_sentence: In the 92nd United States Congress, Rogers Morton (R) resigned on January 29, 1971 and William O. Mills (R) was appointed on May 25, 1971.