44th United States Congress
House of Representatives
replacements: 14 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 9 resignations: 6 contested election: 5 seats of newly admitted states: 1 Total seats with changes: 21

44th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: replacements: 14 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 9 resignations: 6 contested election: 5 seats of newly admitted states: 1 Total seats with changes: 21

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

Georgia 9	Vacant	Rep-elect Garnett McMillan died before taking seat	Benjamin H. Hill (D)	May 5, 1875

Maine 4	Vacant	Rep. Samuel F. Hersey died during previous congress	Harris M. Plaisted (R)	September 13, 1875

New York 33	Vacant	Rep.-elect Augustus F. Allen died before taking seat	Nelson I. Norton (R)	December 6, 1875

Massachusetts 1	James Buffington (R)	Died March 7, 1875	William W. Crapo (R)	November 2, 1875

Oregon at-large	George A. La Dow (D)	Died May 1, 1875	Lafayette Lane (D)	October 25, 1875

Tennessee 4	Samuel M. Fite (D)	Died October 23, 1875	Haywood Y. Riddle (D)	December 14, 1875

Connecticut 3	Henry H. Starkweather (R)	Died January 28, 1876	John T. Wait (R)	April 12, 1876

Florida 2	Josiah T. Walls (R)	Lost contested election April 19, 1876	Jesse J. Finley (D)	April 19, 1876

Illinois 3	Charles B. Farwell (R)	Lost contested election May 6, 1876	John V. Le Moyne (D)	May 6, 1876

Connecticut 4	William H. Barnum (D)	Resigned May 18, 1876, after being elected to the US Senate	Levi Warner (D)	December 4, 1876

Louisiana 5	Frank Morey (R)	Lost contested election June 8, 1876	William B. Spencer (D)	June 8, 1876

Idaho Territory at-large	Thomas W. Bennett (I)	Lost contested election June 23, 1876	Stephen S. Fenn (D)	June 23, 1876

Maine 3	James G. Blaine (R)	Resigned July 10, 1876, after being appointed to the US Senate	Edwin Flye (R)	December 4, 1876

Kentucky 5	Edward Y. Parsons (D)	Died July 8, 1876	Henry Watterson (D)	August 12, 1876

Pennsylvania 12	Winthrop W. Ketcham (R)	Resigned July 19, 1876, after being appointed judge to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania	William H. Stanton (D)	November 7, 1876

South Carolina 2	Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)	Seat declared vacant July 19, 1876	Charles W. Buttz (R)	November 7, 1876

Massachusetts 4	Rufus S. Frost (R)	Lost contested election July 28, 1876	Josiah G. Abbott (D)	July 28, 1876

Colorado Territory at-large	Thomas M. Patterson (D)	Colorado admitted to the Union August 1, 1876	Statehood achieved

Colorado at-large	New seat	Colorado admitted to the Union August 1, 1876. Seat remained vacant until October 3, 1876.	James B. Belford (R)	October 3, 1876

Indiana 3	Michael C. Kerr (D)	Died August 19, 1876	Nathan T. Carr (D)	December 15, 1876

Indiana 2	James D. Williams (D)	Resigned December 1, 1876, after being elected Governor of Indiana	Andrew Humphreys (D)	December 5, 1876

New York 7	Smith Ely, Jr. (D)	Resigned December 11, 1876	David D. Field II (D)	January 11, 1877

Louisiana 5	William B. Spencer (D)	Resigned January 8, 1877, to become an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court	Vacant	Not filled this term

West Virginia 3	Frank Hereford (D)	Resigned January 31, 1877, after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term

Georgia 9	Benjamin H. Hill (D)	Resigned March 3, 1877, after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term

Sentence(s)

In the 44th United States Congress, Henry H. Starkweather (R) served until January 28, 1876 and was succeeded by John T. Wait (R) on April 12, 1876.

final_sentence: In the 44th United States Congress, Henry H. Starkweather (R) served until January 28, 1876 and was succeeded by John T. Wait (R) on April 12, 1876.