76th United States Congress
House of Representatives

76th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
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District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

Maryland 5th	Vacant	Rep. Stephen W. Gambrill died in previous Congress	Lansdale Sasscer (D)	February 3, 1939

Arkansas 4th	William B. Cravens (D)	Died January 13, 1939	William F. Cravens (D)	September 12, 1939

Pennsylvania 4th	J. Burrwood Daly (D)	Died March 12, 1939	John E. Sheridan (D)	November 7, 1939

Tennessee 6th	Clarence W. Turner (D)	Died March 23, 1939	W. Wirt Courtney (D)	May 11, 1939

Maryland 1st	Thomas A. Goldsborough (D)	Resigned April 5, 1939, after being appointed associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia	David J. Ward (D)	June 8, 1939

New York 34th	Bert Lord (R)	Died May 24, 1939	Edwin A. Hall (R)	November 7, 1939

Georgia 4th	Emmett M. Owen (D)	Died June 21, 1939	A. Sidney Camp (D)	August 1, 1939

Wisconsin 3rd	Harry W. Griswold (R)	Died July 4, 1939	Vacant until the next Congress

Tennessee 3rd	Sam D. McReynolds (D)	Died July 11, 1939	Estes Kefauver (D)	September 13, 1939

California 18th	Thomas M. Eaton (R)	Died September 16, 1939	Vacant until the next Congress

South Carolina 1st	Thomas S. McMillan (D)	Died September 29, 1939	Clara G. McMillan (D)	November 7, 1939

Ohio 22nd	Chester C. Bolton (R)	Died October 29, 1939	Frances P. Bolton (R)	February 27, 1940

Tennessee 2nd	J. Will Taylor (R)	Died November 14, 1939	John Jennings, Jr. (R)	December 30, 1939

Puerto Rico At-large	Santiago Iglesias (Coalitionist)	Died December 5, 1939	Bolívar Pagán (Socialist)	December 26, 1939

Colorado 3rd	John A. Martin (D)	Died December 23, 1939	William E. Burney (D)	November 5, 1940

Michigan 5th	Carl E. Mapes (R)	Died December 12, 1939	Bartel J. Jonkman (R)	February 19, 1940

New York 14th	William I. Sirovich (D)	Died December 17, 1939	Morris M. Edelstein (D)	February 6, 1940

Ohio 17th	William A. Ashbrook (D)	Died January 1, 1940	J. Harry McGregor (R)	February 27, 1940

Nebraska 1st	George H. Heinke (R)	Died January 2, 1940	John H. Sweet (R)	April 19, 1940

Tennessee 9th	Clift Chandler (D)	Resigned January 2, 1940, after being elected Mayor of Memphis	Clifford Davis (D)	February 15, 1940

New York 31st	Wallace E. Pierce (R)	Died January 3, 1940	Clarence E. Kilburn (R)	February 13, 1940

New York 22nd	Edward W. Curley (D)	Died January 6, 1940	Walter A. Lynch (D)	February 20, 1940

Iowa 6th	Cassius C. Dowell (R)	Died February 4, 1940	Robert K. Goodwin (R)	March 5, 1940

Maine 2nd	Clyde Smith (R)	Died April 8, 1940	Margaret Chase Smith (R)	June 3, 1940

Georgia 8th	W. Benjamin Gibbs (D)	Died August 7, 1940	Florence Reville Gibbs (D)	October 1, 1940

New Jersey 8th	George N. Seger (R)	Died August 26, 1940	Vacant until the next Congress

Alabama 7th	William B. Bankhead (D)	Died September 15, 1940	Zadoc L. Weatherford (D)	November 5, 1940

North Carolina 1st	Lindsay C. Warren (D)	Resigned October 31, 1940, after being appointed Comptroller General of the United States	Herbert C. Bonner (D)	November 5, 1940

Texas 18th	John Marvin Jones (D)	Resigned November 20, 1940, to become judge of the United States Court of Claims	Vacant until the next Congress

Louisiana 2nd	Paul H. Maloney (D)	Resigned December 15, 1940, to become Collector of Internal Revenue for New Orleans District	Vacant until the next Congress

Washington 2nd	Monrad Wallgren (D)	Resigned December 19, 1940, after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant until the next Congress

Missouri 11th	Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D)	Resigned December 31, 1940, to become candidate for Circuit Attorney of St. Louis	Vacant until the next Congress

Sentence(s)

Cassius C. Dowell (R) was until February 4, 1940 and Robert K. Goodwin (R) succeeded from March 5, 1940.
Cassius C. Dowell (R), until February 4, 1940 Robert K. Goodwin (R), from March 5, 1940 7.
Cassius C. Dowell (R), served until February 4, 1940 and succeeded by Robert K. Goodwin (R), from March 5, 1940.

final_sentence: Cassius C. Dowell (R) was until February 4, 1940 and Robert K. Goodwin (R) succeeded from March 5, 1940.
final_sentence: Cassius C. Dowell (R), until February 4, 1940 Robert K. Goodwin (R), from March 5, 1940 7.
final_sentence: Cassius C. Dowell (R), served until February 4, 1940 and succeeded by Robert K. Goodwin (R), from March 5, 1940.