district                 vacator                   reason for change           successor date successor seated
0        louisiana 1st     richard a tonry (d)       forced to resign may 4 , 1977  bob livingston (r)      august 27 , 1977
1        new york 21st   robert garcía (r - l)  changed parties february 21 , 1978   robert garcía (d)    february 21 , 1978
2        tennessee 5th      clifford allen (d)                 died june 18 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
3      california 18th   william m ketchum (r)                 died june 24 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
4         illinois 1st      ralph metcalfe (d)              died october 10 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
5         maryland 6th       goodloe byron (d)              died october 11 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
6        wisconsin 6th   william a steiger (r)              died december 4 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
7   wyoming at - large       teno roncalio (d)         resigned december 30 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
8       california 3rd         john e moss (d)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
9      california 14th       john j mcfall (d)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
10     california 33rd       del m clawson (r)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
11          kansas 5th         joe skubitz (r)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
12       michigan 10th  elford a cederberg (r)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
13     new jersey 14th    joseph a lefante (d)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
14        new york 9th       james delaney (d)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
15           texas 6th       olin e teague (d)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term
16          texas 11th     william r poage (d)         resigned december 31 , 1978              vacant  not filled this term

Table as JSON:
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