45th United States Congress
Changes in membership -- House of Representatives
Table:
District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor 's formal installation

Georgia 9th	Vacant	Rep Benjamin Harvey Hill resigned in previous congress	Hiram P. Bell ( D )	March 13 , 1877

Colorado At-large	James B. Belford ( R )	Lost contested election December 13 , 1877	Thomas M. Patterson ( D )	December 13 , 1877

California 4th	Romualdo Pacheco ( R )	Lost contested election February 7 , 1878	Peter D. Wigginton ( D )	February 7 , 1878

Louisiana 3rd	Chester B. Darrall ( R )	Lost contested election February 20 , 1878	Joseph H. Acklen ( D )	February 20 , 1878

Louisiana 5th	John E. Leonard ( R )	Died March 15 , 1878	J. Smith Young ( D )	November 5 , 1878

Massachusetts 3rd	Walbridge A . Field ( R )	Lost contested election March 28 , 1878	Benjamin Dean ( D )	March 28 , 1878

New York 16th	Terence J. Quinn ( D )	Died June 18 , 1878	John M. Bailey ( R )	November 5 , 1878

Nebraska At-large	Frank Welch ( R )	Died September 4 , 1878	Thomas J. Majors ( R )	November 5 , 1878

Michigan 1st	Alpheus S. Williams ( D )	Died December 21 , 1878	Vacant	Not filled this term

Virginia 1st	Beverly B. Douglas ( D )	Died December 22 , 1878	Richard L. T. Beale ( D )	January 23 , 1879

Georgia 1st	Julian Hartridge ( D )	Died January 8 , 1879	William B. Fleming ( D )	February 10 , 1879

Texas 6th	Gustav Schleicher ( D )	Died January 10 , 1879	Vacant	Not filled this term

Florida 2nd	Horatio Bisbee , Jr. ( R )	Lost contested election February 20 , 1879	Jesse J. Finley ( D )	February 20 , 1879

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Georgia 's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the north of the U.S. state of Georgia . The district has been represented since 2013 by Republican Doug Collins . Collins announced in January 2020 that will run for U.S. senator . It is unclear if he can or will also run for re-election .
Benjamin Harvey Hill ( September 14 , 1823 - August 16 , 1882 ) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics , and the Civil War . He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses . Although he had opposed secession , he stayed with the South and served as a Confederate senator representing Georgia . After the war and near the end of the Reconstruction era , Hill was elected in 1874 to the United States House of Representatives , and in 1877 as a U.S. senator from Georgia . He served in the Senate until his death in 1882 .
Hiram Parks Bell ( January 19 , 1827 - August 17 , 1907 ) was a U.S. Representative and a Confederate Representative from the state of Georgia .
The State of Colorado was represented in the United States House of Representatives by one member of the House , elected at-large from 1876 until 1893 and from 1903 until 1913 , and by two members at-large from 1913 until 1915 . Since the 1914 elections , all members from Colorado have been elected from congressional districts .
James Burns Belford ( September 28 , 1837 - January 10 , 1910 ) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Colorado .
Thomas MacDonald Patterson ( November 4 , 1839 - July 23 , 1916 ) was an American politician and newspaper publisher from the 1870s through the 1910s .
California 's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California .
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco , Jr. ( October 31 , 1831 - January 23 , 1899 ) was a Californio politician and diplomat . He was elected and appointed to various California state and federal offices and posts throughout his more than thirty-year career , including serving in the California State Senate , as the 12th governor of California , and three terms in the United States House of Representatives . Pacheco remains the only Hispanic or Latino governor in the state 's history as part of the U.S . He was also the state 's first governor to be born in California and the only governor to be born in the state before statehood . Pacheco represented California in the United States House of Representatives as a Member of the Republican Party from March 4 , 1877 to February 7 , 1878 , and from March 4 , 1879 to March 3 , 1883 . He was the first Hispanic Representative from a U.S. state ; several others had previously served as delegates for U.S. territories and as such did not have full voting privileges .
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton ( September 6 , 1839 - July 7 , 1890 ) was a U.S. Representative from California . Born in Springfield , Illinois , Wigginton moved to Wisconsin with his parents in 1843 . He completed preparatory studies and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and practiced . He was editor of the Dodgeville ( Wisconsin ) Advocate . He moved to Snelling , California , in 1862 , and continued the practice of law . He served as district attorney of Merced County 1864-1868 . Wigginton was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress ( March 4 , 1875 - March 3 , 1877 ) . He successfully contested the election of Romualdo Pacheco to the Forty-fifth Congress ( February 7 , 1878 - March 4 , 1879 ) . He settled in San Francisco in 1880 and resumed the practice of law . Nominated by the American Party as candidate for Vice President in 1888 in place of James R. Geer .
Louisiana 's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana . The district covers the southwestern and south central portion of the state , ranging from the Texas border to the Atchafalaya River . The district is currently represented by Republican Clay Higgins , a former sheriff 's deputy from Point Barre known for his controversial Crime Stoppers videos . He won the December 10th runoff against public service commissioner Scott Angelle to replace Charles Boustany .
Chester Bidwell Darrall ( June 24 , 1842 - January 1 , 1908 ) was an American Republican Congressman from Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th Century .
Joseph Hayes Acklen ( May 20 , 1850 - September 28 , 1938 ) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana .
Louisiana 's 5th Congressional District is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana . The district covers most of the northeastern and central portions of the state and much of the northern portions of the Florida parishes . It contains the cities of Monroe and Alexandria .
John Edwards Leonard ( September 22 , 1845 - March 15 , 1878 ) was a United States Representative from Louisiana . He was the grandnephew of John Edwards ( Pennsylvania ) who also served in Congress . He was born in Fairville , Pennsylvania , into a Quaker family . Leonard attended the public schools and was later graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy , Exeter , New Hampshire in 1863 . He earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1867 . He studied law in Germany before he returned to the United States ; he moved to Louisiana , where he was admitted to the bar in 1870 during the Reconstruction era and commenced practice at Monroe , Louisiana . Leonard was appointed as the district attorney of the thirteenth judicial district of Louisiana in 1871 and 1872 . He was elected associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1876 before he resumed the practice of law in Monroe , Louisiana . In 1876 he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress , serving from March 4 , 1877 , until his death the following year in Havana , Cuba . He was vacationing with several other Washington leaders and died on March 15 , 1878 . He was buried in the Friends ( Hicksite ) Cemetery of the Middletown Meeting House , Middletown Township , Delaware County , Pennsylvania .
John Smith Young ( November 4 , 1834 - October 11 , 1916 ) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana .
Massachusetts 's 3rd congressional district is located in northeastern and central Massachusetts . Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census has greatly changed the borders of this congressional district , largely dividing it between the new 2nd and 4th districts , with the new 3rd district covering only a few towns from the old district . Effective with the elections of 2012 , Worcester is in the new 2nd district and the new 3rd district is similar to the old 5th district , largely covering the Merrimack valley including Lowell , Lawrence and Haverhill . The district is represented by Democrat Lori Trahan .
Walbridge Abner Field ( April 26 , 1833 - July 15 , 1899 ) was an American lawyer , jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts , and as the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court . He was born in North Springfield , Vermont on April 26 , 1833 . He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1855 , where he also served as a tutor . He studied law in Boston , Massachusetts and at the Harvard Law School . Field was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston . He served as a member of the City 's school committee , and represented wards 5 and 8 on Boston 's Common Council .
Benjamin Dean ( August 22 , 1824 - April 9 , 1897 ) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts .
New York 's 16th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Eliot Engel . The 16th district includes the northern Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County , including the suburban cities of Mount Vernon , Yonkers , New Rochelle , and Rye . From 2003 to 2013 , the district included the neighborhoods of Bedford Park , East Tremont , Fordham , Hunts Point , Melrose , Highbridge , Morrisania , Mott Haven and University Heights . Yankee Stadium , Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo were located within the district . Before redistricting , the 2010 Census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York 's 16th lived at or below the federal poverty line , the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation . These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting , while the current 16th comprises most of the territory that had previously been the 17th District . The current 16th district , while still containing impoverished areas , such as some neighborhoods of Mount Vernon , also contains affluent areas , such as in Scarsdale and Rye , resulting in a more mixed-income demography . In 2008 , the previous version of this district gave Barack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district , a margin of 90% ( 95-5% ) . The current configuration of the 16th district is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as the previous version , but retains a Democratic majority .
Terence John Quinn ( October 16 , 1836 - June 18 , 1878 ) was a United States Representative from New York . He was born in Albany , New York , where he was educated at a private school and the Boys ' Academy . Early in life entered the brewery business with his father and subsequently became senior member of the firm . At the outbreak of the American Civil War he was commissioned a second lieutenant in Company B , Twenty-fifth Regiment , New York State Militia Volunteers which was ordered to the defense of Washington , D.C. in April 1861 . He was assigned to duty at Arlington Heights . Quinn was a member of the common council of Albany 1869-1872 . He was elected a member of the State assembly in 1873 . He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth ( 45th ) Congress and served from March 4 , 1877 until his death in Albany in 1878 , aged 41 . He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery , Menands , New York .
John Mosher Bailey ( August 24 , 1838 - February 21 , 1916 ) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1878-1881 .
From statehood in 1867 until 1883 , Nebraska had only one congressional district . Its representative was elected at-large statewide . In 1883 , after the 1880 census , Nebraska was apportioned more representatives who were elected from geographically based districts , thereby obviating the need for an at-large representative .
Frank Welch ( February 10 , 1835 - September 4 , 1878 ) was a Nebraska Republican politician . He was born at Bunker Hill , Charlestown , Massachusetts on February 10 , 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents . He graduated from Boston High School and took up civil engineering . He moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1857 to Decatur , Nebraska serving as postmaster . He served in the Nebraska Territorial council in 1864 and was presiding officer of the Territorial house of representatives in 1865 , also serving in the house in 1866 . He was a register of the land office at West Point , Nebraska from 1871 to 1876 . He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth United States Congress serving from March 4 , 1877 until his death in Neligh , Nebraska on September 4 , 1878 . He is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery , Jamaica Plain , Massachusetts .
Thomas Jefferson Majors ( June 25 , 1841 - July 11 , 1932 ) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska . He was born in Libertyville , Iowa , on June 25 , 1841 and attended the Nebraska state normal school . He moved to Peru , Nebraska in 1860 and entered the Union Army in June 1861 as a first lieutenant of Company C , First Regiment , Nebraska Volunteer Infantry . He served successively as captain , major , and lieutenant colonel of that regiment and was mustered out June 15 , 1866 . He was a member of the last Nebraska Territorial council in 1866 , and its equivalent after Nebraska was accepted as a state , the first Nebraska State senate , from 1867 to 1869 . He was appointed assessor of internal revenue for the Nebraska district in 1869 until the offices of collector and assessor were merged into one . He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth United States Congress as the second member of Nebraska 's house congressional delegation . He did not present his credentials and was not seated as the house only recognized Nebraska as having one representative . When the recognized representative , Frank Welch , died , he ran and subsequently was elected . He was elected to both the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh United States Congresses again as the second member of the delegation , but the House , on February 24 , 1883 , disallowed Nebraskas claim to an additional Member and refused to seat him . He returned to Nebraska and became the director of Citizens State Bank of Peru . He was elected to the Nebraska State House of Representatives in 1889 , and became the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1891 to 1895 serving under three different Governors John Milton Thayer , James E. Boyd and Lorenzo Crounse .
Michigan 's 1st congressional district is a United States Congressional district containing the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan and 16 counties of Northern Michigan in the Lower Peninsula . The district is currently represented by Republican Jack Bergman .
Alpheus Starkey Williams ( September 29 , 1810 - December 21 , 1878 ) was a lawyer , judge , journalist , U.S . Congressman , and a Union general in the American Civil War .
Virginia 's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia . It is a district with many upper middle class people in the Northern portion of the district and rural middle class people in the southern . Virginian politicians now sometimes refer to it as America 's First District since during the 20th century it included Jamestown , the first permanent English settlement in the New World . However , Jamestown Island and the historic settlement were redistricted to the 2nd congressional district in 2017.Moreover , in the 18th and early 19th century , it comprised northwestern Virginia ( that became Frederick County , Virginia as well as the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia after the American Civil War ) . For years , the first district also included the other two points of the Historic Triangle-Williamsburg , the longtime capital of the colony , and Yorktown , where the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War was fought . The district continues to include major military installations , and has been represented by Republican Rob Wittman since 2007 .
Beverly Browne Douglas ( December 21 , 1822 - December 22 , 1878 ) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia .
Richard Lee Turberville Beale ( May 22 , 1819 - April 21 , 1893 ) was a lawyer , three-term United States Congressman from the Commonwealth of Virginia , and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War .
Georgia 's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia . It is currently represented by Republican Buddy Carter , though the district 's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 United States Census , which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia . The first election using the new district boundaries were the 2012 congressional elections . The district comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands and much of the southeastern part of the state . In addition to Savannah , the district includes the cities of Brunswick , Jesup , and Waycross . There are four military bases in the district :
Julian Hartridge ( September 29 , 1829 - January 8 , 1879 ) was an American politician .
William Bennett Fleming ( October 29 , 1803 - August 19 , 1886 ) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia . Born on a plantation near Flemington , Georgia , Fleming attended the common schools and was graduated from Yale College in 1825 . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Savannah , Georgia . He served as judge of the superior court of Chatham County , Georgia from 1847 to 1849 and 1853-1868 . He resumed the practice of law in Savannah . Recorder of the city of Savannah from 1868 until the office was abolished . Fleming was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Julian Hartridge and served from February 10 , 1879 , to March 3 , 1879 . He was not a candidate for renomination . He served as again judge of the superior court from 1879 until 1881 , when he resigned on account of ill health . He retired to Walthourville , Georgia , and died there August 19 , 1886 . He was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery , Savannah , Georgia .
Texas District 6 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Ellis and Navarro counties to the south and southeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner of Tarrant County . As of the 2000 census , District 6 represents 651,620 people . The current Representative from District 6 is Ron Wright , who took office in 2019 . The district was represented by Joe Barton from 1985 until 2019 . In November 2017 , Barton announced that he would retire from Congress and would not seek re-election in 2018 .
Gustav Schleicher ( sometimes spelled Gustave ) ( November 19 , 1823 - January 10 , 1879 ) was a German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas . He was an engineer who served briefly in the Texas legislature , and was a veteran of the Confederate Army .
Florida 's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida . The district consists of the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle along with much of the Big Bend region along the Emerald Coast . It straddles both the Eastern and Central time zones . It is anchored in Panama City and includes many of the suburbs of Tallahassee , the state capital . With 49% of its residents living in rural areas , it is the least urbanized district in the state , and voters are generally conservative . The district is represented by Republican Neal Dunn .
Horatio Bisbee Jr. ( May 1 , 1839 - March 27 , 1916 ) was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida .
Jesse Johnson Finley ( November 18 , 1812 - November 6 , 1904 ) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida , following the reconstruction era ; the mayor of Memphis , Tennessee ; an volunteer officer in the United States Army during the Second Seminole War ; a member of the Arkansas Senate ; a member of the Florida Senate ; and a Circuit Court Judge in Florida .