78th United States Congress

Columns: State ( class ) | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor 's formal installation
New Jersey ( 1 ) | William Warren Barbour ( R ) | Died November 22 , 1943 . Successor was appointed until an election | Arthur Walsh ( D ) | November 26 , 1943 | Indiana ( 3 ) | Frederick Van Nuys ( D ) | Died January 25 , 1944 . Successor was appointed until an election | Samuel D. Jackson ( D ) | January 28 , 1944 | Massachusetts ( 2 ) | Henry Cabot Lodge , Jr. ( R ) | Resigned February 3 , 1944 , to go on active duty in the US Army . Success was appointed until a special election | Sinclair Weeks ( R ) | February 8 , 1944 | Oregon ( 2 ) | Charles L. McNary ( R ) | Died February 25 , 1944 . Successor was appointed and subsequently won special election | Guy Cordon ( R ) | March 4 , 1944 | Washington ( 3 ) | Homer Bone ( D ) | Resigned November 13 , 1944 , to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit . Successor was appointed to finish the term , having just been elected to the next term | Warren Magnuson ( D ) | December 14 , 1944 | Indiana ( 3 ) | Samuel D. Jackson ( D ) | Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term . Successor was elected | William E. Jenner ( R ) | November 7 , 1944 | South Carolina ( 3 ) | Ellison Durant Smith ( D ) | Died November 17 , 1944 | Wilton E. Hall ( D ) | November 20 , 1944 | New Jersey ( 1 ) | Arthur Walsh ( D ) | Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term . Successor was elected | H. Alexander Smith ( R ) | December 7 , 1944 | Massachusetts ( 2 ) | Sinclair Weeks ( R ) | Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term . Successor was elected . Successor chose not to take the seat until the next Congress , but was nevertheless duly elected and qualified | Leverett Saltonstall ( R ) | January 4 , 1945

Example questions:
What year was the US state admitted to the Union whose vacator graduated from Earlham College ? | How many different men served in the US Senate whose successor was a state senator from 1934 to 1942 ? | What year did an American state declare their Senate seats vacant whose vacator was known for his virulently racist and segregationist views ? | What year did the 78th US Senate successor die whose vacator was an amateur heavyweight boxing champion ?

Answers:
1816 | 44 | 1861 | 1947