1939 United States House of Representatives elections
There were special elections for the United States House of Representatives to the 76th United States Congress.
List of elections[]
District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[a] |
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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 |
Tennessee 3rd | Sam D. McReynolds (D) | Died July 11, 1939 | Estes Kefauver (D) | September 13, 1939 |
South Carolina 1st | Thomas S. McMillan (D) | Died September 29, 1939 | Clara G. McMillan (D) | November 7, 1939 |
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 |
References[]
- ^ When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
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- 1939 United States House of Representatives elections
- United States House of Representatives special elections