Congressional Resignations: congressional_resignations.csv
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Link | rowid | Member | Party | District | Congress | Resignation Date | Reason ▼ | Source | Category |
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36 | 36 | Geoff Davis | R | KY-04 | 112th | 7/31/2012 | "Family health issue" | POLITICO | E |
35 | 35 | Dennis Cardoza | D | CA-18 | 112th | 8/15/2012 | "Parenting challenges"; took a job with a law firm | POLITICO | D & E |
67 | 67 | Trent Lott | R | MS-SEN | 110th | 12/18/2007 | "Time left to do something else"; founded a lobbying firm | New York Times | D |
93 | 93 | Ron Dellums | D | CA-09 | 105th | 2/6/1998 | "To do other things"; ended up consulting for healthcare company | Washington Post | D |
53 | 53 | Mel Martinez | R | FL-SEN | 111th | 9/9/2009 | "To move on," spend time with family; later joined lobbying firm | New York Times | D & E |
601 | 601 | John Shafroth | D | CO-01 | 58th | 2/15/1904 | Agreed that his opponent had rightfully won the election | U.S. Congress | I |
476 | 476 | William Bowling | D | AL-05 | 70th | 8/16/1928 | Appointed Alabama judge | U.S. Congress | C |
149 | 149 | George Danielson | D | CA-30 | 97th | 3/9/1982 | Appointed California appellate judge | U.S. House of Representatives | C |
11 | 11 | Xavier Becerra | D | CA-34 | 115th | 1/24/2017 | Appointed California attorney general | Los Angeles Times | C |
262 | 262 | Ed Reinecke | R | CA-27 | 91st | 1/21/1969 | Appointed California lieutenant governor | Lieutenant Governor Blog | C |
534 | 534 | William Stephens | R | CA-10 | 64th | 7/22/1916 | Appointed California lieutenant governor | U.S. Congress | C |
345 | 345 | Raymond Baldwin | R | CT-SEN | 81st | 12/16/1949 | Appointed Connecticut Supreme Court justice | New York Times | C |
288 | 288 | Edward Finnegan | D | IL-09 | 88th | 12/6/1964 | Appointed Cook County judge | U.S. Congress | C |
498 | 498 | Josiah Wolcott | D | DE-SEN | 67th | 7/2/1921 | Appointed Delaware chancellor | U.S. Congress | C |
26 | 26 | Rodney Alexander | R | LA-05 | 113th | 9/27/2013 | Appointed Louisiana VA secretary | Roll Call | C |
432 | 432 | John Higgins | D | MA-11 | 75th | 9/30/1937 | Appointed Massachusetts judge | U.S. Congress | C |
493 | 493 | Joseph Walsh | R | MA-16 | 67th | 8/2/1922 | Appointed Massachusetts judge | U.S. Congress | C |
333 | 333 | Foster Furcolo | D | MA-02 | 82nd | 9/30/1952 | Appointed Massachusetts treasurer | New York Times | C |
337 | 337 | Harry Towe | R | NJ-09 | 82nd | 9/7/1951 | Appointed New Jersey deputy attorney general | New York Times | C |
563 | 563 | William Hughes | D | NJ-06 | 62nd | 9/27/1912 | Appointed New Jersey judge | U.S. Congress | C |
259 | 259 | Charles Joelson | D | NJ-08 | 91st | 9/4/1969 | Appointed New Jersey superior court judge | U.S. Congress | C |
188 | 188 | Herman Badillo | D | NY-21 | 95th | 12/31/1977 | Appointed New York City deputy mayor | U.S. House of Representatives | C |
447 | 447 | Frank Oliver | D | NY-23 | 73rd | 6/18/1934 | Appointed New York City magistrate | U.S. Congress | C |
468 | 468 | John Carew | D | NY-18 | 71st | 12/28/1929 | Appointed New York Supreme Court justice | U.S. Congress | C |
325 | 325 | Louis Heller | D | NY-08 | 83rd | 7/21/1954 | Appointed New York judge | U.S. Congress | C |
520 | 520 | Harry Dale | D | NY-04 | 65th | 1/6/1919 | Appointed New York judge | U.S. Congress | C |
537 | 537 | Timothy Ansberry | D | OH-05 | 63rd | 1/9/1915 | Appointed Ohio judge | U.S. Congress | C |
551 | 551 | Francis Harrison | D | NY-20 | 63rd | 9/1/1913 | Appointed Philippines governor | U.S. Congress | C |
488 | 488 | Horace Towner | R | IA-08 | 68th | 4/1/1923 | Appointed Puerto Rico governor | U.S. Congress | C |
444 | 444 | Francis Condon | D | RI-01 | 74th | 1/10/1935 | Appointed Rhode Island judge | U.S. Congress | C |
464 | 464 | Jeremiah O'Connell | D | RI-03 | 71st | 5/9/1930 | Appointed Rhode Island judge | U.S. Congress | C |
31 | 31 | Tim Scott | R | SC-01 | 112th | 1/2/2013 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. House of Representatives | C |
42 | 42 | Dean Heller | R | NV-02 | 112th | 5/9/2011 | Appointed U.S. senator | Las Vegas Sun | C |
56 | 56 | Kirsten Gillibrand | D | NY-20 | 111th | 1/26/2009 | Appointed U.S. senator | New York Daily News | C |
66 | 66 | Roger Wicker | R | MS-01 | 110th | 12/31/2007 | Appointed U.S. senator | The Guardian | C |
74 | 74 | Bob Menendez | D | NJ-13 | 109th | 1/16/2006 | Appointed U.S. senator | New York Times | C |
125 | 125 | Bob Smith | R | NH-01 | 101st | 12/7/1990 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
127 | 127 | Daniel Akaka | D | HI-02 | 101st | 5/16/1990 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
135 | 135 | Dan Coats | R | IN-04 | 101st | 1/3/1989 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
140 | 140 | Jim Broyhill | R | NC-10 | 99th | 7/13/1986 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
180 | 180 | Thad Cochran | R | MS-04 | 95th | 12/26/1978 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
183 | 183 | Max Baucus | D | MT-01 | 95th | 12/14/1978 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
194 | 194 | Don Riegle Jr. | D | MI-07 | 94th | 12/30/1976 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
221 | 221 | Louis Wyman | R | NH-01 | 93rd | 12/31/1974 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
252 | 252 | Robert Stafford | R | VT-AL | 92nd | 9/16/1971 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
255 | 255 | John Tunney | D | CA-38 | 91st | 1/2/1971 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
257 | 257 | William Roth | R | DE-AL | 91st | 12/31/1970 | Appointed U.S. senator | Delaware Historical Society | C |
280 | 280 | Robert Griffin | R | MI-09 | 89th | 5/10/1966 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
318 | 318 | Carl Curtis | R | NE-01 | 83rd | 12/31/1954 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
339 | 339 | Thomas Underwood | D | KY-06 | 82nd | 3/17/1951 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
342 | 342 | Richard Nixon | R | CA-12 | 81st | 11/30/1950 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
349 | 349 | Karl Mundt | R | SD-01 | 80th | 12/30/1948 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
367 | 367 | Thomas Burch | D | VA-05 | 79th | 5/31/1946 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
380 | 380 | Warren Magnuson | D | WA-01 | 78th | 12/13/1944 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
414 | 414 | Mon Wallgren | D | WA-02 | 76th | 12/19/1940 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
428 | 428 | Lister Hill | D | AL-02 | 75th | 1/11/1938 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
436 | 436 | Prentiss Brown | D | MI-11 | 74th | 11/18/1936 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
448 | 448 | Ernest Gibson | R | VT-AL | 73rd | 10/19/1933 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
466 | 466 | John Robsion | R | KY-11 | 71st | 1/10/1930 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
499 | 499 | Willfred Lufkin | R | MA-06 | 67th | 6/30/1921 | Appointed collector of customs at Port of Boston | U.S. Congress | C |
418 | 418 | Lindsay Warren | D | NC-01 | 76th | 10/31/1940 | Appointed comptroller general | U.S. Congress | C |
525 | 525 | Murray Hulbert | D | NY-21 | 65th | 1/1/1918 | Appointed director of Port of New York City | U.S. Congress | C |
142 | 142 | Sam Hall | D | TX-01 | 99th | 5/27/1985 | Appointed federal judge | UPI | C |
165 | 165 | Abner Mikva | D | IL-10 | 96th | 9/26/1979 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. House of Representatives | C |
243 | 243 | James Harvey | R | MI-08 | 93rd | 1/31/1974 | Appointed federal judge | Ballotpedia | C |
261 | 261 | James Battin | R | MT-02 | 91st | 2/27/1969 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
281 | 281 | Oren Harris | D | AR-04 | 89th | 2/2/1966 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
291 | 291 | Robert Hemphill | D | SC-05 | 88th | 5/1/1964 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
293 | 293 | Homer Thornberry | D | TX-10 | 88th | 12/20/1963 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
299 | 299 | Paul Kilday | D | TX-20 | 87th | 9/24/1961 | Appointed federal judge | Arlington National Cemetery | C |
300 | 300 | Thaddeus Machrowicz | D | MI-01 | 87th | 9/18/1961 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
343 | 343 | Eugene Worley | D | TX-18 | 81st | 4/3/1950 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
351 | 351 | Noble Johnson | R | IN-06 | 80th | 7/1/1948 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
355 | 355 | Evan Howell | R | IL-21 | 80th | 10/5/1947 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
356 | 356 | Leo Rayfiel | D | NY-14 | 80th | 9/13/1947 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
358 | 358 | Ewing Thomason | D | TX-16 | 80th | 7/31/1947 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
365 | 365 | John Murphy | D | PA-10 | 79th | 7/17/1946 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
366 | 366 | Luther Johnson | D | TX-06 | 79th | 7/17/1946 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
384 | 384 | Homer Bone | D | WA-SEN | 78th | 11/13/1944 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
398 | 398 | William Cole Jr. | D | MD-02 | 77th | 10/26/1942 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
401 | 401 | Arthur Healey | D | MA-08 | 77th | 8/3/1942 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
403 | 403 | Charles Leavy | D | WA-05 | 77th | 8/1/1942 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
406 | 406 | Joseph Smith | D | CT-05 | 77th | 11/4/1941 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
409 | 409 | John Miller | D | AR-SEN | 77th | 3/31/1941 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
415 | 415 | Lewis Schwellenbach | D | WA-SEN | 76th | 12/16/1940 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
417 | 417 | Marvin Jones | D | TX-18 | 76th | 11/20/1940 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
420 | 420 | Alan Goldsborough | D | MD-01 | 76th | 4/5/1939 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
425 | 425 | Fred Vinson | D | KY-08 | 75th | 5/12/1938 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
435 | 435 | Frank Kloeb | D | OH-04 | 75th | 8/19/1937 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
438 | 438 | Samuel Hill | D | WA-05 | 74th | 6/25/1936 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
439 | 439 | Mell Underwood | D | OH-11 | 74th | 4/10/1936 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
441 | 441 | William Arnold | D | IL-23 | 74th | 9/16/1935 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
443 | 443 | John McDuffie | D | AL-01 | 74th | 3/2/1935 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
449 | 449 | Earl Major | D | IL-21 | 73rd | 10/6/1933 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
450 | 450 | Sam Bratton | D | NM-SEN | 73rd | 6/24/1933 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
451 | 451 | Heartsill Ragon | D | AR-05 | 73rd | 6/16/1933 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
459 | 459 | Frederick Dallinger | R | MA-08 | 72nd | 10/1/1932 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
460 | 460 | George Welsh | R | PA-06 | 72nd | 5/31/1932 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
462 | 462 | Russell Leech | R | PA-20 | 72nd | 1/29/1932 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
463 | 463 | David Kincheloe | D | KY-02 | 71st | 10/5/1930 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
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CREATE TABLE "congress-resignations/congressional_resignations" ( "Member" TEXT, "Party" TEXT, "District" TEXT, "Congress" TEXT, "Resignation Date" TEXT, "Reason" TEXT, "Source" TEXT, "Category" TEXT );