Congressional Resignations: congressional_resignations.csv
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Link | rowid | Member | Party | District | Congress | Resignation Date ▼ | Reason | Source | Category |
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525 | 525 | Murray Hulbert | D | NY-21 | 65th | 1/1/1918 | Appointed director of Port of New York City | U.S. Congress | C |
329 | 329 | Richard Nixon | R | CA-SEN | 82nd | 1/1/1953 | Elected vice president | U.S. Congress | C |
193 | 193 | John Tunney | D | CA-SEN | 94th | 1/1/1977 | Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early | UPI | G |
166 | 166 | William Scott | R | VA-SEN | 95th | 1/1/1979 | Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority | Washington Post | G |
155 | 155 | Donald Stewart | D | AL-SEN | 96th | 1/1/1981 | Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early | UPI | G |
98 | 98 | Ray Thornton | D | AR-02 | 104th | 1/1/1997 | Elected Arkansas Supreme Court justice | U.S. Congress | C |
32 | 32 | Jim DeMint | R | SC-SEN | 112th | 1/1/2013 | Took a job with the Heritage Foundation | Washington Post | D |
466 | 466 | John Robsion | R | KY-11 | 71st | 1/10/1930 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
444 | 444 | Francis Condon | D | RI-01 | 74th | 1/10/1935 | Appointed Rhode Island judge | U.S. Congress | C |
429 | 429 | Dixie Bibb Graves | D | AL-SEN | 75th | 1/10/1938 | Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early | Encyclopedia of Alabama | G |
577 | 577 | William Kitchin | D | NC-05 | 60th | 1/11/1909 | Elected North Carolina governor | U.S. Congress | C |
482 | 482 | John Langley | R | KY-10 | 69th | 1/11/1926 | Convicted of violating Prohibition laws | Lexington Herald-Leader | B |
428 | 428 | Lister Hill | D | AL-02 | 75th | 1/11/1938 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
558 | 558 | James Cox | D | OH-03 | 62nd | 1/12/1913 | Elected Ohio governor | U.S. Congress | C |
412 | 412 | Matthew Neely | D | WV-SEN | 77th | 1/12/1941 | Elected West Virginia governor | U.S. Congress | C |
504 | 504 | Warren Harding | R | OH-SEN | 66th | 1/13/1921 | Elected president | U.S. Congress | C |
585 | 585 | John Little | D | AR-04 | 59th | 1/14/1907 | Elected Arkansas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
557 | 557 | Joe T. Robinson | D | AR-06 | 62nd | 1/14/1913 | Elected Arkansas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
503 | 503 | John Nugent | D | ID-SEN | 66th | 1/14/1921 | Appointed to Wilson administration | Spokane Spokesman-Review | C |
312 | 312 | Price Daniel | D | TX-SEN | 85th | 1/14/1957 | Elected Texas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
65 | 65 | Bobby Jindal | R | LA-01 | 110th | 1/14/2008 | Elected Louisiana governor | Reuters | C |
609 | 609 | S.W.T. Lanham | D | TX-08 | 57th | 1/15/1903 | Elected Texas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
59 | 59 | Joe Biden | D | DE-SEN | 111th | 1/15/2009 | Elected vice president | CNN | C |
1 | 1 | Pat Tiberi | R | OH-12 | 115th | 1/15/2018 | Took a job with the Ohio Business Roundtable | New York Times | D |
570 | 570 | John Tener | R | PA-24 | 61st | 1/16/1911 | Elected Pennsylvania governor | U.S. Congress | C |
267 | 267 | John Bell Williams | D | MS-03 | 90th | 1/16/1968 | Elected Mississippi governor | U.S. Congress | C |
128 | 128 | Jim Florio | D | NJ-01 | 101st | 1/16/1990 | Elected New Jersey governor | U.S. House of Representatives | C |
74 | 74 | Bob Menendez | D | NJ-13 | 109th | 1/16/2006 | Appointed U.S. senator | New York Times | C |
569 | 569 | John Reynolds | R | PA-19 | 61st | 1/17/1911 | Elected Pennsylvania lieutenant governor | U.S. Congress | C |
377 | 377 | Harry Truman | D | MO-SEN | 79th | 1/17/1945 | Elected vice president | U.S. Congress | C |
73 | 73 | Jon Corzine | D | NJ-SEN | 109th | 1/17/2006 | Elected New Jersey governor | U.S. Congress | C |
427 | 427 | Harry Moore | D | NJ-SEN | 75th | 1/18/1938 | Elected New Jersey governor | U.S. Congress | C |
301 | 301 | Stewart Udall | D | AZ-02 | 87th | 1/18/1961 | Appointed to Kennedy administration | U.S. Congress | C |
348 | 348 | Alben Barkley | D | KY-SEN | 81st | 1/19/1949 | Elected vice president | U.S. Congress | C |
258 | 258 | Bill Cahill | R | NJ-06 | 91st | 1/19/1970 | Elected New Jersey governor | U.S. Congress | C |
497 | 497 | John Peters | R | ME-03 | 67th | 1/2/1922 | Appointed federal judge | Maine: An Encyclopedia | C |
489 | 489 | William Vare | R | PA-01 | 67th | 1/2/1923 | Elected to PA State Senate | Reading Times | C |
419 | 419 | Clift Chandler | D | TN-09 | 76th | 1/2/1940 | Elected Memphis mayor | U.S. Congress | C |
379 | 379 | William Troutman | R | PA-AL | 78th | 1/2/1945 | Unclear, but sounds like he was elected to PA State Senate | U.S. Congress | C |
344 | 344 | J. Parnell Thomas | R | NJ-07 | 81st | 1/2/1950 | Convicted of fraud | New York Observer | B |
316 | 316 | Sidney Fine | D | NY-22 | 84th | 1/2/1956 | Elected New York Supreme Court justice | U.S. Congress | C |
254 | 254 | George Murphy | R | CA-SEN | 91st | 1/2/1971 | Lost reelection bid & left early; unclear why | New York Times | G |
255 | 255 | John Tunney | D | CA-38 | 91st | 1/2/1971 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
143 | 143 | Paul Tsongas | D | MA-SEN | 98th | 1/2/1985 | Retired due to ill health; resigned early to give successor seniority | WBUR | E & G |
116 | 116 | Al Gore Jr. | D | TN-SEN | 102nd | 1/2/1993 | Elected vice president | CQ Almanac | C |
60 | 60 | Rahm Emanuel | D | IL-05 | 110th | 1/2/2009 | Appointed to Obama administration | CNN | C |
31 | 31 | Tim Scott | R | SC-01 | 112th | 1/2/2013 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. House of Representatives | C |
2 | 2 | Al Franken | D | MN-SEN | 115th | 1/2/2018 | Sexual harassment/groping/unwanted kissing | Minneapolis Star Tribune | X |
202 | 202 | James Hastings | R | NY-39 | 94th | 1/20/1976 | Took a job with Associated Industries of New York | Milwaukee Journal | D |
114 | 114 | Lloyd Bentsen | D | TX-SEN | 103rd | 1/20/1993 | Appointed to Clinton administration | New York Times | C |
115 | 115 | Les Aspin | D | WI-01 | 103rd | 1/20/1993 | Appointed to Clinton administration | U.S. Congress | C |
81 | 81 | Bill Janklow | R | SD-AL | 108th | 1/20/2004 | Convicted of manslaughter for a fatal car accident | Minnesota Public Radio | B |
58 | 58 | Ken Salazar | D | CO-SEN | 111th | 1/20/2009 | Appointed to Obama administration | Denver Post | C |
262 | 262 | Ed Reinecke | R | CA-27 | 91st | 1/21/1969 | Appointed California lieutenant governor | Lieutenant Governor Blog | C |
263 | 263 | Melvin Laird | R | WI-07 | 91st | 1/21/1969 | Appointed to Nixon administration | U.S. Congress | C |
113 | 113 | Leon Panetta | D | CA-17 | 103rd | 1/21/1993 | Appointed to Clinton administration | Washington Post | C |
57 | 57 | Hillary Clinton | D | NY-SEN | 111th | 1/21/2009 | Appointed to Obama administration | CNN | C |
201 | 201 | Bob Casey | D | TX-22 | 94th | 1/22/1976 | Appointed to Ford administration | U.S. Congress | C |
191 | 191 | Bob Bergland | D | MN-07 | 95th | 1/22/1977 | Appointed to Carter administration | New York Times | C |
192 | 192 | Brock Adams | D | WA-07 | 95th | 1/22/1977 | Appointed to Carter administration | Washington Post | C |
112 | 112 | Mike Espy | D | MS-02 | 103rd | 1/22/1993 | Appointed to Clinton administration | Washington Post | C |
30 | 30 | Jo Ann Emerson | R | MO-08 | 113th | 1/22/2013 | Took a job with National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | Washington Post | D |
12 | 12 | Mike Pompeo | R | KS-04 | 115th | 1/23/2017 | Appointed to Trump administration | NBC News | C |
11 | 11 | Xavier Becerra | D | CA-34 | 115th | 1/24/2017 | Appointed California attorney general | Los Angeles Times | C |
39 | 39 | Gabby Giffords | D | AZ-08 | 112th | 1/25/2012 | Recovery from gunshot injury | CNN | E |
56 | 56 | Kirsten Gillibrand | D | NY-20 | 111th | 1/26/2009 | Appointed U.S. senator | New York Daily News | C |
154 | 154 | David Stockman | R | MI-04 | 97th | 1/27/1981 | Appointed to Reagan administration | The Atlantic | C |
24 | 24 | Trey Radel | R | FL-19 | 113th | 1/27/2014 | Cocaine possession | USA Today | B |
584 | 584 | Charles Curtis | R | KS-01 | 59th | 1/28/1907 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
462 | 462 | Russell Leech | R | PA-20 | 72nd | 1/29/1932 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
253 | 253 | Rogers Morton | R | MD-01 | 92nd | 1/29/1971 | Appointed to Nixon administration | Washington Post | C |
190 | 190 | Andrew Young | D | GA-05 | 95th | 1/29/1977 | Appointed to Carter administration | Georgia Encyclopedia | C |
560 | 560 | Joseph Bailey | D | TX-SEN | 62nd | 1/3/1913 | Retired; left early in disgust at election of progressive Wilson | "Joe Bailey, the Last Democrat" (p. 316) | F & G |
430 | 430 | Henry Ellenbogen | D | PA-33 | 75th | 1/3/1938 | Elected Pennsylvania judge | U.S. Congress | C |
405 | 405 | Harold Flannery | D | PA-12 | 77th | 1/3/1942 | Elected Pennsylvania judge | U.S. Congress | C |
302 | 302 | Lyndon Johnson | D | TX-SEN | 87th | 1/3/1961 | Elected vice president | U.S. Congress | C |
244 | 244 | Bill Saxbe | R | OH-SEN | 93rd | 1/3/1974 | Appointed to Nixon administration | American Presidency Project | C |
245 | 245 | William Keating | R | OH-01 | 93rd | 1/3/1974 | Took a job with Cincinnati Enquirer | Toledo Blade | D |
134 | 134 | Dan Quayle | R | IN-SEN | 101st | 1/3/1989 | Elected vice president | U.S. Congress | C |
135 | 135 | Dan Coats | R | IN-04 | 101st | 1/3/1989 | Appointed U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
92 | 92 | Newt Gingrich | R | GA-06 | 106th | 1/3/1999 | Faced caucus revolt after disappointing midterm | New York Times | F |
51 | 51 | Robert Wexler | D | FL-19 | 111th | 1/3/2010 | Took a job with Middle East think tank | Lexology | D |
20 | 20 | Tom Coburn | R | OK-SEN | 113th | 1/3/2015 | Self-imposed term limits/"shifting my focus elsewhere" | The Oklahoman | D & F |
592 | 592 | Claude Swanson | D | VA-05 | 59th | 1/30/1906 | Elected Virginia governor | U.S. Congress | C |
573 | 573 | Fountain Thompson | D | ND-SEN | 61st | 1/31/1910 | Ill health but was suspected to be political maneuvering | Bismarck Tribune | E & F |
426 | 426 | Frederick Steiwer | R | OR-SEN | 75th | 1/31/1938 | Returned to his law practice | New York Times | D |
243 | 243 | James Harvey | R | MI-08 | 93rd | 1/31/1974 | Appointed federal judge | Ballotpedia | C |
164 | 164 | Dan Flood | D | PA-11 | 96th | 1/31/1980 | Bribery and conspiracy | UPI | B |
111 | 111 | Bill Gradison | R | OH-02 | 103rd | 1/31/1993 | Took a job with Health Insurance Association of America | Science Corruption | D |
579 | 579 | Charles Brumm | R | PA-12 | 60th | 1/4/1909 | Elected Pennsylvania judge | U.S. Congress | C |
571 | 571 | Eugene Foss | D | MA-14 | 61st | 1/4/1911 | Elected Massachusetts governor | U.S. Congress | C |
510 | 510 | Hampton Moore | R | PA-03 | 66th | 1/4/1920 | Elected Philadelphia mayor | U.S. Congress | C |
521 | 521 | John R.K. Scott | R | PA-AL | 65th | 1/5/1919 | Unclear, but sounds like he was elected to PA State House | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | C |
505 | 505 | Alvan Fuller | R | MA-09 | 66th | 1/5/1921 | Elected Massachusetts lieutenant governor | U.S. Congress | C |
404 | 404 | Joseph McArdle | D | PA-33 | 77th | 1/5/1942 | Elected to Pittsburgh City Council | U.S. Congress | C |
309 | 309 | Earl Chudoff | D | PA-04 | 85th | 1/5/1958 | Elected Pennsylvania judge | U.S. Congress | C |
146 | 146 | Phil Gramm | D | TX-06 | 98th | 1/5/1983 | Dem Party ostracized him; resigned to seek seat as Republican | New York Times | F |
19 | 19 | Michael Grimm | R | NY-11 | 114th | 1/5/2015 | Tax evasion | CNN | B |
578 | 578 | George Lilley | R | CT-AL | 60th | 1/6/1909 | Seat vacated when he became Connecticut governor | U.S. Congress | C |
539 | 539 | Winfield Hammond | D | MN-02 | 63rd | 1/6/1915 | Elected Minnesota governor | 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 );