Congressional Resignations: congressional_resignations.csv
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Link | rowid ▲ | Member | Party | District | Congress | Resignation Date | Reason | Source | Category |
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615 | 615 | Nicholas Muller | D | NY-07 | 57th | 11/22/1901 | Ill health | New York Times | E |
614 | 614 | John Rhea | D | KY-03 | 57th | 3/25/1902 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
613 | 613 | William Moody | R | MA-06 | 57th | 5/1/1902 | Appointed to Roosevelt administration | U.S. Congress | C |
612 | 612 | James Butler | D | MO-12 | 57th | 6/28/1902 | Election declared invalid | U.S. Congress | I |
611 | 611 | George Ray | R | NY-26 | 57th | 9/11/1902 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
610 | 610 | James Hall | D | PA-28 | 57th | 11/29/1902 | Elected to PA State Senate | U.S. Congress | C |
609 | 609 | S.W.T. Lanham | D | TX-08 | 57th | 1/15/1903 | Elected Texas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
608 | 608 | James Butler | D | MO-12 | 57th | 2/26/1903 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
607 | 607 | Heisler Ball | R | DE-AL | 57th | 3/3/1903 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
606 | 606 | Chester Long | R | KS-07 | 57th | 3/4/1903 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
605 | 605 | Joseph Gill | R | OH-16 | 58th | 10/31/1903 | Ill health | New York Times | E |
604 | 604 | Thomas Ball | D | TX-08 | 58th | 11/16/1903 | Resumed practicing law | Texas State Historical Association | D |
603 | 603 | George McClellan Jr. | D | NY-12 | 58th | 12/21/1903 | Elected New York City mayor | U.S. Congress | C |
602 | 602 | George Howell | D | PA-11 | 58th | 2/10/1904 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
601 | 601 | John Shafroth | D | CO-01 | 58th | 2/15/1904 | Agreed that his opponent had rightfully won the election | U.S. Congress | I |
600 | 600 | Charles Dick | R | OH-19 | 58th | 3/23/1904 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
599 | 599 | William Lanning | R | NJ-04 | 58th | 6/6/1904 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
598 | 598 | Victor Metcalf | R | CA-03 | 58th | 7/1/1904 | Appointed to Roosevelt administration | U.S. Congress | C |
597 | 597 | James Hemenway | R | IN-01 | 58th | 3/3/1905 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
596 | 596 | Charles Fairbanks | R | IN-SEN | 58th | 3/3/1905 | Elected vice president | U.S. Congress | C |
595 | 595 | Elmer Burkett | R | NE-01 | 58th | 3/4/1905 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
594 | 594 | Alston Dayton | R | WV-02 | 59th | 3/16/1905 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
593 | 593 | Frank Brandegee | R | CT-03 | 59th | 5/10/1905 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
592 | 592 | Claude Swanson | D | VA-05 | 59th | 1/30/1906 | Elected Virginia governor | U.S. Congress | C |
591 | 591 | Joseph Burton | R | KS-SEN | 59th | 6/4/1906 | Convicted of corruption | U.S. Senate | B |
590 | 590 | Ernest Wood | D | MO-12 | 59th | 6/23/1906 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
589 | 589 | Tim Sullivan | D | NY-08 | 59th | 7/27/1906 | Bored with Congress; returned to exercise boss power in NY & run for State Senate in 1908 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | C & F |
588 | 588 | James Gillett | R | CA-01 | 59th | 11/4/1906 | Elected California governor | U.S. Congress | C |
587 | 587 | Malcolm Patterson | D | TN-10 | 59th | 11/5/1906 | Elected Tennessee governor | U.S. Congress | C |
586 | 586 | Newton Gilbert | R | IN-12 | 59th | 11/6/1906 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
585 | 585 | John Little | D | AR-04 | 59th | 1/14/1907 | Elected Arkansas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
584 | 584 | Charles Curtis | R | KS-01 | 59th | 1/28/1907 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
583 | 583 | William Alden Smith | R | MI-05 | 59th | 2/9/1907 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
582 | 582 | John Reyburn | R | PA-02 | 60th | 3/31/1907 | Elected Philadelphia mayor | U.S. Congress | C |
581 | 581 | John Spooner | R | WI-SEN | 60th | 4/30/1907 | Resumed practicing law | Sacramento Union | D |
580 | 580 | Charles Littlefield | R | ME-02 | 60th | 9/30/1908 | Returned to his law practice | San Francisco Call | D |
579 | 579 | Charles Brumm | R | PA-12 | 60th | 1/4/1909 | Elected Pennsylvania judge | U.S. Congress | C |
578 | 578 | George Lilley | R | CT-AL | 60th | 1/6/1909 | Seat vacated when he became Connecticut governor | U.S. Congress | C |
577 | 577 | William Kitchin | D | NC-05 | 60th | 1/11/1909 | Elected North Carolina governor | U.S. Congress | C |
576 | 576 | Philander Knox | R | PA-SEN | 60th | 3/4/1909 | Appointed to Taft administration | U.S. Congress | C |
575 | 575 | Theodore Burton | R | OH-21 | 60th | 3/4/1909 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
574 | 574 | William Lorimer | R | IL-06 | 61st | 6/17/1909 | Elected U.S. senator | 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 |
572 | 572 | Gordon Russell | D | TX-03 | 61st | 6/14/1910 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
571 | 571 | Eugene Foss | D | MA-14 | 61st | 1/4/1911 | Elected Massachusetts governor | U.S. Congress | C |
570 | 570 | John Tener | R | PA-24 | 61st | 1/16/1911 | Elected Pennsylvania governor | U.S. Congress | C |
569 | 569 | John Reynolds | R | PA-19 | 61st | 1/17/1911 | Elected Pennsylvania lieutenant governor | U.S. Congress | C |
568 | 568 | Asle Gronna | R | ND-AL | 61st | 2/2/1911 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
567 | 567 | Walter Smith | R | IA-09 | 62nd | 3/15/1911 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
566 | 566 | Joseph Terrell | D | GA-SEN | 62nd | 7/14/1911 | Had a stroke | University of Georgia | E |
565 | 565 | William Lorimer | R | IL-SEN | 62nd | 7/13/1912 | Election declared invalid | U.S. Senate | I |
564 | 564 | Theron Catlin | R | MO-11 | 62nd | 8/12/1912 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
563 | 563 | William Hughes | D | NJ-06 | 62nd | 9/27/1912 | Appointed New Jersey judge | U.S. Congress | C |
562 | 562 | Charles Bowman | R | PA-11 | 62nd | 12/12/1912 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
561 | 561 | Bill Sulzer | D | NY-10 | 62nd | 12/31/1912 | Elected New York governor | U.S. Congress | 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 |
559 | 559 | L.B. Hanna | R | ND-AL | 62nd | 1/7/1913 | Elected North Dakota governor | U.S. Congress | C |
558 | 558 | James Cox | D | OH-03 | 62nd | 1/12/1913 | Elected Ohio governor | U.S. Congress | C |
557 | 557 | Joe T. Robinson | D | AR-06 | 62nd | 1/14/1913 | Elected Arkansas governor | U.S. Congress | C |
556 | 556 | Morris Sheppard | D | TX-01 | 62nd | 2/3/1913 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
555 | 555 | John Weeks | R | MA-12 | 62nd | 3/4/1913 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
554 | 554 | Albert Burleson | D | TX-10 | 63rd | 3/6/1913 | Appointed to Wilson administration | U.S. Congress | C |
553 | 553 | Olin Young | R | MI-12 | 63rd | 5/16/1913 | Turned out votes were miscounted & he didn't win election | Congressional Record | I |
552 | 552 | John W. Davis | D | WV-01 | 63rd | 8/29/1913 | Appointed to Wilson administration | U.S. Congress | C |
551 | 551 | Francis Harrison | D | NY-20 | 63rd | 9/1/1913 | Appointed Philippines governor | U.S. Congress | C |
550 | 550 | James Michael Curley | D | MA-12 | 63rd | 2/4/1914 | Elected Boston mayor | U.S. Congress | C |
549 | 549 | Henry Clayton | D | AL-03 | 63rd | 5/25/1914 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
548 | 548 | L.C. Dyer | R | MO-12 | 63rd | 6/19/1914 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
547 | 547 | James McDermott | D | IL-04 | 63rd | 7/21/1914 | Implicated in lobbying scandal, resigned to avoid expulsion | Sacramento Union | B |
546 | 546 | William Sharp | D | OH-14 | 63rd | 7/23/1914 | Appointed to Wilson administration | U.S. Congress | C |
545 | 545 | Andrew Peters | D | MA-11 | 63rd | 8/15/1914 | Appointed to Wilson administration | U.S. Congress | C |
544 | 544 | William Murray | D | MA-10 | 63rd | 9/28/1914 | Appointed postmaster of Boston | U.S. Congress | C |
543 | 543 | Harry Covington | D | MD-01 | 63rd | 9/30/1914 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
542 | 542 | Walter McCoy | D | NJ-09 | 63rd | 10/3/1914 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
541 | 541 | Thomas Hardwick | D | GA-10 | 63rd | 11/2/1914 | To focus on his run for Senate | U.S. Congress | C |
540 | 540 | Denis O'Leary | D | NY-02 | 63rd | 12/31/1914 | Elected Queens district attorney | New York Times | C |
539 | 539 | Winfield Hammond | D | MN-02 | 63rd | 1/6/1915 | Elected Minnesota governor | U.S. Congress | C |
538 | 538 | Frank Willis | R | OH-08 | 63rd | 1/9/1915 | Elected Ohio governor | U.S. Congress | C |
537 | 537 | Timothy Ansberry | D | OH-05 | 63rd | 1/9/1915 | Appointed Ohio judge | U.S. Congress | C |
536 | 536 | Eugene Kinkead | D | NJ-08 | 63rd | 2/4/1915 | Elected Hudson County sheriff, right to vote in House challenged | Christian Science Monitor | C |
535 | 535 | Joseph Johnson | D | SC-04 | 64th | 4/19/1915 | Appointed federal judge | Find a Grave | C |
534 | 534 | William Stephens | R | CA-10 | 64th | 7/22/1916 | Appointed California lieutenant governor | U.S. Congress | C |
533 | 533 | James Hay | D | VA-07 | 64th | 10/1/1916 | Appointed federal judge | New York Times | C |
532 | 532 | Orrin Bleakley | R | PA-28 | 65th | 4/3/1917 | Convicted of spending too much money on his campaign | PoliticsPA | B |
531 | 531 | Augustus Gardner | R | MA-06 | 65th | 5/15/1917 | Joined the Army | U.S. Congress | H |
530 | 530 | Mark Bacon | R | MI-02 | 65th | 12/13/1917 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
529 | 529 | William Adamson | D | GA-04 | 65th | 12/18/1917 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
528 | 528 | Henry Bruckner | D | NY-22 | 65th | 12/31/1917 | Elected Bronx borough president | U.S. Congress | C |
527 | 527 | Daniel Griffin | D | NY-08 | 65th | 12/31/1917 | Elected Kings County sheriff | U.S. Congress | C |
526 | 526 | John J. Fitzgerald | D | NY-07 | 65th | 12/31/1917 | Resumed practicing law | U.S. Congress | D |
525 | 525 | Murray Hulbert | D | NY-21 | 65th | 1/1/1918 | Appointed director of Port of New York City | U.S. Congress | C |
524 | 524 | Irvine Lenroot | R | WI-11 | 65th | 4/17/1918 | Elected U.S. senator | U.S. Congress | C |
523 | 523 | Carter Glass | D | VA-06 | 65th | 12/16/1918 | Appointed to Wilson administration | U.S. Congress | C |
522 | 522 | Frederick Mulkey | R | OR-SEN | 65th | 12/17/1918 | Resigned early to give successor seniority (was always meant as a caretaker) | Oregon Blue Book | G |
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 |
520 | 520 | Harry Dale | D | NY-04 | 65th | 1/6/1919 | Appointed New York judge | U.S. Congress | C |
519 | 519 | Zebulon Weaver | D | NC-10 | 65th | 3/1/1919 | His election was successfully contested & overturned | U.S. Congress | I |
518 | 518 | Charles Carlin | D | VA-08 | 65th | 3/3/1919 | Returned to his law practice | Washington Post | D |
517 | 517 | James Wilson | D | TX-12 | 65th | 3/3/1919 | Appointed federal judge | U.S. Congress | C |
516 | 516 | Frank Lever | D | SC-07 | 66th | 8/1/1919 | Appointed to Federal Farm Loan Board | 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 );