health.Successor elected February 22, 1879. | nowrap | Zachariah Chandler (R) | February 22, 1879 |} House of Representatives Replacements: 10 Democratic: 5 seat net gain Republican: 5 seat net loss Deaths: 7 Resignations: 1 Contested election: 5 Total seats with changes: 13 |- | | Vacant | Rep. Benjamin Harvey Hill resigned in previous congress | nowrap | Hiram P. Bell (D) | March 13, 1877 |- | | nowrap | James B. Belford (R) | Lost contested election December 13, 1877 | nowrap | Thomas M. Patterson (D) | December 13, 1877 |- | | nowrap | Romualdo Pacheco (R) | Lost contested election February 7, 1878 | nowrap | Peter D. Wigginton (D) | February 7, 1878 |- | | nowrap | Chester B. Darrall (R) | Lost contested election February 20, 1878 | nowrap | Joseph H. Acklen (D) | February 20, 1878 |- | | nowrap | John E. Leonard (R) | Died March 15, 1878 | nowrap | J. Smith Young (D) | November 5, 1878 |- | | nowrap | Walbridge A. Field (R) | Lost contested election March 28, 1878 | nowrap | Benjamin Dean (D) | March 28, 1878 |- | | nowrap | Terence J. Quinn (D) | Died June 18, 1878 | nowrap | John M. Bailey (R) | November 5, 1878 |- | | nowrap | Frank Welch (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Died September 4, 1878 | nowrap | Thomas J. Majors (R) | November 5, 1878 |- | | nowrap | Alpheus S. Williams (D) | Died December 21, 1878 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | nowrap | Beverly B. Douglas (D) | Died December 22, 1878 | nowrap | Richard L. T. Beale (D) | January 23, 1879 |- | | nowrap | Julian Hartridge (D) | Died January 8, 1879 | nowrap | William B. Fleming (D) | February 10, 1879 |- | | nowrap | Gustav Schleicher (D) | Died January 10, 1879 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | nowrap | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R) | Lost contested election February 20, 1879 | nowrap | Jesse J. Finley (D) | February 20, 1879 |} Committees Senate Agriculture (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis) Appropriations (Chairman: William Windom; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis) Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P.