the term.Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term. | nowrap | James W. McDill (R) | March 8, 1881 |- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap | William Windom (R) | Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term. | nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) | March 12, 1881 |- | New York (1) | nowrap | Thomas C. Platt (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.Successor elected October 11, 1881. | nowrap | Warner Miller (R) | July 27, 1881 |- | New York (3) | nowrap | Roscoe Conkling (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.Successor elected October 11, 1881. | nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | August 2, 1881 |- | Rhode Island (1) | nowrap | Ambrose Burnside (R) | Died September 13, 1881.Successor elected October 5, 1881. | nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | October 5, 1881 |- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881. | nowrap | William Windom (R) | November 15, 1881 |- | Colorado (2) | nowrap | Henry M. Teller (R) | Resigned April 17, 1882, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.Successor appointed April 17, 1882. | nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R) | April 17, 1882 |- | Georgia (2) | nowrap | Benjamin H. Hill (D) | Died August 16, 1882.Successor elected November 15, 1882. | nowrap | M. Pope Barrow (D) | November 15, 1882 |- | Colorado (2) | nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883. | nowrap | Horace Tabor (R) | January 27, 1883 |} House of Representatives Deaths: 6 Resignations: 9 Contested elections: 8 Total replacements: 14 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Total seats with changes: 22 |- | | Vacant | Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress | nowrap | John T. Rich (R) | April 5, 1881 |- | | Vacant | Rep. Fernando Wood elected but died before Congress convened | nowrap | John Hardy (D) | December 5, 1881 |- | | nowrap | William P. Frye (R) | Resigned March 17, 1881 when elected U.S.