{
  "id": "congressional-resignations",
  "name": "US Congressional Resignations Since 1980",
  "title": "US Congressional Resignations Since 1980",
  "description": "614 US congressional resignations cataloguing the member, party, district, congress number, resignation date, reason, and category since the 1980s.",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 615,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "Member",
      "label": "Member",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "Party",
      "label": "Party",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "District",
      "label": "District",
      "type": "string"
    },
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      "key": "Congress",
      "label": "Congress",
      "type": "string"
    },
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      "label": "Resignation Date",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "Reason",
      "label": "Reason",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "Source",
      "label": "Source",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "Category",
      "label": "Category",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "Member": "Pat Tiberi",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-12",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/15/2018",
      "Reason": "Took a job with the Ohio Business Roundtable",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Al Franken",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-SEN",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/2018",
      "Reason": "Sexual harassment/groping/unwanted kissing",
      "Source": "Minneapolis Star Tribune",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Trent Franks",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "AZ-08",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/8/2017",
      "Reason": "Sexual harassment/surrogacy pressure",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Conyers",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MI-13",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/5/2017",
      "Reason": "Sexual harassment/inappropriate touching",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tim Murphy",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-18",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/21/2017",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affair/abortion hypocrisy",
      "Source": "POLITICO",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jason Chaffetz",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "UT-03",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/30/2017",
      "Reason": "Took a job with FOX News",
      "Source": "POLITICO",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ryan Zinke",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MT-AL",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/1/2017",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Trump administration",
      "Source": "Bozeman Daily Chronicle",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mick Mulvaney",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "SC-05",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/16/2017",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Trump administration",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Price",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "GA-06",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/10/2017",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Trump administration",
      "Source": "GeorgiaPol",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jeff Sessions",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "AL-SEN",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/8/2017",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Trump administration",
      "Source": "Washington Examiner",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Xavier Becerra",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-34",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/24/2017",
      "Reason": "Appointed California attorney general",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mike Pompeo",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KS-04",
      "Congress": "115th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/23/2017",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Trump administration",
      "Source": "NBC News",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Candice Miller",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-10",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/2016",
      "Reason": "Elected Macomb County public works commish",
      "Source": "Detroit News",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Janice Hahn",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-44",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/4/2016",
      "Reason": "Elected to LA County Board of Supervisors",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Whitfield",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KY-01",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/6/2016",
      "Reason": "Ethics investigation",
      "Source": "Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Chaka Fattah",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-02",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/23/2016",
      "Reason": "Corruption conviction",
      "Source": "POLITICO",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Boehner",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-08",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/31/2015",
      "Reason": "Sick of fighting the Tea Party",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Aaron Schock",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-18",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/31/2015",
      "Reason": "Personal spending of government funds",
      "Source": "POLITICO",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Michael Grimm",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-11",
      "Congress": "114th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/5/2015",
      "Reason": "Tax evasion",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Coburn",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OK-SEN",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/2015",
      "Reason": "Self-imposed term limits/\"shifting my focus elsewhere\"",
      "Source": "The Oklahoman",
      "Category": "D & F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Eric Cantor",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VA-07",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/18/2014",
      "Reason": "Embarrassingly lost primary & majority leadership",
      "Source": "USA Today",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Rob Andrews",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-01",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/18/2014",
      "Reason": "Ethics investigation; took a job as a lobbyist",
      "Source": "Philadelphia Inquirer",
      "Category": "B & D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Max Baucus",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MT-SEN",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/6/2014",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "The Missoulian",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Trey Radel",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "FL-19",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/27/2014",
      "Reason": "Cocaine possession",
      "Source": "USA Today",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mel Watt",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-12",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/6/2014",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "Camel City Dispatch",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Rodney Alexander",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "LA-05",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/27/2013",
      "Reason": "Appointed Louisiana VA secretary",
      "Source": "Roll Call",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jo Bonner",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "AL-01",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/2/2013",
      "Reason": "Took a job with University of Alabama",
      "Source": "Roll Call",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Markey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-05",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/15/2013",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "Boston Globe",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Kerry",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-SEN",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/1/2013",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "Boston Globe",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jo Ann Emerson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MO-08",
      "Congress": "113th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/22/2013",
      "Reason": "Took a job with National Rural Electric Cooperative Association",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tim Scott",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "SC-01",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/2013",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jim DeMint",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "SC-SEN",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/2013",
      "Reason": "Took a job with the Heritage Foundation",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Filner",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-51",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/3/2012",
      "Reason": "Elected San Diego mayor",
      "Source": "USA Today",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jesse Jackson Jr.",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-02",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/21/2012",
      "Reason": "Bipolar disorder; under criminal investigation",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B & E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dennis Cardoza",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-18",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/15/2012",
      "Reason": "\"Parenting challenges\"; took a job with a law firm",
      "Source": "POLITICO",
      "Category": "D & E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Geoff Davis",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KY-04",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/31/2012",
      "Reason": "\"Family health issue\"",
      "Source": "POLITICO",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thad McCotter",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-11",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/6/2012",
      "Reason": "Bungled presidential campaign led to family concerns",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "E & F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jay Inslee",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-01",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/20/2012",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for governor",
      "Source": "Roll Call",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Gabby Giffords",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AZ-08",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/25/2012",
      "Reason": "Recovery from gunshot injury",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "David Wu",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OR-01",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/3/2011",
      "Reason": "Sexual harassment/sex with teenage girl",
      "Source": "The Oregonian",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Anthony Weiner",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-09",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/21/2011",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affair/sexting",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dean Heller",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NV-02",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/9/2011",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "Las Vegas Sun",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Ensign",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NV-SEN",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/3/2011",
      "Reason": "Ethics investigation into extramarital affair",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jane Harman",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-36",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/28/2011",
      "Reason": "Took a job with the Woodrow Wilson Center",
      "Source": "Wilson Center",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Chris Lee",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-26",
      "Congress": "112th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/9/2011",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affair/shirtless photo",
      "Source": "ABC News",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mark Kirk",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-10",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/29/2010",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mark Souder",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IN-03",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/21/2010",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affair",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Nathan Deal",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "GA-09",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/21/2010",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for governor; ethics investigation",
      "Source": "CREW",
      "Category": "B & C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Eric Massa",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-29",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/8/2010",
      "Reason": "Sexual harassment/groping (same-sex)",
      "Source": "The Week",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Neil Abercrombie",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "HI-01",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/28/2010",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for governor",
      "Source": "NPR",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Wexler",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "FL-19",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/2010",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Middle East think tank",
      "Source": "Lexology",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John McHugh",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-23",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/21/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mel Martinez",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": " FL-SEN",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/9/2009",
      "Reason": "\"To move on,\" spend time with family; later joined lobbying firm",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D & E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ellen Tauscher",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-10",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/26/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "KNTV",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hilda Solis",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-32",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/24/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Kirsten Gillibrand",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-20",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/26/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "New York Daily News",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hillary Clinton",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-SEN",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/21/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ken Salazar",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CO-SEN",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/20/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "Denver Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joe Biden",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "DE-SEN",
      "Congress": "111th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/15/2009",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Rahm Emanuel",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-05",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/2009",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Obama administration",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Davis",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VA-11",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/24/2008",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Deloitte",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Barack Obama",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-SEN",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/16/2008",
      "Reason": "Elected president",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Albert Wynn",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MD-04",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/31/2008",
      "Reason": "Took a job with a law firm after losing primary",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D & F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Baker",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "LA-06",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/2/2008",
      "Reason": "Took a job with the Managed Funds Association",
      "Source": "New Orleans Times-Picayune",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bobby Jindal",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "LA-01",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/14/2008",
      "Reason": "Elected Louisiana governor",
      "Source": "Reuters",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Roger Wicker",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MS-01",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/2007",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "The Guardian",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Trent Lott",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MS-SEN",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/18/2007",
      "Reason": "\"Time left to do something else\"; founded a lobbying firm",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dennis Hastert",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-14",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/26/2007",
      "Reason": "No reason given, but had lost the speaker's gavel",
      "Source": "FOX News",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Marty Meehan",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-05",
      "Congress": "110th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/1/2007",
      "Reason": "Took a job with University of Massachusetts",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Ney",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-18",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/3/2006",
      "Reason": "Pleaded guilty to Abramoff influence-peddling scandal",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mark Foley",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "FL-16",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/29/2006",
      "Reason": "Sexting with underage pages (same-sex)",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom DeLay",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "TX-22",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/9/2006",
      "Reason": "Campaign finance laundering & Abramoff scandal involvement",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jon Corzine",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-SEN",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/17/2006",
      "Reason": "Elected New Jersey governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Menendez",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-13",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/16/2006",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Duke Cunningham",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-50",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/1/2005",
      "Reason": "Bribery and tax evasion",
      "Source": "San Diego Union-Tribune",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Christopher Cox",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-48",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/2/2005",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "Securities & Exchange Commission",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Rob Portman",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-02",
      "Congress": "109th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/29/2005",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Porter Goss",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "FL-14",
      "Congress": "108th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/23/2004",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "CQ Almanac",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Doug Bereuter",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-01",
      "Congress": "108th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/31/2004",
      "Reason": "Took a job with the Asia Foundation",
      "Source": "CQ Almanac",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Ballance",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-01",
      "Congress": "108th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/11/2004",
      "Reason": "Ill health; fraud and money laundering",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "B & E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Janklow",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "SD-AL",
      "Congress": "108th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/20/2004",
      "Reason": "Convicted of manslaughter for a fatal car accident",
      "Source": "Minnesota Public Radio",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ernie Fletcher",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KY-06",
      "Congress": "108th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/8/2003",
      "Reason": "Elected Kentucky governor",
      "Source": "Fletcher/Pence Inaugural",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Larry Combest",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "TX-19",
      "Congress": "108th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/31/2003",
      "Reason": "Wife lost DC-area job, wanted to spend more time with her",
      "Source": "Plainview Daily Herald",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Murkowski",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "AK-SEN",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/2/2002",
      "Reason": "Elected Alaska governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tony Hall",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-03",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/9/2002",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Traficant",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-17",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/24/2002",
      "Reason": "Convicted of bribery, tax evasion, and racketeering",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Steve Largent",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OK-01",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/15/2002",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for governor",
      "Source": "The Oklahoman",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joe Scarborough",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "FL-01",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/5/2001",
      "Reason": "To spend more time with his sons",
      "Source": "Northwest Florida Daily News",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Asa Hutchinson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "AR-03",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/6/2001",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "Log Cabin Democrat",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bud Shuster",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-09",
      "Congress": "107th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/5/2001",
      "Reason": "Ethics rebuke; \"health scares\"",
      "Source": "ABC News",
      "Category": "B & E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Livingston",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "LA-01",
      "Congress": "106th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/1/1999",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affairs",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Newt Gingrich",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "GA-06",
      "Congress": "106th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1999",
      "Reason": "Faced caucus revolt after disappointing midterm",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ron Dellums",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-09",
      "Congress": "105th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/6/1998",
      "Reason": "\"To do other things\"; ended up consulting for healthcare company",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Floyd Flake",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-06",
      "Congress": "105th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/17/1997",
      "Reason": "To focus on his job as church pastor",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Foglietta",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-01",
      "Congress": "105th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/11/1997",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Clinton administration",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Susan Molinari",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-13",
      "Congress": "105th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/2/1997",
      "Reason": "Took a job with CBS",
      "Source": "CNN",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Richardson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NM-03",
      "Congress": "105th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/13/1997",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Clinton administration",
      "Source": "San Francisco Chronicle",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ray Thornton",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AR-02",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/1997",
      "Reason": "Elected Arkansas Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sam Brownback",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KS-02",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/7/1996",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charlie Wilson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-02",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/8/1996",
      "Reason": "Probably to start clock on lobbyist waiting period",
      "Source": "Longview News-Journal",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Dole",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KS-SEN",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/11/1996",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Kweisi Mfume",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MD-07",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/18/1996",
      "Reason": "Took a job with the NAACP",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ron Wyden",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OR-03",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/5/1996",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Walter Tucker III",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-37",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1995",
      "Reason": "Convicted of extortion and tax evasion",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Norman Mineta",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-15",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/10/1995",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Lockheed Martin",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mel Reynolds",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-02",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/1/1995",
      "Reason": "Convicted of sex with 16-year-old girl",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Packwood",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OR-SEN",
      "Congress": "104th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/1/1995",
      "Reason": "Sexual harassment/assault",
      "Source": "NPR",
      "Category": "X"
    },
    {
      "Member": "David Boren",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OK-SEN",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/15/1994",
      "Reason": "Took a job with University of Oklahoma",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jim Inhofe",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OK-01",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/15/1994",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Glenn English",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OK-06",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/7/1994",
      "Reason": "Took a job with National Rural Electric Cooperative Association",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Gradison",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-02",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/31/1993",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Health Insurance Association of America",
      "Source": "Science Corruption",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mike Espy",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MS-02",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/22/1993",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Clinton administration",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Leon Panetta",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-17",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/21/1993",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Clinton administration",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lloyd Bentsen",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-SEN",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/20/1993",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Clinton administration",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Les Aspin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WI-01",
      "Congress": "103rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/20/1993",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Clinton administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Al Gore Jr.",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TN-SEN",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1993",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "CQ Almanac",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jocelyn Burdick",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "ND-SEN",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/14/1992",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "New York Observer",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Kent Conrad",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "ND-SEN",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/14/1992",
      "Reason": "Elected to North Dakota's other U.S. Senate seat",
      "Source": "U.S. Senate",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "French Slaughter",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VA-07",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/4/1991",
      "Reason": "Series of strokes",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Gray III",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-02",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/11/1991",
      "Reason": "Took a job with United Negro College Fund",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mo Udall",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AZ-02",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "5/4/1991",
      "Reason": "Parkinson's disease",
      "Source": "Baltimore Sun",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Steve Bartlett",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "TX-03",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/11/1991",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for Dallas mayor",
      "Source": "D Magazine",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Madigan",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-15",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/8/1991",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Pete Wilson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-SEN",
      "Congress": "102nd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/7/1991",
      "Reason": "Elected California governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Smith",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NH-01",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/7/1990",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Gordon Humphrey",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NH-SEN",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/4/1990",
      "Reason": "Elected New Hampshire state senator",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Daniel Akaka",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "HI-02",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "5/16/1990",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jim Florio",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-01",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/16/1990",
      "Reason": "Elected New Jersey governor",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Garcia",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-18",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/7/1990",
      "Reason": "Convicted of extortion",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Guy Molinari",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-14",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1989",
      "Reason": "Elected Staten Island borough president",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jim Wright",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-12",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "6/30/1989",
      "Reason": "Ethics investigation into personal financial gain",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tony Coelho",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-15",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "6/15/1989",
      "Reason": "Personal finances under investigation",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dick Cheney",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WY-AL",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "3/17/1989",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Bush administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dan Quayle",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IN-SEN",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1989",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dan Coats",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IN-04",
      "Congress": "101st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1989",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mario Biaggi",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-19",
      "Congress": "100th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/8/1988",
      "Reason": "Convicted twice of corruption",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Buddy Roemer",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "LA-04",
      "Congress": "100th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/14/1988",
      "Reason": "Elected Louisiana governor",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Boner",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TN-05",
      "Congress": "100th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/5/1987",
      "Reason": "Elected Nashville mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Whitley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-03",
      "Congress": "99th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1986",
      "Reason": "Was retiring & left early, probably to take a job with the Tobacco Institute",
      "Source": "Science Corruption",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jim Broyhill",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NC-10",
      "Congress": "99th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/13/1986",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Cecil Heftel",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "HI-01",
      "Congress": "99th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/11/1986",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for governor",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sam Hall",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-01",
      "Congress": "99th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/27/1985",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Paul Tsongas",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-SEN",
      "Congress": "98th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1985",
      "Reason": "Retired due to ill health; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "WBUR",
      "Category": "E & G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Corcoran",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-14",
      "Congress": "98th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/28/1984",
      "Reason": "Recess-appointed to Synthetic Fuels Corporation board",
      "Source": "Nexis search",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harold Washington",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-01",
      "Congress": "98th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/30/1983",
      "Reason": "Elected Chicago mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Phil Gramm",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-06",
      "Congress": "98th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/5/1983",
      "Reason": "Dem Party ostracized him; resigned to seek seat as Republican",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Nicholas Brady",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-SEN",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/26/1982",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Fred Richmond",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-14",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/25/1982",
      "Reason": "Tax evasion, drug possession, campaign-finance irregularities",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "George Danielson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-30",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/9/1982",
      "Reason": "Appointed California appellate judge",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Raymond Lederer",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-03",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/29/1981",
      "Reason": "Bribery and conspiracy in Abscam scandal",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jon Hinson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MS-04",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/13/1981",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affair (same-sex)",
      "Source": "Zimbio",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Pete Williams",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-SEN",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/11/1981",
      "Reason": "Bribery and conspiracy in Abscam scandal",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Gladys Spellman",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MD-05",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/24/1981",
      "Reason": "Brain-dead after heart attack",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "David Stockman",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-04",
      "Congress": "97th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/27/1981",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Reagan administration",
      "Source": "The Atlantic",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Donald Stewart",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AL-SEN",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/1981",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dick Stone",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "FL-SEN",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1980",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Durkin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NH-SEN",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/29/1980",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "New Hampshire Union Leader",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Thompson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-04",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/29/1980",
      "Reason": "Bribery and conspiracy in Abscam scandal",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Jenrette",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-06",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/10/1980",
      "Reason": "Bribery and conspiracy in Abscam scandal",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Michael Myers",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-01",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/2/1980",
      "Reason": "Bribery in Abscam scandal",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Diggs Jr.",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MI-13",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/3/1980",
      "Reason": "Censured for mail fraud and kickbacks from staff",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Muskie",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "ME-SEN",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/7/1980",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Carter administration",
      "Source": "GovTrack",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dave Treen",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "LA-03",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/10/1980",
      "Reason": "Elected Louisiana governor",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dan Flood",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-11",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/31/1980",
      "Reason": "Bribery and conspiracy",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Abner Mikva",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-10",
      "Congress": "96th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/26/1979",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Scott",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VA-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/1979",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Moss",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-03",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John McFall",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-14",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; might've left early to receive higher pension or lobby",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Del Clawson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-33",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joe Skubitz",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KS-05",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Salina Journal",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Al Cederberg",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-10",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Delaney",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-09",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Olin Teague",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-06",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Poage",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-11",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Omar Burleson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-17",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clifford Hansen",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WY-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Teno Roncalio",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WY-AL",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Wendell Anderson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/29/1978",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Eastland",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MS-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/27/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "U.S. Senate",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thad Cochran",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MS-04",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/26/1978",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Pearson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KS-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/23/1978",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Lawrence Journal-World",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Paul Hatfield",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MT-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/14/1978",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Max Baucus",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MT-01",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/14/1978",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph LeFante",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-14",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/14/1978",
      "Reason": "Dem machine boss told him to",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Maryon Allen",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AL-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/7/1978",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Muriel Humphrey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-SEN",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/7/1978",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Koch",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-18",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1977",
      "Reason": "Elected New York City mayor",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Herman Badillo",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-21",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1977",
      "Reason": "Appointed New York City deputy mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Tonry",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "LA-01",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/4/1977",
      "Reason": "Federal inquiry into voter fraud & illegal campaign contributions",
      "Source": "Roll Call",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Andrew Young",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "GA-05",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/29/1977",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Carter administration",
      "Source": "Georgia Encyclopedia",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Bergland",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-07",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/22/1977",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Carter administration",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Brock Adams",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-07",
      "Congress": "95th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/22/1977",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Carter administration",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Tunney",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/1977",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Don Riegle Jr.",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MI-07",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1976",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Walter Mondale",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1976",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Taft Jr.",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/28/1976",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Coshocton Tribune",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Pastore",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "RI-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/28/1976",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Arizona Republic",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Stuart Symington",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MO-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/27/1976",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Jefferson City Post-Tribune",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Roman Hruska",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/27/1976",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Lincoln Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Wayne Hays",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-18",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/1/1976",
      "Reason": "Extramarital affair/paying his mistress a salary",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "A"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Casey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-22",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/22/1976",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Ford administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Hastings",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-39",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/20/1976",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Associated Industries of New York",
      "Source": "Milwaukee Journal",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Norris Cotton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NH-SEN",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/18/1975",
      "Reason": "To yield to the winner of the controversial NH-SEN re-vote",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Fulton",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TN-05",
      "Congress": "94th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/14/1975",
      "Reason": "Elected Nashville mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "J. William Fulbright",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AR-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; quit to go on vacation & receive higher pension",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Gubser",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-10",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Chet Holifield",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-19",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Craig Hosmer",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-32",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Hanna",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-34",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Gurney",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "FL-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; might've left early for pension, seniority, or indictment",
      "Source": "Orlando Sentinel",
      "Category": "B & G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Leslie Arends",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-15",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ken Gray",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-24",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Stubblefield",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "KY-01",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harold Donohue",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-03",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Chamberlain",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-06",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Martha Griffiths",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MI-17",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ancher Nelsen",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MN-02",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Blatnik",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-08",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "David Martin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-03",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Norris Cotton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NH-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; might've left early for pension or to force R appointment in controversial NH-SEN",
      "Source": "U.S. Senate",
      "Category": "F & G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Louis Wyman",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NH-01",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Widnall",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-07",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Rooney",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-14",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hugh Carey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-15",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Elected New York governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Carleton King",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-29",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thaddeus Dulski",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-37",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sam Ervin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Burlington Daily Times-News",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Minshall",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-23",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edith Green",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OR-03",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Clark",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-25",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "W.J. Bryan Dorn",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-03",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Gettys",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-05",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "O.C. Fisher",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-21",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joel Broyhill",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VA-10",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Julia Butler Hansen",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-03",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Vernon Thomson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WI-03",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Glenn Davis",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WI-09",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; probably resigned early to receive higher pension?",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Marlow Cook",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KY-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/27/1974",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "\"Kentucky's Governors\"",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Howard Metzenbaum",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/23/1974",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Logan Daily News",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Wallace Bennett",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "UT-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/20/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Alan Bible",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NV-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/17/1974",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Las Vegas Review-Journal",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Mailliard",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-06",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/5/1974",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Nixon administration",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Harvey",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-08",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/31/1974",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "Ballotpedia",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Saxbe",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-SEN",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1974",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Nixon administration",
      "Source": "American Presidency Project",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Keating",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-01",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1974",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Cincinnati Enquirer",
      "Source": "Toledo Blade",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Gerald Ford",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-05",
      "Congress": "93rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/6/1973",
      "Reason": "Appointed vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Elaine Edwards",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "LA-SEN",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/13/1972",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Milwaukee Journal",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dick Poff",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VA-06",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "8/29/1972",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Virginia Supreme Court",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edwin Edwards",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "LA-07",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "5/9/1972",
      "Reason": "Elected Louisiana governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bradford Morse",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-05",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "5/1/1972",
      "Reason": "Took a job with United Nations",
      "Source": "Los Angeles Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charlotte Reid",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-15",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "10/7/1971",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Nixon administration",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Stafford",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VT-AL",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/16/1971",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Rogers Morton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MD-01",
      "Congress": "92nd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/29/1971",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Nixon administration",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "George Murphy",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-SEN",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1971",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid & left early; unclear why",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Tunney",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-38",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1971",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Williams",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "DE-SEN",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1970",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Delaware Historical Society",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Roth",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "DE-AL",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1970",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "Delaware Historical Society",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bill Cahill",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-06",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/19/1970",
      "Reason": "Elected New Jersey governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Joelson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-08",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "9/4/1969",
      "Reason": "Appointed New Jersey superior court judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Donald Rumsfeld",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-13",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "5/25/1969",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Nixon administration",
      "Source": "White House",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Battin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MT-02",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "2/27/1969",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Reinecke",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-27",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/21/1969",
      "Reason": "Appointed California lieutenant governor",
      "Source": "Lieutenant Governor Blog",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Melvin Laird",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WI-07",
      "Congress": "91st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/21/1969",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Nixon administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Paul Fino",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-24",
      "Congress": "90th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1968",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edward Long",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MO-SEN",
      "Congress": "90th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/27/1968",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Missourinet",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thruston Morton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KY-SEN",
      "Congress": "90th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/16/1968",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Orlando Sentinel",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Bell Williams",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MS-03",
      "Congress": "90th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/16/1968",
      "Reason": "Elected Mississippi governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Abraham Multer",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-13",
      "Congress": "90th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1967",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ralph Rivers",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AK-AL",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Winfield Denton",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IN-08",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Rushville Republican",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ralph Harvey",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IN-10",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Leo O'Brien",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-29",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harold Cooley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-04",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Secrest",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-15",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Paul Dague",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-09",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Kunkel",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-16",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Murray",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TN-07",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clark Thompson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-09",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to receive higher pension",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "A. Willis Robertson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-SEN",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1966",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Indianapolis Star",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Griffin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-09",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/10/1966",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Oren Harris",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AR-04",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/2/1966",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Lindsay",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-17",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1965",
      "Reason": "Elected New York City mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Byrd Sr.",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-SEN",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/10/1965",
      "Reason": "Health reasons",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Roosevelt",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-26",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1965",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Johnson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Albert Watson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-02",
      "Congress": "89th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/1/1965",
      "Reason": "Dem Party ostracized him; resigned to seek seat as Republican",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Pierre Salinger",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-SEN",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1964",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection; resigned early to take film job & give successor seniority",
      "Source": "Palm Springs Desert Sun",
      "Category": "D & G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hubert Humphrey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-SEN",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/29/1964",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "UPI",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edward Finnegan",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-09",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/6/1964",
      "Reason": "Appointed Cook County judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph Montoya",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NM-AL",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/3/1964",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ross Bass",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TN-06",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/3/1964",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Hemphill",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-05",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/1/1964",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Shelley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-05",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/7/1964",
      "Reason": "Elected San Francisco mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Homer Thornberry",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-10",
      "Congress": "88th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/20/1963",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Cook",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-11",
      "Congress": "87th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/13/1962",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid & left early; unclear why",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Smith",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MS-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/14/1962",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Tennessee Valley Authority",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hugh Addonizio",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/30/1962",
      "Reason": "Elected Newark mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lester Holtzman",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-06",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1961",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "Jewish Virtual Library",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Ikard",
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      "District": "TX-13",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1961",
      "Reason": "Took a job with American Petroleum Institute",
      "Source": "Corsicana Daily Sun",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Paul Kilday",
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      "District": "TX-20",
      "Congress": "87th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/24/1961",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "Arlington National Cemetery",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thaddeus Machrowicz",
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      "District": "MI-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/18/1961",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Stewart Udall",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AZ-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/18/1961",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Kennedy administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lyndon Johnson",
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      "District": "TX-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1961",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Albert Bosch",
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      "District": "NY-05",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1960",
      "Reason": "Elected Queens County judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John F. Kennedy",
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      "District": "MA-SEN",
      "Congress": "86th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/22/1960",
      "Reason": "Elected president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Quentin Burdick",
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      "District": "ND-AL",
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      "Resignation Date": "8/8/1960",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Isidore Dollinger",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-23",
      "Congress": "86th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1959",
      "Reason": "Elected Bronx district attorney",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Henry Latham",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-04",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1958",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Wigglesworth",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-13",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/13/1958",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Eisenhower administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Earl Chudoff",
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      "District": "PA-04",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/5/1958",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sterling Cole",
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      "District": "NY-37",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/1/1957",
      "Reason": "Took a job with International Atomic Energy Agency",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Samuel K. McConnell",
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      "District": "PA-13",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/1/1957",
      "Reason": "Took a job with United Cerebral Palsy Associations",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Price Daniel",
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      "District": "TX-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/14/1957",
      "Reason": "Elected Texas governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Arthur Klein",
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      "District": "NY-19",
      "Congress": "84th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1956",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Irwin Davidson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-20",
      "Congress": "84th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1956",
      "Reason": "Elected New York judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Strom Thurmond",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-SEN",
      "Congress": "84th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/4/1956",
      "Reason": "Fulfilled a campaign pledge to resign & have a competitive primary",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sidney Fine",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-22",
      "Congress": "84th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1956",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hazel Abel",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-SEN",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1954",
      "Reason": "Elected as caretaker; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "\"Oxford Handbook of Southern Politics\"",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Carl Curtis",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-01",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1954",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jacob Javits",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-21",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1954",
      "Reason": "Elected New York attorney general",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Daniel",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-SEN",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/23/1954",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Smart Politics",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "George Bender",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-23",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1954",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Roman Hruska",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-02",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/8/1954",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Norris Cotton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NH-02",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/7/1954",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Secrest",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-15",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/26/1954",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Eisenhower administration",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Louis Heller",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-08",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "7/21/1954",
      "Reason": "Appointed New York judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clifford Case",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-06",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "8/16/1953",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Norris Poulson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-24",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "7/11/1953",
      "Reason": "Elected Los Angeles mayor",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Stanley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-05",
      "Congress": "83rd",
      "Resignation Date": "2/3/1953",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Nixon",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-SEN",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/1953",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Owen Brewster",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "ME-SEN",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1952",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid & left early; unclear why",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Leonard Hall",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-02",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1952",
      "Reason": "Elected Nassau County surrogate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Potter",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-11",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/4/1952",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Foster Furcolo",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-02",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1952",
      "Reason": "Appointed Massachusetts treasurer",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Tom Pickett",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-07",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "6/30/1952",
      "Reason": "Took a job with National Coal Association",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "T. Vincent Quinn",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-05",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1951",
      "Reason": "Elected Queens district attorney",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edward Breen",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-03",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "10/1/1951",
      "Reason": "Ill health",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Towe",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-09",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/7/1951",
      "Reason": "Appointed New Jersey deputy attorney general",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ed Gossett",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-13",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "7/31/1951",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company",
      "Source": "Denton Record-Chronicle",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Underwood",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "KY-06",
      "Congress": "82nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/17/1951",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Barrett",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WY-AL",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1950",
      "Reason": "Elected Wyoming governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sheridan Downey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-SEN",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "11/30/1950",
      "Reason": "Ill health",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Richard Nixon",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-12",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "11/30/1950",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Eugene Worley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-18",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "4/3/1950",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "J. Parnell Thomas",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-07",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1950",
      "Reason": "Convicted of fraud",
      "Source": "New York Observer",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Raymond Baldwin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CT-SEN",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "12/16/1949",
      "Reason": "Appointed Connecticut Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "J. Howard McGrath",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "RI-SEN",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "8/23/1949",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Truman administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Wagner",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-SEN",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "6/28/1949",
      "Reason": "Health reasons",
      "Source": "Encyclopedia Britannica",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Alben Barkley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "KY-SEN",
      "Congress": "81st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/19/1949",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Karl Mundt",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "SD-01",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1948",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Vera Bushfield",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "SD-SEN",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/26/1948",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Noble Johnson",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IN-06",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/1/1948",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "J. Lindsay Almond",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-06",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/17/1948",
      "Reason": "Elected Virginia attorney general",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Earle Clements",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "KY-02",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/6/1948",
      "Reason": "Elected Kentucky governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Benjamin Rabin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-24",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1947",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Evan Howell",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-21",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/5/1947",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Leo Rayfiel",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-14",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/13/1947",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Jones",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-04",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/2/1947",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Truman administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ewing Thomason",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-16",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/31/1947",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas D'Alesandro",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MD-03",
      "Congress": "80th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/16/1947",
      "Reason": "Elected Baltimore mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hugh Mitchell",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-SEN",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/25/1946",
      "Reason": "Lost reelection bid; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "History Link",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Sparkman",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AL-08",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/5/1946",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Henry Dworshak",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "ID-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/5/1946",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "A. Willis Robertson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-07",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/5/1946",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Warren Austin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VT-SEN",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/2/1946",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Truman administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Murphy",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-10",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/17/1946",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Luther Johnson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-06",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/17/1946",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Burch",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-05",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/31/1946",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Samuel Weiss",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-33",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/7/1946",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Ramspeck",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "GA-05",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1945",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Air Transport Association",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clifton Woodrum",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-06",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1945",
      "Reason": "Took a job with American Plant Food Council",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Samuel Dickstein",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-19",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1945",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "American Jewish Archives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Happy Chandler",
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      "District": "KY-SEN",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/1/1945",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Major League Baseball",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harold Burton",
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      "District": "OH-SEN",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1945",
      "Reason": "Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lane Powers",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NJ-04",
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      "Resignation Date": "8/30/1945",
      "Reason": "Appointed to New Jersey Public Utilities Commission",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clinton Anderson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NM-AL",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/30/1945",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Truman administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dave Satterfield Jr.",
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      "District": "VA-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "2/15/1945",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Life Insurance Association of America",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Truman",
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      "District": "MO-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/17/1945",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mon Wallgren",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-SEN",
      "Congress": "79th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/9/1945",
      "Reason": "Elected Washington governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Troutman",
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      "District": "PA-AL",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1945",
      "Reason": "Unclear, but sounds like he was elected to PA State Senate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Warren Magnuson",
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      "District": "WA-01",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/13/1944",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Fogarty",
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      "District": "RI-02",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/7/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Navy",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Al Gore Sr.",
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      "District": "TN-04",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/4/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lex Green",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "FL-AL",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/25/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Navy",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Homer Bone",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-SEN",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/13/1944",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Bob Sikes",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "FL-03",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/19/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "National Military Fish & Wildlife Association",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Winder Harris",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/15/1944",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Shipbuilders' Council of America",
      "Source": "Smart Politics",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Will Rogers Jr.",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CA-16",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/23/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jimmy Domengeaux",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "LA-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "4/15/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.",
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      "District": "MA-SEN",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/3/1944",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph Gavagan",
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      "District": "NY-21",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1943",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James McGranery",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/17/1943",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Van Zandt",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-23",
      "Congress": "78th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/24/1943",
      "Reason": "Joined the Navy",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Jack Nichols",
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      "District": "OK-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "7/3/1943",
      "Reason": "Took a job with Transcontinental & Western Air",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Anton Maciejewski",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-06",
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      "Reason": "Retired & left early; unclear why",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Scrugham",
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      "District": "NV-AL",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/7/1942",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Beam",
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      "District": "IL-04",
      "Congress": "77th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/6/1942",
      "Reason": "Elected Illinois judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Faddis",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-25",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/4/1942",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    {
      "Member": "William Cole Jr.",
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      "District": "MD-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "10/26/1942",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Vincent Harrington",
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      "District": "IA-09",
      "Congress": "77th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/5/1942",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    {
      "Member": "A.D. Baumhart Jr.",
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      "District": "OH-13",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/2/1942",
      "Reason": "Joined the Navy",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Arthur Healey",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-08",
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      "Resignation Date": "8/3/1942",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Robert Secrest",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-15",
      "Congress": "77th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/3/1942",
      "Reason": "Joined the Navy",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Leavy",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-05",
      "Congress": "77th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/1/1942",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph McArdle",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-33",
      "Congress": "77th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/5/1942",
      "Reason": "Elected to Pittsburgh City Council",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harold Flannery",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-12",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1942",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph Smith",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "CT-05",
      "Congress": "77th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/4/1941",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Wall Doxey",
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      "District": "MS-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/29/1941",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "James Byrnes",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "7/8/1941",
      "Reason": "Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Miller",
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      "District": "AR-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/31/1941",
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    {
      "Member": "Colgate Darden ",
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      "District": "VA-02",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Walter Bankhead",
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      "District": "AL-07",
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      "Resignation Date": "2/1/1941",
      "Reason": "Retured to his law practice (was always meant as a caretaker)",
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      "Category": "D"
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    {
      "Member": "Matthew Neely",
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      "District": "WV-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/12/1941",
      "Reason": "Elected West Virginia governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Hennings",
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      "District": "MO-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1940",
      "Reason": "Elected St. Louis circuit attorney",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mon Wallgren",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WA-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/19/1940",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lewis Schwellenbach",
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      "District": "WA-SEN",
      "Congress": "76th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/16/1940",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Paul Maloney",
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      "District": "LA-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1940",
      "Reason": "Became collector of internal revenue for New Orleans district",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Marvin Jones",
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      "District": "TX-18",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/20/1940",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lindsay Warren",
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      "District": "NC-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "10/31/1940",
      "Reason": "Appointed comptroller general",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clift Chandler",
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      "District": "TN-09",
      "Congress": "76th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1940",
      "Reason": "Elected Memphis mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Alan Goldsborough",
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      "District": "MD-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "4/5/1939",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edward Eicher",
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      "District": "IA-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/2/1938",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Mead",
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      "District": "NY-42",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/2/1938",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "William McAdoo",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/8/1938",
      "Reason": "Took a job with American Steamship Lines",
      "Source": "Knoxville Focus",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Arthur Jenks",
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      "District": "NH-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/9/1938",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Fred Vinson",
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      "District": "KY-08",
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      "Resignation Date": "5/12/1938",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frederick Steiwer",
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      "District": "OR-SEN",
      "Congress": "75th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/31/1938",
      "Reason": "Returned to his law practice",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Moore",
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      "District": "NJ-SEN",
      "Congress": "75th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/18/1938",
      "Reason": "Elected New Jersey governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lister Hill",
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      "District": "AL-02",
      "Congress": "75th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/11/1938",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Dixie Bibb Graves",
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      "District": "AL-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/10/1938",
      "Reason": "Appointment was expiring; resigned to let successor start early",
      "Source": "Encyclopedia of Alabama",
      "Category": "G"
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    {
      "Member": "Henry Ellenbogen",
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      "District": "PA-33",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/3/1938",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Miller",
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      "District": "AR-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/14/1937",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Higgins",
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      "District": "MA-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1937",
      "Reason": "Appointed Massachusetts judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Millard",
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      "District": "NY-25",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/29/1937",
      "Reason": "Elected Westchester County surrogate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hugo Black",
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      "District": "AL-SEN",
      "Congress": "75th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/19/1937",
      "Reason": "Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Kloeb",
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      "District": "OH-04",
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      "Resignation Date": "8/19/1937",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Prentiss Brown",
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      "District": "MI-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/18/1936",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Guy Gillette",
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      "District": "IA-09",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/3/1936",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Samuel Hill",
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      "District": "WA-05",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/25/1936",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mell Underwood",
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      "District": "OH-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "4/10/1936",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Brunner",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-02",
      "Congress": "74th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/27/1935",
      "Reason": "Elected Queens County sheriff",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Arnold",
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      "District": "IL-23",
      "Congress": "74th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/16/1935",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Michael Igoe",
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      "District": "IL-AL",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/2/1935",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
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      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John McDuffie",
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      "District": "AL-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/2/1935",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Francis Condon",
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      "Reason": "Appointed Rhode Island judge",
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    {
      "Member": "James Beck",
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      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1934",
      "Reason": "Frustrated with Congress, could fight the New Deal better in court",
      "Source": "Indiana Gazette",
      "Category": "F"
    },
    {
      "Member": "W.A. Ayres",
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      "District": "KS-05",
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      "Resignation Date": "8/22/1934",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Oliver",
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      "District": "NY-23",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/18/1934",
      "Reason": "Appointed New York City magistrate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Ernest Gibson",
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      "District": "VT-AL",
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      "Resignation Date": "10/19/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Earl Major",
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      "District": "IL-21",
      "Congress": "73rd",
      "Resignation Date": "10/6/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Sam Bratton",
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      "District": "NM-SEN",
      "Congress": "73rd",
      "Resignation Date": "6/24/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Heartsill Ragon",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AR-05",
      "Congress": "73rd",
      "Resignation Date": "6/16/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Lewis Douglas",
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      "District": "AZ-AL",
      "Congress": "72nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/4/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Cordell Hull",
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      "District": "TN-SEN",
      "Congress": "72nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/3/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Nance Garner",
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      "District": "TX-15",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/3/1933",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Claude Swanson",
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      "District": "VA-SEN",
      "Congress": "72nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/3/1933",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Roosevelt administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Hawes",
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      "District": "MO-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "2/3/1933",
      "Reason": "Retired; resigned early to give successor seniority",
      "Source": "St. Louis Post-Dispatch",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Tilson",
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      "District": "CT-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/3/1932",
      "Reason": "Went back to \"private life\" to make money",
      "Source": "Associated Press",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Crisp",
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      "District": "GA-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "10/7/1932",
      "Reason": "Appointed to U.S. Tariff Commission",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frederick Dallinger",
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      "District": "MA-08",
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      "Resignation Date": "10/1/1932",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "George Welsh",
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      "District": "PA-06",
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      "Resignation Date": "5/31/1932",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Peter Granata",
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      "Resignation Date": "4/5/1932",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Russell Leech",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/29/1932",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "David Kincheloe",
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      "District": "KY-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "10/5/1930",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Jeremiah O'Connell",
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      "District": "RI-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "5/9/1930",
      "Reason": "Appointed Rhode Island judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Augustus McCloskey",
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      "District": "TX-14",
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      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Robsion",
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      "District": "KY-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/10/1930",
      "Reason": "Appointed U.S. senator",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Fred Sackett",
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      "District": "KY-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/9/1930",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Hoover administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Carew",
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      "District": "NY-18",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/28/1929",
      "Reason": "Appointed New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "Walter Edge",
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      "District": "NJ-SEN",
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      "Resignation Date": "11/21/1929",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Hoover administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Williams",
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      "District": "IL-24",
      "Congress": "71st",
      "Resignation Date": "11/11/1929",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Walter Newton",
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      "District": "MN-05",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/30/1929",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Hoover administration",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Curtis",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/3/1929",
      "Reason": "Elected vice president",
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      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Clarence MacGregor",
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      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
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      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Theodore Burton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-22",
      "Congress": "70th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1928",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Coleman du Pont",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "DE-SEN",
      "Congress": "70th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/9/1928",
      "Reason": "Ill health",
      "Source": "\"The Polluters\"",
      "Category": "E"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Bowling",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AL-05",
      "Congress": "70th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/16/1928",
      "Reason": "Appointed Alabama judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Nicholas Sinnott",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OR-02",
      "Congress": "70th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/31/1928",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Green",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IA-09",
      "Congress": "70th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/31/1928",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Hazlett",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-01",
      "Congress": "70th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/20/1927",
      "Reason": "Hard to find, but probably elected Philadelphia recorder of deeds?",
      "Source": "Scranton Republican",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Hawes",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MO-11",
      "Congress": "69th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/15/1926",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for Senate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Smith Brookhart",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IA-SEN",
      "Congress": "69th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/12/1926",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Langley",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "KY-10",
      "Congress": "69th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/11/1926",
      "Reason": "Convicted of violating Prohibition laws",
      "Source": "Lexington Herald-Leader",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "George Young",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "ND-02",
      "Congress": "68th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/2/1924",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Graham",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-14",
      "Congress": "68th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/7/1924",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Fields",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "KY-09",
      "Congress": "68th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/11/1923",
      "Reason": "Elected Kentucky governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Porter Dale",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "VT-02",
      "Congress": "68th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/11/1923",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for Senate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Stanley Webster",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WA-05",
      "Congress": "68th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/8/1923",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "Spokane Spokesman-Review",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Horace Towner",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IA-08",
      "Congress": "68th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/1/1923",
      "Reason": "Appointed Puerto Rico governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Vare",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-01",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1923",
      "Reason": "Elected to PA State Senate",
      "Source": "Reading Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Harrison",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-07",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1922",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Millspaugh",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MO-01",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/5/1922",
      "Reason": "Appointed state finance commissioner",
      "Source": "Jefferson City Post-Tribune",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Truman Newberry",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-SEN",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/18/1922",
      "Reason": "Faced a vigorous election challenge due to his unethical campaign",
      "Source": "U.S. Senate",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph Walsh",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-16",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/2/1922",
      "Reason": "Appointed Massachusetts judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Reavis",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NE-01",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/3/1922",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Harding administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Alanson Houghton",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-37",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/28/1922",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Harding administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Kenyon",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IA-SEN",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/24/1922",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "University of Iowa",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Peters",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "ME-03",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/2/1922",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "Maine: An Encyclopedia",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Josiah Wolcott",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "DE-SEN",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/2/1921",
      "Reason": "Appointed Delaware chancellor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Willfred Lufkin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-06",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/30/1921",
      "Reason": "Appointed collector of customs at Port of Boston",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Good",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IA-05",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/15/1921",
      "Reason": "Took a job with a Chicago law firm",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Albert Fall",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NM-SEN",
      "Congress": "67th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/4/1921",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Harding administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Patrick McLane",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "PA-10",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/25/1921",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Nugent",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "ID-SEN",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/14/1921",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "Spokane Spokesman-Review",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Warren Harding",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-SEN",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/13/1921",
      "Reason": "Elected president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Alvan Fuller",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-09",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/5/1921",
      "Reason": "Elected Massachusetts lieutenant governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John MacCrate",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-03",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/30/1920",
      "Reason": "Elected New York Supreme Court justice",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Heflin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AL-05",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/1/1920",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for Senate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edmund Platt",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-26",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "6/7/1920",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Federal Reserve",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edward Saunders",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-05",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "2/29/1920",
      "Reason": "Elected Virginia judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Hampton Moore",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-03",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/4/1920",
      "Reason": "Elected Philadelphia mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Reuben Haskell",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-10",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1919",
      "Reason": "Elected Kings County judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Fiorello La Guardia",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "NY-14",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1919",
      "Reason": "Elected New York City Board of Aldermen president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joshua Alexander",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MO-03",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/15/1919",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Edwin Webb",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-09",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "11/10/1919",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John F. Fitzgerald",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-10",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/23/1919",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Lever",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-07",
      "Congress": "66th",
      "Resignation Date": "8/1/1919",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Federal Farm Loan Board",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Wilson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "TX-12",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/3/1919",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Charles Carlin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-08",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/3/1919",
      "Reason": "Returned to his law practice",
      "Source": "Washington Post",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Zebulon Weaver",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NC-10",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/1/1919",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Dale",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-04",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/6/1919",
      "Reason": "Appointed New York judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John R.K. Scott",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-AL",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/5/1919",
      "Reason": "Unclear, but sounds like he was elected to PA State House",
      "Source": "Pennsylvania House of Representatives",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frederick Mulkey",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OR-SEN",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/17/1918",
      "Reason": "Resigned early to give successor seniority (was always meant as a caretaker)",
      "Source": "Oregon Blue Book",
      "Category": "G"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Carter Glass",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-06",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/16/1918",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Irvine Lenroot",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "WI-11",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/17/1918",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Murray Hulbert",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-21",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "1/1/1918",
      "Reason": "Appointed director of Port of New York City",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John J. Fitzgerald",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-07",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1917",
      "Reason": "Resumed practicing law",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "D"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Daniel Griffin",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-08",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1917",
      "Reason": "Elected Kings County sheriff",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Henry Bruckner",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-22",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1917",
      "Reason": "Elected Bronx borough president",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Adamson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "GA-04",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/18/1917",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Mark Bacon",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-02",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "12/13/1917",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Augustus Gardner",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-06",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "5/15/1917",
      "Reason": "Joined the Army",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "H"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Orrin Bleakley",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-28",
      "Congress": "65th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/3/1917",
      "Reason": "Convicted of spending too much money on his campaign",
      "Source": "PoliticsPA",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Hay",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "VA-07",
      "Congress": "64th",
      "Resignation Date": "10/1/1916",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Stephens",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "CA-10",
      "Congress": "64th",
      "Resignation Date": "7/22/1916",
      "Reason": "Appointed California lieutenant governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Joseph Johnson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "SC-04",
      "Congress": "64th",
      "Resignation Date": "4/19/1915",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "Find a Grave",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Eugene Kinkead",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-08",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "2/4/1915",
      "Reason": "Elected Hudson County sheriff, right to vote in House challenged",
      "Source": "Christian Science Monitor",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Timothy Ansberry",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-05",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/9/1915",
      "Reason": "Appointed Ohio judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Frank Willis",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "OH-08",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/9/1915",
      "Reason": "Elected Ohio governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Winfield Hammond",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MN-02",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/6/1915",
      "Reason": "Elected Minnesota governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Denis O'Leary",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-02",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1914",
      "Reason": "Elected Queens district attorney",
      "Source": "New York Times",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Thomas Hardwick",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "GA-10",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "11/2/1914",
      "Reason": "To focus on his run for Senate",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Walter McCoy",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NJ-09",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "10/3/1914",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Harry Covington",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MD-01",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1914",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Murray",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-10",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/28/1914",
      "Reason": "Appointed postmaster of Boston",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Andrew Peters",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-11",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "8/15/1914",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Sharp",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "OH-14",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "7/23/1914",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James McDermott",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "IL-04",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "7/21/1914",
      "Reason": "Implicated in lobbying scandal, resigned to avoid expulsion ",
      "Source": "Sacramento Union",
      "Category": "B"
    },
    {
      "Member": "L.C. Dyer",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MO-12",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "6/19/1914",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Henry Clayton",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AL-03",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "5/25/1914",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "James Michael Curley",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "MA-12",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "2/4/1914",
      "Reason": "Elected Boston mayor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Francis Harrison",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "NY-20",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/1/1913",
      "Reason": "Appointed Philippines governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John W. Davis",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "WV-01",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "8/29/1913",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Olin Young",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MI-12",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "5/16/1913",
      "Reason": "Turned out votes were miscounted & he didn't win election",
      "Source": "Congressional Record",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "Albert Burleson",
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      "District": "TX-10",
      "Congress": "63rd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/6/1913",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Wilson administration",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
    },
    {
      "Member": "John Weeks",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MA-12",
      "Congress": "62nd",
      "Resignation Date": "3/4/1913",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Morris Sheppard",
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      "District": "TX-01",
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      "Resignation Date": "2/3/1913",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    },
    {
      "Member": "Joe T. Robinson",
      "Party": "D",
      "District": "AR-06",
      "Congress": "62nd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/14/1913",
      "Reason": "Elected Arkansas governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "James Cox",
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      "District": "OH-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/12/1913",
      "Reason": "Elected Ohio governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    {
      "Member": "L.B. Hanna",
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      "District": "ND-AL",
      "Congress": "62nd",
      "Resignation Date": "1/7/1913",
      "Reason": "Elected North Dakota governor",
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    {
      "Member": "Joseph Bailey",
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      "Reason": "Retired; left early in disgust at election of progressive Wilson",
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    {
      "Member": "Bill Sulzer",
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      "District": "NY-10",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/31/1912",
      "Reason": "Elected New York governor",
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    {
      "Member": "Charles Bowman",
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      "District": "PA-11",
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      "Resignation Date": "12/12/1912",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
    },
    {
      "Member": "William Hughes",
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      "District": "NJ-06",
      "Congress": "62nd",
      "Resignation Date": "9/27/1912",
      "Reason": "Appointed New Jersey judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "Theron Catlin",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "MO-11",
      "Congress": "62nd",
      "Resignation Date": "8/12/1912",
      "Reason": "His election was successfully contested & overturned",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "I"
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    {
      "Member": "William Lorimer",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "IL-SEN",
      "Congress": "62nd",
      "Resignation Date": "7/13/1912",
      "Reason": "Election declared invalid",
      "Source": "U.S. Senate",
      "Category": "I"
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    {
      "Member": "Joseph Terrell",
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      "District": "GA-SEN",
      "Congress": "62nd",
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      "Reason": "Had a stroke",
      "Source": "University of Georgia",
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    {
      "Member": "Walter Smith",
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      "District": "IA-09",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/15/1911",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "Asle Gronna",
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      "District": "ND-AL",
      "Congress": "61st",
      "Resignation Date": "2/2/1911",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    {
      "Member": "John Reynolds",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "PA-19",
      "Congress": "61st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/17/1911",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania lieutenant governor",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "John Tener",
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      "District": "PA-24",
      "Congress": "61st",
      "Resignation Date": "1/16/1911",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania governor",
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    {
      "Member": "Eugene Foss",
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      "District": "MA-14",
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      "Reason": "Elected Massachusetts governor",
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    {
      "Member": "Gordon Russell",
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      "District": "TX-03",
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      "Resignation Date": "6/14/1910",
      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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    {
      "Member": "Fountain Thompson",
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      "District": "ND-SEN",
      "Congress": "61st",
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      "Reason": "Ill health but was suspected to be political maneuvering",
      "Source": "Bismarck Tribune",
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      "Member": "William Lorimer",
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      "Congress": "61st",
      "Resignation Date": "6/17/1909",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "Theodore Burton",
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      "District": "OH-21",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/4/1909",
      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
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    {
      "Member": "Philander Knox",
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      "Congress": "60th",
      "Resignation Date": "3/4/1909",
      "Reason": "Appointed to Taft administration",
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      "Category": "C"
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    {
      "Member": "William Kitchin",
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      "District": "NC-05",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/11/1909",
      "Reason": "Elected North Carolina governor",
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      "Member": "George Lilley",
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      "Reason": "Seat vacated when he became Connecticut governor",
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    {
      "Member": "Charles Brumm",
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      "District": "PA-12",
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      "Resignation Date": "1/4/1909",
      "Reason": "Elected Pennsylvania judge",
      "Source": "U.S. Congress",
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    {
      "Member": "Charles Littlefield",
      "Party": "R",
      "District": "ME-02",
      "Congress": "60th",
      "Resignation Date": "9/30/1908",
      "Reason": "Returned to his law practice",
      "Source": "San Francisco Call",
      "Category": "D"
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    {
      "Member": "John Spooner",
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      "District": "WI-SEN",
      "Congress": "60th",
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      "Reason": "Resumed practicing law",
      "Source": "Sacramento Union",
      "Category": "D"
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    {
      "Member": "John Reyburn",
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      "District": "PA-02",
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      "Resignation Date": "3/31/1907",
      "Reason": "Elected Philadelphia mayor",
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    {
      "Member": "William Alden Smith",
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      "Reason": "Elected U.S. senator",
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    {
      "Member": "Charles Curtis",
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    {
      "Member": "John Little",
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      "Reason": "Elected Arkansas governor",
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    {
      "Member": "Newton Gilbert",
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      "Reason": "Appointed federal judge",
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    {
      "Member": "Malcolm Patterson",
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      "District": "TN-10",
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      "Reason": "Elected Tennessee governor",
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    {
      "Member": "James Gillett",
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      "Reason": "Elected California governor",
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      "Member": "Tim Sullivan",
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      "Member": "Ernest Wood",
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    {
      "Member": "Joseph Burton",
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      "Reason": "Convicted of corruption",
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    {
      "Member": "Claude Swanson",
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      "Reason": "Elected Virginia governor",
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      "Member": "Frank Brandegee",
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      "Member": "Alston Dayton",
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      "Member": "Elmer Burkett",
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      "Member": "Charles Fairbanks",
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      "Member": "James Hemenway",
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      "Member": "Victor Metcalf",
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      "Member": "William Lanning",
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      "Member": "Charles Dick",
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      "Member": "John Shafroth",
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      "Member": "George Howell",
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      "Member": "George McClellan Jr.",
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      "Member": "Thomas Ball",
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      "Member": "Joseph Gill",
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      "Member": "Chester Long",
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      "Member": "Heisler Ball",
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      "Member": "James Butler",
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      "Member": "S.W.T. Lanham",
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      "Member": "James Hall",
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      "Member": "George Ray",
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      "Member": "William Moody",
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      "Member": "John Rhea",
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      "Member": "Nicholas Muller",
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