There were four elections to the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

in 1959, all during the

86th United States Congress The 86th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1959 ...

. Three of them were special elections to fill vacancies, and the fourth was to fill a seat for the new state of Hawaii. There were no special elections to the 85th Congress in 1959.

Special elections

Elections are listed by date and district. , - , ,

George H. Christopher George Henry Christopher (December 9, 1888 – January 23, 1959) was a Democratic representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, and from the Missouri's 4th congressional district from January ...

, , Democratic , 1948 , , Incumbent died January 23, 1959.
New member elected March 3, 1959.
Democratic hold. , nowrap , , - , , Daniel A. Reed , , Republican , 1918 , , Incumbent died February 19, 1959
New member elected May 26, 1959.
Republican hold. , nowrap , , - , ,

Steven V. Carter Steven V. Carter (October 8, 1915 – November 4, 1959) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa in 1959. Born in Carterville, Utah, at age fourteen Carter moved with his parents to Lamoni, Iowa, and graduated from Lamoni Hi ...

, , Democratic , 1958 , , Incumbent died November 4, 1959
New member elected December 15, 1959.
Republican gain. , nowrap ,

Hawaii

In 1959,

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

became a state and elected one new member of the House, Democrat

Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...

. , - , , colspan=3 , New state , , New seat.
New member elected August 21, 1959.
Democratic gain. , nowrap ,

References

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

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