In 1989 there were eight special 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 chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

List of elections

Elections are listed by date and district. , - , , William F. Nichols , , Democratic , 1966 , , Incumbent died December 13, 1988.
New member elected April 4, 1989.
Democratic hold. , nowrap , , - , , Dan Coats , , Republican , 1980 , , Incumbent resigned January 3, 1989 to become U.S. Senator.
New member elected March 28, 1989.
Democratic gain. , nowrap , , - , , Dick Cheney , , Republican , 1978 , , Incumbent resigned March 17, 1989, to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
New member

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April 26, 1989.
Republican hold. , nowrap , , - , ,

Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mi ...

, , Democratic ,

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

, , Incumbent died May 30, 1989.
New member

August 29, 1989.
Republican gain. , nowrap , , - , ,

Tony Coelho Anthony Lee Coelho (born June 15, 1942) is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is ...

, , Democratic , 1978 , , Incumbent resigned June 15, 1989.
New member elected September 12, 1989.
Democratic hold. , nowrap , , - , , Jim Wright , , Democratic , 1954 , , Incumbent resigned June 30, 1989.
New member elected September 12, 1989.
Democratic hold. , nowrap , , - , ,

Mickey Leland George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III (November 27, 1944 – August 7, 1989) was an anti-poverty activist who later became a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He was a Democrat. Early years Leland ...

, , Democratic , 1978 , , Incumbent died August 7, 1989.
New member elected December 9, 1989.
Democratic hold. , nowrap , , - , ,

Larkin I. Smith Larkin Irvin Smith (June 26, 1944 – August 13, 1989) was an American Congressman from Mississippi serving for seven months until he was killed in a plane crash in Perry County, Mississippi in 1989. Smith was born in Poplarville, Mississip ...

, , Republican ,

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

, , Incumbent died August 13, 1989.
New member elected October 17, 1989.
Democratic gain. , nowrap ,

References

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1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...