1923 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

There were several special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1923, spanning the 67th United States Congress and 68th United States Congress.

67th Congress

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 5	John I. Nolan	Republican	1912	Incumbent died November 18, 1922. New member elected January 23, 1923. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Mae Nolan (Republican) 40.31% ▌ (Republican) 33.28% ▌George G. Kidwell (Farmer–Labor) 12.49% ▌M. J. McGuire (Progressive) 7.15% ▌W. Estes Von Krakau (Republican) 3.26% ▌Clarence A. Henning (Democratic) 2.90% ▌Frederick V. Weiss (Independent) 0.61%
New York 19	Samuel Marx	Democratic	1922	Member-elect died November 30, 1922. New member elected January 30, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y Sol Bloom (Democratic) 49.83% ▌Walter M. Chandler (Republican) 49.30% ▌Philip Zausner (Socialist) 0.87%

68th Congress

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 5	John I. Nolan	Republican	1912	Incumbent member-elect died during previous congress. New member elected January 23, 1923. Republican hold. Winner also elected to finish the current term; see above.	▌Y Mae Nolan (Republican) 47.41% ▌ (Republican) 39.35% ▌M. J. McGuire (Progressive) 8.48% ▌ (Democratic) 4.77%
Illinois 2	Vacant			Rep. James R. Mann (R) died during previous congress. New member elected April 3, 1923. Republican gain.	▌Y Morton D. Hull (Republican) 53.91% ▌Barratt O'Hara (Democratic) 40.58% ▌Seymour Stedman (Socialist) 5.51%
California 10	Vacant			Rep. Henry Z. Osborne (R) died during previous congress. New member elected May 1, 1923. Republican gain.	▌Y John D. Fredericks (Republican) 36.16% ▌ (Republican) 23.31% ▌Lloy Galpin (Democratic) 17.70% ▌Alfred L. Bartlett (Republican) 11.40% ▌Frank A. McDonald (Republican) 7.58% ▌John C. Bell (Prohibition) 2.41% ▌Upton Sinclair (Independent) 1.43%
Iowa 8	Horace M. Towner	Republican	1910	Incumbent resigned April 1, 1923 to become Governor of Puerto Rico. New member elected June 19, 1923. Republican hold.	▌Y Hiram K. Evans (Republican) 52.63% ▌ (Democratic) 47.37%
Michigan 3	John M. C. Smith	Republican	1910 1920 (retired) 1921 (special)	Incumbent died March 30, 1923. New member elected June 19, 1923. Republican hold.	▌Y Arthur B. Williams (Republican) 57.52% ▌ (Democratic) 42.48%
Alabama 2	John R. Tyson	Democratic	1920	Incumbent died March 27, 1923. New member elected August 14, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y J. Lister Hill (Democratic) Unopposed
Washington 5	J. Stanley Webster	Republican	1918	Incumbent resigned May 8, 1923 to become a U.S. District Court Judge. New member elected September 25, 1923. Democratic gain.	▌Y Samuel B. Hill (Democratic) 51.04% ▌ (Republican) 48.96%
Arkansas 6	Lewis E. Sawyer	Democratic	1922	Incumbent died May 5, 1923. New member elected October 6, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y James B. Reed (Democratic) Unopposed
Kentucky 7	J. Campbell Cantrill	Democratic	1908	Incumbent died September 2, 1923. New member elected November 30, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y Joseph W. Morris (Democratic) Unopposed
Illinois 4	John W. Rainey	Democratic	1918 (special)	Incumbent died May 4, 1923. New member elected November 6, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas A. Doyle (Democratic) 95.01% ▌ (Socialist) 4.99%
New York 11	Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	1898 1900 (retired) 1906 (special)	Incumbent died April 28, 1923. New member elected November 6, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y Anning S. Prall (Democratic) 72.89% ▌ (Republican) 25.76% ▌Walter Dearing (Socialist) 1.35%
New York 16	Vacant			Rep. W. Bourke Cockran died during previous congress. New member elected November 6, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y John J. O'Connor (Democratic) 74.34% ▌John C. O'Connor (Republican) 22.32% ▌Philip Zausner (Socialist) 3.34%
New York 24	James V. Ganly	Democratic	1922	Incumbent died September 7, 1923. New member elected November 6, 1923. Republican gain.	▌Y Benjamin L. Fairchild (Republican) 48.95% ▌ (Republican) 43.27% ▌Alexander Braunstein (Socialist) 7.78%
New York 32	Luther W. Mott	Republican	1912	Incumbent died September 7, 1923. New member elected November 6, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thaddeus C. Sweet (Republican) 65.12% ▌ (Democratic) 33.35% ▌James A. Manson (Socialist) 1.53%
North Carolina 2	Claude Kitchin	Democratic	1900	Incumbent died May 31, 1923. New member elected November 6, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y John H. Kerr (Democratic) Unopposed
Vermont 2	Porter H. Dale	Republican	1914	Incumbent resigned August 11, 1923 to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected November 6, 1923. Republican hold.	▌Y Ernest W. Gibson (Republican) 27.93% ▌Orlando L. Martin (Republican) 23.02% ▌Mason S. Stone (Republican) 16.60% ▌John Warren Gordon (Republican) 15.74% ▌Charles A. Webb (Republican) 12.48% ▌James L. Stacey (Republican) 4.23%
Mississippi 3	Benjamin G. Humphreys II	Democratic	1902	Incumbent died October 16, 1923. New member elected November 27, 1923. Democratic hold.	▌Y William Y. Humphreys (Democratic) 54.91% ▌J. C. Roberts (Democratic) 45.09%

References

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2. New York Secretary of State (1923). "Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York".
3. "CA District 5 - Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. January 7, 2005. Retrieved October 24, 2019., citing United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997 The Official Results Michael J. Dubin
4. "IL District 2-Special". OurCampaigns.com. January 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019., citing Illinois Blue Book, 1923-1924 P. 793
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6. "IA District 8 - Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. August 16, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2019., citing Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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8. "AL District 2 - Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. October 30, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2019., citing 1923 Alabama Official and Statistical Register
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10. "AR District 6 - Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. January 8, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2019., citing United States Congressional elections, 1788-1997 : the official results of the elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses
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17. "NC District 02 - Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. March 24, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019. The district was so overwhelmingly Democratic that the Republicans did not field a candidate, citing Reidsville Review, 11/16/1923
18. "VT - District 02 - Special R Primary". OurCampaigns.com. July 15, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
19. "MS - District 03 Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. October 29, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2019., citing United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997 The Official Results Michael J. Dubin

• "Sixty-Eighth Congress March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1923". Historian of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2019.