Colonel William A. Phillips

There were five special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1949, during the 81st United States Congress.

List of elections

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 7	John J. Delaney	Democratic	1918 (Special)	Incumbent died November 18, 1948, during previous congress. New member elected February 15, 1949. Democratic hold.	▌Y Louis B. Heller (Democratic) 54.8% ▌Francis E. Dorn (Republican) 38.7% ▌Minneola Ingersoll (American Labor) 6.5%
New York 20	Sol Bloom	Democratic	1923 (Special)	Incumbent died March 7, 1949. New member elected May 17, 1949. Liberal gain.	▌Y Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (Liberal) 50.7% ▌Benjamin Shalleck (Democratic) 30.2% ▌William H. McIntyre (Republican) 12.5% ▌Annette T. Rubinstein (American Labor) 6.6%^[1]
Pennsylvania 26	Robert L. Coffey	Democratic	1948	Incumbent died April 20, 1949. New member elected September 13, 1949. Republican gain.	▌Y John P. Saylor (Republican) 53.8% ▌Curry E. Coffey (Democratic) 46.2%
California 5	Richard J. Welch	Republican	1926 (Special)	Incumbent died September 10, 1949. New member elected November 8, 1949. Democratic gain.	▌Y John F. Shelley (Democratic) 55.52% ▌Lloyd J. Cosgrove (Republican) 37.82% ▌Charles R. Garry (Democratic) 6.66%^[2]
New York 10	Andrew L. Somers	Democratic	1924	Incumbent died April 6, 1949. New member elected November 8, 1949. Democratic hold.	▌Y Edna F. Kelly (Democratic) 55.1% ▌Jules Cohen (Liberal) 27.5% ▌George H. Fankuchen (Republican) 17.5%

(1948←) 1949 United States elections (→1950)
U.S. Senate	New York (special)
U.S. House	California 5th sp New York 7th sp 10th sp 20th sp Pennsylvania 26th sp
Governors	New Jersey Virginia
Mayors	Boston, MA Cleveland, OH Los Angeles, CA Manchester, NH New York City, NY Pittsburgh, PA
State-wide	California Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia