Template:US House Succession Box
| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Member of the [[List of United States representatives from {{{state}}}|U.S. House of Representatives]]
from [[{{{state}}}'s at-large congressional district|{{{state}}}]]
{{{years}}} | style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|Incumbent |-
from [[{{{state}}}'s at-large congressional district|{{{state}}}]]
{{{years}}} | style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|Incumbent |-
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Usage
Former members of the U.S. House of Representatives
Example—
Newt Gingrich:
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{{US House succession box
| state = Georgia
| district = 6
| before = [[Jack Flynt]]
| after = [[Johnny Isakson]]
| years = January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999
}}
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becomes:
Incumbents
First example—
John Carney:
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{{US House succession box
| state= Delaware
| district= AL
| before= [[Michael N. Castle]]
| start= January 3, 2011}}
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becomes:
If there is only one district for the entire state, then use "AL," the at-large district.
Second example—
Eleanor Holmes Norton:
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{{US House succession box
| type= Delegate
| state= District of Columbia
| before=[[Walter Fauntroy]]
| start= January 3, 1991}}
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becomes:
First representative from a new district
Example—
Bill Richardson:
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{{US House succession box
| state= New Mexico
| district= 3
| new=district
| after= [[Bill Redmond]]
| years= January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997}}
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becomes:
Last representative from an obsolete district
Example—
Gene Taylor:
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{{US House succession box
| state=Mississippi
| district=5
| before=[[Larkin I. Smith]]
| years= October 17, 1989 – January 3, 2003
| reason=District abolished
}}
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becomes:
Representative left office, but no successor has been chosen yet
Example—
this is a temporary status:
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{{US House succession box
| state=New York
| district=13
| before=N.N.
| years=January 3, 2013 – March 18, 2015
| reason=vacant
}}
{{s-end}}
becomes: