1961 United States House of Representatives elections

There were seven special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1961, during 87th United States Congress.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 6	William F. Norrell	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent died February 15, 1961. New member elected April 18, 1961. Democratic hold.	Y Catherine Dorris Norrell (Democratic) 43.1% John H. Jones (Democratic) 25.1% M. C. Lewis (Democratic) 23.2% James F. Cross (Democratic) 7.3% Sam D. Carson (Democratic) 1.3%
Arizona 2	Stewart Udall	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned January 18, 1961, to become U.S Secretary of the Interior. New member elected May 2, 1961. Democratic hold.	Y Mo Udall (Democratic) 51.0% Mac C. Matheson (Republican) 49.0%
Pennsylvania 16	Walter M. Mumma	Republican	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent died February 25, 1961. New member elected May 16, 1961. Republican hold.	Y John C. Kunkel (Republican) 65.6% Kathryn Z. Vanderslice (Democratic) 34.4%
Tennessee 1	B. Carroll Reece	Republican	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent died March 19, 1961. New member elected May 16, 1961. Republican hold.	Y Louise Goff Reece (Republican) 62.9% William W. Faw (Democratic) 33.2% Leland A. Davis (Republican) 3.9%
Texas 20	Paul J. Kilday	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned September 24, 1961, to become judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. New member elected November 4, 1961. Democratic hold.	Y Henry B. González (Democratic) 54.6% John W. Goode (Republican) 44.0% Ernest T. Cude (Democratic) 0.9% G. H. Allen (Democratic) 0.3% Norman Brock (Democratic) 0.2%
Michigan 1	Thaddeus M. Machrowicz	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned September 18, 1961, to become judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. New member elected November 7, 1961. Democratic hold.	Y Lucien N. Nedzi (Democratic) 85.5% Walter Czarnecki (Republican) 14.5%
Louisiana 4	Overton Brooks	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent died September 16, 1961. New member elected December 19, 1961. Democratic hold.	Y Joe Waggonner (Democratic) 54.5% Charlton H. Lyons Sr. (Republican) 45.5%

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives