Election Name: | 1955 Florida's 6th congressional district special election |
Country: | Florida |
Seats For Election: | Florida's 6th congressional district |
Type: | by-election |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1954 United States House of Representatives elections#Florida |
Previous Year: | 1954 |
Next Election: | 1956 United States House of Representatives elections#Florida |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Election Date: | January 11, 1955 |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 29,094 |
Percentage1: | 58.7% |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 21,147 |
Percentage2: | 41.3 |
Representative | |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
On January 11, 1955, voters in elected Democrat Paul Rogers to the United States House of Representatives. His father, Dwight L. Rogers, was the incumbent and had just been re-elected to the term in November 1954, but died December 1, 1954.