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1 Usage
2 Templates that redirect here
- 2.1 Shortcut
- 2.2 Spelling variants
3 See also

[edit] Usage

[edit] Former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

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{{USRepSuccessionBox
| state= Georgia
| district= 6
| before= [[Jack Flynt]]
| after= [[Johnny Isakson]]
| years= 1979 – 1999}}
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becomes:

Preceded by Jack Flynt	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th congressional district 1979 – 1999	Succeeded by Johnny Isakson

[edit] Incumbents

First Example—
Michael N. Castle:

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{{USRepSuccessionBox
| state= Delaware
| district= AL
| before= [[Thomas R. Carper]]
| start= 1993}} 
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becomes:

Preceded by Thomas R. Carper	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's At-large congressional district 1993 – present	Incumbent

Or you could leave out the district line altogether:

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{{USRepSuccessionBox
| state= Delaware
| before= [[Thomas R. Carper]]
| start= 1993}} 
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becomes:

Preceded by Thomas R. Carper	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware 1993 – present	Incumbent

Second Example—
Eleanor Holmes Norton:

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{{USRepSuccessionBox
| type= Delegate
| state= District of Columbia
| before=[[Walter Fauntroy]]
| start= [[January 3]], [[1991]]}}
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becomes:

Preceded by Walter Fauntroy	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia January 3, 1991 – present	Incumbent

[edit] First Representative from a new district

Example—
Bill Richardson:

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{{USRepSuccessionBox
| state= New Mexico
| district= 3
| new=district
| after= [[William T. Redmond]]
| years= 1983 – 1997}}
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becomes:

New district	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 3rd congressional district 1983 – 1997	Succeeded by William T. Redmond

[edit] Last Representative from an obsolete district

Example—
Gene Taylor:

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{{USRepSuccession box
| state=Mississippi
| district=5
| before=[[Larkin I. Smith]]
| years=1989 – 2003
| reason=District eliminated
}}
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becomes:

Preceded by Larkin I. Smith	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th congressional district 1989 – 2003	District eliminated