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==Usage==

===Former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives===
'''Example—<br />[[Newt Gingrich]]''':<br />
<pre>{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state    = Georgia
| district = 6
| before   = [[Jack Flynt]]
| after    = [[Johnny Isakson]]
| years    = January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999
}}
{{s-end}}</pre>

becomes:<br />
{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state= Georgia
| district= 6
| before= [[Jack Flynt]]
| after= [[Johnny Isakson]]
| years= January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999}}
{{s-end}}

===Incumbents===
'''First Example—<br />[[John Carney (politician)|John Carney]]''':<br />
<pre>{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state= Delaware
| district= AL
| before= [[Michael N. Castle]]
| start= January 3, 2011}}
{{s-end}}</pre>

becomes:
{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state= Delaware
| district= AL
| before= [[Michael N. Castle]]
| start= January 3, 2011}}
{{s-end}}

If there is only one district for the entire state, then use "AL," the at-large district.

'''Second Example—<br />[[Eleanor Holmes Norton]]''':<br />
<pre>{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| type= Delegate
| state= District of Columbia
| before=[[Walter Fauntroy]]
| start= January 3, 1991}}
{{s-end}}</pre>

becomes:
{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| type= Delegate
| state= District of Columbia
| before=[[Walter Fauntroy]]
| start= January 3, 1991}}
{{s-end}}

===First Representative from a new district===
'''Example—<br />[[Bill Richardson]]''':<br />
<pre>{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state= New Mexico
| district= 3
| new=district
| after= [[William T. Redmond]]
| years= January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997}}
{{s-end}}</pre>

becomes:
{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state= New Mexico
| district= 3
| new=district
| after= [[William T. Redmond]]
| years= January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997}}
{{s-end}}

===Last Representative from an obsolete district===
'''Example—<br />[[Gene Taylor (Mississippi)|Gene Taylor]]''':<br />
<pre>{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state=Mississippi
| district=5
| before=[[Larkin I. Smith]]
| years= October 17, 1989 – January 3, 2003
| reason=District abolished
}}
{{s-end}}</pre>

becomes:
{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state=Mississippi
| district=5
| before=[[Larkin I. Smith]]
| years= October 17, 1989 – January 3, 2003
| reason=District abolished
}}
{{s-end}}

===Representative left office, but no successor has been chosen yet===
'''Example—<br />this is a temporary status:'''<br />
<pre>{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state=New York
| district=13
| before=N.N.
| years=January 3, 2013 – March 18, 2015
| reason=vacant
}}
{{s-end}}</pre>

becomes:
{{s-start}}
{{US House succession box
| state=New York
| district=13
| before=N.N.
| years= January 3, 2013 – March 18, 2015
| reason=vacant
}}
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [[:Template:US Senator succession box]]
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