1936 United States House of Representatives elections

1936 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1934 November 3, 1936[a] 1938 →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader William Bankhead Bertrand Snell
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since June 4, 1936 March 4, 1931
Leader's seat Alabama 7th New York 31st
Last election 322 seats 103 seats
Seats won 334 88
Seat change Increase 12 Decrease 15
Popular vote 23,967,625 16,999,723
Percentage 55.93% 39.67%
Swing Increase 2.01% Decrease 1.62%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Progressive Farmer–Labor
Last election 7 seats 3 seats
Seats won 8 5
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 546,833 481,960
Percentage 1.28% 1.13%
Swing Decrease 0.03% Decrease 0.08%


Speaker before election

William Bankhead
Democratic

Elected Speaker

William Bankhead
Democratic

The 1936 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 75th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 3, 1936, while Maine held theirs on September 14. They coincided with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide re-election. Roosevelt's Democratic Party gained twelve net seats from the Republican Party, bringing them above a three-fourths majority. This was the largest majority since Reconstruction, as the last time a party won so decisively was in 1866.[1] To date, this was the last time that any party held three-quarters of all House seats, as well as the last time that a party won more than 300 House seats.

Significant representation from the Progressives of Wisconsin and Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota was also seen, as these two liberal populist groups gained a foothold.[2]

The 1936 elections showed the continuing trust of the American people in Roosevelt to guide the nation out of the Great Depression. Despite setbacks, most had faith in the New Deal and elected leaders who supported its measures. This was the last of four straight elections where Republicans lost seats in Congress due to the lingering effects of the Depression.[3]

Overall results

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334 13 88
Democratic [b] Republican

Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

House seats
Democratic
76.78%
Republican
20.23%
Progressive
1.84%
Farmer–Labor
1.15%
Popular vote
Democratic
55.93%
Republican
39.67%
Progressive
1.28%
Farmer–Labor
1.13%
Socialist
0.40%
Union
0.35%
Results shaded according to winning candidate's share of the popular vote
Composition of the House after the election
House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% Democratic
  80+% Republican
  60+ to 80% Democratic
  60+ to 80% Republican
  60+ to 80% Progressive
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican
  Up to 60% Farmer–Labor
Net gain in states' seats
  6+ Democratic gain
  3-5 Democratic gain
  1-2 Democratic gain
  1-2 Republican gain
  1-2 Farmer–Labor gain
  no net change

Special elections

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Philippines at-large Francisco A. Delgado Nacionalista 1934 Incumbent resigned February 14, 1936, after a successor qualified in accordance to a new form of government.
New resident commissioner appointed February 14, 1936.
Nacionalista hold.
Winner was to hold office at the pleasure of the President of the Philippines.
Ohio 11 Mell G. Underwood Democratic 1922 Incumbent resigned April 10, 1936, after being appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
New member elected November 3, 1936.
Democratic hold.
Winner was not elected to the next term; see below.
Ohio at-large Charles V. Truax Democratic 1932 Incumbent died August 9, 1935.
New member elected November 3, 1936.
Democratic hold.
Winner was not elected to the next term; see below.
South Carolina 4 John J. McSwain Democratic 1920 Incumbent died August 6, 1936.
New member elected November 3, 1936.
Democratic hold.
Winner was also elected to the next term; see below.

Alabama

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Alabama 1 Frank W. Boykin Democratic 1935 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 2 J. Lister Hill Democratic 1923 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 3 Henry B. Steagall Democratic 1914 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 4 Sam Hobbs Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 5 Joe Starnes Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 6 William Bacon Oliver Democratic 1914 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Alabama 7 William B. Bankhead Democratic 1916 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 8 Archibald Hill Carmichael Democratic 1933 (special) Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Alabama 9 George Huddleston Democratic 1914 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.

Arizona

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Results by county
Murdock:      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Arizona at-large Isabella Greenway Democratic 1933 (special) Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.

Arkansas

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Arkansas 1 William J. Driver Democratic 1920 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 2 John E. Miller Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 3 Claude Fuller Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 4 William B. Cravens Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 5 David D. Terry Democratic 1933 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 6 John L. McClellan Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 7 Tilman B. Parks Democratic 1920 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.

California

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California's results
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
California 1 Clarence F. Lea Democratic 1916 Incumbent re-elected.
California 2 Harry Lane Englebright Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
California 3 Frank H. Buck Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
California 4 Florence Prag Kahn Republican 1925 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
Progressive gain.
California 5 Richard J. Welch Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
California 6 Albert E. Carter Republican 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Albert E. Carter (Republican) 91.0%
  • Clarence E. Rust (Socialist) 7.2%
  • Lloyd L. Harris (Communist) 1.8%
California 7 John H. Tolan Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
California 8 John J. McGrath Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
California 9 Bertrand W. Gearhart Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
California 10 Henry E. Stubbs Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
California 11 John S. McGroarty Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
California 12 John H. Hoeppel Democratic 1932 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
California 13 Charles Kramer Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Charles Kramer (Democratic) 90.0%
  • Floyd Seaman (Write-in) 5.2%
  • Emma Cutler (Communist) 4.8%
California 14 Thomas F. Ford Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Thomas F. Ford (Democratic) 61.0%
  • William D. Campbell (Republican) 24.6%
  • Albert L. Johnson (Progressive) 12.4%
  • Harold J. Ashe (Communist) 1.3%
  • Glen Trimble (Socialist) 0.7%
California 15 John M. Costello Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
California 16 John F. Dockweiler Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
California 17 Charles J. Colden Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
California 18 Byron N. Scott Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
California 19 Sam L. Collins Republican 1932 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
California 20 George Burnham Republican 1932 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.

Colorado

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Colorado 1 Lawrence Lewis Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 2 Fred N. Cummings Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 3 John Andrew Martin Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 4 Edward T. Taylor Democratic 1908 Incumbent re-elected.

Connecticut

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Connecticut 1 Herman P. Kopplemann Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut 2 William L. Higgins Republican 1932 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Connecticut 3 James A. Shanley Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY James A. Shanley (Democratic) 54.6%
  • John F. Lynch (Republican) 40.4%
  • C. Joseph Rowley (Union) 3.8%
  • Carl M. Rhodin (Socialist) 0.9%
  • Emma Davis (Communist) 0.2%
Connecticut 4 Schuyler Merritt Republican 1932 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY Alfred N. Phillips (Democratic) 50.0%
  • Schuyler Merritt (Republican) 41.9%
  • George W. Murgatroyd (Socialist) 4.8%
  • Richard F. Warren (Union) 3.1%
  • Louis Scala (Communist) 0.2%
Connecticut 5 J. Joseph Smith Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut at-large William M. Citron Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY William M. Citron (Democratic) 53.9%
  • Lousi Pallotti (Republican) 41.0%
  • Charles T. Tryon (Union) 3.1%
  • Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 1.6%
  • Andrew Jacob (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
  • Ronald H. Loomis (Communist) 0.2%

Delaware

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Delaware at-large J. George Stewart Republican 1934 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.

Florida

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Florida 1 J. Hardin Peterson Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 2 Robert A. Green Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 3 Millard Caldwell Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 4 J. Mark Wilcox Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 5 William J. Sears
Redistricted from the at-large district
Democratic 1932 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.

Georgia

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Georgia 1 Hugh Peterson Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 2 Edward E. Cox Democratic 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 3 Bryant T. Castellow Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Georgia 4 Emmett Marshall Owen Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 5 Robert Ramspeck Democratic 1929 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 6 Carl Vinson Democratic 1914 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 7 Malcolm C. Tarver Democratic 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 8 Braswell Deen Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 9 B. Frank Whelchel Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 10 Paul Brown Democratic 1933 (special) Incumbent re-elected.

Idaho

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Idaho 1 Compton I. White Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Idaho 2 D. Worth Clark Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

Illinois

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 1 Arthur W. Mitchell Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 2 Raymond S. McKeough Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 3 Edward A. Kelly Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 4 Harry P. Beam Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 5 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 6 Thomas J. O'Brien Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 7 Leonard W. Schuetz Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 8 Leo Kocialkowski Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 9 James McAndrews Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 10 Ralph E. Church Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 11 Chauncey W. Reed Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 12 John T. Buckbee Republican 1926 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Illinois 13 Leo E. Allen Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 14 Chester C. Thompson Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 15 J. Leroy Adair Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Illinois 16 Everett Dirksen Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 17 Leslie C. Arends Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 18 James A. Meeks Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 19 Donald C. Dobbins Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Illinois 20 Scott W. Lucas Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 21 Harry H. Mason Democratic 1934 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Illinois 22 Edwin M. Schaefer Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 23 William W. Arnold Democratic 1922 Incumbent resigned June 25, 1936 to become a member of the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals.
Democratic hold.
Illinois 24 Claude V. Parsons Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 25 Kent E. Keller Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois at-large Michael L. Igoe Democratic 1934 Incumbent resigned June 2, 1935 to become a U.S. Attorney.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Lewis M. Long (Democratic) 27.8%
  • Green tickY Edwin V. Champion (Democratic) 27.4%
  • Rodney H. Brandon (Republican) 21.1%
  • John T. Dempsey (Republican) 21.1%
  • Severin H. Hanson (Progressive) 1.1%
  • Rad Burnett (Progressive) 1.1%
  • Ina M. White (Socialist) 0.1%
  • Nate Egnor (Socialist) 0.1%
  • Mary Morgan Williams (Prohibition) 0.04%
  • Frank Earl Herrick (Prohibition) 0.04%
  • Edward K. Schooley (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
  • Mathilda M. Deavers (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Illinois at-large Martin A. Brennan Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.

Indiana

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Indiana 1 William T. Schulte Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 2 Charles A. Halleck Republican 1935 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 3 Samuel B. Pettengill Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 4 James I. Farley Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 5 Glenn Griswold Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 6 Virginia E. Jenckes Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 7 Arthur H. Greenwood Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 8 John W. Boehne Jr. Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 9 Eugene B. Crowe Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 10 Finly Hutchinson Gray Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 11 William H. Larrabee Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 12 Louis Ludlow Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected.

Iowa

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Iowa 1 Edward C. Eicher Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 2 Bernhard M. Jacobsen Democratic 1930 Incumbent died.
Democratic hold.
Iowa 3 John W. Gwynne Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 4 Fred Biermann Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 5 Lloyd Thurston Republican 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 6 Hubert Utterback Democratic 1934 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Republican gain.
Iowa 7 Otha Wearin Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 8 Fred C. Gilchrist Republican 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Fred C. Gilchrist (Republican) 52.5%
  • Ray Murray (Democratic) 45.3%
  • Matilda Sorenson Clark (Farmer–Labor) 2.3%
Iowa 9 Guy Gillette Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Vincent F. Harrington (Democratic) 52.6%
  • Fred B. Wolf (Republican) 44.1%
  • G. L. Harrison (Farmer–Labor) 1.6%
  • Leon Hilton (Union) 1.1%
  • William Daniels (Union) 0.6%

Kansas

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kansas 1 William P. Lambertson Republican 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 2 Ulysses Samuel Guyer Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 3 Edward White Patterson Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 4 Randolph Carpenter Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Kansas 5 John Mills Houston Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 6 Frank Carlson Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 7 Clifford R. Hope Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected.

Kentucky

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 W. Voris Gregory Democratic 1926 Incumbent died.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 2 Glover H. Cary Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 3 Emmet O'Neal Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Emmet O'Neal (Democratic) 60.3%
  • W. A. Armstrong (Republican) 37.3%
  • Jerry V. Spencer (Union) 2.3%
  • Sara Kasdan (Socialist) 0.1%
Kentucky 4 Edward W. Creal Democratic 1935 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 5 Brent Spence Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 6 Virgil Chapman Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 7 Andrew J. May Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 8 Fred M. Vinson Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 9 John M. Robsion Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

Louisiana

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Louisiana 1 Joachim O. Fernández Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 2 Paul H. Maloney Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 3 Numa F. Montet Democratic 1929 (special) Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 4 John N. Sandlin Democratic 1920 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 5 Riley J. Wilson Democratic 1914 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 6 Jared Y. Sanders Jr. Democratic 1934 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 7 René L. De Rouen Democratic 1927 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 8 Cleveland Dear Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Louisiana.
Democratic hold.

Maine

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maine 1 Simon M. Hamlin Democratic 1934 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Maine 2 Edward C. Moran Jr. Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Clyde H. Smith (Republican) 51.6%
  • Ernest L. McLean (Democratic) 37.4%
  • J. Clarence Leckemby (Independent) 7.9%
  • A. Raymond Rogers (Union) 3.1%
Maine 3 Owen Brewster Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1 T. Alan Goldsborough Democratic 1920 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 2 William P. Cole Jr. Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 3 Vincent L. Palmisano Democratic 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 4 Ambrose Jerome Kennedy Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 5 Stephen W. Gambrill Democratic 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 6 David J. Lewis Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.

Massachusetts

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1 Allen T. Treadway Republican 1912 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Allen T. Treadway (Republican) 50.1%
  • Owen Johnson (Democratic) 44.5%
  • Milton F. Hadley (Social Justice) 4.7%
  • Charles H. Daniels (Socialist) 0.8%
Massachusetts 2 William J. Granfield Democratic 1930 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Charles R. Clason (Republican) 49.0%
  • Agnes C. Reavey (Democratic) 44.3%
  • Harry A. Custis (Independent) 3.4%
  • S. Ralph Harlow (Socialist) 1.9%
  • Donald F. Moynahan (Social Justice) 1.4%
Massachusetts 3 Joseph E. Casey Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 4 Pehr G. Holmes Republican 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 5 Edith Nourse Rogers Republican 1925 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 6 A. Piatt Andrew Republican 1921 (special) Incumbent died.
Republican hold.
Massachusetts 7 William P. Connery Jr. Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 8 Arthur D. Healey Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Arthur D. Healey (Democratic) 52.5%
  • William S. Howe (Republican) 40.5%
  • Nelson F. Wright (Union) 5.2%
  • William Kennedy Mason (Social Justice) 1.7%
Massachusetts 9 Richard M. Russell Democratic 1934 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Massachusetts 10 George H. Tinkham Republican 1914 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 11 John Patrick Higgins Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 12 John W. McCormack Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 13 Richard B. Wigglesworth Republican 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 14 Joseph W. Martin Jr. Republican 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 15 Charles L. Gifford Republican 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Charles L. Gifford (Republican) 50.1%
  • John D. W. Bodfish (Democratic) 36.5%
  • John Henry McNeece (Social Justice) 10.7%
  • William McAuliffe (Union) 1.9%
  • Nora Ouimette Duprey (Socialist) 0.9%

Michigan

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Michigan 1 George G. Sadowski Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 2 Earl C. Michener Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 3 Verner Main Republican 1935 (special) Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Michigan 4 Clare Hoffman Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Clare Hoffman (Republican) 50.5%
  • Guy M. Tyler (Democratic) 45.1%
  • Felix Racotte (Write-in) 4.2%
  • Robert Disbrow (Socialist) 0.2%
Michigan 5 Carl E. Mapes Republican 1912 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 6 William W. Blackney Republican 1934 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Michigan 7 Jesse P. Wolcott Republican 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 8 Fred L. Crawford Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 9 Albert J. Engel Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 10 Roy O. Woodruff Republican 1920 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 11 Prentiss M. Brown Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
Michigan 12 Frank Eugene Hook Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 13 Clarence J. McLeod Republican 1922 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Michigan 14 Louis C. Rabaut Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 15 John Dingell Sr. Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John Dingell Sr. (Democratic) 57.5%
  • Nathaniel H. Goldstick (Republican) 41.6%
  • Francis King (Socialist) 0.5%
  • William McKie (Farmer–Labor) 0.3%
  • Charles Aronoff (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
  • James M. Ball (United) 0.01%
Michigan 16 John Lesinski Sr. Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John Lesinski Sr. (Democratic) 58.2%
  • Clyde M. Ford (Republican) 36.2%
  • Ralph B. Guy Sr. (Union) 4.7%
  • ?? (Socialist) 0.4%
  • Charles A. Regan (Farmer–Labor) 0.4%
  • ?? (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
  • John S. Sweet (American) 0.006%
Michigan 17 George A. Dondero Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY George A. Dondero (Republican) 47.7%
  • Draper Allen (Democratic) 46.6%
  • Maynard Seibert (Union) 5.2%
  • W. H. Allmendiger (Socialist) 0.4%
  • Harry E. Irwin (Farmer–Labor) 0.2%
  • Thomas F. Slater (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
  • Leslie Buck (American) 0.005%

Minnesota

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Minnesota's Results
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Minnesota 1 August H. Andresen Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY August H. Andresen (Republican) 50.7%
  • Chester Watson (Farmer–Labor) 23.1%
  • Richard W. Morin (Democratic) 21.7%
  • D. M. Quarles (Independent) 4.5%
Minnesota 2 Elmer Ryan Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 3 Ernest Lundeen Farmer–Labor 1932 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Farmer–Labor hold.
Minnesota 4 Melvin Maas Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 5 Theodore Christianson Republican 1934 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Farmer–Labor gain.
Minnesota 6 Harold Knutson Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 7 Paul John Kvale Farmer–Labor 1929 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 8 William Alvin Pittenger Republican 1934 Incumbent lost re-election.
Farmer–Labor gain.
Minnesota 9 Rich T. Buckler Farmer–Labor 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

Mississippi

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Mississippi 1 John E. Rankin Democratic 1920 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 2 Wall Doxey Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 3 William Madison Whittington Democratic 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 4 Aaron L. Ford Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 5 Aubert C. Dunn Democratic 1934 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Mississippi 6 William M. Colmer Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 7 Dan R. McGehee Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

Missouri

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Missouri's results
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Missouri 1 Milton A. Romjue Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 2 William L. Nelson Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 3 Richard M. Duncan Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 4 C. Jasper Bell Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY C. Jasper Bell (Democratic) 74.6%
  • Paul R. Byrum (Republican) 25.3%
  • Leppert (Socialist) 0.04%
  • Henke (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
Missouri 5 Joe Shannon Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 6 Reuben T. Wood Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 7 Dewey Short Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Dewey Short (Republican) 52.5%
  • Gene Frost (Democratic) 47.4%
  • High (Socialist) 0.1%
  • Cady (Prohibition) 0.08%
Missouri 8 Clyde Williams Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 9 Clarence Cannon Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 10 Orville Zimmerman Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 11 Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 12 James Robert Claiborne Democratic 1932 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Missouri 13 John J. Cochran Democratic 1926 Incumbent re-elected.

Montana

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Montana 1 Joseph P. Monaghan Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Jerry J. O'Connell (Democratic) 63.4%
  • H. L. Hart (Republican) 36.1%
  • H. C. Schneider (Socialist) 0.5%
Montana 2 Roy E. Ayers Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Montana.
Democratic hold.

Nebraska

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Nebraska's results
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Nebraska 1 Henry C. Luckey Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 2 Charles F. McLaughlin Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 3 Karl Stefan Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 4 Charles Binderup Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 5 Harry B. Coffee Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

Nevada

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Nevada at-large James G. Scrugham Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.

New Hampshire

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In the 1st district, Republican Arthur B. Jenks was initially declared the winner, and sat in the House from January 1937 to June 1938, but Democrat Alphonse Roy successfully contested the election and served the remainder of the term before losing the 1938 election to Jenks.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Hampshire 1 William N. Rogers Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Alphonse Roy (Democratic) 49.5%
  • Arthur B. Jenks (Republican) 49.5%
  • Alice G. Flynn (Independent) 0.7%
  • Anna C. Rudd (Farmer–Labor) 0.2%
New Hampshire 2 Charles W. Tobey Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.

New Jersey

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Jersey 1 Charles A. Wolverton Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Charles A. Wolverton (Republican) 51.8%
  • Guy Lee Jr. (Democratic) 46.1%
  • David E. Fox (Townsend) 1.6%
  • Samuel Josephson (Socialist) 0.3%
  • Charles S. Danenhower (Communist) 0.07%
New Jersey 2 Isaac Bacharach Republican 1914 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY Elmer H. Wene (Democratic) 50.0%
  • Isaac Bacharach (Republican) 45.8%
  • Ted Lenore (Townsend) 2.9%
  • U. G. Robinson (Prop. Home Protection) 1.1%
  • Franklin L. Watkins (Socialist) 0.09%
  • Frank A. Yacovelli (Townsend) 0.08%
  • Thomas F. Ogilvie (End Poverty) 0.02%
New Jersey 3 William H. Sutphin Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 4 D. Lane Powers Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY D. Lane Powers (Republican) 52.3%
  • Joseph A. Daly (Democratic) 47.4%
  • William C. Kauffman (Farmer–Labor) 0.3%
  • William T. Love (Peoples) 0.06%
New Jersey 5 Charles A. Eaton Republican 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 6 Donald H. McLean Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Donald H. McLean (Republican) 50.2%
  • Frank Moore (Democratic) 49.3%
  • Edward H. Taylor (Socialist) 0.2%
  • Herman Grieshaber (Townsend) 0.1%
  • Renious Edwards (Communist) 0.1%
New Jersey 7 Randolph Perkins Republican 1920 Incumbent died.
Republican hold.
New Jersey 8 George N. Seger Republican 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY George N. Seger (Republican) 50.8%
  • Leo V. Becker (Democratic) 46.1%
  • William J. Vanderbeck (Townsend) 2.6%
  • Garrett De Young (Socialist) 0.3%
  • David Reiss (Communist) 0.2%
  • John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.1%
  • Ernest E. Clock (Prohibition) 0.03%
New Jersey 9 Edward A. Kenney Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 10 Fred A. Hartley Jr. Republican 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 11 Peter Angelo Cavicchia Republican 1930 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY Edward L. O'Neill (Democratic) 52.6%
  • Peter Angelo Cavicchia (Republican) 47.1%
  • Julius Ferster (Socialist) 0.1%
  • William H. Marron (Communist) 0.1%
  • John Cranston (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
New Jersey 12 Frederick R. Lehlbach Republican 1914 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
New Jersey 13 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Mary Teresa Norton (Democratic) 75.8%
  • John J. Grossi (Republican) 22.3%
  • Charles V. McCarthy (Social Justice) 1.7%
  • Jacob Neiburg (Socialist) 0.05%
  • Milton Rosenzweig (Communist) 0.04%
  • Warren Taylor (Social Justice) 0.03%
  • Louis Slootsky (Social Justice) 0.03%
New Jersey 14 Edward J. Hart Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Edward J. Hart (Democratic) 79.3%
  • Fred G. Tauber (Republican) 19.8%
  • Thomas R. Berry (Social Justice) 0.6%
  • John Palangio (Socialist) 0.3%
  • William E. Greenleaf (Labor) 0.06%

New Mexico

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Mexico at-large John J. Dempsey Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.

New York

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New York 1 Robert L. Bacon Republican 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 2 William Bernard Barry Democratic 1935 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
New York 3 Joseph L. Pfeifer Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 4 Thomas H. Cullen Democratic 1918 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 5 Marcellus H. Evans Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 6 Andrew Lawrence Somers Democratic 1924 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 7 John J. Delaney Democratic 1931 (special)
1918 (retired)
1931 (special)
Incumbent re-elected.
New York 8 Richard J. Tonry Democratic 1934 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
New York 9 Stephen A. Rudd Democratic 1931 (special) Incumbent died.
Democratic hold.
New York 10 Emanuel Celler Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 11 James A. O'Leary Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 12 Samuel Dickstein Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 13 Christopher D. Sullivan Democratic 1916 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 14 William I. Sirovich Democratic 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 15 John J. Boylan Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John J. Boylan (Democratic) 77.5%
  • Arthur Wyler (Republican) 19.0%
  • Harold Hickerson (Communist) 2.0%
  • Edward R. Hardy Jr. (Socialist) 1.5%
New York 16 John J. O'Connor Democratic 1923 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John J. O'Connor (Democratic) 60.0%
  • J. Homer Cudmore (Republican) 32.3%
  • John A. HaAstings (Independent) 3.3%
  • Marthe Teichman (Communist) 2.5%
  • Frank N. Tragger (Socialist) 1.9%
New York 17 Theodore A. Peyser Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 18 Martin J. Kennedy Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 19 Sol Bloom Democratic 1923 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
New York 20 Vito Marcantonio Republican 1934 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
New York 21 Joseph A. Gavagan Democratic 1929 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Joseph A. Gavagan (Democratic) 73.7%
  • Malinda Alexander (Republican) 20.3%
  • William F. McCann (Independent) 2.9%
  • Murray Gross (Socialist) 1.9%
  • Samuel C. Patterson (Communist) 1.2%
New York 22 Edward W. Curley Democratic 1935 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
New York 23 Charles A. Buckley Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 24 James M. Fitzpatrick Democratic 1926 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 25 Charles D. Millard Republican 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 26 Hamilton Fish III Republican 1920 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 27 Philip A. Goodwin Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 28 Parker Corning Democratic 1922 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New York 29 William D. Thomas Republican 1934 Incumbent died.
Republican hold.
New York 30 Frank Crowther Republican 1918 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 31 Bertrand Snell Republican 1915 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
New York 32 Francis D. Culkin Republican 1928 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 33 Fred Sisson Democratic 1932 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Fred J. Douglas (Republican) 53.1%
  • Fred Sisson (Democratic) 38.6%
  • William D. Arquint (Prosperity) 7.1%
  • Peter Hansen (Socialist) 1.2%
New York 34 Bert Lord Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 35 Clarence E. Hancock Republican 1927 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Clarence E. Hancock (Republican) 54.3%
  • Arthur R. Perrin (Democratic) 37.8%
  • Robert H. Anderson (Your) 6.2%
  • Samuel M. Wolfson (Socialist) 1.5%
  • Lempi Makela (Communist) 0.1%
New York 36 John Taber Republican 1922 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John Taber (Republican) 59.2%
  • William A. Aiken (Democratic) 31.2%
  • John E. DuBois (Townsend) 7.7%
  • Walter O'Hagen (Socialist) 1.8%
New York 37 W. Sterling Cole Republican 1934 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY W. Sterling Cole (Republican) 64.5%
  • Paul Smith (Democratic) 34.1%
  • Trevor Teele (Socialist) 1.3%
  • Allen R. Chase (Communist) 0.1%
New York 38 James P. B. Duffy Democratic 1934 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY George B. Kelly (Democratic) 51.6%
  • Joseph Fritsch Jr. (Republican) 45.5%
  • Glenn W. Simpson (Independent) 1.6%
  • Richard Briggs (Socialist) 1.0%
  • Ezra Harari (Communist) 0.3%
New York 39 James W. Wadsworth Jr. Republican 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 40 Walter G. Andrews Republican 1930 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Walter G. Andrews (Republican) 52.5%
  • John L. Beyer (Democratic) 37.8%
  • Melvin A. Payne (Union) 7.5%
  • Thomas Justice (Socialist) 1.9%
  • Edwin Richards (Communist) 0.2%
New York 41 Alfred F. Beiter Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Alfred F. Beiter (Democratic) 50.4%
  • Fred Kohler (Republican) 41.0%
  • Leonard P. Becht (Independent) 3.6%
  • Benjamin M. Zalikowski (Independent) 3.3%
  • Bruno Rantane (Socialist) 1.5%
  • Frank Herron (Communist) 0.2%
New York 42 James M. Mead Democratic 1918 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY James M. Mead (Democratic) 56.4%
  • Eugene D. Crooker (Republican) 32.0%
  • Anthony Fitzgibbons (Independent) 6.8%
  • John J. Szczepaniak (Independent) 3.3%
  • Fred Riefler (Socialist) 1.3%
  • Mattie Green (Communist) 0.2%
New York 43 Daniel A. Reed Republican 1918 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Daniel A. Reed (Republican) 54.9%
  • Clare Barnes (Democratic) 43.6%
  • Joseph J. O'Brocta (Socialist) 1.3%
  • Axel W. Berggren (Communist) 0.2%
New York at-large Matthew J. Merritt Democratic 1934 Incumbent re-elected.