1936 United States House of Representatives elections
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:76.78%" | 334 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:2.99%" | 13 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:20.23%" | 88 |
| Democratic | Template:Efn | Republican |
Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk
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Special elections
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Francisco A. Delgado | Template:Party shading/Nacionalista | Nacionalista | 1934 | Template:Party shading/Hold | 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. |
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| Template:Ushr | Charles V. Truax | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent died August 9, 1935. New member elected November 3, 1936. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Template:Ushr | Mell G. Underwood | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1922 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | 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. |
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| Template:Ushr | John J. McSwain | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1920 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent died August 6, 1936. New member elected November 3, 1936. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. |
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Alabama
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Arizona
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Murdock: 70–80% 80–90% >90%
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Isabella Greenway | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1933 (special)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Arkansas
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California
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Colorado
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Lawrence Lewis | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Fred N. Cummings | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John Andrew Martin | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Edward T. Taylor | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1908 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Connecticut
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Delaware
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | J. George Stewart | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1934 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Florida
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | J. Hardin Peterson | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Robert A. Green | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Millard Caldwell | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | J. Mark Wilcox | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | William J. Sears Redistricted from the at-large district |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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Georgia
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Idaho
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Compton I. White | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | D. Worth Clark | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maine
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Simon M. Hamlin | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | Edward C. Moran Jr. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | Owen Brewster | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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Montana
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Joseph P. Monaghan | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Roy E. Ayers | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Montana. Democratic hold. |
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Nebraska
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Henry C. Luckey | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Charles F. McLaughlin | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Karl Stefan | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Charles Binderup | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Harry B. Coffee | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Nevada
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | James G. Scrugham | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
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 | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | William N. Rogers | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Charles W. Tobey | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
New Jersey
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New Mexico
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | John J. Dempsey | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
New York
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North Carolina
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North Dakota
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | William Lemke | Republican-NPL | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Usher L. Burdick | Republican-NPL | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | James W. Mott | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Walter M. Pierce | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | William A. Ekwall | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1934 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Pennsylvania
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Rhode Island
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Charles Risk | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1935 (special)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | John M. O'Connell | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
South Carolina
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South Dakota
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Fred H. Hildebrandt | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Theodore B. Werner | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Utah
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Abe Murdock | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | J. W. Robinson | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Vermont
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Charles Albert Plumley | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Virginia
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Washington
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Wyoming
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Paul R. Greever | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Non-voting delegates
Alaska Territory
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Alaska Territory elected its non-voting delegate September 8, 1936.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Anthony Dimond | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
See also
Notes
References
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