1908 United States House of Representatives elections
Joseph Cannon Republican Joseph Cannon Republican The 1908 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1908, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September.They coincided with the 1908 United States presidential election, which William Howard Taft won.Taft was not as popular as his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt,[citation needed] but won with Roosevelt's backing, and his Republican Party lost only a handful of seats to the opposition Democrats.Without any striking national issues, the Republicans were able to remain in control.Regional issues led to some changes in House membership, but new Democrats who were elected by dissatisfied industrial workers were balanced out by new Republicans who gained seats in districts with a strong middle class presence.
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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80+% Democratic
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80+% Republican
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60+ to 80% Democratic
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60+ to 80% Republican
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Up to 60% Democratic
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Up to 60% Republican
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| Net gain in party representation | |
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6+ Democratic gain
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6+ Republican gain
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3-5 Democratic gain
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3-5 Republican gain
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1-2 Democratic gain
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1-2 Republican gain
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no net change
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United States House of RepresentativesJoseph CannonChamp ClarkRepublicanDemocraticIllinois 18thMissouri 9thIndependentSpeaker1908 United States presidential electionWilliam Howard Taft61st United States CongressTheodore RooseveltRepublican PartyDemocratsmiddle classAlabamaArkansasColoradoConnecticutDelawareGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth DakotaTennesseeVermontWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesIllinois 25George W. SmithNapoleon B. ThistlewoodAlabama 2Ariosto A. WileyOliver C. WileyIndiana 13Abraham L. BrickHenry A. BarnhartCharles W. MillerLouisiana 1Adolph MeyerAlbert EstopinalHenry C. WarmothMaine 2Charles E. Littlefield1899 (special)John P. SwaseyMaine 4Llewellyn Powers1901 (special)Frank E. GuernseyGeorge M. HansonNew York 3Charles T. DunwellOtto G. FoelkerJames P. MaherJohn T. HillSouth Dakota at-largeWilliam H. ParkerEben MartinList of United States representatives from AlabamaList of United States representatives from Arkansas1908 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1William F. EnglebrightCalifornia 2Duncan E. McKinlayCalifornia 3Joseph R. KnowlandCalifornia 4Julius KahnJames G. MaguireCalifornia 5Everis A. HayesCalifornia 6James C. NeedhamCalifornia 7James McLachlanCalifornia 8Sylvester C. SmithList of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado 1Robert W. Bonynge1902 (contest)Atterson W. RuckerColorado 2Warren A. HaggottJohn A. MartinColorado at-largeGeorge W. CookEdward T. TaylorList of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut 1E. Stevens HenryConnecticut 2Nehemiah D. SperryThomas L. ReillyConnecticut 3Edwin W. Higgins1905 (special)Connecticut 4