1928 United States House of Representatives elections
The strength of the U.S. economy resulted in Hoover's Republican Party victory in the election, helping them to scoop up 32 House seats, almost all from the opposition Democratic Party, thus increasing their majority.The big business-supported wing of the Republican Party continued to cement control.Republican gains proved even larger than anticipated during this election cycle, as an internal party feud over the Prohibition issue weakened Democratic standing.Losses of several rural, Protestant Democratic seats can be somewhat linked to anti-Catholic sentiments directed toward the party's presidential candidate, Al Smith.This is the last time that Republicans won the House popular vote by double-digits.
| Changes in seats | |
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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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| 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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Douglas: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
United States House of RepresentativesNicholas LongworthFinis GarrettRepublicanDemocraticOhio 1stTennessee 9thFarmer–LaborSocialistSpeaker71st United States CongresselectionPresidentHerbert HooverRepublican PartyDemocratic Partybig businessProhibitionanti-CatholicAl Smith68 yearsIowa 9William R. Green1911 (special)U.S. Court of ClaimselectedEarl W. VincentAlabama 5William B. Bowling5th Judicial Circuit of AlabamaLaFayette L. PattersonMassachusetts 12James A. GallivanJohn W. McCormackMassachusetts 14Louis A. FrothinghamRichard B. WigglesworthNew York 32Thaddeus C. Sweet1923 (special)Francis D. CulkinOregon 2Nicholas J. SinnottRobert R. ButlerPennsylvania 8Thomas S. ButlerJames WolfendenList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1John McDuffieAlabama 2J. Lister HillAlabama 3Henry B. SteagallAlabama 4Lamar Jeffers1921 (special)Alabama 6William B. OliverAlabama 7Miles C. AllgoodAlabama 8Edward B. AlmonAlabama 9George HuddlestonAlabama 10William B. BankheadList of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona at-largeLewis W. DouglasList of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas 1William J. DriverArkansas 2William A. OldfieldArkansas 3John N. TillmanClaude FullerArkansas 4Otis WingoArkansas 5Heartsill RagonArkansas 6James B. ReedDavid Delano GloverArkansas 7Tilman B. Parks1928 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1Clarence F. LeaCalifornia 2Harry Lane EnglebrightCalifornia 3Charles F. CurryCalifornia 4Florence Prag Kahn1925 (special)California 5Richard J. WelchCalifornia 6Albert E. CarterCalifornia 7Henry E. BarbourCalifornia 8Arthur M. FreeCalifornia 9William E. EvansCalifornia 10Joe CrailCalifornia 11Philip D. SwingList of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado 1S. Harrison White1927 (special)William R. EatonColorado 2Charles B. TimberlakeColorado 3Guy U. HardyColorado 4Edward T. TaylorList of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut 1E. Hart Fenn