1930 United States House of Representatives elections
Nicholas Longworth Republican John Nance Garner[b] Democratic The 1930 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 72nd United States Congress.They occurred in the middle of President Herbert Hoover's term.During the election cycle, the nation was entering its second year of the Great Depression, and Hoover was perceived[2][3] as doing little to solve the crisis, with his personal popularity being very low.His Republican Party was initially applauded for instituting protectionist economic policies, which were intended to limit imports to stimulate the domestic market; however, after the passage of the heavily damaging Smoot–Hawley Tariff, a policy that was bitterly opposed by the Democratic Party, public opinion turned sharply against Republican policies, and the party bore the blame for the economic collapse.While the Democrats gained 52 seats in the 1930 midterm elections, Republicans retained a narrow one-seat majority of 218 seats after the polls closed versus the Democrats' 216 seats; however, during the 13 months between these elections and the end of the 72nd Congress,[4] 14 members-elect died (including incumbent Speaker Nicholas Longworth), and the Democrats gained an additional three seats in the special elections called to fill these vacancies, thus gaining control of the House (they held a 219–212 advantage over the Republicans when the new Congress convened).
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80+% Republican
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80+% Democratic
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60+ to 80% Republican
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60+ to 80% Democratic
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up to 60% Republican
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up to 60% Democratic
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6+ Republican gain
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6+ Democratic gain
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3–5 Republican gain
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3–5 Democratic gain
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1–2 Republican gain
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1–2 Democratic gain
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1–2 Progressive gain
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no net change
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Douglas: 100%
United States House of RepresentativesNicholas LongworthJohn Nance GarnerRepublicanDemocraticOhio 1stTexas 15thFarmer–LaborSpeaker72nd United States CongressPresidentHerbert HooverGreat DepressionRepublican PartyprotectionistSmoot–Hawley TariffDemocratic Party72nd Congress1994 midterm electionsList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesPennsylvania 10William W. GriestJ. Roland KinzerMassachusetts 2Will Kirk KaynorWilliam J. GranfieldFrederick D. GriggsKentucky 11John M. RobsionCharles FinleyNew York 18John F. CarewNew York Supreme CourtMartin J. KennedyAugust ClaessensTexas 17Robert Q. LeeThomas L. BlantonArkansas 4Otis Wingofinish her husband's termEffiegene Locke WingoConnecticut 5James P. GlynnEdward W. GossIllinois 24Thomas S. WilliamsU.S. Court of ClaimsClaude V. ParsonsKentucky 2David H. KincheloeU.S. Customs CourtJohn L. Dorsey Jr.North Carolina 5Charles M. StedmanFranklin W. Hancock Jr.North Carolina 7William C. HammerHinton JamesPennsylvania 16Stephen G. PorterEdmund F. ErkPennsylvania 32Edgar R. KiessRobert F. RichRhode Island 3Jeremiah E. O'ConnellRhode Island Superior CourtFrancis CondonUtah 2Elmer O. LeatherwoodFrederick C. LoofbourowWest Virginia 4James A. HughesRobert L. HoggWisconsin 6Florian Lampert1918 (special)Michael ReillyIllinois 15Edward John KingBurnett M. ChiperfieldList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1John McDuffieAlabama 2J. Lister Hill1923 (special)Alabama 3Henry B. SteagallAlabama 4Lamar Jeffers1921 (special)Alabama 5LaFayette L. PattersonAlabama 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 2Pearl Peden OldfieldJohn E. MillerArkansas 3Claude FullerArkansas 5Heartsill RagonArkansas 6David Delano GloverArkansas 7Tilman B. Parks1930 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1Clarence F. Lea