1934 United States House of Representatives elections
Henry Rainey Democratic Jo Byrns Democratic The 1934 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 74th United States Congress.They occurred in the middle of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term.The Republicans were reduced below one-fourth of the chamber for the first time since the creation of the party.While conservatives and people among the middle class who did not bear the brunt of the Great Depression saw the New Deal programs as radical, lower-income voters overwhelmingly voted in this election cycle to continue the implementation of Roosevelt's agenda.This election cycle marked the first time the president's party did not have a net loss of seats in either chamber of Congress in a midterm election, which would not be repeated until 1998 and 2002.
| 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% Progressive
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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 gains in seats | ||
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6+ Democratic
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6+ Republican
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3-5 Democratic
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3-5 Progressive
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3-5 Republican
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1-2 Democratic
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1-2 Republican
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no net change
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Greenway: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
United States House of RepresentativesJo ByrnsBertrand SnellDemocraticRepublicanTennessee 5thNew York 31stProgressiveFarmer–LaborSpeakerHenry Rainey74th United States CongressPresidentFranklin D. RooseveltDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyProgressive PartyWisconsin Progressive PartyWisconsinNew Dealmiddle classGreat DepressionList of special elections to the United States House of Representatives73rd United States CongressVermont at-largeErnest W. Gibson1923 (special)U.S. senatorCharles A. PlumleyNew York 29James S. ParkerWilliam D. ThomasNorth Carolina 4Edward W. PouHarold D. CooleyList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1John McDuffieAlabama 2J. Lister HillAlabama 3Henry B. SteagallAlabama 4Lamar Jeffers1921 (special)Sam HobbsAlabama 5Miles C. AllgoodJoe StarnesAlabama 6William B. OliverAlabama 7William B. BankheadAlabama 8Archibald H. Carmichael1933 (special)Alabama 9George HuddlestonList of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona at-largeIsabella GreenwayList of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas 1William J. DriverArkansas 2John E. MillerArkansas 3Claude FullerArkansas 4Ben CravensArkansas 5David D. TerryArkansas 6D. D. GloverJohn L. McClellanArkansas 7Tilman B. ParksWade Kitchens1934 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1Clarence F. LeaCalifornia 2Harry L. EnglebrightCalifornia 3Frank H. BuckCalifornia 4Florence Prag Kahn1925 (special)California 5Richard J. WelchCalifornia 6Albert E. CarterCalifornia 7Ralph R. EltseJohn H. TolanCalifornia 8John J. McGrathCalifornia 9Denver S. ChurchBertrand W. GearhartCalifornia 10Henry E. StubbsGeorge R. BlissCalifornia 11William E. EvansJohn S. McGroartyCalifornia 12John H. HoeppelFrederick F. HouserCalifornia 13Charles KramerCharles H. RandallCalifornia 14Thomas F. FordCalifornia 15William I. TraegerJohn M. CostelloCalifornia 16John F. DockweilerCalifornia 17Charles J. ColdenCalifornia 18John H. BurkeByron N. ScottCalifornia 19