1940 United States House of Representatives elections
Sam Rayburn Democratic Sam Rayburn Democratic The 1940 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 77th United States Congress.They coincided with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's re-election to an unprecedented third term.[1] The upswing in the economy that occurred following the Recession of 1937–38 encouraged voters that the New Deal plan had been working.The elected winner would serve only the remainder of the incumbent Congress.Several close allies of former governor Huey Long were defeated in primaries by reform candidates.
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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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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| Net gain in states | |
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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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1-2 Progressive gain
no net change
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Murdock: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
United States House of RepresentativesSam RayburnJoseph MartinDemocraticRepublicanTexas 4thMassachusetts 14thProgressiveAmerican LaborFarmer–LaborIndependentSpeaker77th United States CongressPresidentFranklin D. RooseveltDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyNew DealersRecession of 1937–38Progressive PartyAmerican Labor PartyFarmer–Labor PartyIndependentsCommunist PartyProhibition PartySocialist PartySocialist Labor PartyLiberal PartyFusion PartyWorkers PartyStates' Rights PartyRoosevelt New Deal PartyList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesMichigan 5Carl MapesBartel J. JonkmanOhio 17William A. Ashbrook1920 (lost)J. Harry McGregorOhio 22Chester C. Bolton1936 (lost)Frances P. Bolton Anthony A. FlegerIowa 6Cassius C. DowellRobert K. GoodwinNebraska 1George H. HeinkeJohn Hyde SweetMaine 2Clyde H. SmithMargaret Chase SmithGeorgia 8W. Benjamin GibbsFlorence Reville GibbsAlabama 7William B. BankheadZadoc L. WeatherfordColorado 3John Andrew Martin1912 (retired)William E. BurneyNew York 14William I. SirovichMorris Michael EdelsteinNew York 22Edward W. Curley1935 (special)Walter A. LynchNew York 31Wallace E. PierceClarence E. KilburnTennessee 9Walter ChandlerClifford DavisList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1Frank W. BoykinAlabama 2George M. GrantAlabama 3Henry B. SteagallAlabama 4Sam HobbsAlabama 5Joe StarnesAlabama 6Pete JarmanWalter W. BankheadAlabama 8John SparkmanAlabama 9Luther PatrickList of United States representatives from Arizona1940 United States Senate election in ArizonaArizona at-largeJohn R. MurdockList of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas 1Ezekiel C. GathingsArkansas 2Wilbur MillsArkansas 3Clyde T. EllisArkansas 4William Fadjo Cravens1939 (special)Arkansas 5David D. Terry1933 (special)Arkansas 6William F. NorrellArkansas 7Wade H. KitchensOren Harris1940 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from California1940 United States Senate election in CaliforniaCalifornia 1Clarence F. LeaCalifornia 2Harry Lane EnglebrightCalifornia 3Frank H. Buck