1947 United States House of Representatives elections

There were twelve special elections in 1947 to the United States House of Representatives during the 80th United States Congress.Each party held all of its seats elected in 1947, with the majority Republican Party keeping its seven seats, and President Harry Truman's Democratic Party keeping its five.Therefore, no party lost or gained U.S House seats in 1947.Of the twelve vacancies, seven were caused by the incumbent's death during their term or before their term after they had been elected to it.Elections are listed by date and district.

United States House of Representatives80th United States CongressRepublican PartyHarry Truman'sDemocratic PartyU.S. House of RepresentativesJoseph W. Martin Jr.Sam RayburnRepublicanDemocraticMassachusetts 14thTexas 4thAlabama 8John SparkmanU.S. SenatorRobert E. Jones Jr.Wisconsin 2Robert K. HenryGlenn R. DavisCarl W. ThompsonWashington 3Fred B. NormanRussell V. MackCharles R. SavageMaryland 3Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.mayor of BaltimoreEdward GarmatzTexas 9Joseph J. MansfieldClark W. ThompsonTexas 16R. Ewing ThomasonU.S. District JudgeKenneth M. ReganMichigan 11Fred BradleyCharles E. PotterPennsylvania 8Charles L. GerlachFranklin H. LichtenwalterIndiana 10Raymond S. SpringerRalph HarveyNew York 14Leo F. RayfielAbraham J. MulterVictor RabinowitzOhio 4Robert F. JonesWilliam M. McCullochMassachusetts 9Charles L. GiffordDonald W. NicholsonJacinto F. Dinizelections1788–891790–911792–931794–951796–971798–991800–011802–031804–051806–071808–091810–111812–131814–151816–171818–191820–211822–231824–251826–271828–291830–311832–331834–351836–371838–391840–411842–431844–451846–471848–491850–511852–531854–551856–571858–591860–611862–631864–651866–671868–691870–711872–731874–751876–771878–79CaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaNorth DakotaFull list1855–56January 2015October 2015January 2023October 20231789–18221824–18541856–presentSpecial electionsThird-party performances1946 ←→ 1948U.S.SenateMississippi (special)8th sp10th sp3rd sp9th sp11th sp14th sp4th sp16th sp2nd spGovernorsKentuckyMississippiBaltimore, MDChicago, ILCleveland, OHEvansville, INIndianapolis, INManchester, NHPhiladelphia, PASan Diego, CA