1950 United States House of Representatives elections
Sam Rayburn Democratic Sam Rayburn Democratic The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 82nd United States Congress.These elections occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term.As the Korean War began and Truman's personal popularity plummeted for a second time during his presidency, his Democratic Party lost a net 28 seats to the Republican Party.This was the first election since 1908 where no third parties acquired any seats in the House.There were six special elections throughout the year, listed here by date and district.
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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80+ to 100% Democratic
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80+ to 100% 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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| Net change in representation by state | |
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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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United States House of RepresentativesSam RayburnJoseph MartinDemocraticRepublicanTexas 4thMassachusetts 14thIndependentAmerican LaborSpeaker82nd United States CongressPresidentHarry TrumanKorean WarDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesNew Jersey 7J. Parnell ThomasWilliam B. WidnallMassachusetts 6George J. BatesWilliam H. BatesVirginia 1S. Otis Bland1918 (special)Edward J. Robeson Jr.Texas 18Eugene WorleyBen H. GuillKansas 3Herbert A. MeyerMyron V. GeorgeNorth Carolina 11Alfred L. BulwinkleWoodrow W. JonesAmerican Labor PartyProgressive PartyIndependentsLiberal PartyProhibition PartySocialist PartySocialist Workers PartySocial Democratic PartyChristian Nationalist PartyFusion PartyStates' Rights Democratic PartyList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1Frank W. Boykin1935 (special)Alabama 2George M. GrantAlabama 3George W. AndrewsAlabama 4Sam HobbsKenneth A. RobertsAlabama 5Albert RainsAlabama 6Edward deGraffenriedAlabama 7Carl ElliottAlabama 8Robert E. Jones Jr.1947 (special)Alabama 9Laurie C. BattleList of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona 1John R. MurdockArizona 2Harold PattenList of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas 1Ezekiel C. GathingsArkansas 2Wilbur MillsArkansas 3James William TrimbleArkansas 4Boyd Anderson TackettArkansas 5Brooks HaysArkansas 6William F. NorrellArkansas 7Oren Harris1950 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1Hubert B. ScudderRoger KentCalifornia 2Clair Engle1943 (special)California 3J. Leroy JohnsonCalifornia 4Franck R. HavennerCalifornia 5John F. Shelley1949 (special)California 6George P. MillerCalifornia 7John J. Allen Jr.California 8Jack Z. AndersonCalifornia 9Cecil F. WhiteAllan O. HunterCalifornia 10Thomas H. WerdelCalifornia 11Ernest K. BramblettCalifornia 12Richard Nixonrun for U.S. senatorPatrick J. HillingsCalifornia 13Norris PoulsonCalifornia 14Helen Gahagan DouglasSam Yorty