1968 United States House of Representatives elections
John McCormack Democratic John McCormack Democratic The 1968 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 5, 1968, to elect members to serve in the 91st United States Congress.The election coincided with the presidential campaign of George Wallace of the American Independent Party, who unsuccessfully attempted to deny a majority in the Electoral College to any of his opponents.Had Wallace succeeded he would have given the House the choice of president from among the three, for the first time since 1825.However, the Democrats' nominal majority of state delegations includes those of the Southern United States who were more inclined to support Wallace as opposed to Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey.Wallace believed the Southern representatives would be able to use the clout his campaign was trying to give them to force an end to federal desegregation efforts in the South.
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80.1-100% Democratic
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80.1-100% Republican
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60.1-80% Democratic
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60.1-80% Republican
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≤ 60% Democratic
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≤ 60% Republican
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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 RepresentativesJohn McCormackGerald FordDemocraticRepublicanMassachusetts 9thMichigan 5thSpeaker91st United States CongressRichard M. NixonpresidentRepublican PartyDemocratic Partypresidential campaignGeorge WallaceAmerican Independent Partysince 1825Southern United StatesHubert HumphreydesegregationConservative PartyLiberal PartyNational Democratic PartyIndependentConstitution PartyPeace and Freedom PartySocialist Labor PartyNew PartySocialist Workers PartyProhibition PartyList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesNew York 13Abraham J. MulterNew York Supreme CourtBertram L. PodellMississippi 3John Bell WilliamsGovernor of MississippiCharles H. GriffinCharles EversTexas 3Joe R. PoolJames M. CollinsList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1Jack EdwardsAlabama 2William L. DickinsonAlabama 3George W. AndrewsRalph PriceAlabama 4Bill NicholsAlabama 5Armistead I. Selden Jr.run for U.S. senatorWalter FlowersAlabama 6John H. Buchanan Jr.Alabama 7Tom BevillAlabama 8Robert E. Jones Jr.1947 (Special)1968 United States House of Representatives election in AlaskaList of United States representatives from AlaskaAlaska at-largeHoward PollockNick BegichList of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona 1John Jacob RhodesArizona 2Mo Udall1961 (special)Arizona 3Sam SteigerList of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas 1Ezekiel C. GathingsBill AlexanderArkansas 2Wilbur MillsArkansas 3John Paul HammerschmidtArkansas 4David Pryor1968 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1Don ClausenPeace and FreedomAmerican IndependentCalifornia 2Bizz JohnsonCalifornia 3John E. MossCalifornia 4Robert L. LeggettCalifornia 5Phillip BurtonCalifornia 6William S. MailliardCalifornia 7Jeffery CohelanHuey P. NewtonCalifornia 8George P. MillerCalifornia 9Don EdwardsCalifornia 10Charles S. GubserCalifornia 11Pete McCloskeyCalifornia 12Burt TalcottCalifornia 13Charles M. TeagueStanley SheinbaumCalifornia 14Jerome WaldieCalifornia 15John J. McFallCalifornia 16B. F. SiskCalifornia 17