United States House of Representatives elections, 1910

United States House of Representatives elections, 1910

November 8, 1910[Note 1]

All 394[Note 2] seats to the United States House of Representatives 198 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Champ Clark James Mann Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Missouri-9th Illinois-2nd Last election 172 seats 219 seats[Note 3] Seats won 230[1][2] 163[1][2][Note 4] Seat change 58 56 Popular vote 5,864,262 5,849,989 Percentage 46.7% 46.6%   Third party   Party Socialist Last election 0 seats Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 529,211 Percentage 4.2%

Speaker before election Joseph Cannon Republican Elected Speaker Champ Clark Democratic

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1910 were held for members of the 62nd Congress, in the middle of President William Howard Taft's term.

The conservative Taft contended with major factional splits within his Republican Party. Instead of using his position as president to bridge compromise, Taft alienated the progressive wing of the party, which had championed his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt. While conservatives controlled the largest number of elected positions for Republicans, progressive politics had been what brought many voters to the polls. The clash of these units of the Republican Party, combined with the message of unity from the Democratic Party, was enough to allow the Democrats to take control of the House, ending 16 years in opposition. Also, the first ever Socialist won a seat during the elections.

Overall results

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		1908	1910	+/–	Strength	Vote	%
	Democratic Party	172	230	58	58.38%	5,864,262	46.69%
	Republican Party	219	163[Note 4]	56	41.17%	5,849,989	46.58%
	Socialist Party	0	1	1	0.25%	529,211	4.21%
	Prohibition Party	0	0		0%	178,710	1.42%
	Others	0	0		0%	137,871	1.10%
Total		391	394	3	100.0%	12,560,043	100.0%

Election summaries

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230	1	1	162
Democratic	S	PR	Republican

Three seats were added for the new states of New Mexico (2), and Arizona (1).

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic	Republican	Socialist
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	9		0		0
Arizona[Note 5]	At-large	1	1	1	0		0
Arkansas	District	7	7		0		0
California	District	8	1	1	7	1	0
Colorado	District +at-large	3	3		0		0
Connecticut	District +at-large	5	1	1	4	1	0
Delaware	At-large	1	0		1		0
Florida	District	3	3		0		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		1		0
Illinois	District	25	11	5	14	5	0
Indiana	District	13	12	1	1	1	0
Iowa	District	11	1		10		0
Kansas	District	8	0		8		0
Kentucky	District	11	9	1	2	1	0
Louisiana	District	7	7		0		0
Maine[Note 6]	District	4	2	2	2	2	0
Maryland	District	6	5	2	1	2	0
Massachusetts	District	14	4	1	10	1	0
Michigan	District	12	2	2	10	2	0
Minnesota	District	9	1		8		0
Mississippi	District	8	8		0		0
Missouri	District	16	14	4	2	4	0
Montana	At-large	1	0		1		0
Nebraska	District	6	3		3		0
Nevada	At-large	1	0	1	1	1	0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		2		0
New Jersey	District	10	7	4	3	4	0
New Mexico[Note 5]	At-large	2	1	1	1	1	0
New York	District	37	22	11	15[Note 4]	11	0
North Carolina	District	10	10	3	0	3	0
North Dakota	District	2	0		2		0
Ohio	District	21	16	8	5	8	0
Oklahoma	District	5	3	1	2	1	0
Oregon	District	2	0		2		0
Pennsylvania	District	32	9	4	23	4	0
Rhode Island	District	2	1	1	1	1	0
South Carolina	District	7	7		0		0
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		2		0
Tennessee	District	10	8		2		0
Texas	District	16	16		0		0
Utah	At-large	1	0		1		0
Vermont[Note 6]	District	2	0		2		0
Virginia	District	10	9		1		0
Washington	District	3	0		3		0
West Virginia	District	5	4	4	1	4	0
Wisconsin	District	11	2	1	8	2	1	1
Wyoming	At-large	1	0		1		0
Total[Note 2]		394	230[Note 4] 58.4%	58	163[Note 4] 41.4%	56	1 0.3%	1

House seats
Democratic			58.38%
Republican			41.37%
Socialist			0.25%

[[File:62 us house membership.png|thumb|450px| House seats by party holding plurality in state   80.1-100% Democratic   80.1-100% Republican   60.1-80% Democratic   60.1-80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican ]]

[[Image:62 us house changes.png|thumb|450px| Net gain in party representation   6+ Democratic gain     6+ Republican gain   3-5 Democratic gain     3-5 Republican gain   1-2 Democratic gain   1-2 Socialist gain   1-2 Republican gain   no net change ]]

Election dates

In 1910, two states, with 6 seats between them, held elections early:

• September 6 Vermont
• September 12 Maine

Two newly admitted states held elections late: New Mexico held its first Congressional election on November 7, 1911 and, Arizona held its on December 11, 1911.

Complete results

• D: Democratic
• Pro: Prohibition
• R: Republican
• S: Socialist

Arizona

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Arizona at-large	None (New state)			Democratic win	Carl Hayden (D) 54.1% John S. Williams (R) 39.7% John Halberg (S) 5.9% Eugene W. Chafin (Pro) 0.4%

California

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
California 1	William F. Englebright	Republican	1906	Lost re-election Democratic gain	John E. Raker (D) 45.4% William F. Englebright (R) 45.1% William Morgan (S) 8.8% C. H. Essex (Pro) 0.7%
California 2	Duncan E. McKinlay	Republican	1904	Defeated in primary Republican hold	William Kent (R) 50.1% I. G. Zumwalt (D) 44% W. H. Ferber (S) 5.2% Henry P. Stipp (Pro) 0.7%
California 3	Joseph R. Knowland	Republican	1904	Re-elected	Joseph R. Knowland (R) 81.9% S. Miller (S) 15.9% James N. Christian (Pro) 2.2%
California 4	Julius Kahn	Republican	1898	Re-elected	Julius Kahn (R) 56.5% Walter MacArthur (D) 36.8% Austin Lewis (S) 6.5% E. F. Dinsmore (Pro) 0.2%
California 5	Everis A. Hayes	Republican	1904	Re-elected	Everis A. Hayes (R) 59.4% Thomas E. Hayden (D) 27.4% E. L. Reguin (S) 12.6% T. E. Caton (Proh.) 0.6%
California 6	James C. Needham	Republican	1898	Re-elected	James C. Needham (R) 47.3% A. L. Cowell (D) 44.2% Richard Kirk (S) 6.2% Ira E. Surface (Proh.) 2.3%
California 7	James McLachlan	Republican	1900	Defeated in primary Republican hold	William Stephens (R) 58.7% Lorin A. Handley (D) 21.5% Thomas W. Williams (S) 16.6% C. V. LeFontaine (Proh.) 3.2%
California 8	Sylvester C. Smith	Republican	1904	Re-elected	Sylvester C. Smith (R) 50.5% William G. Irving (D) 33.9% George A. Garrett (S) 13.1% James S. Edwards (Proh.) 2.5%

Florida

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Florida 1	Stephen M. Sparkman	Democratic	1894	Re-elected	Stephen M. Sparkman (D) 81.8% C. C. Allen (S) 18.2%
Florida 2	Frank Clark	Democratic	1904	Re-elected	Frank Clark (D) 78.5% Thomas W. Cox (S) 12.2% Thomas C. Buddington (R) 9.3%
Florida 3	Dannite H. Mays	Democratic	1908	Re-elected	Dannite H. Mays (D) 89.6% Eric Vonaxelson (D) 10.4%

New Mexico

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Mexico at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	None (New state)			Republican win	George Curry (R) 25.0% Harvey B. Fergusson (D) 24.9% Elfego Baca (R) 23.7% Paz Valverde (D) 23.5% J. W. Hansen (S) 1.5% C. Cutting (S) 1.4%
				Democratic win

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1	George Swinton Legaré	Democratic	1902	Re-elected	George Swinton Legaré (D) 97.4% Aaron P. Prioleau (R) 2.1% William Eberhard (S) 0.5%
South Carolina 2	James O'H. Patterson	Democratic	1904	Lost primary Democratic hold	James F. Byrnes (D) 100%
South Carolina 3	Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1902	Re-elected	Wyatt Aiken (D) 99.9% Others 0.1%
South Carolina 4	Joseph T. Johnson	Democratic	1900	Re-elected	Joseph T. Johnson (D) 98.9% Thomas Brier (R) 1.1%
South Carolina 5	David E. Finley	Democratic	1898	Re-elected	David E. Finley (D) 100%
South Carolina 6	J. Edwin Ellerbe	Democratic	1904	Re-elected	J. Edwin Ellerbe (D) 100%
South Carolina 7	Asbury F. Lever	Democratic	1901 (special)	Re-elected	Asbury F. Lever (D) 95.6% R. H. Richardson (R) 4.3% Others 0.1%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1910
• 62nd United States Congress

Notes

1. Maine and Vermont held elections early, in September 1910. Two newly admitted states, New Mexico and Arizona, held their elections late, in November and December 1911, respectively.
2. Including late elections
3. Included one Independent Republican.
4. Includes one Progressive Republican member, Theron Akin, of NY-25.
5. New state.
6. Elections held early

References

1. "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
2. Martis, pp. 164–165.

Bibliography

• Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
• Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0871879967.
• "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)