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The 1938 United States elections were held on November 8, 1938, in the middle of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term. The Democratic Party lost 72 seats, mostly to the Republican Party , in the House of Representatives .
The 1938 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 76th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 8, 1938, while Maine held theirs on September 12.
February 1, 1938 New York (1) Royal S. Copeland (D) Died June 17, 1938. Successor elected November 8, 1938. James M. Mead (D) December 3, 1938 California (3) William G. McAdoo (D) Resigned November 8, 1938, after losing nomination for upcoming term. Successor appointed to continue the term. Thomas M. Storke (D) November 9, 1938 New Jersey (1)
This provides a summary of the results of elections to the United States House of Representatives from the elections held in 1856 to the present. This time period corresponds to the Third , Fourth , Fifth and Sixth Party Systems of the United States.
As voters head to the polls, ByGone Muncie looks back at 1938, when the tally took a day or so.
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1938. Republicans gained four districts.
1938 South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election; 1938 United States House of Representatives elections in South Dakota; T.
In the hard-fought 1938 congressional elections, the Republicans scored major gains in both houses, picking up six Senate seats and 80 House seats. Thereafter the conservative Democrats and Republicans in both Houses of Congress would often vote together on major economic issues, thus defeating many proposals by liberal Democrats. [11]