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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.
Midterm elections: Election day: November 8: Incumbent president: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) Next Congress: 76th: Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 36 of 96 seats (32 Class 3 seats + 6 special elections) [1] Net seat change: Republican +8 [2] 1938 Senate election results
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]
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. For the purposes of counting partisan divisions in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
Resigned January 3, 1938, to become judge of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Vacant until the next Congress Alabama 2: J. Lister Hill (D) Resigned January 11, 1938, to become U.S. senator. George M. Grant (D) June 14, 1938 New Jersey 9: Edward A. Kenney (D) Died January 27, 1938. Vacant until the next Congress California 17
In 1945, two members led an effort to trim the number of congressional committees from 81 to 34 and required lobbyists to register. [64] In the 1946 US Congressional election, the Republicans regained control of both the US Senate and US House of Representatives, as a result of President Truman failing to handle the vast post-war labor strikes ...
1938 South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election; 1938 United States House of Representatives elections in South Dakota; T.
When actions of civil servants in the judgment of Congress menace the integrity and the competency of the service, legislation to forestall such danger and adequate to maintain its usefulness is required. The Hatch Act is the answer of Congress to this need. We cannot say with such a background that these restrictions are unconstitutional." [27]