1950 United States House of Representatives elections
Template:Short description Template:Infobox election 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. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1950, while Maine held theirs on September 11. 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.
Special elections
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} There were six special elections throughout the year, listed here by date and district.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | J. Parnell Thomas | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1936 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent resigned January 2, 1950. New member elected February 6, 1950. Republican hold. Successor was re-elected in November. |
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| Template:Ushr | George J. Bates | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1936 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent died November 1, 1949. New member elected February 14, 1950. Republican hold. Winner was later re-elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Template:Ushr | S. Otis Bland | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | [[1918 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election|1918 Template:Small]] | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent died February 16, 1950. New member elected May 2, 1950. Democratic hold. Winner was later re-elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Template:Ushr | Eugene Worley | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent resigned April 3, 1950. New member elected May 6, 1950. Republican gain. Winner later lost re-election to the next term; see below. |
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| Template:Ushr | Herbert A. Meyer | Template:Party shading/Republican | Democratic | 1946 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent died August 31, 1950. New member elected November 7, 1950. Republican hold. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Template:Ushr | Alfred L. Bulwinkle | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1920 1928 Template:Small 1930 |
Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent died August 31, 1950. New member elected November 7, 1950. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. |
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Overall results
| 235 | 1 | 199 |
| Democratic | I | Republican |
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
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Alabama
Arizona
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | John R. Murdock | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1936 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Harold Patten | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Arkansas
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Ezekiel C. Gathings | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Wilbur Mills | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | James William Trimble | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Boyd Anderson Tackett | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Brooks Hays | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | William F. Norrell | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Oren Harris | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
California
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Colorado
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | John A. Carroll | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1946 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | William S. Hill | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John H. Marsalis | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | Wayne N. Aspinall | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Connecticut
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Abraham Ribicoff | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Chase G. Woodhouse | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | John A. McGuire | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John Davis Lodge | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. Republican hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | James T. Patterson | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Antoni Sadlak | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Delaware
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | J. Caleb Boggs | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Florida
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | J. Hardin Peterson | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1932 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Charles E. Bennett | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Bob Sikes | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 1944 Template:Small 1974 |
Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | George Smathers | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1946 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Syd Herlong | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Dwight L. Rogers | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Georgia
Idaho
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Compton I. White | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | John C. Sanborn | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold. |
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Albert M. Cole | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Errett P. Scrivner | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1943 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Herbert A. Meyer | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent died October 2, 1950. Republican hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Edward Herbert Rees | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1936 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Clifford R. Hope | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Wint Smith | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Robert Hale | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Charles P. Nelson | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Frank Fellows | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Maryland
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Edward T. Miller | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | William P. Bolton | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | Edward Garmatz | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1947 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | George Hyde Fallon | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Lansdale Sasscer | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1939 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | J. Glenn Beall | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | John E. Rankin | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Jamie Whitten | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1941 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | William Madison Whittington | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1924 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Thomas Abernethy | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | W. Arthur Winstead | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | William M. Colmer | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John Bell Williams | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Missouri
Montana
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Mike Mansfield | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Wesley A. D'Ewart | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | [[1945 Montana's 2nd congressional district special election|1945 Template:Small]] | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Nebraska
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Carl Curtis | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Eugene D. O'Sullivan | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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| Template:Ushr | Karl Stefan | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Arthur L. Miller | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Nevada
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Walter S. Baring Jr. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
New Hampshire
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Chester Earl Merrow | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Norris Cotton | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
New Jersey
New Mexico
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Antonio M. Fernández | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John E. Miles | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Usher L. Burdick | Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan League | Republican-NPL | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| William Lemke | Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan League | Republican-NPL | 1942 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent died. Republican hold. |
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | A. Walter Norblad | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Lowell Stockman | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Homer D. Angell | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Harris Ellsworth | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Aime Forand | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John E. Fogarty | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
South Carolina
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | L. Mendel Rivers | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Hugo S. Sims Jr. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | James Butler Hare | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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| Template:Ushr | Joseph R. Bryson | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | James P. Richards | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John L. McMillan | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
South Dakota
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Harold Lovre | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Francis H. Case | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1936 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold. |
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Tennessee
Texas
Utah
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Walter K. Granger | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Reva Beck Bosone | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Vermont
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Charles Albert Plumley | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1934 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Virginia
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Washington
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Hugh Mitchell | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list |
| Template:Ushr | Henry M. Jackson | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Russell V. Mack | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1947 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Hal Holmes | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Walt Horan | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Thor C. Tollefson | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
West Virginia
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Robert L. Ramsay | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Harley Orrin Staggers | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Cleveland M. Bailey | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | Maurice G. Burnside | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | John Kee | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
| Template:Ushr | E. H. Hedrick | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Wisconsin
Wyoming
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Frank A. Barrett | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Wyoming. Republican hold. |
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Non-voting delegates
Alaska Territory
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Template:Ushr | Bob Bartlett | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | Template:Plainlist |
Hawaii Territory
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|- ! Template:Ushr | Joseph Rider Farrington | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist
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See also
Notes
References
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