1904 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 59th U.S. Congress
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1904 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1902
November 8, 1904[a]
1906 →
All 386 seats in the United States House of Representatives 194 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Joseph Cannon
John Sharp Williams
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader's seat
Illinois 18th
Mississippi 8th
Last election
206 seats
176 seats
Seats won
251[1][2]
135[1][2]
Seat change
45
41
Popular vote
7,173,481
5,386,523
Percentage
54.58%
40.98%
Swing
4.77%
4.02%
Third party
Party
Independent
Last election
4 seats
Seats won
0
Seat change
4
Popular vote
21,402
Percentage
0.16%
Swing
0.40%
Results Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold
Speaker before election
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Republican
Elected Speaker
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Republican
The 1904 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 8, 1904, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the election to a full term of President Theodore Roosevelt. Elections were held for 386 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 59th United States Congress.
Roosevelt's popularity swept many Republican house candidates into office, cementing their majority over the opposition Democratic Party. Because Roosevelt came from a liberal wing of the Republican Party, his ideology was prevalent among freshman representatives. Progressive Republicanism mobilized a new base of support and proved to be especially popular among the Protestant middle-class workers who held jobs in business or in the front offices of industrial facilities.
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^ ab"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ abMartis, pp. 158–159.
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