1914 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 64th U.S. Congress
1914 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 3, 1914[a]
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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Champ Clark
James Mann
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
March 4, 1909
March 4, 1911
Leader's seat
Missouri 9th
Illinois 2nd
Last election
291 seats
134 seats
Seats won
230[1][2]
196[1][2]
Seat change
61
62
Popular vote
5,808,254
5,903,308
Percentage
42.43%
43.12%
Swing
0.84%
4.21%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Progressive
Socialist
Last election
10 seats
0 seats
Seats won
6[1][2]
1[1][2]
Seat change
4
1
Popular vote
1,096,530[b]
626,492
Percentage
8.01%
4.58%
Swing
1.97%
3.35%
Fifth party
Sixth party
Party
Prohibition
Independent
Last election
0 seats
0 seats
Seats won
1[1][2]
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
232,285
77,188
Percentage
1.70%
0.56%
Swing
0.23%
0.25%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain Progressive hold Progressive gain Independent hold Prohibition gain Socialist gain
Speaker before election
Champ Clark
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Champ Clark
Democratic
1914 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 64th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 3, 1914, while Maine held theirs on September 14. They were held in the middle of President Woodrow Wilson's first term.
The opposition Republican Party had recovered from the split they underwent during the 1912 presidential election, and the party gained more than 60 seats from the Democratic Party, though not enough to regain control of the body. The burgeoning economy greatly aided Republicans, who pushed for pro-business principles and took credit for the success that had been reached in the industrial sector. Many progressive Republicans rejoined the Republican Party, but six remained under the Progressive Party banner in the new Congress. In addition, William Kent was re-elected in California's 1st congressional district as an independent, and two minor party candidates were elected: Charles H. Randall, a Prohibition Party member, in California's 9th congressional district; and Meyer London, a Socialist Party member, in New York's 12th congressional district.
This was one of two elections in the 20th century where Democrats won a House majority without winning a majority of votes, along with 1942.
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^ abcde"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ abcdeMartis, pp. 168–169.
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