1920 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 67th U.S. Congress
1920 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 2, 1920[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
Frederick Gillett
Champ Clark (lost re-election)
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader since
May 19, 1919
March 4, 1909
Leader's seat
Massachusetts 2nd
Missouri 9th (lost re-election)
Last election
240 seats
192 seats
Seats won
303[b]
131
Seat change
63
61
Popular vote
14,803,673
8,903,730
Percentage
58.82%
35.38%
Swing
5.56%
7.77%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Socialist
Prohibition
Last election
1 seat
1 seat
Seats won
1
0
Seat change
1
Popular vote
648,577
176,811
Percentage
2.58%
0.70%
Swing
0.64%
0.25%
Fifth party
Party
Independent
Last election
1 seat
Seats won
1[c]
Seat change
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain Socialist gain Independent gain
Speaker before election
Frederick Gillett
Republican
Elected Speaker
Frederick Gillett
Republican
The 1920 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 67th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 2, 1920, while Maine held its on September 13. They coincided with the election of President Warren G. Harding, the first time that women in all states were allowed to vote in federal elections after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
The incumbent Democratic administration of Woodrow Wilson lost popularity after the conclusion of World War I in 1918, as American voters hoped to return to isolationism and avoid military conflict in the future. Heedless of the prevailing national mood, Wilson advocated American leadership in a new international order under the League of Nations, alienated voters of German and Irish ancestry, and constantly struggled with a Congress controlled by the opposition Republican Party. Harding and the Republicans promised a new start for the nation and a disassociation from Europe's political troubles that most voters found appealing. As a result, the Republicans picked up 63 seats in the House of Representatives, with most of the gains coming from Democratic-leaning districts in the big industrial cities and the border states. Many of these districts elected Republican representatives for the only time in decades, and House Democratic leader Champ Clark was among those who lost reelection. Although the South remained solidly Democratic for the most part, the Republicans secured more than 90% of the seats outside the South, which gave them their largest majority of the 20th century and as of 2023, their greatest number of seats ever. The 67th Congress is the most recent in which the Republican Party won greater than a two-thirds majority of seats in either chamber.
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