1926 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 70th U.S. Congress
1926 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 2, 1926[1]
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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
Nicholas Longworth
Finis Garrett
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader since
March 4, 1923
March 4, 1923
Leader's seat
Ohio 1st
Tennessee 9th
Last election
246 seats
183 seats
Seats won
238
194
Seat change
8
11
Popular vote
11,628,536
8,163,000
Percentage
57.11%
40.09%
Swing
1.05%
0.13%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Farmer–Labor
Socialist
Last election
3 seats
2 seats
Seats won
2
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
223,395
182,308
Percentage
1.10%
0.90%
Swing
0.28%
0.28%
Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain Farmer–Labor hold Socialist hold
Speaker before election
Nicholas Longworth
Republican
Elected Speaker
Nicholas Longworth
Republican
The 1926 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 70th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 2, 1926, while Maine held theirs on September 13. They occurred in the middle of President Calvin Coolidge's second term. Coolidge's Republican Party lost seats to the opposition Democratic Party, but it retained a majority. The most pressing national matters at the time were fragmented, generally related to government's relationship to business or to providing social aid. However, no predominant issue was able to cast a shadow over the election. The small, populist Farmer–Labor Party also held two seats following the election.
^September 13, 1926, in Maine
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