1928 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 71st U.S. Congress
1928 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1926
September 10 and November 6, 1928[a]
1930 →
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 (did not seek reelection)
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader since
March 4, 1923
March 4, 1923
Leader's seat
Ohio 1st
Tennessee 9th
Last election
238 seats
194 seats
Seats won
270
164
Seat change
32
30
Popular vote
19,266,641
14,253,858
Percentage
56.73%
41.97%
Swing
0.38%
1.88%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Farmer–Labor
Socialist
Last election
2 seats
1 seat
Seats won
1
0
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
190,499
227,164
Percentage
0.56%
0.67%
Swing
0.54%
0.23%
Speaker before election
Nicholas Longworth
Republican
Elected Speaker
Nicholas Longworth
Republican
The 1928 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 71st United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 6, 1928, while Maine held theirs on September 10. They coincided with the election of President Herbert Hoover.
The strength of the U.S. economy resulted in Hoover's Republican Party victory in the election, helping them to scoop up 32 House seats, almost all from the opposition Democratic Party, thus increasing their majority. The big business-supported wing of the Republican Party continued to cement control. Republican gains proved even larger than anticipated during this election cycle, as an internal party feud over the Prohibition issue weakened Democratic standing. Losses of several rural, Protestant Democratic seats can be somewhat linked to anti-Catholic sentiments directed toward the party's presidential candidate, Al Smith. However, this would be the last time for 68 years that a Republican House was re-elected.
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