1944 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 79th U.S. Congress
1944 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1942
November 7, 1944[a]
1946 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives[b] 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Sam Rayburn
Joseph Martin
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
September 16, 1940
January 3, 1939
Leader's seat
Texas 4th
Massachusetts 14th
Last election
222 seats
209 seats
Seats won
244
189
Seat change
22
20
Popular vote
23,380,045
21,256,035
Percentage
51.8%
47.1%
Swing
4.8%
3.7%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
American Labor
Progressive
Last election
1 seat
2 seats
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
1
Popular vote
152,101
108,068
Percentage
0.3%
0.2%
Swing
0.5%
Fifth party
Party
Farmer–Labor
Last election
1 seat
Seats won
0
Seat change
1
Popular vote
19,164
Percentage
0.1%
Swing
0.4%
Speaker before election
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
The 1944 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 79th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1944, while Maine held theirs on September 11. These elections coincided with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's re-election to a record fourth term.
Roosevelt's popularity allowed his Democratic Party to gain twenty seats from the Republicans and minor parties, cementing the Democratic majority. Also, Americans rallied behind Allied success in World War II, and in turn voted favorably for the administration's course of action.
As of 2024[update], this is the last time the House of Representatives was made up of four parties (in December 2020, House Republican Paul Mitchell became an Independent, resulting in there being four partisan affiliations (Republican, Democratic, Independent, and Libertarian) though not four political parties).
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