37 of 96 seats (32 Class 1 seats + 8 special elections)[1]
Net seat change
Republican +12[2]
1946 Senate election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold
House elections
Overall control
Republican gain
Seats contested
All 435 voting seats
Popular vote margin
Republican +8.5%
Net seat change
Republican +55
1946 House election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested
34
Net seat change
Republican +3
1946 gubernatorial election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold
The 1946 United States elections were held on November 5, 1946, and elected the members of the 80th United States Congress. In the first election after World War II, incumbent President Harry S. Truman (who took office on April 12, 1945, upon the death of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Democratic Party suffered large losses. After having been in the minority of both chambers of Congress since 1932, Republicans took control of both the House and the Senate.[3][4]
This Republican wave reflected the public backlash against President Truman for the post-war economic hardships the country suffered, straining American-Soviet relations, and his handling of the United Auto Workers strike. Afterwards, Truman was widely expected to face a tough reelection environment in the subsequent presidential election, but he ultimately defied expectations.
^Three Class 1 seats held both regularly-scheduled elections and special elections in 1946.
^Republicans picked up eleven seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and picked up an additional seat in the special elections.
^"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^"Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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