1948 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 81st U.S. Congress
1948 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1946
November 2, 1948[1]
1950 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 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
188 seats
246 seats
Seats won
263
171
Seat change
75
75
Popular vote
24,217,516
20,894,960
Percentage
52.6%
45.4%
Swing
7.6%
8.1%
Third party
Party
American Labor
Last election
1 seat
Seats won
1
Seat change
Popular vote
409,789
Percentage
0.9%
Swing
0.3%
Speaker before election
Joseph Martin
Republican
Elected Speaker
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
The 1948 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 81st United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 2, 1948, while Maine held theirs on September 13. These elections coincided with President Harry S. Truman's election to a full term. Truman had campaigned against a "do-nothing"' Republican Party Congress that had opposed his initiatives and was seen as counterproductive. The Democratic Party regained control of both the House and Senate in this election.[2][3][4] For Democrats, this was their largest gain since 1932. These were the last elections until 1980 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber. As of 2023[update], this is the last time the Democrats gained more than 50 seats in a U.S. House election.
^September 13, 1948 in Maine
^"Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
^William S. White (November 7, 1948). "Democratic House Appears Assured". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
^"Truman Sweep". New York Times. November 7, 1948. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
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