1950 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 82nd U.S. Congress
1950 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 7, 1950[a]
1952 →
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
263 seats
171 seats
Seats won
235
199
Seat change
28
28
Popular vote
19,991,683
19,735,173
Percentage
49.6%
48.9%
Swing
3.0%
3.5%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Independent
American Labor
Last election
0 seats
1 seat
Seats won
1
0
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
119,634
225,368
Percentage
0.3%
0.6%
Swing
0.2%
0.3%
Speaker before election
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 82nd United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1950, while Maine held theirs on September 11. These elections occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term.
As the Korean War began and Truman's personal popularity plummeted for a second time during his presidency, his Democratic Party lost a net 28 seats to the Republican Party. This was the first election since 1908 where no third parties acquired any seats in the House.
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