38 of 96 seats (32 Class 2 seats + 9 special elections)[1]
Net seat change
Democratic +2
1954 Senate election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold
House elections
Overall control
Democratic gain
Seats contested
All 435 voting seats
Popular vote margin
Democratic +5.5%
Net seat change
Democratic +19
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested
34
Net seat change
Democratic +8
1954 gubernatorial election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican hold
The 1954 United States elections were held on November 2, 1954. The election took place in the middle of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower's first term. In the election, the Republicans lost the Congressional majorities they had won in the previous election; Democratic gains were modest, but were enough for the party to win back control of both chambers of Congress.
In the House, the Republicans lost eighteen seats to the Democratic Party, losing control of the chamber. Republicans would not retake the House until 1994.[2] The Republicans also lost control of the U.S. Senate, losing two seats to the Democrats.[3][4] Republicans would not retake control of the Senate until 1980.[5]
A contribution to the Republican reversal was backlash against GOP-driven McCarthyism and the numerous controversies it spawned, including the Army–McCarthy hearings and the suicide of Democratic Senator Lester C. Hunt.[citation needed]
^The Class 2 Senate seats in Nebraska, North Carolina, and Wyoming each held a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1954. These three seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
^"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954. U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. 1955. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954 (Revision)" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
^"Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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