1958 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 86th U.S. Congress
1958 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 4, 1958[a]
1960 →
All 436 seats in the United States House of Representatives 219 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
234 seats
201 seats
Seats won
283
153
Seat change
49
48
Popular vote
25,604,679
19,931,409
Percentage
56.0%
43.6%
Swing
4.8%
5.1%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain
Speaker before election
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
The 1958 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 86th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 4, 1958, in the middle of Dwight Eisenhower's second presidential term, while Maine held theirs on September 8. There were 436 seats during these elections: 435 from the reapportionment in accordance with the 1950 census, and one seat for Alaska, the new state that would officially join the union on January 3, 1959.
The economy was suffering the Recession of 1958, which Democrats blamed on Eisenhower. The President's Republican Party lost 48 seats in this midterm election, increasing the Democratic Party's majority to a commanding level that Republicans would not be able to overcome for another 36 years.[1] Another factor which may have contributed to the Democratic gains include public consternation over the launch of Sputnik and Cold War politics.
Disappointment with the results led House Republicans to replace Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. with his deputy, Charles Halleck.
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^James Reston (November 6, 1958). "Democratic Gain 13 Senate Seats". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
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