1960 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 87th U.S. Congress
For related races, see 1960 United States elections.
1960 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 8, 1960
1962 →
All 437 seats in the United States House of Representatives 219 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Sam Rayburn
Charles Halleck
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
September 16, 1940
January 3, 1959
Leader's seat
Texas 4th
Indiana 2nd
Last election
283 seats
153 seats
Seats won
262
175
Seat change
21
22
Popular vote
35,125,032
28,750,866
Percentage
54.8%
44.8%
Swing
1.2%
1.2%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain
Speaker before election
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Sam Rayburn
Democratic
The 1960 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 1960, to elect members to serve in the 87th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of President John F. Kennedy and was the first house election to feature all 50 current U.S. states.
There were 437 seats, the most in U.S. history: 435 from the reapportionment in accordance with the 1950 census, and one seat for each of the new states of Alaska and Hawaii.
Although Democrats retained control, it was the first time since 1908 that an incoming president's party lost seats in the House, which would not happen again until 1988.
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