1976 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 95th U.S. Congress
1976 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1974
November 2, 1976
1978 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Carl Albert (retired)
John Rhodes
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 21, 1971
December 7, 1973
Leader's seat
Oklahoma 3rd
Arizona 1st
Last election
291 seats
144 seats
Seats won
292
143
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
41,474,890
31,380,535
Percentage
55.9%
42.3%
Swing
1.6%
1.6%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain
Speaker before election
Carl Albert
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Tip O'Neil
Democratic
The 1976 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 2, 1976, to elect members to serve in the 95th United States Congress. They coincided with Jimmy Carter's election as president. Carter's narrow victory over Gerald Ford had limited coattails, and his Democratic Party gained a net of only one seat from the Republican Party in the House. The result was nevertheless disappointing to the Republicans, who were hoping to win back some of the seats they lost in the wake of the Watergate scandal two years earlier.
This election was the last time Democrats or any party had a two-thirds supermajority in the House. It is also the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in Wyoming.
and 30 Related for: 1976 United States House of Representatives elections information
1994 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections were held on November 8, 1994, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 104th UnitedStates Congress...
The 1974 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections were elections for the UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives on November 5, 1974, to elect members...
The 1976UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselection in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary...
2000 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections were held on November 7, 2000, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 107th UnitedStates Congress...
1986 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections was held on November 4, 1986, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 100th UnitedStates Congress...
1998 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections were held on November 3, 1998, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 106th UnitedStates Congress...
1992 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections were held on November 3, 1992, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd UnitedStates Congress...
congressional electionof1976 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. The term of the state's sole Representative to the UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives expired...
Global Information
