1910 United States House of Representatives elections
Elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1910 were held for members of the 62nd Congress, in the middle of President William Howard Taft's term.
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The conservative Taft contended with major factional splits within his Republican Party. Instead of using his position as president to bridge compromise, Taft alienated the progressive wing of the party, which had championed his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt. While conservatives controlled the largest number of elected positions for Republicans, progressive politics had been what brought many voters to the polls. The clash of these units of the Republican Party, combined with the message of unity from the Democratic Party, was enough to allow the Democrats to take control of the House, ending 16 years in opposition. This was the first time that the Socialist Party won a seat.
Special elections
| Missouri 6 | |
| Louisiana 2 | There were TWO special elections here |
Election summaries
| 230 | 1 | 1 | 162 |
| Democratic | S | PR | Republican |
Three seats were added for the new states of New Mexico (2), and Arizona (1).
| State | Type | Total seats |
Democratic | Republican | Socialist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | |||
| Alabama | Districts | 9 | 9 |  |
0 | |
0 | |
| Arizona[lower-alpha 7] | At-large | 1 | 1 |  |
0 | |
0 | |
| Arkansas | Districts | 7 | 7 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| California | Districts | 8 | 1 | |
7 |  |
0 | |
| Colorado | Districts + at-large |
3 | 3 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Connecticut | Districts + at-large |
5 | 1 | |
4 | |
0 | |
| Delaware | At-large | 1 | 0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Florida | Districts | 3 | 3 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Georgia | Districts | 11 | 11 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Idaho | At-large | 1 | 0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Illinois | Districts | 25 | 11 | |
14 | |
0 | |
| Indiana | Districts | 13 | 12 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Iowa | Districts | 11 | 1 | |
10 | |
0 | |
| Kansas | Districts | 8 | 0 | |
8 | |
0 | |
| Kentucky | Districts | 11 | 9 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Louisiana | Districts | 7 | 7 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Maine[lower-alpha 8] | Districts | 4 | 2 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Maryland | Districts | 6 | 5 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Massachusetts | Districts | 14 | 4 | |
10 | |
0 | |
| Michigan | Districts | 12 | 2 | |
10 | |
0 | |
| Minnesota | Districts | 9 | 1 | |
8 | |
0 | |
| Mississippi | Districts | 8 | 8 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Missouri | Districts | 16 | 14 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Montana | At-large | 1 | 0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Nebraska | Districts | 6 | 3 | |
3 | |
0 | |
| Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| New Hampshire | Districts | 2 | 0 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| New Jersey | Districts | 10 | 7 | |
3 | |
0 | |
| New Mexico[lower-alpha 7] | At-large | 2 | 1 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| New York | Districts | 37 | 22 | |
15[lower-alpha 9] | |
0 | |
| North Carolina | Districts | 10 | 10 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| North Dakota | Districts | 2 | 0 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Ohio | Districts | 21 | 16 | |
5 | |
0 | |
| Oklahoma | Districts | 5 | 3 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Oregon | Districts | 2 | 0 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Pennsylvania | Districts | 32 | 9 | |
23 | |
0 | |
| Rhode Island | Districts | 2 | 1 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| South Carolina | Districts | 7 | 7 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| South Dakota | At-large | 2 | 0 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Tennessee | Districts | 10 | 8 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Texas | Districts | 16 | 16 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Utah | At-large | 1 | 0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Vermont[lower-alpha 8] | Districts | 2 | 0 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Virginia | Districts | 10 | 9 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Washington | Districts | 3 | 0 | |
3 | |
0 | |
| West Virginia | Districts | 5 | 4 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Wisconsin | Districts | 11 | 2 | |
8 | |
1 | |
| Wyoming | At-large | 1 | 0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| Total[lower-alpha 2] | 394 | 230[lower-alpha 9] 58.4% |
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163[lower-alpha 9] 41.4% |
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1 0.3% |
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Election dates
In 1910, two states, with 6 seats between them, held elections early:
Two newly admitted states held elections late: New Mexico held its first Congressional election on November 7, 1911 and, Arizona held its on December 11, 1911.
Arizona
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona at-large | None (New state) | New state. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
√ Carl Hayden (Democratic) 54.1% John S. Williams (Republican) 39.7% John Halberg (Socialist) 5.9% Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 0.4% | ||
California
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California 1 | William F. Englebright | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
√ John E. Raker (Democratic) 45.4% William F. Englebright (Republican) 45.1% William Morgan (Socialist) 8.8% C. H. Essex (Prohibition) 0.7% |
| California 2 | Duncan E. McKinlay | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
√ William Kent (Republican) 50.1% I. G. Zumwalt (Democratic) 44% W. H. Ferber (Socialist) 5.2% Henry P. Stipp (Prohibition) 0.7% |
| California 3 | Joseph R. Knowland | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph R. Knowland (Republican) 81.9% S. Miller (Socialist) 15.9% James N. Christian (Prohibition) 2.2% |
| California 4 | Julius Kahn | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Julius Kahn (Republican) 56.5% Walter MacArthur (Democratic) 36.8% Austin Lewis (Socialist) 6.5% E. F. Dinsmore (Prohibition) 0.2% |
| California 5 | Everis A. Hayes | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Everis A. Hayes (Republican) 59.4% Thomas E. Hayden (Democratic) 27.4% E. L. Reguin (Socialist) 12.6% T. E. Caton (Proh.) 0.6% |
| California 6 | James C. Needham | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ James C. Needham (Republican) 47.3% A. L. Cowell (Democratic) 44.2% Richard Kirk (Socialist) 6.2% Ira E. Surface (Proh.) 2.3% |
| California 7 | James McLachlan | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
√ William Stephens (Republican) 58.7% Lorin A. Handley (Democratic) 21.5% Thomas W. Williams (Socialist) 16.6% C. V. LeFontaine (Proh.) 3.2% |
| California 8 | Sylvester C. Smith | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Sylvester C. Smith (Republican) 50.5% William G. Irving (Democratic) 33.9% George A. Garrett (Socialist) 13.1% James S. Edwards (Proh.) 2.5% |
Florida
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida 1 | Stephen M. Sparkman | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 81.8% C. C. Allen (Socialist) 18.2% |
| Florida 2 | Frank Clark | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Frank Clark (Democratic) 78.5% Thomas W. Cox (Socialist) 12.2% Thomas C. Buddington (Republican) 9.3% |
| Florida 3 | Dannite H. Mays | Democratic | 1908 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Dannite H. Mays (Democratic) 89.6% Eric Vonaxelson (Democratic) 10.4% |
Kansas
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Kansas 1 | Daniel R. Anthony Jr. | Republican | 1907 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Kansas 2 | Charles F. Scott | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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| Kansas 3 | Philip P. Campbell | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Kansas 4 | James Monroe Miller | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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| Kansas 5 | William A. Calderhead | Republican | 1894 1896 (Lost) 1898 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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| Kansas 6 | William A. Reeder | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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| Kansas 7 | Edmond H. Madison | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Kansas 8 | Victor Murdock | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Mexico
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico at-large | None (New state) | New state. New member elected. Republican gain. |
√ George Curry (Republican) 25.0% √ Harvey B. Fergusson (Democratic) 24.9% Elfego Baca (Republican) 23.7% Paz Valverde (Democratic) 23.5% J. W. Hansen (Socialist) 1.5% C. Cutting (Socialist) 1.4% | ||
| New state. New member elected. Democratic gain. | |||||
South Carolina
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina 1 | George Swinton Legaré | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ George Swinton Legaré (Democratic) 97.4% Aaron P. Prioleau (Republican) 2.1% William Eberhard (Socialist) 0.5% |
| South Carolina 2 | James O'H. Patterson | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold |
√ James F. Byrnes (Democratic) 100% |
| South Carolina 3 | Wyatt Aiken | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 99.9% Others 0.1% |
| South Carolina 4 | Joseph T. Johnson | Democratic | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph T. Johnson (Democratic) 98.9% Thomas Brier (Republican) 1.1% |
| South Carolina 5 | David E. Finley | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ David E. Finley (Democratic) 100% |
| South Carolina 6 | J. Edwin Ellerbe | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ J. Edwin Ellerbe (Democratic) 100% |
| South Carolina 7 | Asbury F. Lever | Democratic | 1901 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Asbury F. Lever (Democratic) 95.6% R. H. Richardson (Republican) 4.3% Others 0.1% |
Virginia
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| Virginia 1 | |||||
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| Virginia 4 | |||||
| Virginia 5 | |||||
| Virginia 6 | Carter Glass | Democratic | 1902 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 9 | |||||
| Virginia 10 |
Non-voting delegates
Alaska Territory
Alaska Territory elected its non-voting delegate August 9, 1910.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Alaska Territory at-large | James Wickersham | Republican | 1908 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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See also
Notes
- Maine and Vermont held elections early, in September 1910. Two newly admitted states, New Mexico and Arizona, held their elections late, in November and December 1911, respectively.
- Including late elections
- Including one Independent Republican.
- Includes Congressmen Theron Akin of the 25th District of New York, and Samuel Tribble of the 8th District of Georgia.
- Theron Akin had been endorsed by the local Democratic Party in opposition to the Republican incumbent Cyrus Durey, but made known his intention to caucus with the Republican Party as an Progressive Republican upon being sworn in.
- Samuel Tribble ran as an Independent Democrat in opposition to incumbent Congressman William Howard.
- New state
- Elections held early.
- Including one Progressive Republican member, Theron Akin, of NY-25.
References
- "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- Martis, pp. 164–165.
- https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=296691
Bibliography
- Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
- Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0871879967.
- "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)
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