1910 United States House of Representatives elections

1910 United States House of Representatives elections
All 394 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; 198 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Joseph Cannon; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Champ Clark; Democratic

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.

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

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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
State	Type	Total seats	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	Districts	9	9		0		0
Arizona^[g]	At-large	1	1	1	0		0
Arkansas	Districts	7	7		0		0
California	Districts	8	1	1	7	1	0
Colorado	Districts + at-large	3	3		0		0
Connecticut	Districts + at-large	5	1	1	4	1	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	5	14	5	0
Indiana	Districts	13	12	1	1	1	0
Iowa	Districts	11	1		10		0
Kansas	Districts	8	0		8		0
Kentucky	Districts	11	9	1	2	1	0
Louisiana	Districts	7	7		0		0
Maine^[h]	Districts	4	2	2	2	2	0
Maryland	Districts	6	5	2	1	2	0
Massachusetts	Districts	14	4	1	10	1	0
Michigan	Districts	12	2	2	10	2	0
Minnesota	Districts	9	1		8		0
Mississippi	Districts	8	8		0		0
Missouri	Districts	16	14	4	2	4	0
Montana	At-large	1	0		1		0
Nebraska	Districts	6	3		3		0
Nevada	At-large	1	0	1	1	1	0
New Hampshire	Districts	2	0		2		0
New Jersey	Districts	10	7	4	3	4	0
New Mexico^[g]	At-large	2	1	1	1	1	0
New York	Districts	37	22	11	15^[i]	11	0
North Carolina	Districts	10	10	3	0	3	0
North Dakota	Districts	2	0		2		0
Ohio	Districts	21	16	8	5	8	0
Oklahoma	Districts	5	3	1	2	1	0
Oregon	Districts	2	0		2		0
Pennsylvania	Districts	32	9	4	23	4	0
Rhode Island	Districts	2	1	1	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^[h]	Districts	2	0		2		0
Virginia	Districts	10	9		1		0
Washington	Districts	3	0		3		0
West Virginia	Districts	5	4	4	1	4	0
Wisconsin	Districts	11	2	1	8	2	1	1
Wyoming	At-large	1	0		1		0
Total^[b]		394	230^[i] 58.4%	58	163^[i] 41.4%	56	1 0.3%	1

House seats

Democratic			58.38%
Republican			41.37%
Socialist			0.25%

Election dates

In 1910, two states, with 6 seats between them, held elections early:

September 6 Vermont
September 12 Maine

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
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 1	Daniel R. Anthony Jr.	Republican	1907 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 2	Charles F. Scott	Republican	1900	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Alexander C. Mitchell (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 3	Philip P. Campbell	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Philip P. Campbell (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 4	James Monroe Miller	Republican	1898	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Fred S. Jackson (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 5	William A. Calderhead	Republican	1894 1896 (Lost) 1898	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Rollin R. Rees (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 6	William A. Reeder	Republican	1898	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Isaac D. Young (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 7	Edmond H. Madison	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edmond H. Madison (Republican) [data missing]
Kansas 8	Victor Murdock	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Victor Murdock (Republican) [data missing]

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 Mexico at-large	None (New state)			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
Virginia 1
Virginia 2
Virginia 3
Virginia 4
Virginia 5
Virginia 6	Carter Glass	Democratic	1902 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Carter Glass (Democratic) [data missing]
Virginia 7
Virginia 8
Virginia 9
Virginia 10

Non-voting delegates

Alaska Territory

Alaska Territory elected its non-voting delegate August 9, 1910.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska Territory at-large	James Wickersham	Republican	1908	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Wickersham (Republican) Ed Orr (Republican)^[3]

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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b New state
^ ^a ^b Elections held early.
^ ^a ^b ^c Including one Progressive Republican member, Theron Akin, of NY-25.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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)

[1] 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.

[late-2] Including late elections

[Rep2-1908-5] Including one Independent Republican.

[6] Includes Congressmen Theron Akin of the 25th District of New York, and Samuel Tribble of the 8th District of Georgia.

[7] 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.

[8] Samuel Tribble ran as an Independent Democrat in opposition to incumbent Congressman William Howard.

[ns-9] New state

[early-10] Elections held early.

[1PR-11] Including one Progressive Republican member, Theron Akin, of NY-25.

[USH-PartyDiv-3] "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

[Martis-4] Martis, pp. 164–165.

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