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The U.S. House election, 1910 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1910 which occurred 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. The first ever socialist was also elected to Congress during this election cycle.
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| Party | Total seats (change) | Seat percentage | |
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| Democratic Party | 230 | 58 | 58.3% |
| Republican Party | 162 | 57 | 41.1% |
| Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Totals | 394 | 3[1] | 100.0% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | Opponent |
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| California 1 | William F. Englebright | Republican |
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Running | John E. Raker (D) 45.4% William F. Englebright (R) 45.1% William Morgan (S) 8.8% C. H. Essex (Proh.) 0.7% |
| California 2 | Duncan E. McKinlay | Republican |
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Defeated in primary | William Kent (R) 50.1% I. G. Zumwalt (D) 44% W. H. Ferber (S) 5.2% Henry P. Stipp (Proh.) 0.7% |
| California 3 | Joseph R. Knowland | Republican |
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Running | Joseph R. Knowland (R) 81.9% S. Miller (S) 15.9% James N. Christian (Proh.) 2.2% |
| California 4 | Julius Kahn | Republican |
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Running | Julius Kahn (R) 56.5% Walter MacArthur (D) 36.8% Austin Lewis (S) 6.5% E. F. Dinsmore (Proh.) 0.2% |
| California 5 | Everis A. Hayes | Republican |
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Running | Everis A. Hayes (R) 59.4% Thomas E. Hayden (D) 27.4% E. L. Reguin (S) 12.6% T. E. Caton (Proh.) 0.6% |
| California 6 | James C. Needham | Republican |
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Running | James C. Needham (R) 47.3% A. L. Cowell (D) 44.2% Richard Kirk (S) 6.2% Ira E. Surface (Proh.) 2.3% |
| California 7 | James McLachlan | Republican |
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Defeated in primary | William Stephens (R) 58.7% Lorin A. Handley (D) 21.5% Thomas W. Williams (S) 16.6% C. V. LeFontaine (Proh.) 3.2% |
| California 8 | Sylvester C. Smith | Republican |
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Running | Sylvester C. Smith (R) 50.5% William G. Irving (D) 33.9% George A. Garrett (S) 13.1% James S. Edwards (Proh.) 2.5% |
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