United States House of Representatives elections, 1914

The U.S. House election, 1914 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1914 which occurred in the middle of President Woodrow Wilson's first term.

United States House of Representatives elections, 1914

1912 ←
November 3, 1914
→ 1916

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
218 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Champ Clark James Mann
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat Missouri-9th Illinois-2nd
Last election 291 seats 134 seats
Seats won 230 196
Seat change -61 +62

Speaker before election

Champ Clark
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Champ Clark
Democratic

The opposition Republican Party had recovered from the split they underwent during the 1912 presidential election, and they made large gains in seats from the Democratic Party, though not enough to regain control of the body. The burgeoning economy greatly adied Republicans, who pushed for pro-business principles and took credit for the success that had been reached in the industrial sector. Many former Progressives rejoined the Republican Party, but a number of the most liberal members of the House remained under this banner. Congressman Carl Vinson D-Georgia, who would set the since broken record for longest continuous tenure in the House, was elected to his first full term in this election.

Overall results

Party Total seats (change) Seat percentage
Democratic Party 230 61 52.8%
Republican Party 196 62 45.0%
Progressive Party 6 3 1.3%
Prohibition Party 1 1 0.2%
Socialist Party 1 1 0.2%
Independent 1 0.2%
Totals 435 100.0%

See also