1936 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1936 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1936 which coincided with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide re-election. Roosevelt's Democratic Party gained twelve more net seats from the Republican Party, bringing them above a three-fourths majority. This was the largest majority since Reconstruction. The last time a party won so decisively was in 1866.[2]
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Significant representation from the Progressives of Wisconsin and Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota[citation needed] is also seen, as these two liberal populist groups gained a foothold.
The 1936 elections showed the continuing trust for the American people in that Roosevelt would guide the nation from depression. Despite setbacks, the people had faith in the New Deal and elected leaders who supported its measures. This was the last of four straight election losses for Republicans due to the lingering effects of the Depression.[3]
Contents
- 1 Overall results
- 2 Results by state
- 3 Alabama
- 4 Arizona
- 5 Arkansas
- 6 California
- 7 Colorado
- 8 Connecticut
- 9 Delaware
- 10 Florida
- 11 Georgia
- 12 Idaho
- 13 Illinois
- 14 Indiana
- 15 Iowa
- 16 Kansas
- 17 Kentucky
- 18 Louisiana
- 19 Maine
- 20 Maryland
- 21 Massachusetts
- 22 Michigan
- 23 Minnesota
- 24 Mississippi
- 25 Missouri
- 26 Montana
- 27 Nebraska
- 28 Nevada
- 29 New Hampshire
- 30 New Jersey
- 31 New Mexico
- 32 New York
- 33 North Carolina
- 34 North Dakota
- 35 Ohio
- 36 Oklahoma
- 37 Oregon
- 38 Pennsylvania
- 39 Rhode Island
- 40 South Carolina
- 41 South Dakota
- 42 Tennessee
- 43 Texas
- 44 Utah
- 45 Vermont
- 46 Virginia
- 47 Washington
- 48 West Virginia
- 49 Wisconsin
- 50 Wyoming
- 51 See also
- 52 References
Overall resultsEdit
Results by stateEdit
AlabamaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Alabama 1 | Frank W. Boykin | Democratic | 1935 | Re-elected |
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Alabama 2 | J. Lister Hill | Democratic | 1923 | Re-elected |
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Alabama 3 | Henry B. Steagall | Democratic | 1914 | Re-elected |
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Alabama 4 | Sam Hobbs | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Alabama 5 | Joe Starnes | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Alabama 6 | William Bacon Oliver | Democratic | 1914 | Retired Democratic hold |
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Alabama 7 | William B. Bankhead | Democratic | 1916 | Re-elected |
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Alabama 8 | Archibald Hill Carmichael | Democratic | 1933 | Retired Democratic hold |
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Alabama 9 | George Huddleston | Democratic | 1914 | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
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ArizonaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Arizona at-large | Isabella Greenway | Democratic | 1933 | Retired Democratic hold |
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ArkansasEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Arkansas 1 | William J. Driver | Democratic | 1920 | Re-elected |
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Arkansas 2 | John E. Miller | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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Arkansas 3 | Claude Fuller | Democratic | 1928 | Re-elected |
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Arkansas 4 | William B. Cravens | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Arkansas 5 | David D. Terry | Democratic | 1933 | Re-elected |
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Arkansas 6 | John Little McClellan | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Arkansas 7 | Tilman B. Parks | Democratic | 1920 | Retired Democratic hold |
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CaliforniaEdit
ColoradoEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Colorado 1 | Lawrence Lewis | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Colorado 2 | Fred Nelson Cummings | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Colorado 3 | John Andrew Martin | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Colorado 4 | Edward Thomas Taylor | Democratic | 1908 | Re-elected |
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ConnecticutEdit
DelawareEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Delaware at-large | J. George Stewart | Republican | 1934 | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
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FloridaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Florida 1 | J. Hardin Peterson | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Florida 2 | Robert A. Green | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Florida 3 | Millard F. Caldwell | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Florida 4 | J. Mark Wilcox | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Florida 5 | William J. Sears Redistricted from At-large |
Democratic | 1932 | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
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GeorgiaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Georgia 1 | Hugh Peterson | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 2 | Edward E. Cox | Democratic | 1924 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 3 | Bryant T. Castellow | Democratic | 1932 | Retired Democratic hold |
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Georgia 4 | Emmett Marshall Owen | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 5 | Robert Ramspeck | Democratic | 1929 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 6 | Carl Vinson | Democratic | 1914 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 7 | Malcolm C. Tarver | Democratic | 1926 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 8 | Braswell Deen | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 9 | B. Frank Whelchel | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Georgia 10 | Paul Brown | Democratic | 1933 | Re-elected |
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IdahoEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Idaho 1 | Compton I. White | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Idaho 2 | David Worth Clark | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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IllinoisEdit
IndianaEdit
IowaEdit
KansasEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Kansas 1 | William P. Lambertson | Republican | 1928 | Re-elected |
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Kansas 2 | Ulysses Samuel Guyer | Republican | 1926 | Re-elected |
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Kansas 3 | Edward White Patterson | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Kansas 4 | Randolph Carpenter | Democratic | 1932 | Retired Republican gain |
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Kansas 5 | John Mills Houston | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Kansas 6 | Frank Carlson | Republican | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Kansas 7 | Clifford R. Hope | Republican | 1926 | Re-elected |
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KentuckyEdit
LouisianaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Louisiana 1 | Joachim O. Fernandez | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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Louisiana 2 | Paul H. Maloney | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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Louisiana 3 | Numa F. Montet | Democratic | 1929 | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
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Louisiana 4 | John N. Sandlin | Democratic | 1920 | Retired to run for U. S. Senate Democratic hold |
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Louisiana 5 | Riley Joseph Wilson | Democratic | 1914 | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
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Louisiana 6 | Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. | Democratic | 1934 | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
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Louisiana 7 | René L. DeRouen | Democratic | 1927 | Re-elected |
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Louisiana 8 | Cleveland Dear | Democratic | 1932 | Retired to run for Governor Democratic hold |
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MaineEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Maine 1 | Simon M. Hamlin | Democratic | 1934 | Lost re-election Republican gain |
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Maine 2 | Edward C. Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 1932 | Retired Republican gain |
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Maine 3 | Ralph Owen Brewster | Republican | 1934 | Re-elected |
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MarylandEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Maryland 1 | T. Alan Goldsborough | Democratic | 1920 | Re-elected |
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Maryland 2 | William P. Cole, Jr. | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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Maryland 3 | Vincent Luke Palmisano | Democratic | 1926 | Re-elected |
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Maryland 4 | Ambrose Jerome Kennedy | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Maryland 5 | Stephen W. Gambrill | Democratic | 1924 | Re-elected |
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Maryland 6 | David J. Lewis | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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MassachusettsEdit
MichiganEdit
MinnesotaEdit
MississippiEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Mississippi 1 | John E. Rankin | Democratic | 1920 | Re-elected |
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Mississippi 2 | Wall Doxey | Democratic | 1928 | Re-elected |
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Mississippi 3 | William Madison Whittington | Democratic | 1924 | Re-elected |
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Mississippi 4 | Aaron L. Ford | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Mississippi 5 | Aubert C. Dunn | Democratic | 1934 | Retired Democratic hold |
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Mississippi 6 | William M. Colmer | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Mississippi 7 | Dan R. McGehee | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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MissouriEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Missouri 1 | Milton A. Romjue | Democratic | 1922 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 2 | William L. Nelson | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 3 | Richard M. Duncan | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 4 | C. Jasper Bell | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 5 | Joe Shannon | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 6 | Reuben T. Wood | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 7 | Dewey Short | Republican | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 8 | Clyde Williams | Democratic | 1930 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 9 | Clarence Cannon | Democratic | 1922 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 10 | Orville Zimmerman | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 11 | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Missouri 12 | James Robert Claiborne | Democratic | 1932 | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
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Missouri 13 | John J. Cochran | Democratic | 1926 | Re-elected |
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MontanaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Montana 1 | Joseph P. Monaghan | Democratic | 1932 | Retired to run for U. S. Senate Democratic hold |
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Montana 2 | Roy E. Ayers | Democratic | 1932 | Retired to run for Governor Democratic hold |
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NebraskaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Nebraska 1 | Henry Carl Luckey | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Nebraska 2 | Charles F. McLaughlin | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Nebraska 3 | Karl Stefan | Republican | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Nebraska 4 | Charles Gustav Binderup | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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Nebraska 5 | Harry B. Coffee | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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NevadaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Nevada at-large | James G. Scrugham | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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New HampshireEdit
In the 1st district, Republican Arthur B. Jenks was initially declared the winner, and sat in the House from January 1937 to June 1938, but Democrat Alphonse Roy successfully contested the election and served the remainder of the term before losing the 1938 election to Jenks.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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New Hampshire 1 | William Nathaniel Rogers | Democratic | 1932 | Retired to run for U. S. Senate Democratic hold |
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New Hampshire 2 | Charles W. Tobey | Republican | 1932 | Re-elected |
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New JerseyEdit
New MexicoEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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New Mexico at-large | John J. Dempsey | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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New YorkEdit
North CarolinaEdit
North DakotaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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North Dakota at-large | William Lemke | Republican | 1932 | Re-elected | nowrap |
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North Dakota at-large | Usher L. Burdick | Republican | 1934 | Re-elected |
OhioEdit
OklahomaEdit
OregonEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Oregon 1 | James W. Mott | Republican | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Oregon 2 | Walter M. Pierce | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Oregon 3 | William A. Ekwall | Republican | 1934 | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
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PennsylvaniaEdit
Rhode IslandEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Rhode Island 1 | Charles Risk | Republican | 1935 | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
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Rhode Island 2 | John M. O'Connell | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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South CarolinaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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South Carolina 1 | Thomas S. McMillan | Democratic | 1924 | Re-elected |
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South Carolina 2 | Hampton P. Fulmer | Democratic | 1920 | Re-elected |
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South Carolina 3 | John C. Taylor | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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South Carolina 4 | John J. McSwain | Democratic | 1920 | Retired Democratic hold |
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South Carolina 5 | James P. Richards | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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South Carolina 6 | Allard H. Gasque | Democratic | 1922 | Re-elected |
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South DakotaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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South Dakota 1 | Fred H. Hildebrandt | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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South Dakota 2 | Theodore B. Werner | Democratic | 1932 | Lost re-election Republican gain |
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TennesseeEdit
TexasEdit
UtahEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Utah 1 | Abe Murdock | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Utah 2 | J. W. Robinson | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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VermontEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Vermont at-large | Charles Albert Plumley | Republican | 1934 | Re-elected |
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VirginiaEdit
WashingtonEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Washington 1 | Marion Zioncheck | Democratic | 1932 | Died in office Democratic hold |
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Washington 2 | Monrad C. Wallgren | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Washington 3 | Martin F. Smith | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Washington 4 | Knute Hill | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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Washington 5 | Samuel B. Hill | Democratic | 1923 | Resigned June 25, 1936 to become member of the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals Democratic hold |
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Washington 6 | Wesley Lloyd | Democratic | 1932 | Died in office Democratic hold |
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West VirginiaEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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West Virginia 1 | Robert L. Ramsay | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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West Virginia 2 | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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West Virginia 3 | Andrew Edmiston, Jr. | Democratic | 1933 | Re-elected |
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West Virginia 4 | George William Johnson | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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West Virginia 5 | John Kee | Democratic | 1932 | Re-elected |
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West Virginia 6 | Joe L. Smith | Democratic | 1928 | Re-elected |
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WisconsinEdit
WyomingEdit
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Wyoming at-large | Paul R. Greever | Democratic | 1934 | Re-elected |
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ September 14, 1936, in Maine
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936" (PDF). February 18, 1998. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ "CNN Explains: How today's GOP has its roots in anti-slavery crusade - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014.