United States House election, 1908

United States House of Representatives elections, 1908

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November 3, 1908

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All 391 seats to the United States House of Representatives
196 seats were needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Joseph Cannon	Champ Clark
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	Illinois-18th	Missouri-9th
Last election	224 seats	167 seats
Seats won	219	172
Seat change	5	5

Speaker before election

Joseph Cannon
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joseph Cannon
Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1908 were held for members of the 61st Congress, coinciding with the 1908 presidential election, which William Howard Taft won.

Taft was not as popular as his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, but won with Roosevelt's backing, and his Republican Party lost only a handful of seats to the opposition Democrats. Without any striking national issues, the Republicans were able to remain in control. Regional issues led to some changes in House membership, but new Democrats who were elected by dissatisfied industrial workers were balanced out by new Republicans who gained seats in districts with a strong middle class presence.

In 1908, three states, with 8 seats among them, held elections early:

This was the last year that Oregon held its congressional elections early.

Party abbreviations

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