United States House election, 1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928

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November 6, 1928

1930 →

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Nicholas Longworth	John Nance Garner
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	Ohio 1st	Texas-15th
Last election	238 seats	194 seats
Seats won	270	164
Seat change	32	30

	Third party

Party	Farmer–Labor
Last election	2 seats
Seats won	1
Seat change	1

Speaker before election

Nicholas Longworth
Republican

Elected Speaker

Nicholas Longworth
Republican

The 1928 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1928 which coincided with the election of President Herbert Hoover.

The strong economy gave Hoover's Republican Party victory in the election, picking up 32 House seats, almost all from the opposition Democratic Party, and increasing their majority. The big business-supported wing of the Republican Party continued to cement control. Republican gains proved larger than anticipated during this election cycle, as an internal party feud over the Prohibition issue weakened the Democratic standing. Losses of several rural, Protestant Democratic seats can be somewhat linked to anti-Catholic sentiments directed toward the party's presidential candidate, Al Smith.

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

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