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United States House elections, 1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940
United States
← 1938 November 5, 1940 1942 →

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
218 seats seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Rayburn-Sam-LOC.jpg SPEAKER JWMartin.jpg MerlinHull.jpg
Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin Merlin Hull
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Leader's seat Texas-4th Massachusetts-14th Wisconsin-9th
Last election 262 seats 169 seats 2 seats
Seats won 267 162 3
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 24,227,821 21,490,392 477,435
Percentage 51.4% 45.6% 1.0%
Swing Increase 2.7% Decrease 1.9% Steady

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Vito Marcantonio.jpg
Leader Vito Marcantonio Rich T. Buckler
Party American Labor Farmer–Labor
Leader's seat New York-20th Minnesota-9th
Last election 1 seat 1 seat
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 338,770 298,250
Percentage 0.7% 0.6%
Swing Steady Decrease 0.3%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic


Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

The 1940 United States House of Representatives elections coincided with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's re-election to an unprecedented third term. His Democratic Party narrowly gained seats from the opposition Republican Party, cementing their majority. However, the election gave firm control of the US House of Representatives and Senate to the New Dealers once again, as Progressives dominated the election.

The upswing in the economy that occurred following the Recession of 1937-38 encouraged voters that the New Deal plan had been working. This allowed the Democrats to stabilize their support.

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Three special elections were held apart from those in November. The elected winner would serve only the remainder of the incumbent Congress.

Several close allies of former governor Huey Long were defeated in primaries by reform candidates.


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