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United States House of Representatives elections, 1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950
United States
← 1948 November 7, 1950 1952 →

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
218 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Rayburn-Sam-LOC.jpg SPEAKER JWMartin.jpg Vito Marcantonio.jpg
Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin Vito Marcantonio
Party Democratic Republican American Labor
Leader's seat Texas-4th Massachusetts-14th New York-18th (defeated)
Last election 263 seats 171 seats 1 seat
Seats won 235 199 0
Seat change Decrease 28 Increase 28 Decrease 1
Popular vote 19,991,683 19,735,173 225,368
Percentage 49.6% 48.9% 0.6%
Swing Decrease 3.0% Increase 3.5% Decrease 0.3%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic


Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1950 which occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term.

As the Korean War began and Truman's personal popularity plummeted for a second time during his presidency, his Democratic Party lost a net 28 seats to the Republican Party. This was the first election since 1908 where no third parties acquired any seats in the House.

Three special elections were held on dates other than in November.


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