United States House of Representatives elections, 1956

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November 6, 1956

1958 →

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

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Sam Rayburn	Joseph Martin
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Texas-4th	Massachusetts-14th
Last election	232 seats	203 seats
Seats won	234	201
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	30,062,042	28,698,083
Percentage	51.2%	48.7%
Swing	1.3%	1.7%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

The 1956 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1956 which coincided with the re-election of President Dwight Eisenhower.

With no major national issues and the economic upswing of the 1950s in full force, voters generally chose to uphold the status quo. Notable freshmen included future Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern (D-S.D.) as well as future House Minority Leader Bob Michel.

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