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1908 United States House of Representatives elections

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House elections for the 61st U.S. Congress

1908 United States House of Representatives elections

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June 1, September 1, September 14, and November 3, 1908^[a]

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All 391 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives
196 seats 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	223 seats	167 seats
Seats won	219^[1]^[2]	172^[1]^[2]
Seat change	4	5
Popular vote	7,227,470	6,552,986
Percentage	50.05%	45.38%
Swing	0.01pp	1.81pp

	Third party

Party	Independent
Last election	1 seat^[b]
Seats won	0
Seat change	1
Popular vote	61,499
Percentage	0.43%
Swing

Speaker before election

Joseph Cannon
Republican

ElectedSpeaker

Joseph Cannon
Republican

The1908 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1908, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the1908 United States presidential election, whichWilliam Howard Taft won. Elections were held for all 391 seats of theUnited States House of Representatives, representing 46 states, to serve in the61st United States Congress.

Taft was not as popular as his predecessor,Theodore Roosevelt,^{[citation needed]} but won with Roosevelt's backing, and hisRepublican Party lost only a handful of seats to the oppositionDemocrats. 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 strongmiddle class presence.

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican
State	Type	Total seats	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	9		0
Arkansas	District	7	7		0
California	District	8	0		8
Colorado	District +at-large	3	3	3	0	3
Connecticut	District +at-large	5	0		5
Delaware	At-large	1	0		1
Florida	District	3	3		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		1
Illinois	District	25	6	1	19	1
Indiana	District	13	11	7	2	7
Iowa	District	11	1		10
Kansas	District	8	0		8
Kentucky	District	11	8	1	3	1
Louisiana	District	7	7		0
Maine^[c]	District	4	0		4
Maryland	District	6	3		3
Massachusetts	District	14	3		11
Michigan	District	12	0		12
Minnesota	District	9	1		8
Mississippi	District	8	8		0
Missouri	District	16	10	2	6	2
Montana	At-large	1	0		1
Nebraska	District	6	3	2	3	2
Nevada	At-large	1	1		0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		2
New Jersey	District	10	3	1	7	1
New York	District	37	11		26
North Carolina	District	10	7	3	3	3
North Dakota	District	2	0		2
Ohio	District	21	8	3	13	3
Oklahoma	District	5	2	2	3	2
Oregon^[c]	District	2	0		2
Pennsylvania	District	32	5	2	27	2
Rhode Island	District	2	0	1	2	1
South Carolina	District	7	7		0
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		2
Tennessee	District	10	8		2
Texas	District	16	16		0
Utah	At-large	1	0		1
Vermont^[c]	District	2	0		2
Virginia	District	10	9		1
Washington	District^[d]	3	0		3
West Virginia	District	5	0		5
Wisconsin	District	11	1	1	10	1
Wyoming	At-large	1	0		1
Total		391	172 44.0%	5	219 56.0%	5

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 25	George W. Smith	Republican	1902	Incumbent died November 30, 1907. New member elected February 15, 1908. Republican hold.	▌YNapoleon B. Thistlewood (Republican) 47.17% ▌William H. Warder (Democratic) 33.16% ▌Samuel T. Brush (Ind. Republican) 15.34% ▌Daniel W. Boone (Socialist) 4.33%^[3]
Alabama 2	Ariosto A. Wiley	Democratic	1900	Incumbent died June 17, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908 to finish his brother's term. Democratic hold.	▌YOliver C. Wiley (Democratic) Unopposed^[4]
Indiana 13	Abraham L. Brick	Republican	1898	Incumbent died April 7, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Democratic gain. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term;see below.	▌YHenry A. Barnhart (Democratic) 48.42% ▌Charles W. Miller (Republican) 47.69% ▌Thomas B. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.02% ▌John A. Snook (Socialist) 1.79%^[5]
Louisiana 1	Adolph Meyer	Democratic	1890	Incumbent died March 8, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term;see below.	▌YAlbert Estopinal (Democratic) 95.22% ▌Henry C. Warmoth (Republican) 4.78%^[6]
Maine 2	Charles E. Littlefield	Republican	1899(special)	Incumbent died September 30, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term;see below.	▌YJohn P. Swasey (Republican) Unopposed^[7]
Maine 4	Llewellyn Powers	Republican	1876 1878(lost) 1901(special)	Incumbent died July 28, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term;see below.	▌YFrank E. Guernsey (Republican) 67.70% ▌George M. Hanson (Democratic) 32.30%^[8]
New York 3	Charles T. Dunwell	Republican	1902	Incumbent died June 12, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term;see below.	▌YOtto G. Foelker (Republican) 50.28% ▌James P. Maher (Democratic) 41.68% ▌Elias B. Gordon (Independence) 4.02% ▌John T. Hill (Socialist) 4.02%^[9]
South Dakota at-large	William H. Parker	Republican	1906	Incumbent died June 26, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term;see below.	▌YEben Martin (Republican) 62.33% ▌W. W. Soule (Democratic) 37.67%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska Territory at-large	Thomas Cale	Independent	1906	Incumbent retired. New delegate elected August 11, 1908. Republican gain.	▌YJames Wickersham (Republican) 39.50% ▌Joseph Chilberg (Labor) 24.76% ▌John W. Corson (Republican) 22.22% ▌John Ronan (Democratic) 10.46% ▌John Clum (Unknown) 3.06%^[59]
Arizona Territory at-large
New Mexico Territory at-large	William Henry Andrews	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1908.	▌YWilliam Henry Andrews (Republican) 49.41% ▌Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Democratic) 48.72% ▌W. P. Metcalf (Socialist) 1.87%^[60]

v t e (1907 ←) 1908 United States elections (→ 1909)
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U.S. Senate	Alabama Florida Iowa Iowa (special) Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Maryland (special) Mississippi Pennsylvania Rhode Island (special) South Carolina (special) Utah Vermont Vermont (special)
U.S. House	Alabama 2nd sp Alaska Territory Arizona Territory Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Territory Idaho Illinois 25th sp Indiana 13th sp Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana 1st sp Maine 2nd sp 4th sp Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Territory New York 3rd sp North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota At-large sp Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
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State legislatures	Iowa Senate Massachusetts Senate
Mayors	Manchester, NH

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172	219
Democratic	Republican

House seats

Democratic			43.99%
Independent			0.26%
Republican			55.75%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 1	Robert B. Macon	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YRobert B. Macon (Democratic) 66.5% ▌ C.T. Bloodworth (Republican) 33.5%
Arkansas 2	Stephen Brundidge Jr.	Democratic	1896	Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Arkansas. Democratic hold.	▌YWilliam A. Oldfield (Democratic) 63.8% ▌ H. H. Myers (Republican) 36.2%
Arkansas 3	John C. Floyd	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJohn C. Floyd (Democratic) 59.9% ▌ W. T. Mills (Republican) 40.1%
Arkansas 4	William B. Cravens	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YWilliam B. Cravens (Democratic) 59.8% ▌ Edwin Mechem (Republican) 40.1%
Arkansas 5	Charles C. Reid	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YCharles C. Reid (Democratic) 66.1% ▌ Guy W. Caron (Republican) 33.9%
Arkansas 6	Joseph T. Robinson	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJoseph T. Robinson (Democratic) 100%
Arkansas 7	Robert M. Wallace	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YRobert M. Wallace (Democratic) 59.8% ▌ S. R. Young (Republican) 40.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[11]
California 1	William F. Englebright	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YWilliam F. Englebright (Republican) 54.1% ▌E. W. Holland (Democratic) 36.8% ▌D. N. Cunningham (Socialist) 7.6% ▌W. P. Fassett (Prohibition) 1.4%
California 2	Duncan E. McKinlay	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YDuncan E. McKinlay (Republican) 57.5% ▌W. K. Hays (Democratic) 38.5% ▌A. J. Gaylord (Socialist) 4.0%
California 3	Joseph R. Knowland	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJoseph R. Knowland (Republican) 64.1% ▌George W. Peckham (Democratic) 22.8% ▌Owen H. Philbrick (Socialist) 9.3% ▌John A. Sands (Independence) 2.1% ▌Thomas H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 1.7%
California 4	Julius Kahn	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJulius Kahn (Republican) 52.7% ▌James G. Maguire (Democratic) 42.9% ▌K. J. Doyle (Socialist) 4.0% ▌William N. Meserve (Prohibition) 0.3%
California 5	Everis A. Hayes	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YEveris A. Hayes (Republican) 49.1% ▌George A. Tracy (Democratic) 42.8% ▌E. H. Misner (Socialist) 6.3% ▌Walter E. Vail (Prohibition) 1.8%
California 6	James C. Needham	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJames C. Needham (Republican) 52% ▌Fred P. Feliz (Democratic) 38.7% ▌W. M. Pattison (Socialist) 5.6% ▌James W. Webb (Prohibition) 3.7%
California 7	James McLachlan	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJames McLachlan (Republican) 91.5% ▌Jud R. Rush (Democratic) 6.3% ▌A. R. Holston (Socialist) 1.1% ▌Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition) 1.0% ▌F. G. Hentig (Independence) 0.2%
California 8	Sylvester C. Smith	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YSylvester C. Smith (Republican) 55.7% ▌W. E. Shepherd (Democratic) 34.7% ▌Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 9.6%

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