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1949 United States House of Representatives elections

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There were fivespecial elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1949, during the81st United States Congress.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 7	John J. Delaney	Democratic	1918(special)	Incumbent died November 18, 1948, during previous congress. New member elected February 15, 1949. Democratic hold.	▌YLouis B. Heller (Democratic) 54.8% ▌Francis E. Dorn (Republican) 38.7% ▌Minneola Ingersoll (American Labor) 6.5%
New York 20	Sol Bloom	Democratic	1923(special)	Incumbent died March 7, 1949. New member elected May 17, 1949. Liberal gain.	▌YFranklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (Liberal) 50.7% ▌Benjamin Shalleck (Democratic) 30.2% ▌William H. McIntyre (Republican) 12.5% ▌Annette Rubinstein (American Labor) 6.6%^[1]
Pennsylvania 26	Robert L. Coffey	Democratic	1948	Incumbent died April 20, 1949. New member elected September 13, 1949. Republican gain.	▌YJohn P. Saylor (Republican) 53.8% ▌Curry E. Coffey (Democratic) 46.2%
California 5	Richard J. Welch	Republican	1926(special)	Incumbent died September 10, 1949. New member elected November 8, 1949. Democratic gain.	▌YJohn F. Shelley (Democratic) 55.5% ▌Lloyd J. Cosgrove (Republican) 37.8% ▌Charles R. Garry (Democratic) 6.7%^[2]
New York 10	Andrew L. Somers	Democratic	1924	Incumbent died April 6, 1949. New member elected November 8, 1949. Democratic hold.	▌YEdna F. Kelly (Democratic) 55.1% ▌Jules Cohen (Liberal) 27.5% ▌George H. Fankuchen (Republican) 17.5%

Dubin, Michael (1998).United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 576.ISBN 0-7864-0283-0.

Elections spanning
two years
(through 1879)

Elections held
in a single year
(starting 1880)

Regulars and even-year specials	1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Odd-year specials	1881 1883 1885 1887 1889 1891 1893 1895 1897 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 1909 1911 1913 1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

Elections by state

Seat ratings

Speaker elections

Summaries

v t e (1948←) 1949 United States elections (→1950)
U.S. Senate	New York (special)
U.S. House	California 5th sp New York 7th sp 10th sp 20th sp Pennsylvania 26th sp
Governors	New Jersey Virginia
Mayors	Boston, MA Cleveland, OH Los Angeles, CA Manchester, NH New York City, NY Pittsburgh, PA
State-wide	California Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia

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