1914 United States House of Representatives elections

1914 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 64th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 3, 1914, while Maine held theirs on September 14. They were held in the middle of President Woodrow Wilson's first term.

1914 United States House of Representatives elections
November 3, 1914
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Champ Clark James Mann
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since March 4, 1909 March 4, 1911
Leader's seat Missouri 9th Illinois 2nd
Last election 291 seats 134 seats
Seats won 230 196
Seat change 61 62
Popular vote 5,808,254 5,903,308
Percentage 42.43% 43.12%
Swing 0.84% 4.21%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Progressive Socialist
Last election 10 seats 0 seats
Seats won 6 1
Seat change 4 1
Popular vote 1,096,530 626,492
Percentage 8.01% 4.58%
Swing 1.97% 3.35%
  Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Prohibition Independent
Last election 0 seats 0 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 232,285 77,188
Percentage 1.70% 0.56%
Swing 0.23% 0.25%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Progressive hold      Progressive gain
     Independent hold      Prohibition gain
     Socialist gain
Speaker before election

Champ Clark
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Champ Clark
Democratic

The opposition Republican Party had recovered from the split they underwent during the 1912 presidential election, and the party gained more than 60 seats from the Democratic Party, though not enough to regain control of the body. The burgeoning economy greatly aided Republicans, who pushed for pro-business principles and took credit for the success that had been reached in the industrial sector. Many progressive Republicans rejoined the Republican Party, but six remained under the Progressive Party banner in the new Congress. In addition, William Kent was re-elected in California's 1st congressional district as an independent, and two minor party candidates were elected: Charles H. Randall, a Prohibition Party member, in California's 9th congressional district; and Meyer London, a Socialist Party member, in New York's 12th congressional district.

This was one of two elections in the 20th century where Democrats won a House majority without winning a majority of votes, along with 1942.

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