1950 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 82nd United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1950, while Maine held theirs on September 11. These elections occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term.

1950 United States House of Representatives elections
November 7, 1950
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 16, 1940 January 3, 1939
Leader's seat Texas 4th Massachusetts 14th
Last election 263 seats 171 seats
Seats won 235 199
Seat change 28 28
Popular vote 19,991,683 19,735,173
Percentage 49.6% 48.9%
Swing 3.0% 3.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent American Labor
Last election 0 seats 1 seat
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 119,634 225,368
Percentage 0.3% 0.6%
Swing 0.2% 0.3%
Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

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.

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