1960 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1960 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 1960, to elect members to serve in the 87th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of President John F. Kennedy and was the first house election to feature all 50 current U.S. states.

For related races, see 1960 United States elections.
1960 United States House of Representatives elections
November 8, 1960
All 437 seats in the United States House of Representatives
219 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sam Rayburn Charles Halleck
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 16, 1940 January 3, 1959
Leader's seat Texas 4th Indiana 2nd
Last election 283 seats 153 seats
Seats won 262 175
Seat change 21 22
Popular vote 35,125,032 28,750,866
Percentage 54.8% 44.8%
Swing 1.2% 1.2%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

There were 437 seats, the most in U.S. history: 435 from the reapportionment in accordance with the 1950 census, and one seat for each of the new states of Alaska and Hawaii.

Although Democrats retained control, it was the first time since 1908 that an incoming president's party lost seats in the House, which would not happen again until 1988.

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