1946 United States House of Representatives elections explained

Election Name:1946 United States House of Representatives elections
Country:United States
Flag Year:1912
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1944 United States House of Representatives elections
Previous Year:1944
Next Election:1948 United States House of Representatives elections
Next Year:1948
Majority Seats:218
Election Date:November 5, 1946
Party1:Republican Party (US)
Image1:Forward to forty cry Republicans(cropped).jpg
Leader Since1:January 3, 1939
Last Election1:191 seats
Seats1:246
Seat Change1: 55
Popular Vote1:18,422,363
Percentage1:53.5%
Swing1: 6.4%
Party2:Democratic Party (US)
Leader Since2:September 16, 1940
Last Election2:242 seats
Seats2:188
Seat Change2: 54
Popular Vote2:15,491,113
Percentage2:45.0%
Swing2: 6.8%
Party4:American Labor Party
Last Election4:1 seat
Seats4:1
Popular Vote4:196,866
Percentage4:0.6%
Swing4: 0.3%
Party5:Wisconsin Progressive Party
Last Election5:1 seat
Seats5:0
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:44,930
Percentage5:0.1%
Swing5: 0.1%
Before Party:Democratic Party (US)
After Party:Republican Party (US)
Map Size:320px

The 1946 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 80th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 5, 1946, while Maine held theirs on September 9. November 1946 was 19 months after President Harry S. Truman assumed office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

While Democrats had controlled the House for 16 years since 1931 and Roosevelt had been elected to a record four terms in office, Truman did not garner the same support as the deceased president. The 1946 election resulted in Republicans picking up 55 seats to win majority control. Joseph Martin, Republican of Massachusetts, became Speaker of the House, exchanging places with Sam Rayburn, Democrat of Texas, who became the new Minority Leader. The Democratic defeat was the largest since they were trounced in the 1928 pro-Republican wave that brought Herbert Hoover to power. They also lost the Senate in the concurrent Senate elections.

The vote was largely seen as a referendum on Truman, whose approval rating had sunk to 32 percent[1] over the president's controversial handling of a wave of post-war labor strikes, including a United Auto Workers strike against Ford and General Motors in 1945, a United Mine Workers strike starting in April 1946, and a national railroad worker strike that began in May. Further damage resulted from the back-and-forth over whether to end wartime price controls, unpopular with the American business constituency, to handle shortages, particularly in meat and other foodstuffs. While Truman's early months in the White House had been plagued with questions of "What would Roosevelt do if he were alive?" Republicans now began to joke "What would Truman do if he were alive?" and "To err is Truman." However, the Republican majority was short-lived, as Democrats regained control of the House two years later.

Overall results

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2461188
RepublicanALDemocratic
PartyTotal
seats		ChangeSeat
percentage		Popular
vote		Vote
percentage
Republican Partyalign=right 246align=right 55align=right 56.5%align=right 18,422,363align=right 53.5%
Democratic Partyalign=right 188align=right 54align=right 43.2%align=right 15,491,113align=right 45.0%
American Labor Partyalign=right 1align=right align=right 0.2%align=right 196,866align=right 0.6%
Independentalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 77,425align=right 0.2%
Liberal Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 61,111align=right 0.2%
Prohibition Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 47,792align=right 0.1%
Socialist Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 38,307align=right 0.1%
J. Veterans Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 9,791align=right <0.1%
U. Citizens Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 5,688align=right <0.1%
Communist Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 3,408align=right <0.1%
Independent Voters Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 2,834align=right <0.1%
Veterans' Victory Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 2,208align=right <0.1%
Socialist Workers Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 1,936align=right <0.1%
Justice, Decency, Independence Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 1,865align=right <0.1%
Socialist Labor Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 980align=right <0.1%
Constitutional Government Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 890align=right <0.1%
No Foreign Loans Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 396align=right <0.1%
Workers Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 165align=right <0.1%
Progressive Democratic Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 141align=right <0.1%
$250 State Bonds Partyalign=right 0align=right align=right 0.0%align=right 115align=right <0.1%
Othersalign=right 0align=right 1align=right 0.0%align=right 44,930align=right 0.1%
Totalsalign=right 435align=right align=right 100.0%align=right 34,410,324align=right 100.0%
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Special elections

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives. In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1946 or before January 3, 1947; ordered by election date, then by district.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
James W. MottRepublican1932Incumbent died November 12, 1945.
New member elected January 18, 1946.
Republican hold.
Winner subsequently won re-election in November; see below.		nowrap
Joseph Wilson ErvinDemocratic1944Incumbent died December 25, 1945.
New member elected January 22, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently won re-election in November; see below.		nowrap
Clifton A. WoodrumDemocratic1922Incumbent resigned December 31, 1945, to become president of the American Plant Food Council.
New member elected January 22, 1946.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Robert RamspeckDemocratic1929 Incumbent resigned December 31, 1945.
New member elected February 12, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently lost renomination in November; see below.		nowrap
Samuel DicksteinDemocratic1922Incumbent resigned December 30, 1945.
New member elected February 19, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently won re-election in November; see below.		nowrap
J. Buell SnyderDemocratic1932Incumbent died February 24, 1946.
New member elected May 21, 1946.
Republican gain.
Winner subsequently retired; see below.		nowrap
Samuel A. WeissDemocratic1940Incumbent resigned January 7, 1946 to become judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
New member elected May 21, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently won re-election in November; see below.		nowrap
William O. BurginDemocratic1938Incumbent died April 11, 1946.
New member elected May 25, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently retired; see below.		nowrap
Luther Alexander JohnsonDemocratic1922Incumbent resigned July 17, 1946, after becoming judge of the United States Tax Court.
New member elected August 24, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently won re-election in November; see below.		nowrap
Jesús T. PiñeroPopular Democratic1944Incumbent resigned September 2, 1946 to become Governor of Puerto Rico..
New member elected September 11, 1946.
Popular Democratic hold.
Winner subsequently won re-election in November; see below.		nowrap
John W. MurphyDemocratic1942Incumbent resigned July 17, 1946, to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
New member elected November 5, 1946.
Republican gain.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.		nowrap
Thomas G. BurchDemocratic1930Incumbent resigned May 31, 1946, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate.
New member elected November 5, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.		nowrap
A. Willis RobertsonDemocratic1932Incumbent resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate.
New member elected November 5, 1946.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.		nowrap

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Frank W. BoykinDemocratic1935 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George M. GrantDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George W. AndrewsDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sam HobbsDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Albert RainsDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Pete JarmanDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Carter ManascoDemocratic1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John SparkmanDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.
Elected simultaneously to U.S. Senate.		nowrap
Luther PatrickDemocratic1944Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap

Arizona

See also: List of United States representatives from Arizona and 1946 United States Senate election in Arizona.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
John R. MurdockDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.
Richard F. HarlessDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.

Arkansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Ezekiel C. GathingsDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Wilbur MillsDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James William TrimbleDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William Fadjo CravensDemocratic1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Brooks HaysDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William F. NorrellDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Oren HarrisDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

California

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California.

See also: List of United States representatives from California.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Clarence F. LeaDemocratic1916Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clair EngleDemocratic1943 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
J. Leroy JohnsonRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Franck R. HavennerDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Richard J. WelchRepublican1926Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George P. MillerDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John H. TolanDemocratic1934Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Jack Z. AndersonRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Bertrand W. GearhartRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Alfred J. ElliottDemocratic1937 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George E. OutlandDemocratic1942Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Jerry VoorhisDemocratic1936Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Ned R. HealyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Helen Gahagan DouglasDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Gordon L. McDonoughRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Ellis E. PattersonDemocratic1944Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Cecil R. KingDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clyde DoyleDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Chet HolifieldDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John Carl HinshawRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harry R. SheppardDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John PhillipsRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Edouard IzacDemocratic1936Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap

Colorado

See also: List of United States representatives from Colorado.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Dean M. GillespieRepublican1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.		nowrap
William S. HillRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John ChenowethRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert F. RockwellRepublican1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Connecticut

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Herman P. KopplemannDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Chase G. WoodhouseDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
James P. GeelanDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Clare Boothe LuceRepublican1942Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Joseph E. TalbotRepublican1942Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Joseph F. RyterDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap

Delaware

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware.

Florida

See also: List of United States representatives from Florida.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
J. Hardin PetersonDemocratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Emory H. PriceDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Bob SikesDemocratic1940
1944
1974		Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Pat CannonDemocratic1938Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Joe HendricksDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Dwight L. RogersDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Georgia

See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Hugh PetersonDemocratic1934Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Edward E. CoxDemocratic1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Stephen PaceDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Albert Sidney CampDemocratic1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Helen Douglas MankinDemocratic1946 Incumbent lost renomination and then lost re-election as an Independent.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Carl VinsonDemocratic1914Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Malcolm C. TarverDemocratic1926Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
John S. GibsonDemocratic1940Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
John Stephens WoodDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Paul BrownDemocratic1933 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Idaho

See also: List of United States representatives from Idaho.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Compton I. WhiteDemocratic1932Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Henry DworshakRepublican1938Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Republican hold.		nowrap

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
William L. DawsonDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William A. RowanDemocratic1942Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Edward A. KellyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Martin GorskiDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Adolph J. SabathDemocratic1906Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thomas J. O'BrienDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William W. LinkDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Thomas S. GordonDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Alexander J. ResaDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Ralph E. ChurchRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Chauncey W. ReedRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Noah M. MasonRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Leo E. AllenRepublican1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Anton J. JohnsonRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert B. ChiperfieldRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Everett DirksenRepublican1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Leslie C. ArendsRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Jessie SumnerRepublican1938Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Rolla C. McMillenRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sid SimpsonRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George Evan HowellRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Melvin PriceDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles W. VursellRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Roy ClippingerRepublican1945 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
C. W. BishopRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Emily Taft DouglasDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap

Indiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Ray MaddenDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles A. HalleckRepublican1935 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert A. GrantRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George W. GillieRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Forest HarnessRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Noble J. JohnsonRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Gerald W. LandisRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles M. La FolletteRepublican1942Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Earl WilsonRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Raymond S. SpringerRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Louis LudlowDemocratic1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Iowa

See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Thomas E. MartinRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Henry O. TalleRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John W. GwynneRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Karl M. LeCompteRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Paul CunninghamRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James I. DolliverRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Ben F. JensenRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles B. HoevenRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Kansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Albert M. ColeRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Errett P. ScrivnerRepublican1943 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thomas Daniel WinterRepublican1938Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Edward Herbert ReesRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clifford R. HopeRepublican1926Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frank CarlsonRepublican1934Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
Republican hold.		nowrap

Kentucky

See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Noble Jones GregoryDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Earle ClementsDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Emmet O'NealDemocratic1934Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Frank ChelfDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Brent SpenceDemocratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Virgil ChapmanDemocratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Andrew J. MayDemocratic1930Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Joe B. BatesDemocratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John M. RobsionRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Louisiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
F. Edward HébertDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Paul H. MaloneyDemocratic1942Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
James R. DomengeauxDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Overton BrooksDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles E. McKenzieDemocratic1942Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
James H. MorrisonDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Henry D. Larcade Jr.Democratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
A. Leonard AllenDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Maine

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine.

See also: List of United States representatives from Maine.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Robert HaleRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Margaret Chase SmithRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frank FellowsRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Maryland

See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Dudley RoeDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Harry Streett BaldwinDemocratic1942Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.Democratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George Hyde FallonDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Lansdale SasscerDemocratic1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James Glenn BeallRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Massachusetts

See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
John W. HeseltonRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles R. ClasonRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Philip J. PhilbinDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Pehr G. HolmesRepublican1930Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.		nowrap
Edith Nourse RogersRepublican1925 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George J. BatesRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thomas J. LaneDemocratic1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Angier GoodwinRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles L. GiffordRepublican1922Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Christian HerterRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James Michael CurleyDemocratic1942Incumbent retired to become Mayor of Boston.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
John W. McCormackDemocratic1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Richard B. WigglesworthRepublican1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Joseph MartinRepublican1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Michigan

See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
George G. SadowskiDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Earl C. MichenerRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Paul W. ShaferRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clare HoffmanRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Bartel J. JonkmanRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William W. BlackneyRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Jesse P. WolcottRepublican1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Fred L. CrawfordRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Albert J. EngelRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Roy O. WoodruffRepublican1920Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frederick Van Ness BradleyRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frank Eugene HookDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
George D. O'BrienDemocratic1940Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Louis C. RabautDemocratic1934Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
John Dingell Sr.Democratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John Lesinski Sr.Democratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George A. DonderoRepublican1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Minnesota

See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
August H. AndresenRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Joseph P. O'HaraRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William GallagherDemocratic (DFL)1944Incumbent died August 13, 1946.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Frank StarkeyDemocratic (DFL)1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Walter JuddRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harold KnutsonRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
H. Carl AndersenRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William Alvin PittengerRepublican1938Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic (DFL) gain.		nowrap
Harold HagenRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Mississippi

See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
John E. RankinDemocratic1920Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Jamie WhittenDemocratic1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William Madison WhittingtonDemocratic1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thomas AbernethyDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
W. Arthur WinsteadDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William M. ColmerDemocratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Dan R. McGeheeDemocratic1934Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap

Missouri

See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Samuel W. ArnoldRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Max SchwabeRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William C. ColeRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
C. Jasper BellDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Roger C. SlaughterDemocratic1942Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Marion T. BennettRepublican1943 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Dewey ShortRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
A. S. J. CarnahanDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Clarence CannonDemocratic1922Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Orville ZimmermanDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John B. SullivanDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Walter C. PloeserRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John J. CochranDemocratic1926Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap

Montana

See also: List of United States representatives from Montana.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Mike MansfieldDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Wesley A. D'EwartRepublican1945 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Nebraska

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska.

See also: List of United States representatives from Nebraska.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Carl CurtisRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Howard BuffettRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Karl StefanRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Arthur L. MillerRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Nevada

See also: List of United States representatives from Nevada.

New Hampshire

See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Chester Earl MerrowRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sherman AdamsRepublican1944Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
Republican hold.		nowrap

New Jersey

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey.

See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Charles A. WolvertonRepublican1926Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
T. Millet HandRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James C. AuchinclossRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frank A. Mathews Jr.Republican1945 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles A. EatonRepublican1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clifford P. CaseRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
J. Parnell ThomasRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Gordon CanfieldRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harry Lancaster ToweRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Fred A. Hartley Jr.Republican1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frank SundstromRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert KeanRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Mary Teresa NortonDemocratic1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Edward J. HartDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

New Mexico

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico.

See also: List of United States representatives from New Mexico.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Antonio M. FernándezDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.
Clinton AndersonDemocratic1940Incumbent resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Democratic hold.

New York

See also: List of United States representatives from New York.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Edgar A. SharpRepublican1944Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Leonard W. HallRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Henry J. LathamRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William Bernard BarryDemocratic1935 Incumbent died October 20, 1946.
Republican gain.		nowrap
James A. RoeDemocratic1944Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.		nowrap
James J. DelaneyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
John J. DelaneyDemocratic1918
1918
1931 		Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Joseph L. PfeiferDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Eugene KeoghDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Andrew Lawrence SomersDemocratic1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James J. HeffernanDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John J. RooneyDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Donald L. O'TooleDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Leo F. RayfielDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Emanuel CellerDemocratic1922Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Ellsworth B. BuckRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Joseph C. BaldwinRepublican1941 Incumbent lost renomination and then lost re-election as third-party nominee.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Vito MarcantonioLabor1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Arthur George KleinDemocratic1946 (special)Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sol BloomDemocratic1923 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James H. TorrensDemocratic1944Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Democratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Walter A. LynchDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Benjamin J. RabinDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles A. BuckleyDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Peter A. QuinnDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Ralph W. GwinnRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Ralph A. GambleRepublican1937 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Augustus W. BennetRepublican1944Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Jay Le FevreRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Bernard W. KearneyRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William T. ByrneDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Dean P. TaylorRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clarence E. KilburnRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Hadwen C. FullerRepublican1943 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clarence E. HancockRepublican1927 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Edwin Arthur HallRepublican1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John TaberRepublican1922Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
W. Sterling ColeRepublican1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George F. RogersDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
James W. Wadsworth Jr.Republican1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Walter G. AndrewsRepublican1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Edward J. ElsaesserRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John Cornelius ButlerRepublican1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Daniel A. ReedRepublican1918Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

North Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Herbert Covington BonnerDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John H. KerrDemocratic1923 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Graham Arthur BardenDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harold D. CooleyDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John Hamlin FolgerDemocratic1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Carl T. DurhamDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
J. Bayard ClarkDemocratic1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Eliza Jane PrattDemocratic1946 (special)Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Robert L. DoughtonDemocratic1910Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sam ErvinDemocratic1946 (special)Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Alfred L. BulwinkleDemocratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Zebulon WeaverDemocratic1930Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap

North Dakota

See also: List of United States representatives from North Dakota.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
William LemkeRepublican-NPL1942Incumbent re-elected.
Charles R. RobertsonRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.

Ohio

See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Charles H. ElstonRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William E. HessRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Edward J. GardnerDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Robert Franklin JonesRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Cliff ClevengerRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Edward O. McCowenRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clarence J. BrownRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frederick C. SmithRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Homer A. RameyRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thomas A. JenkinsRepublican1924Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Walter E. BrehmRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John M. VorysRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Alvin F. WeichelRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Walter B. HuberDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Percy W. GriffithsRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William R. ThomDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
J. Harry McGregorRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Earl R. LewisRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Michael J. KirwanDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Michael A. FeighanDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert CrosserDemocratic1922Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frances P. BoltonRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George H. BenderRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Oklahoma

See also: List of United States representatives from Oklahoma.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
George B. SchwabeRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William G. StiglerDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Paul StewartDemocratic1942Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Lyle BorenDemocratic1936Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Mike MonroneyDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Jed JohnsonDemocratic1926Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Victor WickershamDemocratic1941 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Ross RizleyRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Oregon

See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
A. Walter NorbladRepublican1946 (special)Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Lowell StockmanRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Homer D. AngellRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harris EllsworthRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
William A. BarrettDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
William T. GranahanDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Michael J. BradleyDemocratic1936Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.		nowrap
John E. SheridanDemocratic1939 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
William J. Green Jr.Democratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Herbert J. McGlincheyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
James WolfendenRepublican1928Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Charles L. GerlachRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
J. Roland KinzerRepublican1930Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
John W. MurphyDemocratic1942Resigned to become judge of Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Republican gain.
Winner also elected to finish the term; see above.		nowrap
Daniel FloodDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Ivor D. FentonRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Daniel K. HochDemocratic1942Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Wilson D. GilletteRepublican1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert F. RichRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.Republican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Richard M. SimpsonRepublican1937 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John C. KunkelRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Leon H. GavinRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Francis E. WalterDemocratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Chester H. GrossRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
D. Emmert BrumbaughRepublican1943 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Carl Henry HoffmanRepublican1946 (special)Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Thomas E. MorganDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Louis E. GrahamRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harve TibbottRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Augustine B. KelleyDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert L. RodgersRepublican1938Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Howard E. CampbellRepublican1944Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.		nowrap
Robert J. CorbettRepublican1938
1940
1944		Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James G. FultonRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Herman P. EberharterDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Frank BuchananDemocratic1946 (special)Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Rhode Island

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island.

See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Aime ForandDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John E. FogartyDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

South Carolina

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.

See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
L. Mendel RiversDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John J. RileyDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Butler B. HareDemocratic1938Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Joseph R. BrysonDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
James P. RichardsDemocratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John L. McMillanDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

South Dakota

See also: List of United States representatives from South Dakota.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Karl MundtRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Francis CaseRepublican1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Tennessee

See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
B. Carroll ReeceRepublican1932Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.		nowrap
John JenningsRepublican1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Estes KefauverDemocratic1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Albert Gore Sr.Democratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Harold EarthmanDemocratic1944Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Percy PriestDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
W. Wirt CourtneyDemocratic1939 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Tom J. MurrayDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Jere CooperDemocratic1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Clifford DavisDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Texas

See also: List of United States representatives from Texas.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Wright PatmanDemocratic1928Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Jesse M. CombsDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Lindley BeckworthDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sam RayburnDemocratic1912Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Hatton W. SumnersDemocratic1914Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Luther A. JohnsonDemocratic1922Incumbent resigned when appointed to the U.S. Tax Court.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Tom PickettDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Albert ThomasDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Joseph J. MansfieldDemocratic1916Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic1937 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William R. PoageDemocratic1936Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Fritz G. LanhamDemocratic1919 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Ed GossettDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John E. Lyle Jr.Democratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Milton H. WestDemocratic1933 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
R. Ewing ThomasonDemocratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Sam M. RussellDemocratic1940Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
Eugene WorleyDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
George H. MahonDemocratic1934Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Paul J. KildayDemocratic1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
O. C. FisherDemocratic1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Utah

See also: List of United States representatives from Utah.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Walter K. GrangerDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
J. W. RobinsonDemocratic1932Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap

Vermont

See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont.

Virginia

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia.

See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
S. Otis BlandDemocratic1918Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Ralph Hunter DaughtonDemocratic1944Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.		nowrap
J. Vaughan GaryDemocratic1945 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Patrick H. DrewryDemocratic1920Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thomas G. BurchDemocratic1930Appointed to the U.S. Senate.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected to finish the term; see above.		nowrap
J. Lindsay AlmondDemocratic1946 (special)Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
A. Willis RobertsonDemocratic1932Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected to finish the term, see above.		nowrap
Howard W. SmithDemocratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John W. Flannagan Jr.Democratic1930Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Washington

See also: List of United States representatives from Washington.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Hugh De LacyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Henry M. JacksonDemocratic1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Charles R. SavageDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Hal HolmesRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Walt HoranRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John M. CoffeeDemocratic1936Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap

West Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Matthew M. NeelyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Jennings RandolphDemocratic1932Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Cleveland M. BaileyDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Hubert S. EllisRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John KeeDemocratic1932Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
E. H. HedrickDemocratic1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Wisconsin

See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
IncumbentPartyFirst elected
Lawrence H. SmithRepublican1941 Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Robert Kirkland HenryRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
William H. StevensonRepublican1940Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Thaddeus WasielewskiDemocratic1940Incumbent lost renomination and then lost re-election as an Independent.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Andrew BiemillerDemocratic1944Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Frank B. KeefeRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Reid F. MurrayRepublican1938Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
John W. ByrnesRepublican1944Incumbent re-elected.nowrap
Merlin HullProgressive1934Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.		nowrap
Alvin O'KonskiRepublican1942Incumbent re-elected.nowrap

Wyoming

See main article: 1946 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming.

See also: List of United States representatives from Wyoming.

Non-voting delegates

Alaska Territory

See also: List of United States representatives from Alaska.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: New Faces of 1946: An unpopular president. A war-weary people. In the midterm elections of 60 years ago, voters took aim at incumbents . William E. . Leuchtenburg . William E. Leuchtenburg . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052154/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/newfaces.html?c=y&page=2 . dead . March 20, 2012 . . . . November 2006 . 2 . May 12, 2009 . On October 14, scarcely more than three weeks before midterm elections, Truman bit the bullet. Even when his approval rating dropped to 32 percent, he had told reporters that controls were indispensable. On this night, however, speaking to the largest radio audience since the end of the war, Truman lashed out at "the few men in Congress who, in the service of selfish interests, have been determined for some time to wreck price controls no matter what the cost might be to our people." Then he stunned the nation by announcing that he was lifting controls on meat. With the lid off, prices skyrocketed. The New York Daily News headlined: PRICES SOAR, BUYERS SORE/STEERS JUMP OVER THE MOON. Brickbats flew at the president. "Brother," said Ohio's Clarence J. Brown, chair of the Republican Congressional Committee, "the tide is sweepin' our way." .

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