1952 United States House of Representatives elections explained

Election Name:	1952 United States House of Representatives elections
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1950 United States House of Representatives elections
Previous Year:	1950
Next Election:	1954 United States House of Representatives elections
Next Year:	1954
Majority Seats:	218
Election Date:	November 4, 1952
Image1:	Forward to forty cry Republicans(cropped).jpg
Leader Since1:	January 3, 1939
Party1:	Republican Party (US)
Last Election1:	199 seats
Seats1:	221
Seat Change1:	22
Popular Vote1:	28,393,794
Percentage1:	49.3%
Swing1:	0.4%
Leader Since2:	September 16, 1940
Party2:	Democratic Party (US)
Last Election2:	235 seats
Seats2:	213
Seat Change2:	22
Popular Vote2:	28,642,537
Percentage2:	49.8%
Swing2:	0.2%
Party4:	Independent (US)
Last Election4:	1 seat
Seats4:	1
Popular Vote4:	111,780
Percentage4:	0.2%
Swing4:	0.1%
Map Size:	320px

Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)
After Party:	Republican Party (US)

The 1952 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 83rd United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 4, 1952, while Maine held theirs on September 8. This was the first election after the congressional reapportionment based on the 1950 census. It also coincided with the election of President Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower's Republican Party gained 22 seats from the Democratic Party, gaining a majority of the House. However, the Democrats had almost 250,000 more votes (0.4%) thanks to overwhelming margins in the Solid South, although this election did see the first Republican elected to the House from North Carolina since 1928,^[1] and the first Republicans elected from Virginia since 1930.^[2] It was also the last election when both major parties increased their share of the popular vote simultaneously, largely due to the disintegration of the American Labor Party and other third parties.

Outgoing President Harry Truman's dismal approval rating was one reason why his party lost its House majority. Also, continued uneasiness about the Korean War was an important factor. Joseph Martin (R-Massachusetts) became Speaker of the House, exchanging places with Sam Rayburn (D-Texas), who became the new Minority Leader.

This was the last time Republicans had control in the House of Representatives until 1994, despite the GOP controlling the Presidency for most of the next 4 decades, Democrats performed vastly superior in down-ballot elections, especially in the South, which had started to drift towards Republican Presidential candidates. As of, this is the last time the House changed partisan control during a presidential cycle and the last time both houses did so simultaneously. This marked one of two times in the 20th century that Republicans won a House majority without winning the popular vote, with the other time being in 1996.^[3]

Overall results

↓
221	1	213
Republican	I	Democratic

Party		Total seats	Seat change	Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular vote
	Democratic Party	align=right	213	align=right	22	align=right	49.0%	align=right	49.8%	align=right	28,642,537
	Republican Party	align=right	221	align=right	22	align=right	50.8%	align=right	49.3%	align=right	28,393,794
	Progressive Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	0.3%	align=right	145,171
	Liberal Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	0.2%	align=right	113,631
	Independents	align=right	1	align=right		align=right	0.2%	align=right	0.2%	align=right	111,780
	American Labor Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	0.2%	align=right	95,597
	Prohibition Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	0.1%	align=right	38,664
	People's Choice Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	8,853
	Socialist Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	4,892
	Increase Jobless Pay Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	3,432
	People's Rights Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	2,434
	Socialist Workers Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	1,750
	Square Deal Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	548
	Independent Citizens Committee	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	247
	Socialist Labor Party	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	177
	Others	align=right	0	align=right		align=right	0.0%	align=right	<0.1%	align=right	7,233
Totals		align=right	435	align=right		align=right	100.0%	align=right	100.0%	align=right	57,570,740
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Special elections

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives. Four special elections were held to finish terms in the 82nd United States Congress, which would end January 3, 1953.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
	T. Vincent Quinn		Democratic	1948		Incumbent resigned December 30, 1951. New member elected February 19, 1952. Republican gain. Winner lost re-election in November.	nowrap
	William T. Byrne		Democratic	1944		Incumbent died January 27, 1952. New member elected April 1, 1952. Democratic hold. Winner won re-election in November.	nowrap
	John A. Whitaker		Democratic	1948		Incumbent died December 15, 1951. New member elected August 2, 1952. Democratic hold. Winner won re-election in November.	nowrap
	Tom Pickett		Democratic	1944		Incumbent resigned June 30, 1952. New member elected September 23, 1952. Democratic hold. Winner won re-election in November.	nowrap

Alabama

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Frank W. Boykin	Democratic	1935	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George M. Grant	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George W. Andrews	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Kenneth A. Roberts	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert Rains	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward deGraffenried	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Carl Elliott	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert E. Jones Jr.	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Laurie C. Battle	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Arizona

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	John R. Murdock		Democratic	1936		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Harold Patten		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Arkansas

Arkansas lost one seat in reapportionment leaving it with 6; the existing 4th district along the western edge of the state lost some of its territory to the 3rd district in the northwest, and the rest was merged with the 7th district in the south, with minor changes to other districts.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ezekiel C. Gathings	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wilbur Mills	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James William Trimble	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Boyd Anderson Tackett	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Arkansas. Democratic loss.
Oren Harris	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.
Brooks Hays	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William F. Norrell	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

California

Seven new seats were added in reapportionment, increasing the delegation from 23 to 30 seats. Two of the new seats were won by Democrats, and five by Republicans. One Republican and one Democratic incumbents lost re-election, and a retiring Democrat was replaced by a Republican. Overall, therefore, Democrats gained one seat and Republicans gained 7.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Hubert B. Scudder	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clair Engle	Democratic	1943	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Franck R. Havenner	Democratic	1936/1944		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
John F. Shelley	Democratic	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap
John J. Allen Jr.	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
Jack Z. Anderson	Republican	1938		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
J. Leroy Johnson	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Allan O. Hunter	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ernest K. Bramblett	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas H. Werdel	Republican	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Gordon L. McDonough	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Donald L. Jackson	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Cecil R. King	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Carl Hinshaw	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
Clyde Doyle	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Norris Poulson	Republican	1932/1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Patrick J. Hillings	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sam Yorty	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
John Phillips	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clinton D. McKinnon	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican gain.	nowrap

Colorado

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Byron G. Rogers	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William S. Hill	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Chenoweth	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wayne N. Aspinall	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Connecticut

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Abraham Ribicoff	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Horace Seely-Brown Jr.	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John A. McGuire	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Albert P. Morano	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James T. Patterson	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Antoni Sadlak	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Delaware

Florida

Florida was redistricted from 6 districts to 8, splitting the area around Sarasota out from the Tampa-St. Petersburg based 1st district, and splitting Gainesville out from the Jacksonville-based 2nd district.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Chester B. McMullen	Democratic	1950		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Charles E. Bennett	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bob Sikes	Democratic	1940 1944 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Lantaff	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Syd Herlong	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dwight L. Rogers	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Georgia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Prince Hulon Preston Jr.	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward E. Cox	Democratic	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tic Forrester	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert Sidney Camp	Democratic	1939	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James C. Davis	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carl Vinson	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henderson Lovelace Lanham	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William M. Wheeler	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Stephens Wood	Democratic	1944		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Paul Brown	Democratic	1933	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Idaho

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	John Travers Wood		Republican	1950		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Hamer H. Budge		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Illinois

Illinois lost one seat, redistricting from 26 to 25 districts. No changes were made to the Chicago area districts, but the downstate districts were broadly reorganized, forcing incumbents Peter F. Mack Jr. (Democratic) and Edward H. Jenison (Republican) into the same district.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
William L. Dawson	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard B. Vail	Republican	1950		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Fred E. Busbey	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William E. McVey	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John C. Kluczynski	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas J. O'Brien	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Adolph J. Sabath	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas S. Gordon	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard W. Hoffman	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Timothy P. Sheehan	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edgar A. Jonas	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Marguerite S. Church	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Chauncey W. Reed	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Noah M. Mason	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leo E. Allen	Republican	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leslie C. Arends	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold H. Velde	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert B. Chiperfield	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sid Simpson	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Peter F. Mack Jr.	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.
Edward H. Jenison	Republican	1946			Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
William L. Springer	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles W. Vursell	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Melvin Price	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
C. W. Bishop	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Indiana

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ray Madden	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles A. Halleck	Republican	1935	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Shepard Crumpacker	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
E. Ross Adair	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John V. Beamer	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Cecil M. Harden	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William G. Bray	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Winfield K. Denton	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Earl Wilson	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ralph Harvey	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles B. Brownson	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Iowa

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Thomas E. Martin	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henry O. Talle	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
H. R. Gross	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Karl M. LeCompte	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul Cunningham	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James I. Dolliver	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ben F. Jensen	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles B. Hoeven	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Kansas

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Albert M. Cole	Republican	1944		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Errett P. Scrivner	Republican	1943	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Myron V. George	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward Herbert Rees	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clifford R. Hope	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wint Smith	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Kentucky

Kentucky lost one seat at reapportionment, and redistricted from 9 districts to 8, adjusting boundaries across the state and dividing the old 8th up among its neighbors.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Noble Jones Gregory	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Garrett Withers	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thruston Ballard Morton	Republican	1946		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Frank Chelf	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Brent Spence	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.
Joe B. Bates	Democratic	1930			Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
John C. Watts	Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carl D. Perkins	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James S. Golden	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Louisiana

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
F. Edward Hébert	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hale Boggs	Democratic	1940 1942 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edwin E. Willis	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Overton Brooks	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Otto Passman	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James H. Morrison	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henry D. Larcade Jr.	Democratic	1942		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
A. Leonard Allen	Democratic	1936		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Maine

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Robert Hale	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles P. Nelson	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clifford McIntire	Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Maryland

Maryland redistricted from 6 to 7 seats, transferring territory from the 2nd to the 3rd and 4th and to a new 7th seat in the Baltimore suburbs.^[4]

, this was the last time the Republican Party held a majority of congressional districts from Maryland.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Edward T. Miller	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James Devereux	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward Garmatz	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George Hyde Fallon	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lansdale Sasscer	Democratic	1939		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican gain.	nowrap
J. Glenn Beall	Republican	1942		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Massachusetts

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John W. Heselton	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Foster Furcolo	Democratic	1948		Incumbent resigned when appointed Treasurer. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Philip J. Philbin	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold Donohue	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edith Nourse Rogers	Republican	1925	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William H. Bates	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas J. Lane	Democratic	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Angier Goodwin	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Donald W. Nicholson	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Christian Herter	Republican	1942		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts. Republican hold.	nowrap
John F. Kennedy	Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
John W. McCormack	Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard B. Wigglesworth	Republican	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph W. Martin Jr.	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Michigan

Michigan added one seat, and divided the 17th district to form an 18th district, leaving boundaries otherwise unchanged.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George Meader	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul W. Shafer	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clare Hoffman	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gerald Ford	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William W. Blackney	Republican	1938		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Jesse P. Wolcott	Republican	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Fred L. Crawford	Republican	1934		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	nowrap
Ruth Thompson	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Roy O. Woodruff	Republican	1920		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Charles E. Potter	Republican	1947		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.	nowrap
John B. Bennett	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George D. O'Brien	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Louis C. Rabaut	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Dingell Sr.	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Lesinski Jr.	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
George A. Dondero	Republican	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Minnesota

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
August H. Andresen	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph P. O'Hara	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Roy Wier	Democratic (DFL)	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Eugene McCarthy	Democratic (DFL)	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter Judd	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Fred Marshall	Democratic (DFL)	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
H. Carl Andersen	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Blatnik	Democratic (DFL)	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold Hagen	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Mississippi

Mississippi lost 1 seat in reapportionment and redistricted from 7 seats to 6; in addition to other boundary adjustments a substantial portion of the old 4th district was moved into the 1st, and 4th district incumbent Abernethy defeated 1st district incumbent Rankin in the Democratic primary.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John E. Rankin	Democratic	1920		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
Thomas Abernethy	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.
Jamie Whitten	Democratic	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank E. Smith	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Bell Williams	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
W. Arthur Winstead	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William M. Colmer	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Missouri

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Frank M. Karsten	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas B. Curtis	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Claude I. Bakewell	Republican	1951		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Leonard Irving	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Richard Bolling	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Phil J. Welch	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Missouri. Republican gain.	nowrap
Dewey Short	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.
Orland K. Armstrong	Republican	1950			Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
A. S. J. Carnahan	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence Cannon	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.
Clare Magee	Democratic	1948			Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
Paul C. Jones	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Morgan M. Moulder	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Montana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Mike Mansfield		Democratic	1942		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Wesley A. D'Ewart		Republican	1945	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Nebraska

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Carl Curtis	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Howard Buffett	Republican	1950		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Robert Dinsmore Harrison	Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Arthur L. Miller	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Nevada

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Chester Earl Merrow		Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Norris Cotton		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

New Jersey

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Charles A. Wolverton	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
T. Millet Hand	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James C. Auchincloss	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles R. Howell	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles A. Eaton	Republican	1924		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Clifford P. Case	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William B. Widnall	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gordon Canfield	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank C. Osmers Jr.	Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Peter W. Rodino	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hugh J. Addonizio	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert Kean	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alfred Dennis Sieminski	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward J. Hart	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

New Mexico

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	John J. Dempsey		Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap rowspan=2
	Antonio M. Fernández		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.

New York

New York redistricted from 45 seats to 43, losing a seat in Long Island and another upstate.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ernest Greenwood	Democratic	1950		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Leonard W. Hall	Republican	1938		Incumbent retired to run for Nassau County surrogate. Republican hold.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
Henry J. Latham	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
L. Gary Clemente	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Robert Tripp Ross	Republican	February 19, 1952 (special)		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
James J. Delaney	Democratic	1944 1946 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	1950		Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
Louis B. Heller	Democratic	1949	Incumbent re-elected.
Eugene James Keogh	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edna F. Kelly	Democratic	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	1940		Incumbent retired. Republican gain.
Donald L. O'Toole	Democratic	1936		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.
Abraham J. Multer	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John J. Rooney	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James J. Murphy	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frederic René Coudert Jr.	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James G. Donovan	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Arthur George Klein	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.	Democratic	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jacob Javits	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sidney A. Fine	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Isidore Dollinger	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Christopher C. McGrath	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired to run for Bronx County surrogate. Republican gain.	nowrap
Ralph A. Gamble	Republican	1937	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ralph W. Gwinn	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Katharine St. George	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Ernest Wharton	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leo W. O'Brien	Democratic	1952 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dean P. Taylor	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bernard W. Kearney	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence E. Kilburn	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William R. Williams	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
R. Walter Riehlman	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Taber	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edwin Arthur Hall	Republican	1939		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.
W. Sterling Cole	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.
Kenneth Keating	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold C. Ostertag	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William E. Miller	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edmund P. Radwan	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Cornelius Butler	Republican	1950		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	nowrap
Daniel A. Reed	Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

North Carolina

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Herbert Covington Bonner	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John H. Kerr	Democratic	1923		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Graham Arthur Barden	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold D. Cooley	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
R. Thurmond Chatham	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carl T. Durham	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank Ertel Carlyle	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles B. Deane	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert L. Doughton	Democratic	1910		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Hamilton C. Jones	Democratic	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Woodrow W. Jones	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Monroe Minor Redden	Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap

North Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Usher L. Burdick		Republican-NPL	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap rowspan=2
	Fred G. Aandahl		Republican	1950		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.

Ohio

Ohio's representation was not changed at reapportionment, but redistricted its at-large district into a 23rd district and also removed the 11th district in south Ohio, creating two new districts around Cleveland.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Charles H. Elston	Republican	1938		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
William E. Hess	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul F. Schenck	Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Moore McCulloch	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Cliff Clevenger	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James G. Polk	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence J. Brown	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jackson Edward Betts	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frazier Reams	Independent	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas A. Jenkins	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.
Walter E. Brehm	Republican	1942			Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
John M. Vorys	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alvin F. Weichel	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William H. Ayres	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert T. Secrest	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank T. Bow	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Harry McGregor	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wayne L. Hays	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Michael J. Kirwan	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Michael A. Feighan	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert Crosser	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frances P. Bolton	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George H. Bender	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Oklahoma

Oklahoma was reapportioned from 8 seats to 6 and eliminated the 7th and 8th districts, moving most of their territory into the 1st and 6th and expanding other districts to compensate.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Vacant			George B. Schwabe (R) died April 2, 1952. Republican loss.
Page Belcher	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.
Vacant			William G. Stigler (D) died August 21, 1952 Democratic hold.	nowrap
Carl Albert	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Steed	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Jarman	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Toby Morris	Democratic	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
Victor Wickersham	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.

Oregon

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
A. Walter Norblad	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lowell Stockman	Republican	1942		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Homer D. Angell	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harris Ellsworth	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania redistricted from 33 districts to 30, eliminating 1 district in northeastern Pennsylvania and 2 in southwestern Pennsylvania.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
William A. Barrett	Democratic	1944 1946 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William T. Granahan	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hardie Scott	Republican	1946		Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Earl Chudoff	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William J. Green Jr.	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hugh Scott	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Benjamin F. James	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Karl C. King	Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul B. Dague	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harry P. O'Neill	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.
Joseph L. Carrigg	Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.
Daniel Flood	Democratic	1944 1946 1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Ivor D. Fenton	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George M. Rhodes	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Francis E. Walter	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter M. Mumma	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alvin Bush	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard M. Simpson	Republican	1937	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James F. Lind	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
James E. Van Zandt	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Augustine B. Kelley	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John P. Saylor	Republican	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leon H. Gavin	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carroll D. Kearns	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Louis E. Graham	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas E. Morgan	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.
Edward L. Sittler Jr.	Republican	1950			Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
James G. Fulton	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Herman P. Eberharter	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.
Harmar D. Denny Jr.	Republican	1950			Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
Robert J. Corbett	Republican	1938 1940 1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Vera Buchanan	Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Aime Forand		Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John E. Fogarty		Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

South Carolina

See main article: 1952 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
L. Mendel Rivers	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John J. Riley	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Jennings Bryan Dorn	Democratic	1946 1948 1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph R. Bryson	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James P. Richards	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John L. McMillan	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

South Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Harold Lovre		Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Ellis Yarnal Berry		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Tennessee

Tennessee lost one seat in reapportionment, and divided the old 4th district between the old 5th and 7th districts, with other minor boundary changes.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
B. Carroll Reece	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Howard Baker Sr.	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James B. Frazier Jr.	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert Gore Sr.	Democratic	1938		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic loss.
Joe L. Evins	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.
Percy Priest	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James Patrick Sutton	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom J. Murray	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jere Cooper	Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clifford Davis	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Texas

Texas gained one seat, adding it as an at-large district instead of redistricting.^[4]

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Wright Patman	Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jesse M. Combs	Democratic	1944		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Lindley Beckworth	Democratic	1938		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Sam Rayburn	Democratic	1912	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph Franklin Wilson	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Olin E. Teague	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Dowdy	Democratic	1952 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert Thomas	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clark W. Thompson	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Homer Thornberry	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William R. Poage	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wingate H. Lucas	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank N. Ikard	Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John E. Lyle Jr.	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Kenneth M. Regan	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Omar Burleson	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter E. Rogers	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George H. Mahon	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul J. Kilday	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
O. C. Fisher	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Utah

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Walter K. Granger		Democratic	1940		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Reva Beck Bosone		Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap

Vermont

Virginia

Virginia gained one seat, adding a new district in the DC suburbs and making boundary adjustments elsewhere.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Edward J. Robeson Jr.	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Porter Hardy Jr.	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Vaughan Gary	Democratic	1945	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Watkins Abbitt	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas B. Stanley	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence G. Burton	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Burr Harrison	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Howard W. Smith	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas B. Fugate	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap

Washington

Washington gained one seat at reapportionment, adding it as an at-large district instead of redistricting.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Hugh B. Mitchell	Democratic	1948		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Washington. Republican gain.	nowrap
Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	1940		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican gain.	nowrap
Russell V. Mack	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hal Holmes	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walt Horan	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thor C. Tollefson	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap

West Virginia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Robert L. Ramsay	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Harley O. Staggers	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Cleveland M. Bailey	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Maurice G. Burnside	Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
Elizabeth Kee	Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
E. H. Hedrick	Democratic	1944		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of West Virginia. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Wisconsin

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Lawrence H. Smith	Republican	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Glenn Robert Davis	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gardner R. Withrow	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clement J. Zablocki	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles J. Kersten	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Van Pelt	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Vacant			Reid F. Murray (R) died April 29, 1952. Republican hold.	nowrap
John W. Byrnes	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Merlin Hull	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alvin E. O'Konski	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

Alaska Territory

Hawaii Territory

Notes and References

Book: Fleer, Jack D. . North Carolina Politics: An Introduction . . 1968 . 0807810673 . 142.
Book: Atkinson, Frank B. . The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-Party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980 . George Mason University Press . September 1993 . 0913696390 . 60–61.
News: 2020 House Overview: Can Democrats Keep Their Majority?. The Cook Political Report. Wasserman. David. March 1, 2019. September 18, 2021.
Book: Martis , Kenneth C. . 1982 . The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–1983 . The Free Press . 0-02-920150-0.