1956 United States House of Representatives elections explained

Election Name:	1956 United States House of Representatives elections
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1954 United States House of Representatives elections
Previous Year:	1954
Next Election:	1958 United States House of Representatives elections
Next Year:	1958
Majority Seats:	218
Election Date:	November 6, 1956
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
Image1:	Sam Rayburn.jpg
Leader Since1:	September 16, 1940
Last Election1:	232 seats
Seats1:	234
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	30,062,042
Percentage1:	51.2%
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
Swing1:	1.3%
Leader Since2:	January 3, 1939
Last Election2:	203 seats
Seats2:	201
Seat Change2:	2
Popular Vote2:	28,698,083
Percentage2:	48.7%
Swing2:	1.7%
Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)
After Party:	Democratic Party (US)
Map Size:	320px

The 1956 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 85th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 6, 1956, while Maine held theirs on September 10. They coincided with the re-election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

With no major national issues and the economic upswing of the 1950s in full force, voters generally chose to uphold the status quo, keeping the Republican president and the Democratic Congress.

Overall results

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234	201
Democratic	Republican

Party		Seats	Change	Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular Vote
	Democratic	234	2	53.8%	51.2%	30,062,042
	Republican	201	2	46.2%	48.7%	28,698,083
	Liberal	0		0.0%	0.1%	68,130
	Independent	0		0.0%	<0.1%	15,848
	Prohibition	0		0.0%	<0.1%	12,298
	Independent Teacher Veteran	0		0.0%	<0.1%	5,468
	Independent Veteran	0		0.0%	<0.1%	4,155
	Conservative	0		0.0%	<0.1%	4,066
	Constitution	0		0.0%	<0.1%	3,619
	Decency in Government	0		0.0%	<0.1%	2,459
	Progress Through Freedom	0		0.0%	<0.1%	2,246
	Socialist Labor	0		0.0%	<0.1%	2,217
	Socialist	0		0.0%	<0.1%	1,743
	Free Honest Elections	0		0.0%	<0.1%	466
	Socialist Workers	0		0.0%	<0.1%	303
	Social Democratic	0		0.0%	<0.1%	260
	American Third	0		0.0%	<0.1%	146
	Others	0		0.0%	<0.1%	2,194
Totals		435		100.0%	100.0%	58,885,743
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Special elections

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1956 or before January 3, 1957; ordered by election date.

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Member	Party	First elected
	Vera D. Buchanan		Democratic	1950		Incumbent died November 26, 1955. New member elected January 24, 1956. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Sidney A. Fine		Democratic	1950		Incumbent resigned January 2, 1956. New member elected February 7, 1956. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	William T. Granahan		Democratic	1944 1946 1948		Incumbent died May 25, 1956. New member elected November 6, 1956. Democratic hold.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	Armistead I. Selden Jr.		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Carl Elliott		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Robert E. Jones Jr.		Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George Huddleston Jr.		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	John Jacob Rhodes		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Stewart Udall		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	Oren Harris		Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Brooks Hays		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William F. Norrell		Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

See main article: 1956 United States House of Representatives elections in California.

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Hubert B. Scudder		Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Clair Engle		Democratic	1943	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John E. Moss		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William S. Mailliard		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John F. Shelley		Democratic	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John F. Baldwin Jr.		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John J. Allen Jr.		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George P. Miller		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	J. Arthur Younger		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles Gubser		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	J. Leroy Johnson		Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	B. F. Sisk		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles M. Teague		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Harlan Hagen		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	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
	Craig Hosmer		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Chet Holifield		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Vacant				John Carl Hinshaw (R) died August 5, 1956. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Edgar W. Hiestand		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Joseph F. Holt		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Clyde Doyle		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Glenard P. Lipscomb		Republican	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Patrick J. Hillings		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James Roosevelt		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Harry R. Sheppard		Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James B. Utt		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John Phillips		Republican	1942		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Bob Wilson		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Thomas J. Dodd		Democratic	1952		Retired to run for U. S. Senate. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Horace Seely-Brown Jr.		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Albert W. Cretella		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	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

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	William C. Cramer		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles E. Bennett		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Bob Sikes		Democratic	1940 1944 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Dante Fascell		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Syd Herlong		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Paul Rogers		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James A. Haley		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Donald Ray Matthews		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Prince Hulon Preston Jr.		Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	J. L. Pilcher		Democratic	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Tic Forrester		Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John Flynt		Democratic	1954	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
	Iris Faircloth Blitch		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Phillip M. Landrum		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Paul Brown		Democratic	1933	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Gracie Pfost		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Hamer H. Budge		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	William L. Dawson		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Barratt O'Hara		Democratic	1948 1950 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James C. Murray		Democratic	1954		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	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
	James Bowler		Democratic	1953	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 retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Timothy P. Sheehan		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles A. Boyle		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Marguerite S. Church		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Vacant				Chauncey W. Reed (R) died February 9, 1956. Republican hold.	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 retired. Republican hold.	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.	nowrap
	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
	Kenneth J. Gray		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Ray Madden		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles A. Halleck		Republican	1935	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Shepard Crumpacker		Republican	1950		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	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	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	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

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Fred Schwengel		Republican	1954	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 lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Ben F. Jensen		Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles B. Hoeven		Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	William H. Avery		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	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 retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Wint Smith		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Noble Jones Gregory		Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William Natcher		Democratic	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John M. Robsion Jr.		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frank Chelf		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Brent Spence		Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John C. Watts		Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Carl D. Perkins		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Eugene Siler		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	T. Ashton Thompson		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George S. Long		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Robert Hale		Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles P. Nelson		Republican	1948		Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Clifford McIntire		Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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 Fallon		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Richard Lankford		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	DeWitt Hyde		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Samuel Friedel		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	John W. Heselton		Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Edward Boland		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	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
	Torbert Macdonald		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Donald W. Nicholson		Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Laurence Curtis		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Tip O'Neill		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John W. McCormack		Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Dick Wigglesworth		Republican	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Joseph W. Martin Jr.		Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Thaddeus M. Machrowicz		Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George Meader		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	August E. Johansen		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Clare Hoffman		Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Gerald Ford		Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Donald Hayworth		Democratic	1954		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Jesse P. Wolcott		Republican	1930		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Alvin Morell Bentley		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Ruth Thompson		Republican	1950		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Elford Albin Cederberg		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Victor A. Knox		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John B. Bennett		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles Diggs		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Louis C. Rabaut		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John D. Dingell Jr.		Democratic	1955	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John Lesinski Jr.		Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Martha Griffiths		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George A. Dondero		Republican	1932		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	Coya Knutson		Democratic (DFL)	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Thomas Abernethy		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	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

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Frank M. Karsten		Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Thomas B. Curtis		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Leonor Sullivan		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George H. Christopher		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Richard Bolling		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William Raleigh Hull Jr.		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Dewey Short		Republican	1934		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	A. S. J. Carnahan		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Clarence Cannon		Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Paul C. Jones		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Morgan M. Moulder		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Lee Metcalf		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Orvin B. Fjare		Republican	1954		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Phil Weaver		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Jackson B. Chase		Republican	1954		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
	R. D. Harrison		Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Arthur L. Miller		Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Chester E. Merrow		Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Perkins Bass		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	Frank Thompson		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Harrison A. Williams		Democratic	1953		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	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 Sieminski		Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	T. James Tumulty		Democratic	1954		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	John J. Dempsey		Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.
	Antonio M. Fernández		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Stuyvesant Wainwright		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Steven Derounian		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frank J. Becker		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Henry J. Latham		Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Albert H. Bosch		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Lester Holtzman		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James J. Delaney		Democratic	1944 1946 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Victor Anfuso		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Eugene Keogh		Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Edna F. Kelly		Democratic	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Emanuel Celler		Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Francis E. Dorn		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Abraham J. Multer		Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John J. Rooney		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John H. Ray		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Adam Clayton Powell Jr.		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frederic Coudert Jr.		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James G. Donovan		Democratic	1950		Incumbent lost re-election as a Republican. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Arthur George Klein		Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired to run for New York Supreme Court. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Irwin D. Davidson		Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired to run for New York County Court of General Sessions. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Herbert Zelenko		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James C. Healey		Democratic	February 7, 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Isidore Dollinger		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles A. Buckley		Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Paul A. Fino		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Ralph A. Gamble		Republican	1937		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	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	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
	W. Sterling Cole		Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	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 R. Pillion		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Daniel A. Reed		Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Herbert C. Bonner		Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Lawrence H. Fountain		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Graham A. Barden		Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Harold D. Cooley		Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	R. Thurmond Chatham		Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Carl T. Durham		Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frank Ertel Carlyle		Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Charles B. Deane		Democratic	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Hugh Quincy Alexander		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Charles R. Jonas		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Woodrow W. Jones		Democratic	1950		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	George A. Shuford		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Usher L. Burdick		Republican-NPL	1948	Incumbent re-elected.
	Otto Krueger		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Gordon H. Scherer		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William E. Hess		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Paul F. Schenck		Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William 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 E. Betts		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Thomas L. Ashley		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Thomas A. Jenkins		Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Oliver P. Bolton		Republican	1952		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
	John M. Vorys		Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	A. David Baumhart Jr.		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William H. Ayres		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John E. Henderson		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frank T. Bow		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	J. Harry McGregor		Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Wayne 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
	Charles Vanik		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frances P. Bolton		Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William E. Minshall Jr.		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Page Belcher		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Ed Edmondson		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	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
	Victor Wickersham		Democratic	1948		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	A. Walter Norblad		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Sam Coon		Republican	1952		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Edith Green		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Harris Ellsworth		Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	William A. Barrett		Democratic	1944 1946 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Vacant				William T. Granahan (D) died May 25, 1956. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to finish the term; see above.	nowrap
	James A. Byrne		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	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 retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Paul B. Dague		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Joseph L. Carrigg		Republican	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Daniel Flood		Democratic	1944 1946 1948 1952 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	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 M. Quigley		Democratic	1954		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
	Frank M. Clark		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Thomas E. Morgan		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James G. Fulton		Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Herman P. Eberharter		Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Bob Corbett		Republican	1938 1940 1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Elmer J. Holland		Democratic	1942 1942 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

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

See main article: 1956 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	L. Mendel Rivers		Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John J. Riley		Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William J. B. Dorn		Democratic	1946 1948 1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Robert T. Ashmore		Democratic	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James P. Richards		Democratic	1932		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	John L. McMillan		Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Harold Lovre		Republican	1948		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	E. Y. Berry		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	Joe L. Evins		Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Vacant				Percy Priest (D) died October 12, 1956. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Ross Bass		Democratic	1954	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

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Wright Patman		Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Jack Brooks		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Brady P. Gentry		Democratic	1952		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Sam Rayburn		Democratic	1912	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Bruce Alger		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Olin E. Teague		Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John Dowdy		Democratic	1952	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
	Jim Wright		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Frank N. Ikard		Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John J. Bell		Democratic	1954		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Joe M. Kilgore		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	J. T. Rutherford		Democratic	1954	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
	Martin Dies Jr.		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Henry Aldous Dixon		Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William A. Dawson		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	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
	William M. Tuck		Democratic	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Dick Poff		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Burr Harrison		Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Howard W. Smith		Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	W. Pat Jennings		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Joel Broyhill		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Thomas Pelly		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Jack Westland		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	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
	Don Magnuson		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Bob Mollohan		Democratic	1952		Retired to run for Governor of West Virginia. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Harley O. Staggers		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Cleveland M. Bailey		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Maurice G. Burnside		Democratic	1954		Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Elizabeth Kee		Democratic	1951	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Robert Byrd		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	First elected
	Lawrence H. Smith		Republican	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Glenn Robert Davis		Republican	1947		Retired to run for U. S. Senate. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Gardner R. Withrow		Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Clement Zablocki		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Henry S. Reuss		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William Van Pelt		Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Melvin Laird		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	John W. Byrnes		Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Lester Johnson		Democratic	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Alvin O'Konski		Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Non-voting delegates

Alaska Territory

See also: List of United States representatives from Alaska.

See also

• 1956 United States elections
  • 1956 United States Senate elections
  • 1956 United States presidential election
  • 1956 United States gubernatorial elections
• 84th United States Congress
• 85th United States Congress