List of United States House of Representatives elections (1856–present) explained

This provides a summary of the results of elections to the United States House of Representatives from the elections held in 1856 to the present. This time period corresponds to the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Party Systems of the United States. For the purposes of counting partisan divisions in the U.S. House of Representatives, "Independent Democrats", "Independent Republicans", and other members loosely affiliated with the two main parties have been included in the "Democrat" and "Republican" member tallies in the table below, though the details of such are included in the accompanying 'Notes'. Parties with a majority, or which controlled the U.S. House of Representatives after the election, are shown in bold.

Summary of the 1856–present United States House of Representatives elections^[1]

Election year	Democrats		Republicans		Other parties			Total apportionment
	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Populist	Independents	Others
	1856	133	+50	90	–10	–	–	14	237
	1858	98	–35	116	+26	–	–	24	238
	1860	45	–53	108	–8	–	–	30	183
	1862	72	+27	87	–21	–	–	25	184
	1864	38	–34	137	+50	–	–	18	193
	1866	47	+9	175	+38	–	–	4	226
	1868	67	+20	171	–4	–	–	5	243
	1870	104	+37	139	–32	–	–	–	243
	1872	89	–15	203	+44	–	–	–	292
	1874	183	+94	106	–97	–	4	–	293
	1876	157	–26	136	+30	–	–	–	293
	1878	148	–9	132	–4	–	–	13	293
	1880	131	–17	151	+19	–	1	10	293
	1882	199	+68	118	–33	–	2	6	325
	1884	183	–16	141	+23	–	–	1	325
	1886	167	–16	154	+13	–	1	3	325
	1888	152	–15	179	+25	–	–	1	332
	1890	238	+86	86	–93	8	–	–	332
	1892	220	–18	124	+38	11	–	1	356
	1894	93	–127	254	+130	9	–	1	357
	1896	124	+31	210	–44	22	–	1	357
	1898	161	+37	189	–21	6	–	1	357
	1900	151	–10	201	+12	5	–	–	357
	1902	176	+25	210	+9	–	–	–	386
	1904	135	–41	251	+41	–	–	–	386
	1906	167	+32	224	–27	–	–	–	391
	1908	172	+5	219	–5	–	–	–	391
	1910	230	+58	163	–56	–	–	1	394
	1912	291	+61	134	–29	–	1	9	435
	1914	230	–61	196	+62	–	1	8	435
1916	214	–16	216	+20	–	–	5	435
	1918	192	–22	240	+24	–	1	2	435
	1920	131	–61	303	+63	–	–	1	435
	1922	207	+76	225	–78	–	–	3	435
	1924	183	–24	247	+22	–	–	5	435
	1926	194	+11	238	–9	–	–	3	435
	1928	164	–30	270	+32	–	–	1	435
1930	216	+52	218	–52	–	–	1	435
	1932	313	+97	117	–101	–	–	5	435
	1934	322	+9	103	–14	–	–	10	435
	1936	334	+12	88	–15	–	–	13	435
	1938	262	–72	169	+81	–	–	4	435
	1940	268	+6	162	–7	–	–	5	435
	1942	222	–46	209	+47	–	–	4	435
	1944	244	+22	189	–20	–	–	2	435
	1946	188	–56	246	+57	–	–	1	435
	1948	263	+75	171	–75	–	–	1	435
	1950	235	–28	199	+28	–	1	–	435
	1952	213	–22	221	+22	–	1	–	435
	1954	232	+19	203	–18	–	–	–	435
	1956	232	0	203	0	–	–	–	435
	1958	283	+51	153	–50	–	–	–	436
	1960	264	–19	173	+20	–	–	–	437
	1962	259^[2]	–5	176	+3	–	–	–	435
	1964	295	+36	140	–36	–	–	–	435
	1966	248	–47	187	+47	–	–	–	435
	1968	243	–5	192	+5	–	–	–	435
	1970	255	+12	180	–12	–	–	–	435
	1972	243	–12	192	+12	–	–	–	435
	1974	291	+48	144	–48	–	–	–	435
	1976	292	+1	143	–1	–	–	–	435
	1978	277^[3]	–15	158	+15	–	–	–	435
	1980	243	–34	192	+34	–	–	–	435
	1982	269	+26	166	–26	–	–	–	435
	1984	253^[4]	–16	182	+16	–	–	–	435
	1986	258	+5	177	–5	–	–	–	435
	1988	260^[5]	+2	175	–2	–	–	–	435
	1990	267	+7	167	–8	–	1	–	435
	1992	258	–9	176	+9	–	1	–	435
	1994	204^[6]	–54	230	+54	–	1	–	435
	1996	206^[7]	+2	228	–2	–	1	–	435
	1998	211	+5	223	–5	–	1	–	435
	2000	212^[8]	+1	221	–2	–	2	–	435
	2002	205	–7	229	+8	–	1	–	435
	2004	202^[9]	–3	232	+3	–	1	–	435
	2006	233	+31	202	–30	–	–	–	435
	2008	257	+24	178	–24	–	–	–	435
	2010	193	–63	242	+63	–	–	–	435
	2012	201	+8	234	–8	–	–	–	435
	2014	188	–13	247	+13	–	–	–	435
	2016	194	+6	241	–6	–	–	–	435
	2018	235	+41	199	–42	–	–	1	435
	2020	222	–13	213	+14	–	–	–	435
	2022	213	–9	222	+9	–	–	–	435

See also

• List of United States House of Representatives elections (1789–1822)
• List of United States House of Representatives elections (1824–1854)
• Third Party System
• Fourth Party System
• Fifth Party System
• Sixth Party System

Bibliography

• Book: Dubin, Michael J. . United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses . McFarland and Company . March 1, 1998 . 978-0786402830.
• Book: Martis, Kenneth C. . The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989 . Macmillan Publishing Company . January 1, 1989 . 978-0029201701.
• Book: John L. . Moore . Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections . Congressional Quarterly Inc. . Third . 1994 . 978-0871879967.
• Web site: Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 17, 2015.

External links

• History, Art & Archives United States House of Representatives

Notes and References

1. Web site: Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 17, 2015.
2. Web site: Congress Profiles 88th Congress (1963–1965) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
3. Web site: Congress Profiles 96th Congress (1979–1981) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
4. Web site: Congress Profiles 99th Congress (1985–1987) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
5. Web site: Congress Profiles 101st Congress (1989–1991) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
6. Web site: Congress Profiles 104th Congress (1995–1997) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
7. Web site: Congress Profiles 105th Congress (1997–1999) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
8. Web site: Congress Profiles 107th Congress (2001–2003) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.
9. Web site: Congress Profiles 109th Congress (2005–2007) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . August 18, 2015.