1948 United States House of Representatives elections explained

Election Name:	1948 United States House of Representatives elections
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1946 United States House of Representatives elections
Previous Year:	1946
Next Election:	1950 United States House of Representatives elections
Next Year:	1950
Majority Seats:	218
Election Date:	November 2, 1948^[1]
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
Image1:	Sam Rayburn.jpg
Leader Since1:	September 16, 1940
Last Election1:	188 seats
Seats1:	263
Seat Change1:	75
Popular Vote1:	24,217,516
Percentage1:	52.6%
Swing1:	7.6%
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
Leader Since2:	January 3, 1939
Last Election2:	246 seats
Seats2:	171
Seat Change2:	75
Popular Vote2:	20,894,960
Percentage2:	45.4%
Swing2:	8.1%
Party4:	American Labor Party
Last Election4:	1 seat
Seats4:	1
Popular Vote4:	409,789
Percentage4:	0.9%
Swing4:	0.3%

Before Party:	Republican Party (US)
After Party:	Democratic Party (US)
Map Size:	320px

The 1948 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 81st United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 2, 1948, while Maine held theirs on September 13. These elections coincided with President Harry S. Truman's election to a full term. Truman had campaigned against a "do-nothing"' Republican Party Congress that had opposed his initiatives and was seen as counterproductive. The Democratic Party regained control of both the House and Senate in this election.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] For Democrats, this was their largest gain since 1932.

These were the last elections until 1980 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber., this is the last time the Democrats gained more than 50 seats in a U.S. House election.

Overall results

↓
263	1	171
Democratic		Republican

Party		Total seats	Change	Seat percentage	Vote percentage^[5]	Popular vote
	Democratic Party	263	75	60.5%	52.6%	24,217,516
	Republican Party	171	75	39.3%	45.4%	20,894,960
	American Labor Party	1		0.2%	0.9%	409,789
	Progressive Party	0		0.0%	0.8%	362,514
	Prohibition Party	0		0.0%	0.1%	32,648
	Independent	0		0.0%	0.1%	29,419
	Liberal Party	0		0.0%	0.1%	27,394
	Socialist Party	0		0.0%	<0.1%	20,473
	Socialist Workers Party	0		0.0%	<0.1%	2,496
	Communist Party	0		0.0%	<0.1%	775
	Socialist Labor Party	0		0.0%	<0.1%	48
	Others	0		0.0%	<0.1%	12,593
Totals		435		100.0%	100.0%	46,010,625

Special elections

See also: Special elections to the United States House of Representatives. Sorted by election date, then by district.

District	Vacated by			Reason for Vacancy	Candidates
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Reason for Vacancy	Candidates
	Benjamin J. Rabin		Democratic	1944		Incumbent resigned December 31, 1947 to become a New York Supreme Court justice. New member elected February 17, 1948. American Labor gain. Winner subsequently lost re-election in November; see below.	nowrap
	Patrick H. Drewry		Democratic	1920		Incumbent died December 21, 1947. New member elected February 17, 1948. Democratic hold. Winner subsequently re-elected in November; see below.	nowrap
	Earle Clements		Democratic	1944		Incumbent resigned January 6, 1948 to become Governor of Kentucky. New member elected April 17, 1948. Democratic hold. Winner subsequently re-elected in November; see below.	nowrap
	John Robsion		Republican	1918		Incumbent died February 17, 1948. New member elected April 24, 1948. Republican hold. Winner subsequently re-elected in November; see below.	nowrap
	Orville Zimmerman		Democratic	1934		Incumbent died April 7, 1948. New member elected November 2, 1948. Democratic hold. Winner also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	nowrap
	J. Lindsay Almond		Democratic	1946		Incumbent resigned April 17, 1948 to become Attorney General of Virginia. New member elected November 2, 1948. Democratic hold. Winner also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	nowrap
	Milton H. West		Democratic	1933		Incumbent announced retirement but then died October 28, 1948. New member elected December 4, 1948. Democratic hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term in November; see below.	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
Sam Hobbs	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert Rains	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Pete Jarman	Democratic	1936		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Carter Manasco	Democratic	1941		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	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 re-elected.	nowrap
	Richard F. Harless		Democratic	1942		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Arizona. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Arkansas

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
William Fadjo Cravens	Democratic	1939		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Brooks Hays	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William F. Norrell	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Oren Harris	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

California

See main article: 1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Clarence F. Lea	Democratic	1916		Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	nowrap
Clair Engle	Democratic	1943	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Leroy Johnson	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Franck R. Havenner	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard J. Welch	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John J. Allen Jr.	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jack Z. Anderson	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bertrand W. Gearhart	Republican	1934		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Alfred J. Elliott	Democratic	1937		Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	nowrap
Ernest K. Bramblett	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard Nixon	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Norris Poulson	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Helen Gahagan Douglas	Democratic	1944	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
Willis W. Bradley	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Carl Hinshaw	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Phillips	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles K. Fletcher	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Colorado

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John A. Carroll	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William S. Hill	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Chenoweth	Republican	1940		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Robert F. Rockwell	Republican	1941		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Connecticut

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
William J. Miller	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Horace Seely-Brown Jr.	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Ellsworth Foote	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
John Davis Lodge	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James T. Patterson	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Antoni Sadlak	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Delaware

Florida

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
J. Hardin Peterson	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Emory H. Price	Democratic	1942		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Bob Sikes	Democratic	1940 1944 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George Smathers	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joe Hendricks	Democratic	1936		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Dwight L. Rogers	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	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
Stephen Pace	Democratic	1936	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 re-elected.	nowrap
Paul Brown	Democratic	1933	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Idaho

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Abe Goff		Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	John C. Sanborn		Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois. Illinois redistricted its at-large seat into an additional geographical district for a total of 26, changing boundaries across the state and moving several seats from downstate into the Chicago suburbs.^[6]

District	Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
	William L. Dawson	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Richard B. Vail	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Fred E. Busbey	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Martin Gorski	Democratic	1942	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
	Robert Twyman	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
	None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Ralph E. Church	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.
	Thomas L. Owens	Republican	1946		Incumbent died. Republican loss
	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
	Everett Dirksen	Republican	1932		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Robert B. Chiperfield	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Sid Simpson	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.
	Anton J. Johnson	Republican	1938		Incumbent retired. Republican loss
	George Evan Howell	Republican	1940		Incumbent resigned when appointed judge. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	Rolla C. McMillen	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Edward H. Jenison	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.
	Roy Clippinger	Republican	1945		Incumbent retired. Republican loss
	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
(defunct)	William Stratton	Republican	1946		Incumbent retired. District eliminated. Republican loss

Indiana

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ray Madden	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles A. Halleck	Republican	1935	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert A. Grant	Republican	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
George W. Gillie	Republican	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Forest Harness	Republican	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Noble J. Johnson	Republican	1938		Incumbent resigned when appointed to the CCPA. Republican hold.	nowrap
Gerald W. Landis	Republican	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
E. A. Mitchell	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Earl Wilson	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ralph Harvey	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Louis Ludlow	Democratic	1928		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	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
John W. Gwynne	Republican	1934		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	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 re-elected.	nowrap
Errett P. Scrivner	Republican	1943	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Herbert Alton Meyer	Republican	1946	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

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Noble Jones Gregory	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John A. Whitaker	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thruston Ballard Morton	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank Chelf	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Brent Spence	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Virgil Chapman	Democratic	1930		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Wendell H. Meade	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Joe B. Bates	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Lewis	Republican	1948		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	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
James R. Domengeaux	Democratic	1940		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	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 re-elected.	nowrap
A. Leonard Allen	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Maine

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Robert Hale	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	1940		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.	nowrap
Frank Fellows	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Maryland

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Edward Tylor Miller	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hugh Meade	Democratic	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Edward Garmatz	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George Hyde Fallon	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lansdale Sasscer	Democratic	1939	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Glenn Beall	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Massachusetts

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John W. Heselton	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles R. Clason	Republican	1936		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	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
George J. Bates	Republican	1936	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 re-elected.	nowrap
John F. Kennedy	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	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

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
George G. Sadowski	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Earl C. Michener	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul W. Shafer	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clare E. Hoffman	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bartel J. Jonkman	Republican	1940		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	nowrap
William W. Blackney	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jesse P. Wolcott	Republican	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Fred L. Crawford	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert J. Engel	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Roy O. Woodruff	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles E. Potter	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John B. Bennett	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Howard A. Coffin	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Harold F. Youngblood	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
John Dingell Sr.	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Lesinski Sr.	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	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
George MacKinnon	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic (DFL) gain.	nowrap
Edward Devitt	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic (DFL) gain.	nowrap
Walter Judd	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold Knutson	Republican	1934		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic (DFL) gain.	nowrap
Herman 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

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John E. Rankin	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jamie Whitten	Democratic	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Madison Whittington	Democratic	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas Abernethy	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
W. Arthur Winstead	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William M. Colmer	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Bell Williams	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Missouri

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Samuel W. Arnold	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Max Schwabe	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
William Clay Cole	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
C. Jasper Bell	Democratic	1934		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Albert L. Reeves Jr.	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Marion T. Bennett	Republican	1943		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Dewey Jackson Short	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Parke M. Banta	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Clarence Cannon	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Orville Zimmerman	Democratic	1934		Incumbent died April 7, 1948. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to finish the current term; see above.	nowrap
Claude I. Bakewell	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Walter C. Ploeser	Republican	1940		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Frank M. Karsten	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Montana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Mike Mansfield		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	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	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Karl Stefan	Republican	1934	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
Frank A. Mathews Jr.	Republican	1945		Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Charles A. Eaton	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clifford P. Case	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Parnell Thomas	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gordon Canfield	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harry Lancaster Towe	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Fred A. Hartley Jr.	Republican	1928		Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Frank Sundstrom	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Robert Kean	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Mary Teresa Norton	Democratic	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward J. Hart	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

New Mexico

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Antonio M. Fernández		Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.
	Georgia Lee Lusk		Democratic	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.

New York

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
W. Kingsland Macy	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leonard W. Hall	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henry J. Latham	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gregory McMahon	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Robert Tripp Ross	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Robert Nodar Jr.	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
John J. Delaney	Democratic	1931	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph L. Pfeifer	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Eugene James Keogh	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Andrew Lawrence Somers	Democratic	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John J. Rooney	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Donald L. O'Toole	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Abraham J. Multer	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ellsworth B. Buck	Republican	1944		Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Frederic René Coudert Jr.	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Vito Marcantonio	American Labor	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Arthur George Klein	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sol Bloom	Democratic	1923	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jacob K. Javits	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter A. Lynch	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leo Isacson	American Labor	1948 (special)		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
David M. Potts	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Ralph W. Gwinn	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ralph A. Gamble	Republican	1937	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Katharine St. George	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jay Le Fevre	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bernard W. Kearney	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William T. Byrne	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dean P. Taylor	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence E. Kilburn	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hadwen C. Fuller	Republican	1943		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
R. Walter Riehlman	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edwin Arthur Hall	Republican	1939	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Taber	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
W. Sterling Cole	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Kenneth B. Keating	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James W. Wadsworth Jr.	Republican	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter G. Andrews	Republican	1930		Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	nowrap
Edward J. Elsaesser	Republican	1944		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
John Cornelius Butler	Republican	1941		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	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 re-elected.	nowrap
Graham Arthur Barden	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold D. Cooley	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Hamlin Folger	Democratic	1941		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Carl T. Durham	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Bayard Clark	Democratic	1928		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Charles B. Deane	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert L. Doughton	Democratic	1910	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hamilton C. Jones	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alfred L. Bulwinkle	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Monroe Minor Redden	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

North Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	William Lemke		Republican-NPL	1942	Incumbent re-elected.
	Charles R. Robertson		Republican	1944		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.

Ohio

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Charles H. Elston	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William E. Hess	Republican	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Raymond H. Burke	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
William Moore McCulloch	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Cliff Clevenger	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward O. McCowen	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Clarence J. Brown	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frederick C. Smith	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Homer A. Ramey	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Thomas A. Jenkins	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter E. Brehm	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John M. Vorys	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alvin F. Weichel	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter B. Huber	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Percy W. Griffiths	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Henderson H. Carson	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
J. Harry McGregor	Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Earl R. Lewis	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	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	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Oklahoma

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
George B. Schwabe	Republican	1944		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
William G. Stigler	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carl Albert	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Glen D. Johnson	Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Mike Monroney	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Toby Morris	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Preston E. Peden	Democratic	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Ross Rizley	Republican	1940		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
James A. Gallagher	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Robert N. McGarvey	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Hardie Scott	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Franklin J. Maloney	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
George W. Sarbacher Jr.	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Hugh Scott	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
E. Wallace Chadwick	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	nowrap
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter	Republican	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul B. Dague	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James P. Scoblick	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Mitchell Jenkins	Republican	1946		Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Ivor D. Fenton	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Wilson D. Gillette	Republican	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert F. Rich	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard M. Simpson	Republican	1937	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John C. Kunkel	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leon H. Gavin	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Francis E. Walter	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Chester H. Gross	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
James E. Van Zandt	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William J. Crow	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Thomas E. Morgan	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Louis E. Graham	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harve Tibbott	Republican	1938		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Augustine B. Kelley	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carroll D. Kearns	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John McDowell	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Robert J. Corbett	Republican	1938 1940 1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James G. Fulton	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Herman P. Eberharter	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank Buchanan	Democratic	1946	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: 1948 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	1944		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	nowrap
William Jennings Bryan Dorn	Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	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
	Karl Mundt		Republican	1938		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.	nowrap
	Francis Case		Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Tennessee

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Dayton E. Phillips	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Jennings	Republican	1939	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Estes Kefauver	Democratic	1939		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Albert Gore Sr.	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joe L. Evins	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Percy Priest	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
W. Wirt Courtney	Democratic	1939		Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	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

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Wright Patman	Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jesse M. Combs	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lindley Beckworth	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	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
Tom Pickett	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Albert Thomas	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clark W. Thompson	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	1937		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	nowrap
William R. Poage	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wingate H. Lucas	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ed Gossett	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John E. Lyle Jr.	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Milton H. West	Democratic	1933		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Kenneth M. Regan	Democratic	1947	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Omar Burleson	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Eugene Worley	Democratic	1940	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

Utah

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Walter K. Granger		Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William A. Dawson		Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Vermont

Virginia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
S. Otis Bland	Democratic	1918	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 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas B. Stanley	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Lindsay Almond	Democratic	1946		Incumbent resigned April 17, 1948 to become Attorney General of Virginia. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to finish the current term; see above.	nowrap
Burr Harrison	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Howard W. Smith	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John W. Flannagan Jr.	Democratic	1930		Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Washington

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Homer Jones	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	1940	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

West Virginia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Francis J. Love	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Melvin C. Snyder	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Edward G. Rohrbough	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Hubert S. Ellis	Republican	1942		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
John Kee	Democratic	1932	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
E. H. Hedrick	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	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
William H. Stevenson	Republican	1940		Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	nowrap
John C. Brophy	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Charles J. Kersten	Republican	1946		Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Frank B. Keefe	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Reid F. Murray	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John W. Byrnes	Republican	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Merlin Hull	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Alvin O'Konski	Republican	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

Alaska Territory

Notes and References

September 13, 1948 in Maine
Web site: Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 . Clerk of the House of Representatives.
News: Democratic House Appears Assured . New York Times . William S. White . November 7, 1948 . April 8, 2014 .
News: Truman Sweep . New York Times . November 7, 1948 . April 8, 2014 .
http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
Book: Martis , Kenneth C. . 1989 . The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789–1989 . Prentice Hall College Div . 0-02-920170-5.