222 seats 209 seats 20 18 51.8% 47.1% Start date November 7, 1944 | 242 191 23,380,045 21,256,035 4.8% 3.7% | |
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Winner Sam Rayburn | ||
The 1944 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1944 which coincided with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's re-election to a record fourth term.
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Roosevelt's popularity allowed his Democratic Party to gain a total of twenty seats from the Republican and minor parties, cementing the Democratic majority. Also, Americans rallied behind allied success in World War II, and in turn voted favorably for the administration's course of action.
Overall results
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
Separate elections
Some special elections were held on dates other than in November.
Florida
Florida redistricted for this cycle, converting the 6th seat it had previously gained at reapportionment from an at-large seat to an additional district near Fort Lauderdale.
New York
New York, after having used 2 at-large districts to avoid redistricting at the last reapportionment, redistricted into 45 districts for this election, with substantial boundary changes across the state. Manhattan went from 10 districts to 6, with Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens going from 10 to 15.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania redistricted from 32 districts and an at-large seat to 33 districts.