232 seats 203 seats 2 2 51.2% 48.7% Start date November 6, 1956 | 234 201 30,062,042 28,698,083 1.3% 1.7% | |
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Winner Sam Rayburn | ||
The 1956 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1956 which coincided with the re-election of President Dwight Eisenhower.
With no major national issues and the economic upswing of the 1950s in full force, voters generally chose to uphold the status quo. Notable freshmen included future Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern (D-S.D.) as well as future House Minority Leader Bob Michel.
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United States House of Representatives elections, 1956 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA