234 seats 201 seats 49 48 56.0% 43.6% Start date November 4, 1958 | 283 153 25,604,679 19,931,409 4.8% 5.1% | |
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Winner Sam Rayburn | ||
The 1958 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1958 which occurred in the middle of Dwight Eisenhower's second term.
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The economy was suffering the Recession of 1958, which Democrats blamed on Eisenhower. The President's Republican Party lost 48 seats in this midterm election, increasing the Democratic Party's majority to a commanding level. Another factor which may have contributed to the Democratic gains include public consternation over the launch of Sputnik and Cold War politics.
Overall results
1 Increase is due to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, whose seats were temporarily additional to the usual 435, until reapportionment following 1960.
Separate elections
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From the Wikipedia article of John H. Dent, regarding 21st district, Pennsylvania:
He was elected in 1958 as a Democrat to the 85th United States Congress, by special election, January 21, 1958, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Augustine Kelley.
Texas
Texas eliminated its at-large district and added a new 22nd district formed from part of the Houston area 8th district.
Washington
Washington redistricted its at-large seat into a 7th district formed in the Seattle suburbs designed to include the at-large incumbent Don Magnuson's residence.