1910 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1910 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 8, 1910, while Maine and Vermont held theirs early in September, in the middle of President William Howard Taft's term. Elections were held for all 391 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 46 states, to the 62nd United States Congress

The conservative Taft contended with major factional splits within his Republican Party. Instead of using his position as president to bridge compromise, Taft alienated the progressive wing of the party, which had championed his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt. While conservatives controlled the largest number of elected positions for Republicans, progressive politics had been what brought many voters to the polls. The clash of these units of the Republican Party, combined with the message of unity from the Democratic Party, was enough to allow the Democrats to take control of the House, ending 16 years in opposition. This was the first time the Socialist Party won a seat.

Issues Protection was the ideological cement holding the Republican coalition together. High tariffs were used by Republicans to promise higher sales to business, higher wages to industrial workers, and higher demand for their crops to farmers. Progressive insurgents said it promoted monopoly. Democrats said it was a tax on the little man. It had greatest support in the Northeast, and greatest opposition in the South and West. The Midwest was the battleground.Howard R. Smith, and John Fraser Hart, "The American tariff map." Geographical Review 45.3 (1955): 327-346 online. The great battle over the high Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act in 1910 ripped the Republicans apart and set up the realignment in favor of the Democrats.Stanley D. Solvick, "William Howard Taft and the Payne-Aldrich Tariff." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 50.3 (1963): 424-442 online

Election summaries + ↓ 230 2 162 Democratic Republican

State Type Totalseats Democratic Republican Socialist Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Alabama Districts 9 9 0 0 Arkansas Districts 7 7 0 0 California Districts 8 1 1 7 1 0 Colorado Districts+ at-large 3 3 0 0 Connecticut Districts+ at-large 5 1 1 4 1 0 Delaware At-large 1 0 1 0 Florida Districts 3 3 0 0 Georgia Districts 11 11 0 0 Idaho At-large 1 0 1 0 Illinois Districts 25 11 5 14 5 0 Indiana Districts 13 12 1 1 1 0 Iowa Districts 11 1 10 0 Kansas Districts 8 0 8 0 Kentucky Districts 11 9 1 2 1 0 Louisiana Districts 7 7 0 0 Maine Districts 4 2 2 2 2 0 Maryland Districts 6 5 2 1 2 0 Massachusetts Districts 14 4 1 10 1 0 Michigan Districts 12 2 2 10 2 0 Minnesota Districts 9 1 8 0 Mississippi Districts 8 8 0 0 Missouri Districts 16 14 4 2 4 0 Montana At-large 1 0 1 0 Nebraska Districts 6 3 3 0 Nevada At-large 1 0 1 1 1 0 New Hampshire Districts 2 0 2 0 New Jersey Districts 10 7 4 3 4 0 New York Districts 37 22 11 15 11 0 North Carolina Districts 10 10 3 0 3 0 North Dakota Districts 2 0 2 0 Ohio Districts 21 16 8 5 8 0 Oklahoma Districts 5 3 1 2 1 0 Oregon Districts 2 0 2 0 Pennsylvania Districts 32 9 4 23 4 0 Rhode Island Districts 2 1 1 1 1 0 South Carolina Districts 7 7 0 0 South Dakota At-large 2 0 2 0 Tennessee Districts 10 8 2 0 Texas Districts 16 16 0 0 Utah At-large 1 0 1 0 Vermont Districts 2 0 2 0 Virginia Districts 10 9 1 0 Washington Districts 3 0 3 0 West Virginia Districts 5 4 4 1 4 0 Wisconsin Districts 11 2 1 8 2 1 1 Wyoming At-large 1 0 1 0 Total 391 228 56 162 57 1 1

Election dates In 1910, two states, with 6 seats between them, held elections early:

September 6, Vermont September 12, Maine

Two newly admitted states held elections late: New Mexico and Arizona held their first elections in 1911.

Special elections

Alabama

District Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates George W. Taylor Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected. S. Hubert Dent Jr. Democratic 1908 Incumbent re-elected. Henry D. Clayton Jr. Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected. William B. Craig Democratic 1906 Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. J. Thomas Heflin Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected. Richmond P. Hobson Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected. John L. Burnett Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected. William Richardson Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected. Oscar Underwood Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

District Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates Stephen M. Sparkman Democratic 1894 Incumbent re-elected. Frank Clark Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected. Dannite H. Mays Democratic 1908 Incumbent re-elected.

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

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1910 United States House of Representatives elections

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