United States House of Representatives elections, 1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1944
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1942
previous_year = 1942
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1946
next_year = 1946
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 6, 1944


leader1 = Sam Rayburn
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Texas-4th
last_election1 = 222 seats
seats1 = 242
seat_change1 = +20
popular_vote1 =
percentage1 = 50.6%
swing1 = +4.5%


leader2 = Joseph Martin
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Massachusetts-14th
last_election2 = 209 seats
seats2 = 191
seat_change2 = -18
popular_vote2 =
percentage2 = 47.2%
swing2 = -3.4%
title = Speaker
before_election = Sam Rayburn
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_election = Sam Rayburn
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

The U.S. House election, 1944 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1944 which coincided with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's re-election to a fourth term.

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

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California

ee also

*79th United States Congress
*United States Senate election, 1944
*United States presidential election, 1944

sequence
list=United States House elections
prev=1942
next=1946


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