1908 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1908 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1908, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the 1908 United States presidential election, which William Howard Taft won. Elections were held for all 391 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 46 states, to serve in the 61st United States Congress.

1908 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1906 June 1, September 1, September 14, and November 3, 1908[a] 1910 →
All 391 seats in the United States House of Representatives 196 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Joseph Cannon Champ Clark Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Illinois 18th Missouri 9th Last election 223 seats 167 seats Seats won 219[1][2] 172[1][2] Seat change 4 5 Popular vote 7,227,470 6,552,986 Percentage 50.05% 45.38% Swing 0.01pp 1.81pp   Third party   Party Independent Last election 1 seat[b] Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 61,499 Percentage 0.43% Swing
Speaker before election Joseph Cannon Republican Elected Speaker Joseph Cannon Republican

Taft was not as popular as his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt,^{[citation needed]} but won with Roosevelt's backing, and his Republican Party lost only a handful of seats to the opposition Democrats. Without any striking national issues, the Republicans were able to remain in control. Regional issues led to some changes in House membership, but new Democrats who were elected by dissatisfied industrial workers were balanced out by new Republicans who gained seats in districts with a strong middle class presence.

Election summaries

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172	219
Democratic	Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	9		0
Arkansas	District	7	7		0
California	District	8	0		8
Colorado	District +at-large	3	3	3	0	3
Connecticut	District +at-large	5	0		5
Delaware	At-large	1	0		1
Florida	District	3	3		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		1
Illinois	District	25	6	1	19	1
Indiana	District	13	11	7	2	7
Iowa	District	11	1		10
Kansas	District	8	0		8
Kentucky	District	11	8	1	3	1
Louisiana	District	7	7		0
Maine[c]	District	4	0		4
Maryland	District	6	3		3
Massachusetts	District	14	3		11
Michigan	District	12	0		12
Minnesota	District	9	1		8
Mississippi	District	8	8		0
Missouri	District	16	10	2	6	2
Montana	At-large	1	0		1
Nebraska	District	6	3	2	3	2
Nevada	At-large	1	1		0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		2
New Jersey	District	10	3	1	7	1
New York	District	37	11		26
North Carolina	District	10	7	3	3	3
North Dakota	District	2	0		2
Ohio	District	21	8	3	13	3
Oklahoma	District	5	2	2	3	2
Oregon[c]	District	2	0		2
Pennsylvania	District	32	5	2	27	2
Rhode Island	District	2	0	1	2	1
South Carolina	District	7	7		0
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		2
Tennessee	District	10	8		2
Texas	District	16	16		0
Utah	At-large	1	0		1
Vermont[c]	District	2	0		2
Virginia	District	10	9		1
Washington	District[d]	3	0		3
West Virginia	District	5	0		5
Wisconsin	District	11	1	1	10	1
Wyoming	At-large	1	0		1
Total		391	172 44.0%	5	219 56.0%	5

Popular vote Democratic   45.38% Independent   0.43% Others   4.14% Republican   50.05%

House seats Democratic   43.99% Independent   0.26% Republican   55.75%

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80+% Democratic   80+% Republican   60+ to 80% Democratic   60+ to 80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican

Net gain in party representation   6+ Democratic gain   6+ Republican gain   3-5 Democratic gain   3-5 Republican gain   1-2 Democratic gain   1-2 Republican gain   no net change

Special elections

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

There were nine special elections in 1908.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 25	George W. Smith	Republican	1902	Incumbent died November 30, 1907. New member elected February 15, 1908. Republican hold.	▌Y Napoleon B. Thistlewood (Republican) 47.17% ▌William H. Warder (Democratic) 33.16% ▌Samuel T. Brush (Ind. Republican) 15.34% ▌Daniel W. Boone (Socialist) 4.33%[3]
Alabama 2	Ariosto A. Wiley	Democratic	1900	Incumbent died June 17, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908 to finish his brother's term. Democratic hold.	▌Y Oliver C. Wiley (Democratic) Unopposed[4]
Indiana 13	Abraham L. Brick	Republican	1898	Incumbent died April 7, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Democratic gain. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Henry A. Barnhart (Democratic) 48.42% ▌Charles W. Miller (Republican) 47.69% ▌Thomas B. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.02% ▌John A. Snook (Socialist) 1.79%[5]
Louisiana 1	Adolph Meyer	Democratic	1890	Incumbent died March 8, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Albert Estopinal (Democratic) 95.22% ▌Henry C. Warmoth (Republican) 4.78%[6]
Maine 2	Charles E. Littlefield	Republican	1899 (special)	Incumbent died September 30, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y John P. Swasey (Republican) Unopposed[7]
Maine 4	Llewellyn Powers	Republican	1876 1878 (lost) 1901 (special)	Incumbent died July 28, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Frank E. Guernsey (Republican) 67.70% ▌George M. Hanson (Democratic) 32.30%[8]
New York 3	Charles T. Dunwell	Republican	1902	Incumbent died June 12, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Otto G. Foelker (Republican) 50.28% ▌James P. Maher (Democratic) 41.68% ▌Elias B. Gordon (Independence) 4.02% ▌John T. Hill (Socialist) 4.02%[9]
South Dakota at-large	William H. Parker	Republican	1906	Incumbent died June 26, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Eben Martin (Republican) 62.33% ▌W. W. Soule (Democratic) 37.67%

Regular election dates

All the states held their regular elections November 3, 1908 except for three, which, held elections:

• June 1: Oregon^[e]
• September 1: Vermont
• September 14: Maine

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama

Alaska Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas

California

Main article: 1908 United States House of Representatives elections in California

See also: List of United States representatives from California

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[10]
California 1	William F. Englebright	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William F. Englebright (Republican) 54.1% ▌E. W. Holland (Democratic) 36.8% ▌D. N. Cunningham (Socialist) 7.6% ▌W. P. Fassett (Prohibition) 1.4%
California 2	Duncan E. McKinlay	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duncan E. McKinlay (Republican) 57.5% ▌W. K. Hays (Democratic) 38.5% ▌A. J. Gaylord (Socialist) 4.0%
California 3	Joseph R. Knowland	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph R. Knowland (Republican) 64.1% ▌George W. Peckham (Democratic) 22.8% ▌Owen H. Philbrick (Socialist) 9.3% ▌John A. Sands (Independence) 2.1% ▌Thomas H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 1.7%
California 4	Julius Kahn	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julius Kahn (Republican) 52.7% ▌James G. Maguire (Democratic) 42.9% ▌K. J. Doyle (Socialist) 4.0% ▌William N. Meserve (Prohibition) 0.3%
California 5	Everis A. Hayes	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Everis A. Hayes (Republican) 49.1% ▌George A. Tracy (Democratic) 42.8% ▌E. H. Misner (Socialist) 6.3% ▌Walter E. Vail (Prohibition) 1.8%
California 6	James C. Needham	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James C. Needham (Republican) 52% ▌Fred P. Feliz (Democratic) 38.7% ▌W. M. Pattison (Socialist) 5.6% ▌James W. Webb (Prohibition) 3.7%
California 7	James McLachlan	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James McLachlan (Republican) 91.5% ▌Jud R. Rush (Democratic) 6.3% ▌A. R. Holston (Socialist) 1.1% ▌Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition) 1.0% ▌F. G. Hentig (Independence) 0.2%
California 8	Sylvester C. Smith	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sylvester C. Smith (Republican) 55.7% ▌W. E. Shepherd (Democratic) 34.7% ▌Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 9.6%

Colorado

See also: List of United States representatives from Colorado

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[11]
Colorado 1	Robert W. Bonynge	Republican	1902 (contest)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Atterson W. Rucker (Democratic) 49.9% ▌Robert W. Bonynge (Republican) 47.4% ▌S. J. Greear (Socialist) 2.8%
Colorado 2	Warren A. Haggott	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John A. Martin (Democratic) 48.7% ▌Warren A. Haggott (Republican) 47.8% ▌Flavius E. Ashburn (Socialist) 3.5%
Colorado at-large	George W. Cook	Republican	1906	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Edward T. Taylor (Democratic) 48.4% ▌James C. Burger (Republican) 46.2% ▌M. M. Brown (Socialist) 3.1% ▌Willard McCarthy (Prohibition) 2.4%

Connecticut

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[12]
Connecticut 1	E. Stevens Henry	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y E. Stevens Henry (Republican) 59.5% ▌Charles S. Gerth (Democratic) 34.6% Others ▌Thomas Lisk (Socialist) 3.2% ▌Duane N. Griffin (Prohibition) 2.1% ▌Charles J. Backofen (Soc. Labor) 0.5%
Connecticut 2	Nehemiah D. Sperry	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nehemiah D. Sperry (Republican) 55.0% ▌Thomas L. Reilly (Democratic) 40.9% ▌Alfred W. Smith (Socialist) 3.1% Others ▌A. Judson Bolster (Prohibition) 0.8% ▌Charles B. Wells (Soc. Labor) 0.2%
Connecticut 3	Edwin W. Higgins	Republican	1905 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edwin W. Higgins (Republican) 60.3% ▌Henry H. Hunter (Democratic) 37.1% Others ▌Jason L. Randall (Prohibition) 1.2% ▌Albert J. Boardman (Socialist) 1.2% ▌John J. Murphy (Soc. Labor) 0.2%
Connecticut 4	Ebenezer J. Hill	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ebenezer J. Hill (Republican) 60.7% ▌Lynn W. Wilson (Democratic) 35.9% Others ▌Samiel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 2.1% ▌Wilbur G. Manchester (Prohibition) 1.0% ▌Thomas Wilkes (Soc. Labor) 0.4%
Connecticut at-large	George L. Lilley	Republican	1904	Incumbent retired to run for governor. Republican hold.	▌Y John Q. Tilson (Republican) 58.6% ▌Christopher Avery (Democratic) 36.8% ▌Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.7% Others ▌Elisha Y. Ellis (Prohibition) 1.2% ▌Edward Prior (Soc. Labor) 0.3%

Delaware

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware

Florida

Main article: 1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

See also: List of United States representatives from Florida

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Stephen M. Sparkman	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 75.2% ▌George W. Allen (Republican) 15.0% ▌C. C. Allen (Socialist) 9.8%
Florida 2	Frank Clark	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Clark (Democratic) 75.9% ▌William R. O'Neal (Republican) 18.0% ▌A. N. Jackson (Socialist) 6.1%
Florida 3	William B. Lamar	Democratic	1902	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold	▌Y Dannite H. Mays (Democratic) 84.5% ▌William Northrup (Republican) 15.5%

Georgia

See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia

Idaho

See also: List of United States representatives from Idaho

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[13]
Idaho at-large	Burton L. French	Republican	1902	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas R. Hamer (Republican) 53.27% ▌James L. McClear (Democratic) 40.08% ▌Halbert Barton (Socialist) 6.66%

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois

Indiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana

Iowa

See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa

Kansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 1	Daniel R. Anthony Jr.	Republican	1907 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (Republican) 41.7% ▌F. M. Pearl (Democratic) 58.3%
Kansas 2	Charles F. Scott	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles F. Scott (Republican) 52.1% ▌B. J. Sheridan (Democratic) 47.9%
Kansas 3	Philip P. Campbell	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Philip P. Campbell (Republican) 50.1% ▌T. J. Hudson (Democratic) 40.1% ▌Ben F. Wilson (Socialist) 9.9%
Kansas 4	James Monroe Miller	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Monroe Miller (Republican) 56.7% ▌Thomas H. Grisham (Democratic) 43.3%
Kansas 5	William A. Calderhead	Republican	1894 1896 (lost) 1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Calderhead (Republican) ▌R. A. Lovitt (Democratic) 45.36% ▌W. L. Nixon (Socialist) 2.01% ▌William H. Eaton (Prohibition) 1.07%[14]
Kansas 6	William A. Reeder	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Reeder (Republican) 48.58% ▌John R. Connelly (Democratic) 47.97% ▌H. M. Elliot (Socialist) 2.10% ▌F. C. Griffith (Prohibition) 1.35%[15]
Kansas 7	Edmond H. Madison	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edmond H. Madison (Republican) ▌Samuel I. Hale (Democratic) 42.85% ▌J. N. Brown (Socialist) 2.83% ▌Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 1.78%[16]
Kansas 8	Victor Murdock	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Victor Murdock (Republican) 58.5% ▌Frank B. Lawrence (Democratic) 41.5%

Kentucky

See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky

Louisiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana

Maine

See also: List of United States representatives from Maine

Maryland

See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland and 1908 United States Senate election in Maryland

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maryland 1	William H. Jackson	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y James Harry Covington (Democratic) 52.7% ▌William H. Jackson (Republican) 45.0% ▌Jacob W. Wheatley (Prohibition) 3.7%
Maryland 2	J. Frederick C. Talbott	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Frederick C. Talbott (Democratic) 52.2% ▌Robert Garrett (Republican) 46.1% ▌John H. Grill (Prohibition) 1.7%
Maryland 3	Harry B. Wolf	Democratic	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y John Kronmiller (Republican) 49.1% ▌Harry B. Wolf (Democratic) 48.2% ▌Joseph P. Jarboe (Socialist) 1.8% ▌R. V. Whitehurst (Prohibition) 0.9%
Maryland 4	John Gill Jr.	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Gill Jr. (Democratic) 52.1% ▌John Philip Hill (Republican) 46.7% ▌Charles R. Woods (Prohibition) 1.3%
Maryland 5	Sydney E. Mudd I	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sydney E. Mudd I (Republican) 49.2% ▌George M. Smith (Democratic) 48.2% ▌S. W. James (Prohibition) 1.7% ▌B. E. Davis (Socialist) 1.0%
Maryland 6	George A. Pearre	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George A. Pearre (Republican) 49.1% ▌David John Lewis (Democratic) 47.6% ▌H. N. Cuppett (Prohibition) 2.1% ▌S. L. V. Young (Socialist) 1.2%

Massachusetts

See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	George P. Lawrence	Republican	1897 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George P. Lawrence (Republican) 60.2% ▌David T. Clark (Democratic) 36.40% ▌Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 3.8%
Massachusetts 2	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 62.0% ▌John L. Rice (Democratic) 27.7% ▌George W. Curtis (Independence) 5.8% ▌Joseph Orr (Socialist) 4.5%
Massachusetts 3	Charles G. Washburn	Republican	1906 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles G. Washburn (Republican) 62.2% ▌William I. McLoughlin (Democratic) 32.8% ▌Theodore P. Sturtevant (Independence) 4.9%
Massachusetts 4	Charles Q. Tirrell	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Q. Tirrell (Republican) 55.0% ▌John Joseph Mitchell (Democratic) 45.0%
Massachusetts 5	Butler Ames	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Butler Ames (Republican) 56.0% ▌Joseph J. Flynn (Democratic) 41.1% ▌George Conley (Independence) 2.9%
Massachusetts 6	Augustus P. Gardner	Republican	1902 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 69.4% ▌Arthur Withington (Democratic) 23.0% ▌Franklin H. Wenworth (Socialist) 7.6%
Massachusetts 7	Ernest W. Roberts	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ernest W. Roberts (Republican) 68.8% ▌George Brickett (Democratic) 24.7% ▌Clarence L. McIver (Independence) 6.5%
Massachusetts 8	Samuel W. McCall	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 63.6% ▌Frederick S. Deitrick (Democratic) 32.0% ▌George W. Jennings (Independence) 4.4%
Massachusetts 9	John A. Keliher	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John A. Keliher (Democratic) 62.3% ▌John A. Campbell (Republican) 26.6% ▌Junius T. Auerback (Independence) 11.1%
Massachusetts 10	Joseph F. O'Connell	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph F. O'Connell (Democratic) 46.40% ▌J. Mitchel Galvin (Republican) 46.39% ▌Hazard Stevens (Free Trader) 3.9% ▌Charles J. Kidney (Independence) 3.3%
Massachusetts 11	Andrew James Peters	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew James Peters (Democratic) 48.7% ▌Daniel W. Lane (Republican) 47.4% ▌Edwin M. White (Independence) 3.9%
Massachusetts 12	John W. Weeks	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John W. Weeks (Republican) 66.0% ▌Jesse C. Ivey (Democratic) 28.4% ▌Albert E. George (Independence) 5.6%
Massachusetts 13	William S. Greene	Republican	1898 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William S. Greene (Republican) 72.5% ▌John F. McGuinness (Democratic) 21.4% ▌Charles W. Copeland (Independence) 6.2%
Massachusetts 14	William C. Lovering	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William C. Lovering (Republican) 66.8% ▌Eliot Packard (Democratic) 21.4% ▌Charles B. Drew (Independence) 5.9% ▌George J. Alcott (Socialist) 5.9%

Michigan

See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan

Minnesota

See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[17]
Minnesota 1	James A. Tawney	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James A. Tawney (Republican) 53.6% ▌Andrew French (Democratic) 46.4%
Minnesota 2	Winfield Scott Hammond	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Winfield Scott Hammond (Democratic) 55.7% ▌James McCleary (Republican) 44.3%
Minnesota 3	Charles Russell Davis	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Russell Davis (Republican) 59.7% ▌[FNU] Leyman (Unknown)
Minnesota 4	Frederick Stevens	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick Stevens (Republican) 60.6% ▌David F. Peebles (Democratic) 34.4% ▌Ernest W. Woodrich (Public Ownership) 5.0%
Minnesota 5	Frank Nye	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Nye (Republican) 61.7% ▌Thomas P. Dwyer (Democratic) 33.7% ▌Charles F. Dight (Public Ownership) 4.6%
Minnesota 6	Charles August Lindbergh	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles August Lindbergh (Republican) 63.1% ▌Andrew J. Gilkinson (Democratic) 36.9%
Minnesota 7	Andrew Volstead	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew Volstead (Republican) 100%
Minnesota 8	J. Adam Bede	Republican	1902	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Clarence B. Miller (Republican) 81.6% ▌Alexander Halliday (Public Ownership) 18.4%
Minnesota 9	Halvor Steenerson	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Halvor Steenerson (Republican) 50.9% ▌Ole O. Sageng (Ind. Populist) 41.8% ▌Thorsten T. Braaten (Public Ownership) 8.3%

Mississippi

See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (Democratic) 100%[18]
Mississippi 2	Thomas Spight	Democratic	1898 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Spight (Democratic) 100%[19]
Mississippi 3	Benjamin G. Humphreys II	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin G. Humphreys II (Democratic) 100%[20]
Mississippi 4	Wilson S. Hill	Democratic	1902	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas U. Sisson (Democratic) 100%[21]
Mississippi 5	Adam M. Byrd	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Adam M. Byrd (Democratic) 100%[22]
Mississippi 6	Eaton J. Bowers	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eaton J. Bowers (Democratic) 100%[23]
Mississippi 7	Frank A. McLain	Democratic	1898 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y William A. Dickson (Democratic) 94.66% ▌H. C. Turley (Republican) 5.34%[24]
Mississippi 8	John S. Williams	Democratic	1892	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	▌Y James Collier (Democratic) 100%[25]

Missouri

See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri

Montana

See also: List of United States representatives from Montana

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[26]
Montana at-large	Charles N. Pray	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles N. Pray (Republican) 48.86% ▌Thomas D. Long (Democratic) 43.22% ▌Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 7.92%

Nebraska

See also: List of United States representatives from Nebraska

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Ernest M. Pollard	Republican	1905 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John A. Maguire (Democratic) 51.22% ▌Ernest M. Pollard (Republican) 48.78%[27]
Nebraska 2	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic) 52.60% ▌Albert W. Jefferis (Republican) 45.39% ▌G. C. Porter (Socialist) 2.02%[28]
Nebraska 3	John F. Boyd	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y James P. Latta (Democratic) 51.63% ▌John F. Boyd (Republican) 47.84% ▌James M. Woodcock (Socialist) 0.53%[29]
Nebraska 4	Edmund H. Hinshaw	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edmund H. Hinshaw (Republican) 49.98% ▌Charles F. Gilbert (Democratic) 48.10% ▌Thomas Birmingham (Prohibition) 1.92%[30]
Nebraska 5	George W. Norris	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George W. Norris (Republican) 49.41% ▌F. W. Ashton (Democratic) 49.36% ▌J. J. Larkey (Socialist) 1.23%[31]
Nebraska 6	Moses Kinkaid	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Moses Kinkaid (Republican) 50.67% ▌W. H. Westover (Democratic) 45.82% ▌Lucien Stebbins (Socialist) 1.95% ▌G. H. Hornby (Prohibition) 1.55%[32]

Nevada

See also: List of United States representatives from Nevada

New Hampshire

See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire

New Jersey

See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey

New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York

See also: List of United States representatives from New York

North Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

North Dakota

See also: List of United States representatives from North Dakota

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[33]
North Dakota at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Thomas F. Marshall	Republican	1900	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Asle Gronna (Republican) 33.35% ▌Y Louis B. Hanna (Republican) 32.34% ▌Tobias D. Casey (Democratic) 17.11% ▌O. G. Major (Democratic) 16.54% ▌Francis Cooper (Socialist) 0.34% ▌E. D. Herring (Socialist) 0.31%
	Asle Gronna	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.

Ohio

See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio

Oklahoma

Main article: 1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

See also: List of United States representatives from Oklahoma

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[34]
Oklahoma 1	Bird S. McGuire	Republican	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bird S. McGuire (Republican) 50.6% ▌Henry S. Johnston (Democratic) 44.5% ▌Achilles W. Renshaw (Socialist) 4.8%
Oklahoma 2	Elmer L. Fulton	Democratic	1907	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Dick T. Morgan (Republican) 46.8% ▌Elmer L. Fulton (Democratic) 45.2% ▌Charles P. Randall (Socialist) 7.9%
Oklahoma 3	James S. Davenport	Democratic	1907	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Charles E. Creager (Republican) 48.2% ▌James S. Davenport (Democratic) 46.2% ▌Winston T. Banks (Socialist) 5.4%
Oklahoma 4	Charles D. Carter	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles D. Carter (Democratic) 50.6% ▌Benjamin F. Hackett (Republican) 36.1% ▌M. C. Carter (Socialist) 13.2%
Oklahoma 5	Scott Ferris	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott Ferris (Democratic) 55.7% ▌[FNU] Thompson (Republican) 34.4% ▌W. D. Davis (Socialist) 9.8%

Oregon

See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[35]
Oregon 1	Willis C. Hawley	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Willis C. Hawley (Republican) 58.8% ▌J. J. Whitney (Democratic) 27.4% ▌W. S. Richards (Socialist) 8.0% ▌Daniel Staver (Prohibition) 5.9%
Oregon 2	William R. Ellis	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William R. Ellis (Republican) 63.6% ▌John A. Jeffrey (Democratic) 24.8% ▌G. E. Sanders (Socialist) 6.9% ▌H. C. Shaffer (Prohibition) 4.8%

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island

South Carolina

Main article: 1908 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	George Swinton Legaré	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Swinton Legaré (Democratic) 90.1% ▌Aaron P. Prioleau (Republican) 9.9%
South Carolina 2	James O. Patterson	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James O. Patterson (Democratic) 99.3% ▌Isaac Myers (Republican) 0.7%
South Carolina 3	Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 4	Joseph T. Johnson	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph T. Johnson (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 5	David E. Finley	Democratic	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David E. Finley (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 6	J. Edwin Ellerbe	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Edwin Ellerbe (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 7	A. Frank Lever	Democratic	1901 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y A. Frank Lever (Democratic) 90.9% ▌R. H. Richardson (Republican) 9.1%

South Dakota

See also: List of United States representatives from South Dakota

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[36]
South Dakota at-large (2 seats elected on a general ticket)	Philo Hall	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Eben Martin (Republican) 29.99% ▌Y Charles H. Burke (Republican) 29.91% ▌Robert E. Dowdell (Democratic) 17.20% ▌Andrew H. Olson (Democratic) 17.14% ▌E. S. Chappell (Prohibition) 1.68% ▌L. R. Erskine (Prohibition) 1.66% ▌T. G. Deffebach (Socialist) 1.19% ▌S. H. Goodfellow (Socialist) 1.18% Others ▌W. S. Bray (Scales of Justice) 0.02% ▌L. V. Schneider (Scales of Justice) 0.02%
	Vacant (incumbent died June 26, 1908)			Republican hold.

Tennessee

See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	Walter P. Brownlow	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Walter P. Brownlow (Republican) 79.46% ▌J. T. Fugate (Democratic) 20.54%[37]
Tennessee 2	Nathan W. Hale	Republican	1904	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican hold.	▌Y Richard W. Austin (Republican) 50.85% ▌Nathan W. Hale (Republican) 48.16%[38] Others ▌L. L. Cross (Ind. Democratic) 0.62% ▌Eugene Merrill (Socialist) 0.37%
Tennessee 3	John A. Moon	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John A. Moon (Democratic) 60.19% ▌John T. Raulston (Republican) 39.81%[39]
Tennessee 4	Cordell Hull	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cordell Hull (Democratic) 54.87% ▌R. Q. Lillard (Republican) 44.85% ▌W. D. Fisk (Socialist) 0.29%[40]
Tennessee 5	William C. Houston	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William C. Houston (Democratic) 69.65% ▌Z. T. Cason (Republican) 30.24% ▌E. D. Morgan (Socialist) 0.11%[41]
Tennessee 6	John W. Gaines	Democratic	1896	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Jo Byrns (Democratic) 97.29% ▌James L. Hardaway (Socialist) 2.71%[42]
Tennessee 7	Lemuel P. Padgett	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lemuel P. Padgett (Democratic) 64.20% ▌J. S. Beasley (Republican) 35.81%[43]
Tennessee 8	Thetus W. Sims	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 57.53% ▌R. H. Thrasher (Republican) 42.21%[44] Others ▌F. W. Earnshaw (Socialist) 0.21% ▌M. McCampbell (Independence) 0.05%
Tennessee 9	Finis J. Garrett	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Finis J. Garrett (Democratic) 73.33% ▌W. L. Terrell (Republican) 26.67%[45]
Tennessee 10	George Gordon	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Gordon (Democratic) 96.09% ▌Robert H. Gowling (Socialist) 3.91%[46]

Texas

See also: List of United States representatives from Texas

Utah

See also: List of United States representatives from Utah

Vermont

See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[47]
Vermont 1	David J. Foster	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David J. Foster (Republican) 71.8% ▌Emile Blais (Democratic) 26.0% ▌Edwin R. Towle (Prohibition) 1.5% ▌Joseph W. Dunbar (Socialist) 0.8%
Vermont 2	Kittredge Haskins	Republican	1900	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Frank Plumley (Republican) 75.9% ▌Andrew J. Sibley (Democratic) 21.9% ▌William V. McLaughlin (Prohibition) 1.3% ▌Timothy Ivers (Socialist) 0.9%

Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[48]
Virginia 1	William A. Jones	Democratic	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Jones (Democratic) 74.5% ▌George N. Wise (Republican) 25.2% Others ▌W. L. Jones (Republican) 0.2% ▌Charles Rudolph (Socialist) 0.1%
Virginia 2	Harry L. Maynard	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harry L. Maynard (Democratic) 70.3% ▌D. L. Groner (Republican) 29.5% ▌W. B. Muller (Socialist) 0.2%
Virginia 3	John Lamb	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Lamb (Democratic) 77.2% ▌J. G. Luce (Republican) 22.3% ▌Thomas A. Hollins (Socialist) 0.5%
Virginia 4	Francis R. Lassiter	Democratic	1900 (special) 1902 (retired) 1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Francis R. Lassiter (Democratic) 100%
Virginia 5	Edward W. Saunders	Democratic	1906 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward W. Saunders (Democratic) 50.3% ▌John M. Parsons (Republican) 49.6% ▌E. Matthews (Independent) 0.1%
Virginia 6	Carter Glass	Democratic	1902 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carter Glass (Democratic) 65.9% ▌M. Hartman (Republican) 25.6% ▌John M. Parsons (Republican) 7.4% ▌Jacob Harvey (Independent) 1.0%
Virginia 7	James Hay	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Hay (Democratic) 62.8% ▌L. Pritchard (Republican) 37.2%
Virginia 8	Charles C. Carlin	Democratic	1907 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles C. Carlin (Democratic) 100%
Virginia 9	C. Bascom Slemp	Republican	1907 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y C. Bascom Slemp (Republican) 56.3% ▌J. Cloyd Byars (Democratic) 43.7%
Virginia 10	Henry D. Flood	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry D. Flood (Democratic) 65.8% ▌W. C. Franklin (Republican) 34.2%

Washington

See also: List of United States representatives from Washington

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[49]
Washington 1	William E. Humphrey Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William E. Humphrey (Republican) 63.7% ▌Charles H. Miller (Democratic) 33.9% ▌D. Burgess (Socialist) 2.4% ▌A. H. Sherwood (Prohibition) 0.0%
Washington 2	Francis W. Cushman Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Francis W. Cushman (Republican) 70.2% ▌Browder D. Brown (Democratic) 27.8% ▌Emil M. Herman (Socialist) 2.1%
Washington 3	William E. Humphrey Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1898	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Miles Poindexter (Republican) 61.0% ▌William Goodyear (Democratic) 36.9% ▌E. S. Reinert (Socialist) 2.0%

West Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
West Virginia 1	William P. Hubbard	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William P. Hubbard (Republican) 51.28% ▌E. L. Robinson (Democratic) 44.21% ▌Thomas N. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.61% ▌E. B. Hibbs (Socialist) 1.89%[50]
West Virginia 2	George C. Sturgiss	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George C. Sturgiss (Republican) 51.06% ▌B. H. Hines (Democratic) 45.92% ▌George W. Herring (Prohibition) 2.06% ▌W. H. Woodley (Socialist) 0.96%[51]
West Virginia 3	Joseph H. Gaines	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph H. Gaines (Republican) 53.19% ▌Andrew Price (Democratic) 42.45% ▌Charles Hill (Prohibition) 2.27% ▌E. C. Bennett (Socialist) 2.10%[52]
West Virginia 4	Harry C. Woodyard	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harry C. Woodyard (Republican) 51.85% ▌William O. Parsons (Democratic) 45.47% ▌G. R. Williamson (Prohibition) 1.93% ▌T. J. McDougle (Socialist) 0.75%[53]
West Virginia 5	James A. Hughes	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James A. Hughes (Republican) 55.55% ▌L. H. Clarke (Democratic) 43.07%[54] Others ▌Willoughby Miller (Prohibition) 0.72% ▌Charles M. Crouch (Socialist) 0.66%

Wisconsin

See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1908.^[55][56]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	Henry Allen Cooper	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 60.6% ▌Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 31.8% ▌William A. Jacobs (Social Dem.) 4.1% ▌J. H. Berkey (Prohibition) 3.6%
Wisconsin 2	John M. Nelson	Republican	1906 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Nelson (Republican) 53.6% ▌James E. Jones (Democratic) 45.5% ▌W. A. Hall Sr. (Social Dem.) 0.9%
Wisconsin 3	James W. Murphy	Democratic	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Arthur W. Kopp (Republican) 55.8% ▌James W. Murphy (Democratic) 41.7% ▌John Hardcastle (Prohibition) 2.4% ▌E. A. Ketterer (Social Dem.) 0.1%
Wisconsin 4	William J. Cary	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Cary (Republican) 39.1% ▌William J. Kershaw (Democratic) 36.2% ▌Edmund T. Melms (Social Dem.) 24.7%
Wisconsin 5	William H. Stafford	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William H. Stafford (Republican) 40.4% ▌G. Holmes Daubner (Democratic) 31.7% ▌Albert J. Welch (Social Dem.) 27.8%
Wisconsin 6	Charles H. Weisse	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles H. Weisse (Democratic) 57.8% ▌George W. Spratt (Republican) 40.1% ▌George C. Damrow (Prohibition) 2.1%
Wisconsin 7	John J. Esch	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John J. Esch (Republican) 68.0% ▌B. F. Keeler (Democratic) 31.0% ▌W. Gray (Social Dem.) 1.0%
Wisconsin 8	James H. Davidson	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.3% ▌Lyman J. Nash (Democratic) 37.2% ▌Martin Georgenson (Social Dem.) 3.4% ▌Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition) 2.1%
Wisconsin 9	Gustav Küstermann	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gustav Küstermann (Republican) 53.6% ▌Luther Lindauer (Democratic) 44.1% ▌Joseph E. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.3%
Wisconsin 10	Elmer A. Morse	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elmer A. Morse (Republican) 60.9% ▌Wells M. Ruggles (Democratic) 39.1%
Wisconsin 11	John J. Jenkins	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Irvine Lenroot (Republican) 71.7% ▌J. S. Konkel (Democratic) 24.9% ▌E. B. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.7%

Wyoming

Main article: 1908 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

See also: List of United States representatives from Wyoming

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[57]
Wyoming at-large	Frank W. Mondell	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 57.06% ▌Hayden M. White (Democratic) 36.32% ▌James Morgan (Socialist) 6.62%

Non-voting delegates

See also: Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives, List of United States representatives from Alaska, List of United States representatives from Arizona, and List of United States representatives from New Mexico

District	Incumbent			This race
	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska Territory at-large	Thomas Cale	Independent	1906	Incumbent retired. New delegate elected August 11, 1908. Republican gain.	▌Y James Wickersham (Republican) 39.50% ▌Joseph Chilberg (Labor) 24.76% ▌John W. Corson (Republican) 22.22% ▌John Ronan (Democratic) 10.46% ▌John Clum (Unknown) 3.06%[58]
Arizona Territory at-large
New Mexico Territory at-large	William Henry Andrews	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1908.	▌Y William Henry Andrews (Republican) 49.41% ▌Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Democratic) 48.72% ▌W. P. Metcalf (Socialist) 1.87%[59]

See also

• 1908 United States elections
  • 1908 United States presidential election
  • 1908–09 United States Senate elections
• 60th United States Congress
• 61st United States Congress

Notes

1. Regulars only, not including specials
2. One Independent Republican, Peter Porter from the 34th district of New York.
3. Elections held early
4. Changed from at-large.
5. This was the last year that Oregon held its congressional elections early.