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.
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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
172 | 219 |
Democratic | Republican |
State | Type | Total seats |
Democratic | Republican | ||
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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% |
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Special elections
There were nine special elections in 1908.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Regular election dates
All the states held their regular elections November 3, 1908 except for three, which, held elections:
Alabama
Alaska Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Arizona Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Arkansas
California
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[10] | |
California 1 | William F. Englebright | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 2 | Duncan E. McKinlay | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 3 | Joseph R. Knowland | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 4 | Julius Kahn | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 5 | Everis A. Hayes | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 6 | James C. Needham | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 7 | James McLachlan | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 8 | Sylvester C. Smith | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Colorado
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[11] | |
Colorado 1 | Robert W. Bonynge | Republican | 1902 (contest) | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Colorado 2 | Warren A. Haggott | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Colorado at-large | George W. Cook | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. |
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Connecticut
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[12] | |
Connecticut 1 | E. Stevens Henry | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Connecticut 2 | Nehemiah D. Sperry | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Connecticut 3 | Edwin W. Higgins | Republican | 1905 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Connecticut 4 | Ebenezer J. Hill | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Connecticut at-large | George L. Lilley | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent retired to run for governor. Republican hold. |
Others
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Delaware
Florida
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Florida 1 | Stephen M. Sparkman | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Florida 2 | Frank Clark | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Florida 3 | William B. Lamar | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold |
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Georgia
Idaho
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[13] | |
Idaho at-large | Burton L. French | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. |
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kansas 1 | Daniel R. Anthony Jr. | Republican | 1907 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 2 | Charles F. Scott | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 3 | Philip P. Campbell | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 4 | James Monroe Miller | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 5 | William A. Calderhead | Republican | 1894 1896 (lost) 1898 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 6 | William A. Reeder | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 7 | Edmond H. Madison | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas 8 | Victor Murdock | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Maryland 1 | William H. Jackson | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Maryland 2 | J. Frederick C. Talbott | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 3 | Harry B. Wolf | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Maryland 4 | John Gill Jr. | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 5 | Sydney E. Mudd I | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 6 | George A. Pearre | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Massachusetts 1 | George P. Lawrence | Republican | 1897 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 2 | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 3 | Charles G. Washburn | Republican | 1906 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 4 | Charles Q. Tirrell | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 5 | Butler Ames | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 6 | Augustus P. Gardner | Republican | 1902 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 7 | Ernest W. Roberts | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 8 | Samuel W. McCall | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 9 | John A. Keliher | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 10 | Joseph F. O'Connell | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 11 | Andrew James Peters | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 12 | John W. Weeks | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 13 | William S. Greene | Republican | 1898 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 14 | William C. Lovering | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan
Minnesota
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[17] | |
Minnesota 1 | James A. Tawney | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 2 | Winfield Scott Hammond | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 3 | Charles Russell Davis | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 4 | Frederick Stevens | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 5 | Frank Nye | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 6 | Charles August Lindbergh | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 7 | Andrew Volstead | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 8 | J. Adam Bede | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. |
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Minnesota 9 | Halvor Steenerson | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Mississippi 1 | Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. | Democratic | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 2 | Thomas Spight | Democratic | 1898 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 3 | Benjamin G. Humphreys II | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 4 | Wilson S. Hill | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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Mississippi 5 | Adam M. Byrd | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 6 | Eaton J. Bowers | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 7 | Frank A. McLain | Democratic | 1898 (special) | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Mississippi 8 | John S. Williams | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold. |
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Missouri
Montana
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[26] | |
Montana at-large | Charles N. Pray | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Nebraska 1 | Ernest M. Pollard | Republican | 1905 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Nebraska 2 | Gilbert Hitchcock | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska 3 | John F. Boyd | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Nebraska 4 | Edmund H. Hinshaw | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska 5 | George W. Norris | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska 6 | Moses Kinkaid | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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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. |
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Asle Gronna | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Ohio
Oklahoma
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[34] | |
Oklahoma 1 | Bird S. McGuire | Republican | 1907 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oklahoma 2 | Elmer L. Fulton | Democratic | 1907 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Oklahoma 3 | James S. Davenport | Democratic | 1907 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Oklahoma 4 | Charles D. Carter | Democratic | 1907 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oklahoma 5 | Scott Ferris | Democratic | 1907 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oregon
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[35] | |
Oregon 1 | Willis C. Hawley | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oregon 2 | William R. Ellis | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
South Carolina 1 | George Swinton Legaré | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 2 | James O. Patterson | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 3 | Wyatt Aiken | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 4 | Joseph T. Johnson | Democratic | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 5 | David E. Finley | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 6 | J. Edwin Ellerbe | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 7 | A. Frank Lever | Democratic | 1901 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Dakota
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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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. |
Others
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Vacant (incumbent died June 26, 1908) | Republican hold. |
Tennessee
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Tennessee 1 | Walter P. Brownlow | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 2 | Nathan W. Hale | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican hold. |
Others
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Tennessee 3 | John A. Moon | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 4 | Cordell Hull | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 5 | William C. Houston | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 6 | John W. Gaines | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 7 | Lemuel P. Padgett | Democratic | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 8 | Thetus W. Sims | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Tennessee 9 | Finis J. Garrett | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 10 | George Gordon | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Texas
Utah
Vermont
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[47] | |
Vermont 1 | David J. Foster | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 2 | Kittredge Haskins | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Virginia
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[48] | |
Virginia 1 | William A. Jones | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Virginia 2 | Harry L. Maynard | Democratic | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 3 | John Lamb | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 4 | Francis R. Lassiter | Democratic | 1900 (special) 1902 (retired) 1906 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 5 | Edward W. Saunders | Democratic | 1906 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 6 | Carter Glass | Democratic | 1902 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 7 | James Hay | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 8 | Charles C. Carlin | Democratic | 1907 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 9 | C. Bascom Slemp | Republican | 1907 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 10 | Henry D. Flood | Democratic | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Washington
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[49] | |
Washington 1 | William E. Humphrey Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Washington 2 | Francis W. Cushman Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Washington 3 | William E. Humphrey Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1898 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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West Virginia
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
West Virginia 1 | William P. Hubbard | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 2 | George C. Sturgiss | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 3 | Joseph H. Gaines | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 4 | Harry C. Woodyard | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 5 | James A. Hughes | Republican | 1900 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1908.[55][56]
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Wisconsin 1 | Henry Allen Cooper | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 2 | John M. Nelson | Republican | 1906 (special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 3 | James W. Murphy | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Wisconsin 4 | William J. Cary | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 5 | William H. Stafford | Republican | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 6 | Charles H. Weisse | Democratic | 1902 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 7 | John J. Esch | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 8 | James H. Davidson | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 9 | Gustav Küstermann | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 10 | Elmer A. Morse | Republican | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 11 | John J. Jenkins | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold. |
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Wyoming
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[57] | |
Wyoming at-large | Frank W. Mondell | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Non-voting delegates
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Alaska Territory at-large | Thomas Cale | Independent | 1906 | Incumbent retired. New delegate elected August 11, 1908. Republican gain. |
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Arizona Territory at-large | |||||
New Mexico Territory at-large | William Henry Andrews | Republican | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1908. |
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See also
Notes
- One Independent Republican, Peter Porter from the 34th district of New York.
References
Bibliography
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