United States House of Representatives elections, 1962

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1962
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1960
previous_year = 1960
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1964
next_year = 1964
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 6, 1962


leader1 = John McCormack
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Massachusetts-12th
last_election1 = 263 seats
seats1 = 259
seat_change1 = -4
popular_vote1 =
percentage1 = 52.1%
swing1 = -2.2%


leader2 = Charles Halleck
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Indiana-2nd
last_election2 = 174 seats
seats2 = 176
seat_change2 = +2
popular_vote2 =
percentage2 = 47.1
swing2 = +2.3%
title = Speaker
before_election = John McCormack
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_election = John McCormack
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

The U.S. House election, 1962 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1962 which occurred in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. As in most midterm elections, Kennedy's Democratic Party lost several seats to the opposition Republican Party, but retained a majority.

A notable freshman was future Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (R-Illinois)

Overall results

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California

ee also

* 88th United States Congress
* U.S. Senate election, 1962

sequence
list=U.S. House elections
prev=1960
next=1964