United States House of Representatives elections, 1954

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1954
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1952
previous_year = 1952
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1956
next_year = 1956
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 2, 1954


leader1 = Sam Rayburn
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Texas-4th
last_election1 = 213 seats
seats1 = 232
seat_change1 = +19
popular_vote1 =
percentage1 = 52.1%
swing1 = +2.9%


leader2 = Joseph Martin
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Massachusetts-14th
last_election2 = 221 seats
seats2 = 203
seat_change2 = -18
popular_vote2 =
percentage2 = 47.0%
swing2 = -2.3%
title = Speaker
before_election = Joseph Martin
before_party = Republican Party (United States)
after_election = Sam Rayburn
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

The U.S. House election, 1954 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1954 which occurred in the middle of President Dwight Eisenhower's first term. Eisenhower's Republican Party lost eighteen seats in the House, giving the Democratic Party a majority that it would retain in every Congressional election until 1994.

Perhaps the most major reason for the Republican defeat was the fallout from the Army-McCarthy Hearings, in which prominent Republican Senator Joe McCarthy accused countless political and intellectual figures of having Communist ties, usually with no evidence.

Sam Rayburn of Texas became Speaker of the House, exchanging places with new Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of Massachusetts.

Overall results

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California

ee also

*84th United States Congress
*U.S. Senate election, 1954

sequence
list=U.S. House elections
prev=1952
next=1956

References

* Bean Louis, "Influences in the 1954 Mid-Term Elections." Washington: Public Affairs Institute, 1954