1908 United States House of Representatives elections

1908 United States House of Representatives elections

June 1, September 1, September 14, and November 3, 1908[a]

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

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.

Taft was not as popular as his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, 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
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%

Special elections

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:

Alabama

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Alabama 1 George W. Taylor Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 2 Oliver C. Wiley Democratic 1908 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Alabama 3 Henry D. Clayton Jr. Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 4 William Benjamin Craig Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 5 J. Thomas Heflin Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 6 Richmond P. Hobson Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 7 John L. Burnett Democratic 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y John L. Burnett (Democratic) 56.0%
  • Newman H. Freeman (Republican) 44.0%
Alabama 8 William Richardson Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 9 Oscar Underwood Democratic 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 79.4%
  • J. B. Sloan (Republican) 18.1%
  • W. G. Emiel (Independent) 2.4%

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Alaska Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Arkansas 1 Robert B. Macon Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Robert B. Macon (Democratic) 66.5%
  • C.T. Bloodworth (Republican) 33.5%
Arkansas 2 Stephen Brundidge Jr. Democratic 1896 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
Democratic hold.
Arkansas 3 John C. Floyd Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y John C. Floyd (Democratic) 59.9%
  • W. T. Mills (Republican) 40.1%
Arkansas 4 William B. Cravens Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 5 Charles C. Reid Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles C. Reid (Democratic) 66.1%
  • Guy W. Caron (Republican) 33.9%
Arkansas 6 Joseph T. Robinson Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 7 Robert M. Wallace Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.

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California

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[12]
Colorado 1 Robert W. Bonynge Republican 1902 (contest) Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Colorado 2 Warren A. Haggott Republican 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Colorado at-large George W. Cook Republican 1906 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.

Connecticut

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[13]
Connecticut 1 E. Stevens Henry Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Others
  • Elisha Y. Ellis (Prohibition) 1.2%
  • Edward Prior (Soc. Labor) 0.3%

Delaware

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Delaware at-large Hiram R. Burton Republican 1904 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • Y William H. Heald (Republican) 50.7%
  • L. Irving Handy (Democratic) 46.9%
  • William E. Hawkins (Prohibition) 1.9%
  • Frank A. Houck (Socialist) 0.5%

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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.
Florida 3 William B. Lamar Democratic 1902 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold
  • Y Dannite H. Mays (Democratic) 80.2%
  • William Northrup (Republican) 14.7%
  • C. N. Woods (Socialist) 3.6%

Georgia

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Georgia 1 Charles G. Edwards Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 2 James M. Griggs Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 3 Elijah B. Lewis Democratic 1896 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Georgia 4 William C. Adamson Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 5 Leonidas F. Livingston Democratic 1890 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 6 Charles L. Bartlett Democratic 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 7 Gordon Lee Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 8 William M. Howard Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 9 Thomas M. Bell Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 10 Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 11 William G. Brantley Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.

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Idaho

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[14]
Idaho at-large Burton L. French Republican 1902 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • Y Thomas R. Hamer (Republican) 52.0%
  • James L. McClear (Democratic) 39.2%
  • Halbert Barton (Socialist) 6.5%
  • William G. Light (Prohibition) 2.2%
  • Ernest C. Grant (Independence) 0.1%

Illinois

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 1 Martin B. Madden Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Martin B. Madden (Republican) 60.9%
  • Matthew L. Mandable (Democratic) 35.7%
  • Joseph N. Greer (Socialist) 2.2%
  • Henry W. Young (Independence) 1.2%
Illinois 2 James Robert Mann Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y James Robert Mann (Republican) 64.8%
  • John T. Donahoe (Democratic) 29.0%
  • Bernard Berlyn (Socialist) 4.2%
  • Frank V. Irish (Prohibition) 2.0%
Illinois 3 William Warfield Wilson Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William Warfield Wilson (Republican) 56.0%
  • Fred J. Crowley (Democratic) 35.8%
  • Charles F. Woerner (Socialist) 3.8%
  • A. F. Anderson (Prohibition) 2.7%
  • David C. Wagner Jr. (Independence) 1.7%
Illinois 4 James T. McDermott Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 5 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 6 William Lorimer Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William Lorimer (Republican) 61.1%
  • Frank C. Wood (Democratic) 32.1%
  • James A. Jarvis (Socialist) 3.1%
  • Samuel J. Clark (Prohibition) 2.4%
  • Willis D. Casey (Independence) 1.3%
Illinois 7 Philip Knopf Republican 1902 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Illinois 8 Charles McGavin Republican 1904 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • Y Thomas Gallagher (Democratic) 49.2%
  • Philip M. Ksycki (Republican) 45.2%
  • Thomas McLean (Socialist) 4.6%
  • Charles A. Bonnet (Independence) 1.0%
Illinois 9 Henry Sherman Boutell Republican 1897 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Henry Sherman Boutell (Republican) 56.3%
  • Charles C. Stilwell (Democratic) 36.1%
  • J. Mahlon Barnes (Socialist) 4.7%
  • John O. Johnson (Prohibition) 1.6%
  • Eugene V. Putnam (Independence) 1.3%
Illinois 10 George E. Foss Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y George E. Foss (Republican) 62.0%
  • Western Starr (Democratic) 29.6%
  • A. M. Simons (Socialist) 4.0%
  • Charles O. Boring (Prohibition) 2.6%
  • F. E. Rutledge (Independence) 1.8%
Illinois 11 Howard M. Snapp Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Howard M. Snapp (Republican) 61.2%
  • Coll McNaughton (Democratic) 32.6%
  • Frederick F. Farmiloe (Prohibition) 4.6%
  • F. L. Raymond (Socialist) 1.6%
Illinois 12 Charles Eugene Fuller Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles Eugene Fuller (Republican) 65.4%
  • M. N. Armstrong (Democratic) 27.1%
  • Charles L. Logan (Prohibition) 4.0%
  • Joseph McCabe (Socialist) 3.5%
Illinois 13 Frank O. Lowden Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Frank O. Lowden (Republican) 61.4%
  • William C. Green (Democratic) 32.9%
  • F. W. Emerson (Prohibition) 4.9%
  • George W. Ashford (Socialist) 0.8%
Illinois 14 James McKinney Republican 1905 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y James McKinney (Republican) 54.3%
  • Matt J. McEniry (Democratic) 38.9%
  • W. L. Clark (Prohibition) 3.6%
  • Harry Strom (Socialist) 3.2%
Illinois 15 George W. Prince Republican 1895 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y George W. Prince (Republican) 50.9%
  • W. Emery Lancaster (Democratic) 42.6%
  • William W. Vose (Prohibition) 3.3%
  • Edward L. Switzer (Socialist) 3.2%
Illinois 16 Joseph V. Graff Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Joseph V. Graff (Republican) 53.2%
  • James W. Hill (Democratic) 41.3%
  • George W. Warner (Prohibition) 3.0%
  • Jefferson T. White (Socialist) 2.5%
Illinois 17 John A. Sterling Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y John A. Sterling (Republican) 53.2%
  • C. S. Schneider (Democratic) 40.5%
  • William P. Allin (Prohibition) 5.4%
  • J. A. Landers (Socialist) 0.9%
Illinois 18 Joseph Gurney Cannon Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) 54.9%
  • Henry C. Bell (Democratic) 41.0%
  • G. B. Winter (Prohibition) 3.2%
  • C. V. Walls (Socialist) 0.9%
Illinois 19 William B. McKinley Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William B. McKinley (Republican) 52.9%
  • Fred B. Hamil (Democratic) 43.1%
  • J. N. Baker (Prohibition) 3.4%
  • Lynn N. Williams (Socialist) 0.6%
Illinois 20 Henry T. Rainey Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Henry T. Rainey (Democratic) 55.3%
  • James H. Danskin (Republican) 40.8%
  • John E. Vertrees (Prohibition) 2.8%
  • William L. Heberling (Socialist) 1.1%
Illinois 21 Ben F. Caldwell Democratic 1906 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • Y James M. Graham (Democratic) 47.9%
  • H. Clay Wilson (Republican) 44.4%
  • William Brandon (Prohibition) 4.9%
  • William Keoning-Kraemer (Socialist) 2.8%
Illinois 22 William A. Rodenberg Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 23 Martin D. Foster Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 24 Pleasant T. Chapman Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Pleasant T. Chapman (Republican) 52.4%
  • John Q. A. Ledbetter (Democratic) 44.0%
  • Charles R. Montgomery (Prohibition) 2.6%
  • John Snyder (Socialist) 1.0%
Illinois 25 Napoleon B. Thistlewood Republican 1908 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Napoleon B. Thistlewood (Republican) 51.6%
  • I. R. Spilman (Democratic) 43.6%
  • P. E. Michaels (Prohibition) 2.7%
  • Daniel Boone (Socialist) 2.1%

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Indiana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Indiana 1 John H. Foster Republican 1905 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Y John W. Boehne (Democratic) 48.3%
  • John H. Foster (Republican) 48.1%
  • Paul D. Strong (Socialist) 2.5%
  • David W. Hill (Prohibition) 1.0%
  • Fred L. Hisgen (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 2 John C. Chaney Republican 1904 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 3 William E. Cox Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William E. Cox (Democratic) 54.3%
  • John W. Lewis (Republican) 43.1%
  • George E. Flanigan (Prohibition) 1.8%
  • Joseph W. Schwartz (Socialist) 0.7%
  • David J. Murr (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 4 Lincoln Dixon Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Lincoln Dixon (Democratic) 53.6%
  • James A. Cox (Republican) 44.0%
  • Henry J. Bigney (Prohibition) 1.8%
  • Albert S. Bumpas (Socialist) 0.6%
Indiana 5 Elias S. Holliday Republican 1900 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • Y Ralph W. Moss (Democratic) 48.9%
  • Howard Maxwell (Republican) 46.4%
  • W. D. Vanhorn (Socialist) 2.6%
  • Edward M. Woodward (Prohibition) 2.0%
  • D. C. Brackney (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 6 James E. Watson Republican 1898 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Indiana.
Republican hold.
  • Y William O. Barnard (Republican) 49.2%
  • Thomas H. Kuhn (Democratic) 47.2%
  • Aaron Worth (Prohibition) 2.6%
  • Jefferson Cox (Socialist) 1.0%
Indiana 7 Jesse Overstreet Republican 1894 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Y Charles A. Korbly (Democratic) 49.2%
  • Jesse Overstreet (Republican) 48.2%
  • Joseph A. Gabriel (Socialist) 1.4%
  • Charles M. Lemon (Prohibition) 1.1%
  • Matthew C. Mayhew (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 8 John A. M. Adair Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y John A. M. Adair (Democratic) 52.5%
  • Nathan B. Hawkins (Republican) 42.9%
  • Willard A. Bartlett (Prohibition) 2.4%
  • Wallace B. Wattles (Socialist) 2.1%
  • Nathan H. Baker (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 9 Charles B. Landis Republican 1896 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Y Martin A. Morrison (Democratic) 48.9%
  • Charles B. Landis (Republican) 47.0%
  • Albert B. Kirkpatrick (Prohibition) 3.3%
  • Granville W. Sharp (Socialist) 0.7%
  • Rheno W. Isherwood (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 10 Edgar D. Crumpacker Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Edgar D. Crumpacker (Republican) 54.4%
  • William Darroch (Democratic) 44.1%
  • Isaac S. Wade (Prohibition) 1.4%
  • Everett G. Ballard (Independence) 0.1%
Indiana 11 George W. Rauch Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y George W. Rauch (Democratic) 48.3%
  • Charles H. Good (Republican) 46.0%
  • Oliver W. Outland (Prohibition) 4.4%
  • Edward G. Nix (Socialist) 1.4%
Indiana 12 Clarence C. Gilhams Republican 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • Y Cyrus Cline (Democratic) 50.6%
  • Clarence C. Gilhams (Republican) 45.8%
  • Charles Eckhark (Prohibition) 2.2%
  • John S. Brunskill (Socialist) 1.1%
  • Charles A. Phelps (Independence) 0.3%
Indiana 13 Henry A. Barnhart Democratic 1908 Incumbent re-elected
  • Y Henry A. Barnhart (Democratic) 48.2%
  • Charles W. Miller (Republican) 47.7%
  • Levi Newman (Prohibition) 2.1%
  • Robert E. Dunbar (Socialist) 1.9%
  • William A. Weiser (Independence) 0.1%

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Iowa

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Iowa 1 Charles A. Kennedy Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles A. Kennedy (Republican) 51.2%
  • George S. Tracy (Democratic) 46.7%
  • George W. Holmes (Prohibition) 1.3%
  • Charles H. Schick (Socialist) 0.8%
Iowa 2 Albert F. Dawson Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Albert F. Dawson (Republican) 51.0%
  • Mark A. Walsh (Democratic) 46.9%
  • Michael T. Kennedy (Socialist) 1.7%
  • Sam Whitlock (Prohibition) 0.4%
Iowa 3 Benjamin P. Birdsall Republican 1902 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • Y Charles E. Pickett (Republican) 57.6%
  • Charles Elliott (Democratic) 39.2%
  • Edgar E. Printnall (Prohibition) 1.7%
  • Noah Garwick (Socialist) 1.5%
Iowa 4 Gilbert N. Haugen Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Gilbert N. Haugen (Republican) 55.3%
  • M. E. Geiser (Democratic) 43.1%
  • J. E. Smith (Prohibition) 1.0%
  • C. J. Thorgrimson (Socialist) 0.6%
Iowa 5 Robert G. Cousins Republican 1892 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • Y James W. Good (Republican) 57.3%
  • Samuel K. Tracy (Democratic) 40.2%
  • C.P. Whitmore (Prohibition) 1.6%
  • L. A. Hanson (Socialist) 0.9%
Iowa 6 Daniel W. Hamilton Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Iowa 7 John A. T. Hull Republican 1890 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y John A. T. Hull (Republican) 55.7%
  • Charles O. Holley (Democratic) 39.4%
  • Ira B. Kellogg (Prohibition) 2.9%
  • W. C. Hills (Socialist) 1.9%
  • D. T, Blodgett (Independence) 0.1%
Iowa 8 William P. Hepburn Republican 1892 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Iowa 9 Walter I. Smith Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Walter I. Smith (Republican) 55.8%
  • R. C. Spencer (Democratic) 42.4%
  • J. J. Kelly (Prohibition) 0.9%
  • Walter Cook (Socialist) 0.9%
Iowa 10 James P. Conner Republican 1900 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • Y Frank P. Woods (Republican) 61.4%
  • Montague Hakes (Democratic) 35.8%
  • Joseph W. Woodward (Prohibition) 1.6%
  • George F. Bretchel (Socialist) 1.2%
Iowa 11 Elbert H. Hubbard Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Elbert H. Hubbard (Republican) 57.1%
  • W. G. Sears (Democratic) 40.9%
  • Newton Meltor (Prohibition) 1.1%
  • A. W. Beach (Socialist) 0.9%

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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) 57.6%
  • F. M. Pearl (Democratic) 41.1%
  • John F. Willetts (Socialist) 1.3%
Kansas 2 Charles F. Scott Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles F. Scott (Republican) 50.5%
  • B. J. Sheridan (Democratic) 46.5%
  • S. M. Stallard (Socialist) 2.3%
  • D. A. W. Johnson (Prohibition) 0.7%
Kansas 3 Philip P. Campbell Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Philip P. Campbell (Republican) 49.8%
  • T. J. Hudson (Democratic) 39.8%
  • Ben F. Wilson (Socialist) 9.8%
  • J. B. Cook (Prohibition) 0.6%
Kansas 4 James Monroe Miller Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y James Monroe Miller (Republican) 55.3%
  • Thomas H. Grisham (Democratic) 42.2%
  • W. J. Millikin (Socialist) 1.5%
  • E. C. Lindley (Prohibition) 1.0%
Kansas 5 William A. Calderhead Republican 1894
1896 (lost)
1898
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William A. Calderhead (Republican) 51.56%
  • R. A. Lovitt (Democratic) 45.36%
  • W. L. Nixon (Socialist) 2.01%
  • William H. Eaton (Prohibition) 1.07%[15]
Kansas 6 William A. Reeder Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 7 Edmond H. Madison Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Edmond H. Madison (Republican) 52.55%
  • Samuel I. Hale (Democratic) 42.85%
  • J. N. Brown (Socialist) 2.83%
  • Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 1.78%[17]
Kansas 8 Victor Murdock Republican 1903 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Victor Murdock (Republican) 56.4%
  • Frank B. Lawrence (Democratic) 39.9%
  • A. A. Roe (Socialist) 2.4%
  • Robert Piatt (Prohibition) 1.3%

Kentucky

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 Ollie Murray James Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Ollie Murray James (Democratic) 64.1%
  • Jerry M. Porter (Republican) 35.4%
  • I. O. Ford (Prohibition) 0.5%
Kentucky 2 Augustus Owsley Stanley Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Augustus Owsley Stanley (Democratic) 54.3%
  • John C. Worsham (Republican) 45.0%
  • Elmer Farley (Socialist) 0.7%
Kentucky 3 Addison James Republican 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Kentucky 4 Ben Johnson Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Ben Johnson (Democratic) 53.2%
  • D. W. Gaddie (Republican) 46.4%
  • James Redmond (Socialist) 0.4%
Kentucky 5 J. Swagar Sherley Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y J. Swagar Sherley (Democratic) 51.7%
  • R. C. Kinkead (Republican) 47.1%
  • Chase Dobbs (Socialist) 1.2%
Kentucky 6 Joseph L. Rhinock Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Joseph L. Rhinock (Democratic) 56.7%
  • John R. Inglis (Republican) 42.7%
  • John Thobe (Prohibition) 0.6%
Kentucky 7 William P. Kimball Democratic 1906 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 8 Harvey Helm Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Harvey Helm (Democratic) 51.8%
  • L. W. Benthrum (Republican) 46.9%
  • Andrew Johnson (Prohibition) 1.3%
Kentucky 9 Joseph B. Bennett Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 10 John W. Langley Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 11 Don C. Edwards Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Don C. Edwards (Republican) 69.8%
  • A. G. Patterson (Democratic) 28.5%
  • Tobias Huffaker (Prohibition) 1.0%
  • E. B. Slatton (Socialist) 0.7%

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Louisiana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Louisiana 1 Adolph Meyer Democratic 1890 Incumbent died. Winner also elected to finish term.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 2 Robert C. Davey Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected but died before next term began.
Louisiana 3 Robert F. Broussard Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 4 John T. Watkins Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y John T. Watkins (Democratic) 88.2%
  • W. S. Emmons (Socialist) 6.3%
  • John F. Slattery (Republican) 5.5%
Louisiana 5 Joseph E. Ransdell Democratic 1899 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 6 George K. Favrot Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 7 Arsène Pujo Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Arsène Pujo (Democratic) 93.4%
  • Alex Hymes (Socialist) 6.6%

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Maine

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maine 1 Amos L. Allen Republican 1899 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Amos L. Allen (Republican) 53.5%
  • John C. Scates (Democratic) 44.2%
  • Alphonso N. Witham (Prohibition) 1.2%
  • Joseph Lafontaine (Socialist) 1.1%
Maine 2 Charles E. Littlefield Republican 1899 Incumbent resigned. Winner also elected to finish term.
Republican hold.
Maine 3 Edwin C. Burleigh Republican 1897 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine 4 Llewellyn Powers Republican 1901 Incumbent died. Winner also elected to finish term.
Republican hold.

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Maryland

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1 William H. Jackson Republican 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Maryland 2 J. Frederick C. Talbott Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
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%
  • Roswell V. Whitehurst (Prohibition) 0.9%
Maryland 4 John Gill Jr. Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
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%
  • Samuel W. James (Prohibition) 1.7%
  • Benjamin E. Davis (Socialist) 1.0%
Maryland 6 George A. Pearre Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.

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.
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.
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.
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Michigan 1 Edwin Denby Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Edwin Denby (Republican) 56.4%
  • William D. Mahon (Democratic) 39.9%
  • Ora I. Richardson (Socialist) 2.1%
  • William H. Venn (Prohibition) 1.4%
  • Israel J. Richardson (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
Michigan 2 Charles E. Townsend Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles E. Townsend (Republican) 58.0%
  • James C. Henderson (Democratic) 39.4%
  • William O. Albig (Prohibition) 2.6%
Michigan 3 Washington Gardner Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Washington Gardner (Republican) 53.7%
  • Hiram C. Blackman (Democratic) 42.1%
  • Leroy Waterman (Prohibition) 3.3%
  • Charles A. Johnson (Socialist) 0.9%
Michigan 4 Edward L. Hamilton Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Edward L. Hamilton (Republican) 59.4%
  • Charles H. Kimmerle (Democratic) 36.7%
  • John L. Stevens (Prohibition) 2.3%
  • Otis M. Southworth (Socialist) 1.5%
  • H. H. Shively (Independence) 0.1%
Michigan 5 Gerrit J. Diekema Republican 1907 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 6 Samuel W. Smith Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Samuel W. Smith (Republican) 56.8%
  • Franklin Dodge (Democratic) 37.8%
  • Winfield Scott Sly (Prohibition) 3.8%
  • Edward C. Rogers (Socialist) 1.6%
Michigan 7 Henry McMorran Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Henry McMorran (Republican) 59.4%
  • William Springer (Democratic) 36.0%
  • John Borland (Prohibition) 3.5%
  • John T. Gill (Socialist) 1.1%
Michigan 8 Joseph W. Fordney Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Joseph W. Fordney (Republican) 59.7%
  • Jenner E. Morse (Democratic) 39.3%
  • George L. Seiferlein (Prohibition) 1.0%
Michigan 9 James C. McLaughlin Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 10 George A. Loud Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y George A. Loud (Republican) 64.6%
  • Lewis P. Coumans (Democratic) 33.1%
  • William Ream (Prohibition) 2.3%
Michigan 11 Archibald B. Darragh Republican 1900 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • Y Francis H. Dodds (Republican) 70.5%
  • Leavitt S. Griswold (Democratic) 29.5%
Michigan 12 H. Olin Young Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y H. Olin Young (Republican) 72.2%
  • Patrick H. O'Brien (Democratic) 27.8%

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Minnesota

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[18]
Minnesota 1 James A. Tawney Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 2 Winfield Scott Hammond Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 3 Charles Russell Davis Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
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.
Minnesota 7 Andrew Volstead Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 8 J. Adam Bede Republican 1902 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Minnesota 9 Halvor Steenerson Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.

Mississippi

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Mississippi 1 Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 2 Thomas Spight Democratic 1898 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 3 Benjamin G. Humphreys II Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 4 Wilson S. Hill Democratic 1902 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Mississippi 5 Adam M. Byrd Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 6 Eaton J. Bowers Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 7 Frank A. McLain Democratic 1898 (special) Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Mississippi 8 John S. Williams Democratic 1892 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.

Missouri

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Missouri 1 James T. Lloyd Democratic 1897 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y James T. Lloyd (Democratic) 52.4%
  • W. F. Chamberlain (Republican) 45.2%
  • C. F. Conley (Socialist) 1.7%
  • T.N. Jenkins (Prohibition) 0.5%
Missouri 2 William W. Rucker Democratic 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William W. Rucker (Democratic) 55.6%
  • Edward F. Haley (Republican) 43.6%
  • B. McAllister (Socialist) 0.5%
  • J. H. Brownfield (Populist) 0.3%
Missouri 3 Joshua W. Alexander Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 4 Charles F. Booher Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles F. Booher (Democratic) 53.1%
  • Morris A. Reed (Republican) 46.4%
  • E. D. Wilcox (Socialist) 0.5%
Missouri 5 Edgar C. Ellis Republican 1904 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Missouri 6 David A. De Armond Democratic 1890 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 7 Courtney W. Hamlin Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Courtney W. Hamlin (Democratic) 49.8%
  • John Whitaker (Republican) 48.2%
  • E. T. Behrens (Socialist) 1.5%
  • Edwin E. McClellan (Prohibition) 0.5%
Missouri 8 Dorsey W. Shackleford Democratic 1899 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 9 Champ Clark Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Champ Clark (Democratic) 51.6%
  • Reuben F. Roy (Republican) 48.4%
Missouri 10 Richard Bartholdt Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Richard Bartholdt (Republican) 60.4%
  • Frank A. Thompson (Democratic) 35.2%
  • G. A. Hoehen (Socialist) 4.4%
Missouri 11 Henry S. Caulfield Republican 1906 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • Y Patrick F. Gill (Democratic) 50.9%
  • William T. Findly (Republican) 46.5%
  • Philip H. Mueller (Socialist) 2.6%
Missouri 12 Harry M. Coudrey Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Harry M. Coudrey (Republican) 49.7%
  • Colin M. Selph (Democratic) 48.1%
  • [FNU] Crouch (Socialist) 2.2%
Missouri 13 Madison R. Smith Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Missouri 14 Joseph J. Russell Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Missouri 15 Thomas Hackney Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Missouri 16 J. Robert Lamar Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

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Montana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[27]
Montana at-large Charles N. Pray Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected.

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.
Nebraska 2 Gilbert Hitchcock Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 3 John F. Boyd Republican 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Nebraska 4 Edmund H. Hinshaw Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Edmund H. Hinshaw (Republican) 49.98%
  • Charles F. Gilbert (Democratic/Populist) 48.10%
  • Thomas Birmingham (Prohibition) 1.92%[31]
Nebraska 5 George W. Norris Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y George W. Norris (Republican) 49.41%
  • F. W. Ashton (Democratic/Populist) 49.36%
  • J. J. Larkey (Socialist) 1.23%[32]
Nebraska 6 Moses Kinkaid Republican 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Moses Kinkaid (Republican) 50.67%
  • W. H. Westover (Democratic/Populist) 45.82%
  • Lucien Stebbins (Socialist) 1.95%
  • G. H. Hornby (Prohibition) 1.55%[33]

Nevada

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Nevada at-large George A. Bartlett Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.

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New Hampshire

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Hampshire 1 Cyrus A. Sulloway Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Cyrus A. Sulloway (Republican) 56.9%
  • Michael J. White (Democratic) 40.5%
  • Alva H. Morrill (Prohibition) 1.0%
  • George A. Little (Socialist) 0.9%
  • Jared A. Green (Independence) 0.7%
New Hampshire 2 Frank D. Currier Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Frank D. Currier (Republican) 59.3%
  • Frederick Myron Colby (Democratic) 38.0%
  • William H. McFall (Socialist) 1.5%
  • Samuel T. Noyes (Prohibition) 0.8%
  • Alfred R. Browne (Independence) 0.4%

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New Jersey

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Jersey 1 Henry C. Loudenslager Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 2 John J. Gardner Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 3 Benjamin F. Howell Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Benjamin F. Howell (Republican) 56.6%
  • Edward Clark (Democratic) 42.5%
  • T. J. Scott (Prohibition) 0.9%
New Jersey 4 Ira W. Wood Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Ira W. Wood (Republican) 56.5%
  • William V. Steele (Democratic) 40.7%
  • Thomas B. Dennis (Socialist) 1.7%
  • Ross Slack (Prohibition) 1.1%
New Jersey 5 Charles N. Fowler Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Charles N. Fowler (Republican) 55.5%
  • Isaac Barber (Democratic) 40.7%
  • Bordeaux Wilson Stokes (Socialist) 2.6%
  • Joel G. Van Cise (Prohibition) 1.2%
New Jersey 6 William Hughes Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y William Hughes (Democratic) 49.5%
  • Thomas Foxhall (Republican) 46.9%
  • Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 2.3%
  • James G. Patton (Prohibition) 0.9%
  • Rudolph Katz (Socialist Labor) 0.4%
New Jersey 7 Richard W. Parker Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Richard W. Parker (Republican) 56.6%
  • Edward W. Townsend (Democratic) 41.2%
  • Charles Murphy (Socialist) 1.6%
  • John R. Anderson (Prohibition) 0.4%
  • Adolph J. Corlin (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
New Jersey 8 Le Gage Pratt Democratic 1906 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
  • Y William H. Wiley (Republican) 57.9%
  • Le Gage Pratt (Democratic) 38.4%
  • Robert S. Sherwin (Socialist) 3.2%
  • Robert Burnet (Prohibition) 0.3%
  • Herman Hartung (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
New Jersey 9 Eugene W. Leake Democratic 1906 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • Y Eugene F. Kinkead (Democratic) 54.5%
  • [FNU] Critchfield (Republican) 43.2%
  • J. M. Reilly (Socialist) 2.0%
  • Everett Gray (Prohibition) 0.2%
  • [FNU] Heimbeg (Socialist Labor) 0.1%
New Jersey 10 James A. Hamill Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y James A. Hamill (Democratic) 57.7%
  • D. F. Dwyer (Republican) 39.0%
  • Charles Ufert (Socialist) 3.3%

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New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[34]
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

Oklahoma

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[35]
Oklahoma 1 Bird S. McGuire Republican 1907 Incumbent re-elected.
Oklahoma 2 Elmer L. Fulton Democratic 1907 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Oklahoma 3 James S. Davenport Democratic 1907 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[36]
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

Rhode Island

South Carolina

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
South Carolina 1 George Swinton Legaré Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 2 James O. Patterson Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 3 Wyatt Aiken Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 4 Joseph T. Johnson Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 David E. Finley Democratic 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 6 J. Edwin Ellerbe Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[37]
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Tennessee 1 Walter P. Brownlow Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 2 Nathan W. Hale Republican 1904 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican hold.
Others
  • L. L. Cross (Ind. Democratic) 0.62%
  • Eugene Merrill (Socialist) 0.37%
Tennessee 3 John A. Moon Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
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%[41]
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%[42]
Tennessee 6 John W. Gaines Democratic 1896 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
  • Y Jo Byrns (Democratic) 97.29%
  • James L. Hardaway (Socialist) 2.71%[43]
Tennessee 7 Lemuel P. Padgett Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 8 Thetus W. Sims Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • F. W. Earnshaw (Socialist) 0.21%
  • M. McCampbell (Independence) 0.05%
Tennessee 9 Finis J. Garrett Democratic 1904 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 10 George Gordon Democratic 1906 Incumbent re-elected.

Texas

Utah

Vermont

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[48]
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[49]
Virginia 1 William A. Jones Democratic 1890 Incumbent re-elected.
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.
Virginia 5 Edward W. Saunders Democratic 1906 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
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.
Virginia 9 C. Bascom Slemp Republican 1907 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 10 Henry D. Flood Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Y Henry D. Flood (Democratic) 65.8%
  • W. C. Franklin (Republican) 34.2%

Washington

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[50]
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

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%[51]
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%[52]
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%[53]
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%[54]
West Virginia 5 James A. Hughes Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Willoughby Miller (Prohibition) 0.72%
  • Charles M. Crouch (Socialist) 0.66%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1908.[56][57]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Wisconsin 1 Henry Allen Cooper Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
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.
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.
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

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[58]
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

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%[59]
Arizona Territory at-large
New Mexico Territory at-large William Henry Andrews Republican 1904 Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1908.

See also

Notes

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

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