Elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1916 were held for members of the 65th Congress coinciding with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson.Wilson eked out a narrow re-election but his Democratic Party lost seats to the opposition Republican Party. Wilson’s hybrid approach which injected a progressive element into Democratic policies had proved to be dissatisfying to much of the nation.
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James Robert Mann (Illinois)
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Champ Clark
start date
1916-11-07
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United States House of Representatives elections 1916
