The U.S. House election 1938 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1938 which occurred in the middle of President Franklin Roosevelt’s second term. Roosevelt’s Democratic Party lost a net of 72 seats to the Republican Party who also picked up seats from minor Progressive and Farmer-Labor Parties.Multiple factors helped cause the Democratic defeat.
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firstLeader
William B. Bankhead
secondLeader
Joseph William Martin Jr.
start date
1938-11-08
title
United States House of Representatives elections 1938
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