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The U.S. House election 1950 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1950 which occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman’s second term.As the Korean War began and Truman’s personal popularity plummeted for a second time during his presidency his Democratic Party lost a net 28 seats to the Republican Party. This was the first election since 1908 where no third parties acquired any seats in the House.