The U.S. House election 1958 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1958 which occurred in the middle of Dwight Eisenhower’s second term. The economy was suffering the Recession of 1958 which Democrats blamed on Eisenhower. The President’s Republican Party lost 48 seats in this midterm election increasing the Democratic Party’s majority to a commanding level.
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firstLeader
Sam Rayburn
secondLeader
Charles A. Halleck
start date
1958-11-04
title
United States House of Representatives elections 1958
