1928_Pennsylvania's_8th_congressional_district_special_election

1928 United States House of Representatives elections
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives; 218 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Nicholas Longworth; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Nicholas Longworth; Republican

1928 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 71st U.S. Congress

The 1928 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 71st United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 6, 1928, while Maine held theirs on September 10. They coincided with the election of President Herbert Hoover.

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The strength of the U.S. economy resulted in Hoover's Republican Party victory in the election, helping them to scoop up 32 House seats, almost all from the opposition Democratic Party, thus increasing their majority. The big business-supported wing of the Republican Party continued to cement control. Republican gains proved even larger than anticipated during this election cycle, as an internal party feud over the Prohibition issue weakened Democratic standing. Losses of several rural, Protestant Democratic seats can be somewhat linked to anti-Catholic sentiments directed toward the party's presidential candidate, Al Smith. However, this would be the last time for 68 years that a Republican House was re-elected.

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[2] 1 Farmer-Labor member was elected

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District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Iowa 9	William R. Green	Republican	1911 (special)	Incumbent resigned March 31, 1928, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims. New member elected June 4, 1928. Republican hold. Winner later lost election to the next term; see below.	▌Y Earl W. Vincent (Republican) [data missing]
Alabama 5	William B. Bowling	Democratic	1920	Incumbent resigned August 16, 1928, after being appointed judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. New member elected November 6, 1928. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y LaFayette L. Patterson (Democratic) [data missing]
Massachusetts 12	James A. Gallivan	Democratic	1914	Incumbent died April 3, 1928. New member elected November 6, 1928. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y John W. McCormack (Democratic) 76.5% ▌Herbert W. Burr (Republican) 23.5%
Massachusetts 14	Louis A. Frothingham	Republican	1920	Incumbent died August 23, 1928. New member elected November 6, 1928. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Richard B. Wigglesworth (Republican) [data missing]
New York 32	Thaddeus C. Sweet	Republican	1923 (special)	Incumbent died May 1, 1928. New member elected November 6, 1928. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Francis D. Culkin (Republican) 67.4% ▌Frank Browman (Democratic) 31.5% ▌James A. Manson (Socialist) 1.16%
Oregon 2	Nicholas J. Sinnott	Republican	1912	Incumbent resigned May 31, 1928, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims. New member elected November 6, 1928. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Robert R. Butler (Republican) [data missing]
Pennsylvania 8	Thomas S. Butler	Republican	1896	Incumbent died May 26, 1928. New member elected November 6, 1928. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y James Wolfenden (Republican) 97.8% ▌Walter L. Moore (Prohibition) 2.17% ▌James Thompson (Socialist) 0.0%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	John McDuffie	Democratic	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John McDuffie (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 2	J. Lister Hill	Democratic	1923 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Lister Hill (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 3	Henry B. Steagall	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry B. Steagall (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 4	Lamar Jeffers	Democratic	1921 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lamar Jeffers (Democratic) 63.1% ▌A. B. Baxley (Republican) 36.9%
Alabama 5	William B. Bowling	Democratic	1920	Incumbent resigned August 16, 1928, to become judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to finish the term, see above.	▌Y LaFayette L. Patterson (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 6	William B. Oliver	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William B. Oliver (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 7	Miles C. Allgood	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Miles C. Allgood (Democratic) 51.7% ▌Wallace M. Stone (Republican) 48.3%
Alabama 8	Edward B. Almon	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward B. Almon (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 9	George Huddleston	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Huddleston (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 10	William B. Bankhead	Democratic	1916	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William B. Bankhead (Democratic) 58.2% ▌John A. Posey (Republican) 41.8%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arizona at-large	Lewis W. Douglas	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lewis W. Douglas (Democratic) 61.5% ▌Guy Axline (Republican) 38.5%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 1	William J. Driver	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Driver (Democratic) 83.9% ▌S. E. Simonson (Republican) 16.1%
Arkansas 2	William A. Oldfield	Democratic	1908	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Oldfield (Democratic) 77.4% ▌Jim McKamey (Republican) 22.6%
Arkansas 3	John N. Tillman	Democratic	1914	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Claude Fuller (Democratic) 58.0% ▌Sam B. Cecil (Republican) 42.0%
Arkansas 4	Otis Wingo	Democratic	1912	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Otis Wingo (Democratic) 74.1% ▌George W. Johnson (Republican) 25.9%
Arkansas 5	Heartsill Ragon	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Heartsill Ragon (Democratic) 78.2% ▌Lonzo A. Ross (Republican) 21.8%
Arkansas 6	James B. Reed	Democratic	1923 (special)	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y David Delano Glover (Democratic) Uncontested
Arkansas 7	Tilman B. Parks	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tilman B. Parks (Democratic) 81.5% ▌Pat McNally (Republican) 18.5%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska Territory at-large	Daniel Sutherland	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Daniel Sutherland (Republican)^[1] [data missing]
Hawaii Territory at-large	Victor S. K. Houston	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Victor S. K. Houston (Republican) 71.67% ▌Bertram Rivenburgh (Democratic) 28.33%^[2]
Philippines at-large 2 seats	Pedro Guevara	Nacionalista	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pedro Guevara (Nacionalista) [data missing]
Philippines at-large 2 seats	Isauro Gabaldón	Nacionalista	1920	Incumbent resigned July 16, 1928. New resident commissioner elected. Nacionalista hold.	▌Y Camilo Osías (Nacionalista) [data missing]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 1	E. Hart Fenn	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y E. Hart Fenn (Republican) 53.1% ▌Herman P. Kopplemann (Democratic) 46.2% ▌Fred M. Mansur (Socialist) 0.5% ▌Wolfson (Workers) 0.1%
Connecticut 2	Richard P. Freeman	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard P. Freeman (Republican) 56.0% ▌William M. Citron (Democratic) 43.5% ▌Albert Boardman (Socialist) 0.5%
Connecticut 3	John Q. Tilson	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Q. Tilson (Republican) 52.3% ▌Nicholas Moseley (Democratic) 46.9% ▌Davis (Socialist) 0.7% ▌Schlossberg (Workers) 0.1%
Connecticut 4	Schuyler Merritt	Republican	1916	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Schuyler Merritt (Republican) 56.1% ▌Anthony Sunderland (Democratic) 43.2% ▌George R. Moffatt (Socialist) 0.6% ▌Wofsy (Workers) 0.1%
Connecticut 5	James P. Glynn	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James P. Glynn (Republican) 52.4% ▌Edward Mascolo (Democratic) 47.6%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 1	Martin B. Madden	Republican	1904	Incumbent died April 27, 1928. Republican hold.	▌Y Oscar Stanton De Priest (Republican) 47.8% ▌Harry Baker (Democratic) 40.3% ▌William Harrison (Independent) 11.4% ▌Benjamin M. Clayton (Independent) 0.2% ▌Edward L. Doty (Independent) 0.2%
Illinois 2	Morton D. Hull	Republican	1923 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Morton D. Hull (Republican) 62.1% ▌Michael C. Walsh (Democratic) 37.9%
Illinois 3	Elliott W. Sproul	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elliott W. Sproul (Republican) 51.4% ▌Henry P. Bergen (Democratic) 48.6%
Illinois 4	Thomas A. Doyle	Democratic	1923 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas A. Doyle (Democratic) 64.3% ▌Frank G. Zelezinski (Republican) 35.7%
Illinois 5	Adolph J. Sabath	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Adolph J. Sabath (Democratic) 69.8% ▌Edward J. Gates (Republican) 29.9% ▌Felix Hanzl (Independent) 0.3%
Illinois 6	James T. Igoe	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James T. Igoe (Democratic) 60.3% ▌Samuel L. Golan (Republican) 39.7%
Illinois 7	M. Alfred Michaelson	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y M. Alfred Michaelson (Republican) 57.8% ▌Emil Selten (Democratic) 42.2%
Illinois 8	Stanley H. Kunz	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stanley H. Kunz (Democratic) 70.8% ▌Edward Walz (Republican) 29.2%
Illinois 9	Frederick A. Britten	Republican	1912	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick A. Britten (Republican) 62.0% ▌James T. McDermott (Democratic) 37.8% ▌Edward Hirschler (Independent) 0.2%
Illinois 10	Carl R. Chindblom	Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carl R. Chindblom (Republican) 62.6% ▌Joseph A. Weber (Democratic) 37.4%
Illinois 11	Frank R. Reid	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank R. Reid (Republican) 68.9% ▌Edwin L. Wilson (Democratic) 31.1%
Illinois 12	John T. Buckbee	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Buckbee (Republican) 73.8% ▌Jules Vallatt (Democratic) 26.2%
Illinois 13	William Richard Johnson	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Richard Johnson (Republican) 73.7% ▌William G. Curtis (Democratic) 26.2% ▌John Nagle (Ind. Republican) 0.1%
Illinois 14	John Clayton Allen	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Clayton Allen (Republican) 64.3% ▌William H. Hartzell (Democratic) 35.7%
Illinois 15	Edward John King	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward John King (Republican) 64.2% ▌James H. Andrews (Democratic) 35.8% ▌James Martin (Independent Republican) 0.1%
Illinois 16	William E. Hull	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William E. Hull (Republican) 61.1% ▌George H. Rickenberger (Democratic) 38.9%
Illinois 17	Homer W. Hall	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Homer W. Hall (Republican) 65.0% ▌Frank Gillespie (Democratic) 35.0%
Illinois 18	William P. Holaday	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William P. Holaday (Republican) 62.0% ▌James H. Elliott (Democratic) 38.0%
Illinois 19	Charles Adkins	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Adkins (Republican) 66.2% ▌W. W. Reeves (Democratic) 33.8%
Illinois 20	Henry T. Rainey	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry T. Rainey (Democratic) 56.0% ▌E. T. Hunter (Republican) 43.9% ▌John T. Wood (Ind. Republican) 0.1%
Illinois 21	J. Earl Major	Democratic	1926	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Frank M. Ramey (Republican) 50.1% ▌J. Earl Major (Democratic) 49.9%
Illinois 22	Edward M. Irwin	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward M. Irwin (Republican) 56.0% ▌Eugene W. Kreitner (Democratic) 44.0%
Illinois 23	William W. Arnold	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William W. Arnold (Democratic) 53.9% ▌C. T. Wade (Republican) 46.1%
Illinois 24	Thomas Sutler Williams	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Sutler Williams (Republican) 58.4% ▌Val B. Campbell (Democratic) 41.6%
Illinois 25	Edward E. Denison	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward E. Denison (Republican) 54.4% ▌A. F. Gourley (Democratic) 45.6%
Illinois at-large (2 seats)	Richard Yates Jr.	Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	Elected on a general ticket: ▌Y Ruth Hanna McCormick (Republican) 30.0% ▌Richard Yates Jr. (Republican) 29.4% ▌Charles F. Brown (Democratic) 20.6% ▌C. D. Joplin (Democratic) 19.5% ▌Florence Kirkpatrick (Socialist) 0.2% ▌John E. Mahoney (Socialist) 0.2% ▌Elizabeth G. Doty (Workers) 0.1% ▌Frank Gushes (Workers) 0.0% ▌James S. O'Rourke (Socialist Labor) 0.0% ▌Thomas Buckley (Socialist Labor) 0.0%
Illinois at-large (2 seats)	Henry Riggs Rathbone	Republican	1922	Incumbent died July 15, 1928. Republican hold.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Indiana 1	Harry E. Rowbottom	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harry E. Rowbottom (Republican) 50.8% ▌John W. Boehne Jr. (Democratic) 49.2%
Indiana 2	Arthur H. Greenwood	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Arthur H. Greenwood (Democratic) 50.1% ▌Orville T. Stout (Republican) 49.1% ▌Zimri B. Gasten (Socialist) 0.8%
Indiana 3	Frank Gardner	Democratic	1922	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y James W. Dunbar (Republican) 51.1% ▌Frank Gardner (Democratic) 48.9%
Indiana 4	Harry C. Canfield	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harry C. Canfield (Democratic) 52.5% ▌Charles S. Hisey (Republican) 47.5%
Indiana 5	Noble J. Johnson	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Noble J. Johnson (Republican) 56.0% ▌Henry W. Moore (Democratic) 43.3% ▌Donald C. Adams (Socialist) 0.6%
Indiana 6	Richard N. Elliott	Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard N. Elliott (Republican) 57.0% ▌William Larrabee (Democratic) 43.0%
Indiana 7	Ralph E. Updike	Republican	1924	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Louis Ludlow (Democratic) 51.5% ▌Ralph E. Updike (Republican) 48.0% ▌Edward M. Lentz (Prohibition) 0.5%
Indiana 8	Albert H. Vestal	Republican	1916	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Albert H. Vestal (Republican) 58.3% ▌Don C. Ward (Democratic) 41.7%
Indiana 9	Fred S. Purnell	Republican	1916	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Fred S. Purnell (Republican) 57.2% ▌George L. Mackintosh (Democratic) 42.8%
Indiana 10	William R. Wood	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William R. Wood (Republican) 62.0% ▌John W. Sobraske (Democratic) 38.0%
Indiana 11	Albert R. Hall	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Albert R. Hall (Republican) 54.1% ▌M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic) 45.9%
Indiana 12	David Hogg	Republican	1924	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Hogg (Republican) 55.3% ▌Samuel D. Jackson (Democratic) 44.7%
Indiana 13	Andrew J. Hickey	Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew J. Hickey (Republican) 59.8% ▌Chester A. Perkins (Democratic) 40.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1	William Voris Gregory	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Voris Gregory (Democratic) 56.8% ▌Miller Hughes (Republican) 43.2%
Kentucky 2	David Hayes Kincheloe	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Hayes Kincheloe (Democratic) 52.7% ▌Clark MacDonald (Republican) 47.3%
Kentucky 3	John William Moore	Democratic	1925 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Charles W. Roark (Republican) 52.8% ▌John William Moore (Democratic) 47.2%
Kentucky 4	Henry D. Moorman	Democratic	1926	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y John D. Craddock (Republican) 53.1% ▌Henry D. Moorman (Democratic) 46.9%
Kentucky 5	Maurice Thatcher	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Maurice Thatcher (Republican) 60.2% ▌Arthur Yager (Democratic) 39.8%
Kentucky 6	Orie Solomon Ware	Democratic	1926	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y J. Lincoln Newhall (Republican) 53.1% ▌Brent Spence (Democratic) 46.8% ▌John J. Thobe (Socialist) 0.1%
Kentucky 7	Virgil Chapman	Democratic	1924	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Robert Blackburn (Republican) 53.5% ▌Virgil Chapman (Democratic) 46.5%
Kentucky 8	Ralph W. E. Gilbert	Democratic	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Lewis L. Walker (Republican) 52.7% ▌Ralph W. E. Gilbert (Democratic) 47.3%
Kentucky 9	Fred M. Vinson	Democratic	1924	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Elva R. Kendall (Republican) 52.9% ▌Fred M. Vinson (Democratic) 47.1%
Kentucky 10	Katherine Langley	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Katherine Langley (Republican) 56.1% ▌A. J. May (Democratic) 43.9%
Kentucky 11	John M. Robsion	Republican	1918	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Robsion (Republican) 79.8% ▌H. F. Reed (Democratic) 20.2%

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Results summary

Special elections

Alabama

Arizona

Alaska Territory

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii Territory

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Philippines

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

See also

Notes

References

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