1964 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1964 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 3, 1964, to elect members to serve in the 89th United States Congress. They coincided with the election to a full term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater allowed his Democratic Party to gain a net of 36 seats from the Republican Party, giving them a two-thirds majority in the House for the first time since 1936. The election also marked the first time since Reconstruction that Republicans made inroads in the Deep South, with Republicans winning seats in Georgia for the first time since 1874, and Alabama and Mississippi since 1876.DEMOCRATS SCORE BIG GAIN IN HOUSE; Majority Is Largest Since Roosevelt's 1936 Sweep —Senate Seat Added, New York Times, November 5, 1964

Disappointment over the results caused House Republicans to replace Minority Leader Charles Halleck with future President Gerald R. Ford.

Overall results 397 incumbent members sought reelection, but 8 were defeated in primaries and 45 defeated in the general election for a total of 344 incumbents winning.

+ ↓ 295 140 Democratic Republican

Summary of the November 3, 1964, election results Parties Seats Popular Vote 1962 1964 Change Strength Vote % Change Democratic Party 259 295 36 67.8% 37,643,960 57.1% 4.7% Republican Party 176 140 36 32.2% 27,916,576 42.4% 4.7% Liberal Party 0 0 - 132,497 0.2% Independent 0 0 - 115,403 0.2% Conservative Party 0 0 - 45,665 0.1% 0.1% Socialist Workers Party 0 0 - 3,710 <0.1% United Taxpayers Party 0 0 - 2,429 <0.1% Prohibition Party 0 0 - 2,238 <0.1% National States' Rights Party 0 0 - 644 <0.1% Socialist Labor Party 0 0 - 76 <0.1% Others 0 0 - 15,988 <0.1% Total 435 435 —— 100.0% 65,879,186 100.0% —— Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Maps

Southern significance While the GOP performed badly nationally, Goldwater's tremendous success in the Deep South led to the election of several Republicans to the House from those states, many of them the first Republicans elected there since Reconstruction. These "Goldwater Republicans" were elected:

Glenn Andrews (AL-4) John H. Buchanan Jr. (AL-6) Bo Callaway (GA-3) William L. Dickinson (AL-2) Jack Edwards (AL-1) James D. Martin (AL-7) Prentiss Walker (MS-4) Albert Watson (SC-2)

Special elections

Alabama

Alabama, which had not agreed on a redistricting plan until 1964 and had elected all members at-large in 1962, went back to electing from districts. While most of the at-large representatives were former district representatives and were thus geographically diverse, the 1st district near Mobile lacked an incumbent, and neither of the incumbents who lived in the 7th district were nominated.

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Connecticut eliminated its at-large seat and redistricted from 5 districts to 6, creating a new district in the northwestern part of the state.

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Georgia redistricted its existing 10 districts, dividing the Atlanta-area 5th district into a 4th and 5th district, renumbering the existing 4th district to the 6th, and dividing the existing central Georgia 6th district up between its neighbors with compensating boundary changes elsewhere.

1964 United States House of Representatives elections

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