The 1934 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 74th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 6, 1934, while Maine held theirs on September 10. They occurred in the middle of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term. The Democratic Party continued its progress, gaining another 9 net seats from the opposition Republican Party, who also lost seats to the Progressive Party. The Republicans were reduced below one-fourth of the chamber for the first time since the creation of the party. The Wisconsin Progressive Party, a liberal group which allied with the Democrats, also became a force in Wisconsin politics.
The 1934 elections can be seen as a referendum on New Deal policies. While conservatives and people among the middle class who did not bear the brunt of the Great Depression saw the New Deal programs as radical, lower-income voters overwhelmingly voted in this election cycle to continue the implementation of Roosevelt's agenda. This election cycle marked the first time the president's party did not have a net loss of seats in either chamber of Congress in a midterm election, which would not be repeated until 1998 and 2002.
Overall results + ↓ 322 3 7 103 Democratic FL P Republican
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
Special elections
There were four special elections in 1934 to the 73rd United States Congress.
Special elections are sorted by date then by district.
! | Ernest W. Gibson | | Republican | 1923 | | Incumbent resigned October 19, 1933 to become U.S. senator.New member elected January 16, 1934 and seated January 18, 1934.Republican hold.Winner was later re-elected; see below. | nowrap |
! | James S. Parker | | Republican | 1912 | | Incumbent died December 19, 1933.New member elected January 30, 1934 and seated February 5, 1934. Republican hold.Winner was later re-elected; see below. | nowrap |
! | Bolivar E. Kemp | | Democratic | 1924 | | Incumbent died June 19, 1933.1933 special election annulled January 29, 1934.New member elected May 1, 1934Democratic hold.Winner was later re-elected; see below. | nowrap |
! | Edward W. Pou | | Democratic | 1900 | | Incumbent died April 1, 1934.New member elected July 7, 1934 but not seated until the next term.Democratic hold.Winner was later re-elected; see below. | nowrap |
Alabama
! | John McDuffie | | Democratic | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | J. Lister Hill | | Democratic | 1923 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Henry B. Steagall | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Lamar Jeffers | | Democratic | 1921 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Miles C. Allgood | | Democratic | 1922 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | William B. Oliver | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William B. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Archibald H. Carmichael | | Democratic | 1933 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George Huddleston | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Arizona
! | Isabella Greenway | | Democratic | 1933 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Arkansas
! | William J. Driver | | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John E. Miller | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Claude Fuller | | Democratic | 1928 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Ben Cravens | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | David D. Terry | | Democratic | 1933 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | D. D. Glover | | Democratic | 1928 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Tilman B. Parks | | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
California
! | Clarence F. Lea | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Harry L. Englebright | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Frank H. Buck | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Florence Prag Kahn | | Republican | 1925 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Richard J. Welch | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Albert E. Carter | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Ralph R. Eltse | | Republican | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | John J. McGrath | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Denver S. Church | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent retired.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Henry E. Stubbs | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William E. Evans | | Republican | 1926 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | John H. Hoeppel | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles Kramer | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas F. Ford | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William I. Traeger | | Republican | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | John F. Dockweiler | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles J. Colden | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John H. Burke | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Sam L. Collins | | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George Burnham | | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Colorado
! | Lawrence Lewis | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Fred N. Cummings | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John Andrew Martin | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward T. Taylor | | Democratic | 1908 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Connecticut
! | Herman P. Kopplemann | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William L. Higgins | | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Francis T. Maloney | | Democratic | 1932 | | Retired to run for U.S. senator.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Schuyler Merritt | | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward W. Goss | | Republican | 1930 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | Charles M. Bakewell | | Republican | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
Delaware
! | Wilbur L. Adams | | Democratic | 1932 | | Retired to run for U. S. senator.Republican gain. | nowrap |
Florida
! | J. Hardin Peterson | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert A. Green | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Millard Caldwell | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | J. Mark Wilcox | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William J. Sears | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Georgia
! | Homer C. Parker | | Democratic | 1931 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Edward E. Cox | | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Bryant T. Castellow | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Emmett Marshall Owen | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert Ramspeck | | Democratic | 1929 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Carl Vinson | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Malcolm C. Tarver | | Democratic | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Braswell Deen | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John S. Wood | | Democratic | 1930 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Paul Brown | | Democratic | 1933 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Idaho
! | Compton I. White | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas C. Coffin | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent died.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
Illinois
! | Oscar Stanton De Priest | | Republican | 1928 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | P. H. Moynihan | | Republican | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | Edward A. Kelly | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Harry P. Beam | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Adolph J. Sabath | | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas J. O'Brien | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Leonard W. Schuetz | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Leo Kocialkowski | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Frederick A. Britten | | Republican | 1912 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | James Simpson Jr. | | Republican | 1932 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | Frank R. Reid | | Republican | 1922 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | John T. Buckbee | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Leo E. Allen | | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Chester Thompson | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | J. Leroy Adair | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Everett Dirksen | | Republican | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Frank Gillespie | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | James A. Meeks | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Donald C. Dobbins | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Henry T. Rainey | | Democratic | 1922 | | Incumbent died.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | J. Earl Major | | Democratic | 1930 | | Resigned October 6, 1933 to become U.S. District Judge.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Edwin M. Schaefer | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William W. Arnold | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Claude V. Parsons | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Kent E. Keller | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Martin A. Brennan | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | rowspan=2 |
! | Walter Nesbit | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold.
Indiana
! | William T. Schulte | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George R. Durgan | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Samuel B. Pettengill | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James I. Farley | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Glenn Griswold | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Virginia E. Jenckes | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Arthur H. Greenwood | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John W. Boehne Jr. | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Eugene B. Crowe | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Finly Hutchinson Gray | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William H. Larrabee | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Louis Ludlow | | Democratic | 1928 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Iowa
! | Edward C. Eicher | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Bernhard M. Jacobsen | | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Albert C. Willford | | Democratic | 1932 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Fred Biermann | | Democratic | 1932 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Lloyd Thurston | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected.