United States House elections, 1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956

← 1954 November 6, 1956 1958 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Texas 4 Massachusetts 14 Last election 232 seats 203 seats Seats won 234 201 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 30,062,042 28,698,083 Percentage 51.2% 48.7% Swing 1.3% 1.7%
Speaker before election Sam Rayburn Democratic Elected Speaker Sam Rayburn Democratic

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

The 1956 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1956 which coincided with the re-election of President Dwight Eisenhower.

With no major national issues and the economic upswing of the 1950s in full force, voters generally chose to uphold the status quo.

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1956 or before January 3, 1957; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1957; ordered by state.

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