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U.S. House election, 1958

The U.S. House election, 1958 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1958 which occurred in the middle of President Dwight Eisenhower's second term. The President's Republican Party lost 48 seats in this midterm election, increasing the Democratic Party's majority to a commanding level.



Overall results

Party Total Seats (change) Seat percentage
Democratic Party 283 +49 64.7%
Independents 1 +1 0.2%
Republican Party 153 -48 35.0%
Totals 4371 +2 100.0%

1 Increase is due to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, whose seats were temporarily additional to the usual 435, until reapportionment following 1960.

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