1958 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1958 Midterm elections November 4 Republican Party (US)Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 86th 36 of 98 seats (32 Class 1 seats + 2 special elections + 2 elections for Alaska) Democratic hold Democratic +15Democrats picked up 12 seats in the regularly-scheduled elections, and picked up an additional three seats in the special elections. 1958 Senate election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold All 437 voting seats Democratic hold Democratic +12.4% Democratic +49 400px 34 Democratic +6 1958 gubernatorial election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold Elections were held on November 4, 1958, and elected members of the 86th United States Congress. The election took place in the middle of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. Eisenhower's party suffered large losses. They lost 48 seats to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, and also lost thirteen seats in the U.S. Senate to the Democrats.Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1958 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1958election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 27 December 2011 This marked the first time that the six-year itch phenomenon occurred during a Republican presidency since Ulysses S. Grant's second term in 1874. Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states during the 86th Congress. The ranks of liberal Democrats swelled as the Republican Party suffered several losses in the Northeast and the Western United States. The election contributed to a weakening of the conservative coalition and those opposed to the civil rights movement, allowing for the eventual passage of the Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Busch Andrew Horses in Midstream https://archive.org/details/horsesinmidstrea0000busc registration 1999 University of Pittsburgh Press 94–100 The election saw an influx of northern Democrats who sought to reform the Congressional seniority system, which often gave the best positions to senior southerners who rarely faced difficult re-elections and thus were able to rack up long terms of service.Sinclair Barbara Party Wars https://archive.org/details/partywarspolariz00sinc_0 registration 187–188 2006 University of Oklahoma Press 9780806137797 Alaska statehood Alaska held a referendum that year on statehood, Proposition 1, which was approved.Alaska Admittance into the Union, Proposition 1 (August 1958) https://ballotpedia.org/Alaska_Admittance_into_the_Union,_Proposition_1_(August_1958) October 28, 2024 BallotpediaSTATEHOOD ELECTION - Final Results of Special Referendum Election - August 26, 1958 https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/58STATE/1958-statehood.pdf Division of Elections - State of Alaska Two other related referendums were also held in Alaska that year: Proposition 2 asked whether or not to ratify the state boundaries,Alaska State Boundaries, Proposition 2 (August 1958) https://ballotpedia.org/Alaska_State_Boundaries,_Proposition_2_(August_1958) October 28, 2024 Ballotpedia and Proposition 3 asked whether or not to approve other parts of the Alaska Statehood Act.Alaska 1958 ballot measures https://ballotpedia.org/Alaska_1958_ballot_measures October 28, 2024 Ballotpedia Propositions 2 and 3 both passed. See also 1958 United States House of Representatives elections 1958 United States Senate elections 1958 United States gubernatorial elections References 1958 Category:United States midterm elections Elections