1930 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1930 Midterm elections November 4 72nd Republican Party (US)Herbert Hoover (R) 35 of 96 seats (32 Class 2 seats + 7 special elections)Four Class 2 seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1930. These seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested. Republican hold Democratic +8Democrats picked up six seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and an additional two seats in the special elections. 400px 1930 Senate election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold All 435 voting seats Democratic gainDemocrats fell just short of winning a majority in the regularly-scheduled elections of 1930, but they won a majority in special elections that preceded the next Congress. Democratic +52 Republican +8.5% 400px 33 Democratic +7 1930 gubernatorial election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold #40A839 Farmer-Labor gain #666666 Independent gain Elections were held on November 4, 1930, in the middle of Republican President Herbert Hoover's term. Taking place shortly after the start of the Great Depression, the Republican Party suffered substantial losses. The Republicans lost fifty-two seats to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives. While the Republicans maintained a one-seat majority after the polls closed, they lost a number of special elections (since some Republican members died) before the start of the new Congress. This allowed the Democrats to take control of the chamber.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 The Republicans also lost eight seats to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, but were able to narrowly maintain control.Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1930 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1930election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 29 December 2011 The election was a victory for progressives of both parties, as Republicans closely aligned with Hoover lost several Congressional elections. The 72nd United States Congress passed some significant pieces of legislation that were signed by President Hoover. Additionally, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide re-election established him as the front-runner for the 1932 Democratic nomination.Busch Andrew Horses in Midstream https://archive.org/details/horsesinmidstrea0000busc registration 1999 University of Pittsburgh Press 77–78 See also 1930 United States House of Representatives elections 1930 United States Senate elections 1930 United States gubernatorial elections References 1930 Category:United States midterm elections Category:November 1930 in the United States