1950 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1950 Midterm elections November 7 Democratic Party (US)Harry S. Truman (D) 82nd 36 of 96 seats (32 Class 3 seats + 6 special elections)Two Class 3 seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1950. These two seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested. Democratic hold Republican +5 1950 Senate election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold All 435 voting seats Democratic hold Democratic +0.7% Republican +28 400px 33 Republican +6 1950 gubernatorial election results #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold Elections were held on November 7, 1950, and elected the members of the 82nd United States Congress. The election took place during the Korean War, during Democratic President Harry S. Truman's second (only full) term. The Democrats lost twenty-eight seats to the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. The Democrats also lost five seats in the U.S. Senate to the Republicans.Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1950 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1950election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk The defeat of the Labor Party congressman Vito Marcantonio left the third parties without representation in Congress for the first time since 1908. Like his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, Truman and the Democratic party managed to maintain control of both houses, defying the six-year itch phenomenon for the second time in a row. However, the election was still a defeat for Truman, as it strengthened the conservative coalition and ensured that none of Truman's Fair Deal policies would pass. Republicans also ran against Truman's prosecution of the Korean War, and the 82nd Congress subsequently conducted numerous investigations into the course of the war. The election set the stage for the presidency of Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower and the centre-right policies of the 1950s.Busch Andrew Horses in Midstream https://archive.org/details/horsesinmidstrea0000busc registration 1999 University of Pittsburgh Press 91–94 See also 1950 United States House of Representatives elections 1950 United States Senate elections 1950 United States gubernatorial elections 1950 Progressive National Convention References 1950 Category:United States midterm elections Category:November 1950 in the United States