1910 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1910 Midterm elections November 8 Republican Party (US)William Howard Taft (R) 62nd 30 of 92 seatsNot counting special elections Republican hold Democratic +9Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. 400px Results of the elections:#0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold All 394 voting seats Democratic gain Democratic +55 400px 1910 House of Representatives election net gains by state #00f 6+ Democratic gain #09f 3-5 Democratic gain #0ff 1 to 2 Democratic gain #f99 1 to 2 Republican gain 31 Democratic +6 1910 gubernatorial election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold Elections were held for the 62nd United States Congress, occurring during the Fourth Party System. The election was held in the middle of Republican President William Howard Taft's term. The Socialist Party won election to Congress for the first time. Arizona and New Mexico were admitted as states during the 62nd Congress. The Democrats won massive gains in the House, taking control of a chamber of Congress for the first time since the 1894 elections.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 In the Senate, Democrats won major gains, but Republicans continued to control the chamber.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate 25 June 2014 The election was a major victory for progressives in both parties. Taft had alienated many progressives in his own party, and allies of Taft lost several nomination battles. The strengthening of progressive Republicans helped lead to Theodore Roosevelt's third party run in 1912. Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson's landslide gubernatorial election victory in New Jersey helped position him as a major candidate for the 1912 Democratic nomination. The progressive victory led to the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment and the establishment of the Department of Labor during the 62nd Congress.Busch Andrew Horses in Midstream 1999 University of Pittsburgh Press 84–87 See also 1910 United States House of Representatives elections 1910–11 United States Senate elections 1910 United States gubernatorial elections Further reading Mowry, George E. (1939). "Theodore Roosevelt and the Election of 1910". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 25 (4): 523–534. References 1910 1910