1906 United States House of Representatives elections
Joseph Cannon Republican Joseph Cannon Republican The 1906 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1906, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September.
They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt's second term.
Dissatisfaction with working conditions and resentment toward union busting among industrial laborers in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest caused these groups to turn out to the polls in large numbers in support of the Democratic Party.
However, gains in these regions were not enough to remove the Republican majority or the firm support that the party held among the middle class.
[4][45] New Mexico Territory elected its non-voting delegate November 6, 1906.
|
House seats by party holding plurality in state
Including Oklahoma, which was admitted in 1907. |
|
|---|---|
|
80+% Democratic
|
80+% Republican
|
|
60+% to 80% Democratic
|
60+% to 80% Republican
|
|
Up to 60% Democratic
|
Up to 60% Republican
|
|
Net gain in party representation
Including Oklahoma, which was admitted in 1907. |
|
|---|---|
|
6+ Democratic gain
|
6+ Republican gain
|
|
3-5 Democratic gain
|
3-5 Republican gain
|
|
1-2 Democratic gain
|
1-2 Republican gain
|
|
no net change
|
|