Sam Rayburn Democratic Sam Rayburn Democratic The 1960 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 1960, to elect members to serve in the 87th United States Congress.

They coincided with the election of President John F. Kennedy and was the first house election to feature all 50 current U.S. states.

Although Democrats retained control, it was the first time since 1908 that an incoming president's party lost seats in the House, which would not happen again until 1988.

405 incumbent members sought reelection, but 5 were defeated in primaries and 25 defeated in the general election for a total of 375 incumbents winning.

[1] Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1960 or before January 3, 1961; ordered by election date, then state, then district.