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1908 United States House of Representatives elections

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← 1906

June 1, September 1, September 14, and November 3, 1908^[a]

1910 →

All 391 seats in the United States House of Representatives
196 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Joseph Cannon	Champ Clark
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	Illinois 18th	Missouri 9th
Last election	223 seats	167 seats
Seats won	219^[1]^[2]	172^[1]^[2]
Seat change	4	5
Popular vote	7,227,470	6,552,986
Percentage	50.05%	45.38%
Swing	0.01%	1.81%

	Third party

Party	Independent
Last election	1 seat^[b]
Seats won	0
Seat change	1
Popular vote	61,499
Percentage	0.43%
Swing

Speaker before election

Joseph Cannon
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joseph Cannon
Republican

The 1908 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1908, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the 1908 United States presidential election, which William Howard Taft won. Elections were held for all 391 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 46 states, to serve in the 61st United States Congress.

Taft was not as popular as his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt,^{[citation needed]} but won with Roosevelt's backing, and his Republican Party lost only a handful of seats to the opposition Democrats. Without any striking national issues, the Republicans were able to remain in control. Regional issues led to some changes in House membership, but new Democrats who were elected by dissatisfied industrial workers were balanced out by new Republicans who gained seats in districts with a strong middle class presence.

Election summaries[edit]

↓
172	219
Democratic	Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican
State	Type	Total seats	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	9		0
Arkansas	District	7	7		0
California	District	8	0		8
Colorado	District +at-large	3	3	3	0	3
Connecticut	District +at-large	5	0		5
Delaware	At-large	1	0		1
Florida	District	3	3		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		1
Illinois	District	25	6	1	19	1
Indiana	District	13	11	7	2	7
Iowa	District	11	1		10
Kansas	District	8	0		8
Kentucky	District	11	8	1	3	1
Louisiana	District	7	7		0
Maine^[c]	District	4	0		4
Maryland	District	6	3		3
Massachusetts	District	14	3		11
Michigan	District	12	0		12
Minnesota	District	9	1		8
Mississippi	District	8	8		0
Missouri	District	16	10	2	6	2
Montana	At-large	1	0		1
Nebraska	District	6	3	2	3	2
Nevada	At-large	1	1		0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		2
New Jersey	District	10	3	1	7	1
New York	District	37	11		26
North Carolina	District	10	7	3	3	3
North Dakota	District	2	0		2
Ohio	District	21	8	3	13	3
Oklahoma	District	5	2	2	3	2
Oregon^[c]	District	2	0		2
Pennsylvania	District	32	5	2	27	2
Rhode Island	District	2	0	1	2	1
South Carolina	District	7	7		0
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		2
Tennessee	District	10	8		2
Texas	District	16	16		0
Utah	At-large	1	0		1
Vermont^[c]	District	2	0		2
Virginia	District	10	9		1
Washington	District^[d]	3	0		3
West Virginia	District	5	0		5
Wisconsin	District	11	1	1	10	1
Wyoming	At-large	1	0		1
Total		391	172 44.0%	5	219 56.0%	5

Popular vote

Democratic			45.38%
Independent			0.43%
Others			4.14%
Republican			50.05%

House seats

Democratic			43.99%
Independent			0.26%
Republican			55.75%

Special elections[edit]

There were nine special elections in 1908.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 25	George W. Smith	Republican	1902	Incumbent died November 30, 1907. New member elected February 15, 1908. Republican hold.	▌Y Napoleon B. Thistlewood (Republican) 47.17% ▌William H. Warder (Democratic) 33.16% ▌Samuel T. Brush (Ind. Republican) 15.34% ▌Daniel W. Boone (Socialist) 4.33%^[3]
Alabama 2	Ariosto A. Wiley	Democratic	1900	Incumbent died June 17, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908 to finish his brother's term. Democratic hold.	▌Y Oliver C. Wiley (Democratic) Unopposed^[4]
Indiana 13	Abraham L. Brick	Republican	1898	Incumbent died April 7, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Democratic gain. Successor was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Henry A. Barnhart (Democratic) 48.42% ▌Charles W. Miller (Republican) 47.69% ▌Thomas B. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.02% ▌John A. Snook (Socialist) 1.79%^[5]
Louisiana 1	Adolph Meyer	Democratic	1890	Incumbent died March 8, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Democratic hold. Successor was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Albert Estopinal (Democratic) 95.22% ▌Henry Clay Warmoth (Republican) 4.78%^[6]
Maine 2	Charles E. Littlefield	Republican	1899 (Special)	Incumbent died September 30, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Successor had already been elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y John P. Swasey (Republican) Unopposed^[7]
Maine 4	Llewellyn Powers	Republican	1876 1878 (Lost) 1901 (Special)	Incumbent died July 28, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Successor had already been elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Frank E. Guernsey (Republican) 67.70% ▌George M. Hanson (Democratic) 32.30%^[8]
New York 3	Charles T. Dunwell	Republican	1902	Incumbent died June 12, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Successor was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Otto G. Foelker (Republican) 50.28% ▌James P. Maher (Democratic) 41.68% ▌Elias B. Gordon (Independence) 4.02% ▌John T. Hill (Socialist) 4.02%^[9]
South Dakota at-large	William H. Parker	Republican	1906	Incumbent died June 26, 1908. New member elected November 3, 1908. Republican hold. Successor was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Eben Martin (Republican) 62.33% ▌W. W. Soule (Democratic) 37.67%

Regular election dates[edit]

All the states held their regular elections November 3, 1908 except for three, which, held elections:

June 1: Oregon^[e]
September 1: Vermont
September 14: Maine

Alabama[edit]

Alaska Territory[edit]

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arizona Territory[edit]

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	William F. Englebright	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William F. Englebright (Republican) 54.1% ▌E. W. Holland (Democratic) 36.8% ▌D. N. Cunningham (Socialist) 7.6% ▌W. P. Fassett (Prohibition) 1.4%
California 2	Duncan E. McKinlay	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duncan E. McKinlay (Republican) 57.5% ▌W. K. Hays (Democratic) 38.5% ▌A. J. Gaylord (Socialist) 4%
California 3	Joseph R. Knowland	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph R. Knowland (Republican) 64.1% ▌George W. Peckham (Democratic) 22.8% ▌O. H. Philbrick (Socialist) 9.3% ▌John A. Sands (Independence) 2.1% ▌T. H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 1.7%
California 4	Julius Kahn	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julius Kahn (Republican) 52.7% ▌James G. Maguire (Democratic) 42.9% ▌K. J. Doyle (Socialist) 4% ▌William N. Meserve (Prohibition) 0.3%
California 5	Everis A. Hayes	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Everis A. Hayes (Republican) 49.1% ▌George A. Tracy (Democratic) 42.8% ▌E. H. Misner (Socialist) 6.3% ▌Walter E. Vail (Prohibition) 1.8%
California 6	James C. Needham	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James C. Needham (Republican) 52% ▌Fred P. Feliz (Democratic) 38.7% ▌W. M. Pattison (Socialist) 5.6% ▌James W. Webb (Prohibition) 3.7%
California 7	James McLachlan	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James McLachlan (Republican) 91.5% ▌Jud R. Rush (Democratic) 6.3% ▌A. R. Holston (Socialist) 1.1% ▌Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition) 1% ▌F. G. Hentig (Independence) 0.2%
California 8	Sylvester C. Smith	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sylvester C. Smith (Republican) 55.7% ▌W. E. Shepherd (Democratic) 34.7% ▌Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 9.6%

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Florida[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Stephen M. Sparkman	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 75.2% ▌George W. Allen (Republican) 15.0% ▌C. C. Allen (Socialist) 9.8%
Florida 2	Frank Clark	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Clark (Democratic) 75.9% ▌William R. O'Neal (Republican) 18.0% ▌A. N. Jackson (Socialist) 6.1%
Florida 3	William B. Lamar	Democratic	1902	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Democratic hold	▌Y Dannite H. Mays (Democratic) 84.5% ▌William Northrup (Republican) 15.5%

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Idaho at-large	Burton L. French	Republican	1902	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas R. Hamer (Republican) 53.27% ▌James L. McClear (Democratic) 40.08% ▌Halbert Barton (Socialist) 6.66%^[10]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 1	Daniel R. Anthony Jr.	Republican	1907 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (Republican) 41.7% ▌F. M. Pearl (Democratic) 58.3%
Kansas 2	Charles F. Scott	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles F. Scott (Republican) 52.1% ▌B. J. Sheridan (Democratic) 47.9%
Kansas 3	Philip P. Campbell	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Philip P. Campbell (Republican) 50.1% ▌T. J. Hudson (Democratic) 40.1% ▌Ben F. Wilson (Socialist) 9.9%
Kansas 4	James Monroe Miller	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Monroe Miller (Republican) 56.7% ▌Thomas H. Grisham (Democratic) 43.3%
Kansas 5	William A. Calderhead	Republican	1894 1896 (lost) 1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Calderhead (Republican) ▌R. A. Lovitt (Democratic) 45.36% ▌W. L. Nixon (Socialist) 2.01% ▌William H. Eaton (Prohibition) 1.07%^[11]
Kansas 6	William A. Reeder	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Reeder (Republican) 48.58% ▌John R. Connelly (Democratic) 47.97% ▌H. M. Elliot (Socialist) 2.10% ▌F. C. Griffith (Prohibition) 1.35%^[12]
Kansas 7	Edmond H. Madison	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edmond H. Madison (Republican) ▌Samuel I. Hale (Democratic) 42.85% ▌J. N. Brown (Socialist) 2.83% ▌Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 1.78%^[13]
Kansas 8	Victor Murdock	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Victor Murdock (Republican) 58.5% ▌Frank B. Lawrence (Democratic) 41.5%

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maryland 1	William H. Jackson	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y James Harry Covington (Democratic) 52.7% ▌William H. Jackson (Republican) 45.0% ▌Jacob W. Wheatley (Prohibition) 3.7%
Maryland 2	J. Frederick C. Talbott	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Frederick C. Talbott (Democratic) 52.2% ▌Robert Garrett (Republican) 46.1% ▌John H. Grill (Prohibition) 1.7%
Maryland 3	Harry Benjamin Wolf	Democratic	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	▌Y John Kronmiller (Republican) 49.1% ▌Harry Benjamin Wolf (Democratic) 48.2% ▌Joseph P. Jarboe (Socialist) 1.8% ▌R. V. Whitehurst (Prohibition) 0.9%
Maryland 4	John Gill Jr.	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Gill Jr. (Democratic) 52.1% ▌John Philip Hill (Republican) 46.7% ▌Charles R. Woods (Prohibition) 1.3%
Maryland 5	Sydney Emanuel Mudd I	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (Republican) 49.2% ▌George M. Smith (Democratic) 48.2% ▌S. W. James (Prohibition) 1.7% ▌B. E. Davis (Socialist) 1.0%
Maryland 6	George A. Pearre	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George A. Pearre (Republican) 49.1% ▌David John Lewis (Democratic) 47.6% ▌H. N. Cuppett (Prohibition) 2.1% ▌S. L. V. Young (Socialist) 1.2%

Massachusetts[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	George P. Lawrence	Republican	1897 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George P. Lawrence (Republican) 60.2% ▌David T. Clark (Democratic) 36.40% ▌Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 3.8%
Massachusetts 2	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 62.0% ▌John L. Rice (Democratic) 27.7% ▌George W. Curtis (Independence) 5.8% ▌Joseph Orr (Socialist) 4.5%
Massachusetts 3	Charles G. Washburn	Republican	1906 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles G. Washburn (Republican) 62.2% ▌William I. McLoughlin (Democratic) 32.8% ▌Theodore P. Sturtevant (Independence) 4.9%
Massachusetts 4	Charles Q. Tirrell	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Q. Tirrell (Republican) 55.0% ▌John Joseph Mitchell (Democratic) 45.0%
Massachusetts 5	Butler Ames	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Butler Ames (Republican) 56.0% ▌Joseph J. Flynn (Democratic) 41.1% ▌George Conley (Independence) 2.9%
Massachusetts 6	Augustus Peabody Gardner	Republican	1902 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Augustus Peabody Gardner (Republican) 69.4% ▌Arthur Withington (Democratic) 23.0% ▌Franklin H. Wenworth (Socialist) 7.6%
Massachusetts 7	Ernest W. Roberts	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ernest W. Roberts (Republican) 68.8% ▌George Brickett (Democratic) 24.7% ▌Clarence L. McIver (Independence) 6.5%
Massachusetts 8	Samuel W. McCall	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 63.6% ▌Frederick S. Deitrick (Democratic) 32.0% ▌George W. Jennings (Independence) 4.4%
Massachusetts 9	John A. Keliher	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John A. Keliher (Democratic) 62.3% ▌John A. Campbell (Republican) 26.6% ▌Junius T. Auerback (Independence) 11.1%
Massachusetts 10	Joseph F. O'Connell	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph F. O'Connell (Democratic) 46.40% ▌J. Mitchel Galvin (Republican) 46.39% ▌Hazard Stevens (Free Trader) 3.9% ▌Charles J. Kidney (Independence) 3.3%
Massachusetts 11	Andrew James Peters	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew James Peters (Democratic) 48.7% ▌Daniel W. Lane (Republican) 47.4% ▌Edwin M. White (Independence) 3.9%
Massachusetts 12	John W. Weeks	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John W. Weeks (Republican) 66.0% ▌Jesse C. Ivey (Democratic) 28.4% ▌Albert E. George (Independence) 5.6%
Massachusetts 13	William S. Greene	Republican	1898 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William S. Greene (Republican) 72.5% ▌John F. McGuinness (Democratic) 21.4% ▌Charles W. Copeland (Independence) 6.2%
Massachusetts 14	William C. Lovering	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William C. Lovering (Republican) 66.8% ▌Eliot Packard (Democratic) 21.4% ▌Charles B. Drew (Independence) 5.9% ▌George J. Alcott (Socialist) 5.9%

Michigan[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (Democratic) 100%^[14]
Mississippi 2	Thomas Spight	Democratic	1898 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Spight (Democratic) 100%^[15]
Mississippi 3	Benjamin G. Humphreys II	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin G. Humphreys II (Democratic) 100%^[16]
Mississippi 4	Wilson S. Hill	Democratic	1902	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas U. Sisson (Democratic) 100%^[17]
Mississippi 5	Adam M. Byrd	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Adam M. Byrd (Democratic) 100%^[18]
Mississippi 6	Eaton J. Bowers	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eaton J. Bowers (Democratic) 100%^[19]
Mississippi 7	Frank A. McLain	Democratic	1898 (special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y William A. Dickson (Democratic) 94.66% ▌H. C. Turley (Republican) 5.34%^[20]
Mississippi 8	John S. Williams	Democratic	1892	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y James Collier (Democratic) 100%^[21]

Missouri[edit]

Montana[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Montana at-large	Charles N. Pray	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles N. Pray (Republican) 48.86% ▌Thomas D. Long (Democratic) 43.22% ▌Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 7.92%^[22]

Nebraska[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Ernest M. Pollard	Republican	1905 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y John A. Maguire (Democratic) 51.22% ▌Ernest M. Pollard (Republican) 48.78%^[23]
Nebraska 2	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic) 52.60% ▌Albert W. Jefferis (Republican) 45.39% ▌G. C. Porter (Socialist) 2.02%^[24]
Nebraska 3	John F. Boyd	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y James P. Latta (Democratic) 51.63% ▌John F. Boyd (Republican) 47.84% ▌James M. Woodcock (Socialist) 0.53%^[25]
Nebraska 4	Edmund H. Hinshaw	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edmund H. Hinshaw (Republican) 49.98% ▌Charles F. Gilbert (Democratic) 48.10% ▌Thomas Birmingham (Prohibition) 1.92%^[26]
Nebraska 5	George W. Norris	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George W. Norris (Republican) 49.41% ▌F. W. Ashton (Democratic) 49.36% ▌J. J. Larkey (Socialist) 1.23%^[27]
Nebraska 6	Moses Kinkaid	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Moses Kinkaid (Republican) 50.67% ▌W. H. Westover (Democratic) 45.82% ▌Lucien Stebbins (Socialist) 1.95% ▌G. H. Hornby (Prohibition) 1.55%^[28]

Nevada[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

New Mexico Territory[edit]

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York[edit]

North Carolina[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
North Dakota at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Thomas F. Marshall	Republican	1900	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Asle Gronna (Republican) 33.35% ▌Y Louis B. Hanna (Republican) 32.34% ▌Tobias D. Casey (Democratic) 17.11% ▌O. G. Major (Democratic) 16.54% ▌Francis Cooper (Socialist) 0.34% ▌E. D. Herring (Socialist) 0.31%^[29]
North Dakota at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Asle Gronna	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected.

Ohio[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Oklahoma 1	Bird S. McGuire	Republican	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bird S. McGuire (Republican) 50.6% ▌Henry S. Johnston (Democratic) 44.5% ▌Achilles W. Renshaw (Socialist) 4.9%^[30]
Oklahoma 2	Elmer L. Fulton	Democratic	1907	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Dick T. Morgan (Republican) 46.9% ▌Elmer L. Fulton (Democratic) 45.2% ▌Charles P. Randall (Socialist) 7.9%^[31]
Oklahoma 3	James S. Davenport	Democratic	1907	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Charles E. Creager (Republican) 48.3% ▌James S. Davenport (Democratic) 46.2% ▌Winston T. Banks (Socialist) 5.5%^[32]
Oklahoma 4	Charles D. Carter	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles D. Carter (Democratic) 50.6% ▌Benjamin F. Hackett (Republican) 36.1% ▌M. C. Carter (Socialist) 13.3%^[33]
Oklahoma 5	Scott Ferris	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott Ferris (Democratic) 55.8% ▌Thompson (Republican) 34.4% ▌W. D. Davis (Socialist) 9.8%^[34]

Oregon[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Oregon 1	Willis C. Hawley	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Willis C. Hawley (Republican) 58.76% ▌J. J. Whitney (Democratic) 27.35% ▌W. S. Richards (Socialist) 8.01% ▌Daniel Staver (Prohibition) 5.88%^[35]
Oregon 2	William R. Ellis	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William R. Ellis (Republican) 63.55% ▌John A. Jeffrey (Democratic) 24.77% ▌G. E. Sanders (Socialist) 6.89% ▌H. C. Shaffer (Prohibition) 4.80%^[36]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	George Swinton Legaré	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Swinton Legaré (Democratic) 90.1% ▌Aaron P. Prioleau (Republican) 9.9%
South Carolina 2	James O'H. Patterson	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James O'H. Patterson (Democratic) 99.3% ▌Isaac Myers (Republican) 0.7%
South Carolina 3	Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 4	Joseph T. Johnson	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph T. Johnson (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 5	David E. Finley	Democratic	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David E. Finley (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 6	J. Edwin Ellerbe	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Edwin Ellerbe (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina 7	Asbury F. Lever	Democratic	1901 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Asbury F. Lever (Democratic) 90.9% ▌R. H. Richardson (Republican) 9.1%

South Dakota[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Dakota at-large (2 seats elected on a general ticket)	Philo Hall	Republican	1906	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Eben Martin (Republican) 29.99% ▌Y Charles H. Burke (Republican) 29.91% ▌Robert E. Dowdell (Democratic) 17.20% ▌Andrew H. Olson (Democratic) 17.14% ▌E. S. Chappell (Prohibition) 1.68% ▌L. R. Erskine (Prohibition) 1.66% ▌T. G. Deffebach (Socialist) 1.19% ▌S. H. Goodfellow (Socialist) 1.18% ▌W. S. Bray (Scales of Justice) 0.02% ▌L. V. Schneider (Scales of Justice) 0.02%^[37]
South Dakota at-large (2 seats elected on a general ticket)	Vacant (incumbent died June 26, 1908)			New member elected. Republican hold.

Tennessee[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	Walter P. Brownlow	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Walter P. Brownlow (Republican) 79.46% ▌J. T. Fugate (Democratic) 20.54%^[38]
Tennessee 2	Nathan W. Hale	Republican	1904	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Richard W. Austin (Republican) 50.85% ▌Nathan W. Hale (Republican) 48.16% ▌L. L. Cross (Ind. Democratic) 0.62% ▌Eugene Merrill (Socialist) 0.37%^[39]
Tennessee 3	John A. Moon	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John A. Moon (Democratic) 60.19% ▌John T. Raulston (Republican) 39.81%^[40]
Tennessee 4	Cordell Hull	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cordell Hull (Democratic) 54.87% ▌R. Q. Lillard (Republican) 44.85% ▌W. D. Fisk (Socialist) 0.29%^[41]
Tennessee 5	William C. Houston	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William C. Houston (Democratic) 69.65% ▌Z. T. Cason (Republican) 30.24% ▌E. D. Morgan (Socialist) 0.11%^[42]
Tennessee 6	John W. Gaines	Democratic	1896	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y Jo Byrns (Democratic) 97.29% ▌James L. Hardaway (Socialist) 2.71%^[43]
Tennessee 7	Lemuel P. Padgett	Democratic	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lemuel P. Padgett (Democratic) 64.20% ▌J. S. Beasley (Republican) 35.81%^[44]
Tennessee 8	Thetus W. Sims	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 57.53% ▌R. H. Thrasher (Republican) 42.21% ▌F. W. Earnshaw (Socialist) 0.21% ▌M. McCampbell (Independence) 0.05%^[45]
Tennessee 9	Finis J. Garrett	Democratic	1904	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Finis J. Garrett (Democratic) 73.33% ▌W. L. Terrell (Republican) 26.67%^[46]
Tennessee 10	George Gordon	Democratic	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Gordon (Democratic) 96.09% ▌Robert H. Gowling (Socialist) 3.91%^[47]

Texas[edit]

Utah[edit]

Vermont[edit]

Virginia[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 1
Virginia 2
Virginia 3
Virginia 4
Virginia 5
Virginia 6	Carter Glass	Democratic	1902 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carter Glass (Democratic) 66.6% ▌M. Hartman (Republican) 25.9% ▌J. M. Parsons (Unknown) 7.5%
Virginia 7
Virginia 8
Virginia 9	C. Bascom Slemp	Republican	1907 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y C. Bascom Slemp (Republican) 56.3% ▌J. Cloyd Byars (Democratic) 43.7%
Virginia 10

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
West Virginia 1	William P. Hubbard	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William P. Hubbard (Republican) 51.28% ▌E. L. Robinson (Democratic) 44.21% ▌Thomas N. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.61% ▌E. B. Hibbs (Socialist) 1.89%^[48]
West Virginia 2	George C. Sturgiss	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George C. Sturgiss (Republican) 51.06% ▌B. H. Hines (Democratic) 45.92% ▌George W. Herring (Prohibition) 2.06% ▌W. H. Woodley (Socialist) 0.96%^[49]
West Virginia 3	Joseph H. Gaines	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph H. Gaines (Republican) 53.19% ▌Andrew Price (Democratic) 42.45% ▌Charles Hill (Prohibition) 2.27% ▌E. C. Bennett (Socialist) 2.10%^[50]
West Virginia 4	Harry C. Woodyard	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harry C. Woodyard (Republican) 51.85% ▌William O. Parsons (Democratic) 45.47% ▌G. R. Williamson (Prohibition) 1.93% ▌T. J. McDougle (Socialist) 0.75%^[51]
West Virginia 5	James A. Hughes	Republican	1900	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James A. Hughes (Republican) 55.55% ▌L. H. Clarke (Democratic) 43.07% ▌Willoughby Miller (Prohibition) 0.72% ▌Charles M. Crouch (Socialist) 0.66%^[52]

Wisconsin[edit]

Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1908.^[53]^[54]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	Henry Allen Cooper	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 60.6% ▌Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 31.8% ▌William A. Jacobs (Social Dem.) 4.1% ▌J. H. Berkey (Prohibition) 3.6%
Wisconsin 2	John M. Nelson	Republican	1906 ^(special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Nelson (Republican) 53.6% ▌James E. Jones (Democratic) 45.5% ▌W. A. Hall Sr. (Social Dem.) 0.9%
Wisconsin 3	James W. Murphy	Democratic	1906	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	▌Y Arthur W. Kopp (Republican) 55.8% ▌James W. Murphy (Democratic) 41.7% ▌John Hardcastle (Prohibition) 2.4% ▌E. A. Ketterer (Social Dem.) 0.1%
Wisconsin 4	William J. Cary	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Cary (Republican) 39.1% ▌William J. Kershaw (Democratic) 36.2% ▌Edmund T. Melms (Social Dem.) 24.7%
Wisconsin 5	William H. Stafford	Republican	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William H. Stafford (Republican) 40.4% ▌G. Holmes Daubner (Democratic) 31.7% ▌Albert J. Welch (Social Dem.) 27.8%
Wisconsin 6	Charles H. Weisse	Democratic	1902	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles H. Weisse (Democratic) 57.8% ▌George W. Spratt (Republican) 40.1% ▌George C. Damrow (Prohibition) 2.1%
Wisconsin 7	John J. Esch	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John J. Esch (Republican) 68.0% ▌B. F. Keeler (Democratic) 31.0% ▌W. Gray (Social Dem.) 1.0%
Wisconsin 8	James H. Davidson	Republican	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.3% ▌Lyman J. Nash (Democratic) 37.2% ▌Martin Georgenson (Social Dem.) 3.4% ▌Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition) 2.1%
Wisconsin 9	Gustav Küstermann	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gustav Küstermann (Republican) 53.6% ▌Luther Lindauer (Democratic) 44.1% ▌Joseph E. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.3%
Wisconsin 10	Elmer A. Morse	Republican	1906	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elmer A. Morse (Republican) 60.9% ▌Wells M. Ruggles (Democratic) 39.1%
Wisconsin 11	John J. Jenkins	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-nomination. New member elected. Republican hold.	▌Y Irvine Lenroot (Republican) 71.7% ▌J. S. Konkel (Democratic) 24.9% ▌E. B. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.7%

Wyoming[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wyoming at-large	Frank W. Mondell	Republican	1898	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 57.06% ▌Hayden M. White (Democratic) 36.32% ▌James Morgan (Socialist) 6.62%^[55]

Non-voting delegates[edit]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska Territory at-large	Thomas Cale	Independent	1906	Incumbent retired. New delegate elected August 11, 1908. Republican gain.	▌Y James Wickersham (Republican) 39.50% ▌Joseph Chilberg (Labor) 24.76% ▌John W. Corson (Republican) 22.22% ▌John Ronan (Democratic) 10.46% ▌John Clum (Unknown) 3.06%^[56]
Arizona Territory at-large
New Mexico Territory at-large	William Henry Andrews	Republican	1904	Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1908.	▌Y William Henry Andrews (Republican) 49.41% ▌Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Democratic) 48.72% ▌W. P. Metcalf (Socialist) 1.87%^[57]

Notes[edit]

^ Regulars only, not including specials

^ One Independent Republican, Peter Porter from the 34th district of New York.

^ ^a ^b ^c Elections held early

^ Changed from at-large.

^ This was the last year that Oregon held its congressional elections early.

References[edit]

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^ ^a ^b Martis, pp. 162–163.

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Bibliography[edit]

Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). 1788 United States Congressional Elections-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
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Secretary of State (1909). Maryland Manual 1908. Baltimore: Wm. J. C. Dulany Co. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

External links[edit]

Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)

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