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1956 U.S. House election results

377 races · 377 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1956 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

Alabama

1956 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 4Kenneth RobertsD33,591 votes · +21,425 over E D Banks
District 8Robert JonesD46,730 votes · +35,096 over James G Fortney
District 9George HuddlestonD56,414 votes · +27,192 over Adolphus P Longshore

Arizona

1956 U.S. House results in Arizona
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John J. RhodesR78,998 votes · +14,193 over William P Mahoney
District 2Stewart UdallD82,110 votes · +27,514 over John G Speiden

Arkansas

1956 U.S. House results in Arkansas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 3James TrimbleD54,481 votes · +20,163 over William S Spicer

California

1956 U.S. House results in California
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Hubert ScudderR102,604 votes · +13,642 over J G Miller
District 2Clair EngleD136,544 votes
District 3John E. MossD132,930 votes · +72,041 over Noel C Stevenson
District 4William MailliardR109,188 votes · +42,056 over Joseph Francis Quigley
District 6John BaldwinR98,683 votes · +13,718 over H Roberts Quinney
District 7John AllenR75,932 votes · +8,001 over Laurence L Cross
District 8George MillerD136,720 votes · +65,020 over Robert Lee Watkins
District 9Jesse YoungerR96,388 votes · +32,884 over James T McKay
District 10Charles GubserR128,891 votes · +45,305 over William H Vatcher Jr.
District 11John J. McFallD70,630 votes · +8,182 over Carl A Johnson
District 12B. F. SiskD109,920 votes · +69,257 over Sidney Moore
District 13Charles TeagueR104,009 votes · +33,442 over William Kirk Stewart
District 14Harlan HaganD94,461 votes · +38,952 over Myron D Tisdel
District 15Gordon McDonoughR97,182 votes · +26,501 over Emery S Petty
District 16Donald JacksonR83,050 votes · +29,426 over G Robert Fleming
District 17Cecil KingD157,270 votes · +72,370 over Charles A Franklin
District 18Craig HomerR103,108 votes · +32,197 over Raymond C Simpson
District 19Chester HolifieldD116,287 votes · +75,018 over W D Reynolds
District 20H. SmithR85,459 votes · +50,210 over Eugene Radding
District 21Edgar HiestandR153,679 votes · +61,996 over W C Stethem
District 22Joseph HoltR97,317 votes · +32,003 over Irving Glasband
District 23Clyde DoyleD120,109 votes · +70,911 over E Elgie Calvin
District 24Glenard LipscombR84,120 votes · +32,428 over Fay Porter
District 25Patrick HillingsR166,305 votes · +72,125 over John Sobieski
District 26James RooseveltD133,036 votes · +72,806 over Edward H Gibbons
District 27Harry SheppardD124,662 votes
District 28James UttR159,456 votes · +71,765 over Gordon T Shepard
District 29Dalip SaundD54,989 votes · +3,299 over Jacqueline Cochran Odlum
District 30Bob C. WilsonR142,753 votes · +71,641 over George A Cheney

Colorado

1956 U.S. House results in Colorado
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Byron RogersD116,487 votes · +31,360 over Robert S McCollum
District 2William HillR107,153 votes · +13,581 over J Edward Johnson
District 3John ChenowethR74,196 votes · +693 over Alva Adams
District 4Wayne AspinallD48,489 votes · +18,463 over Hugh L Caldwell

Connecticut

1956 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeAntoni SadlakR683,387 votes · +254,678 over Matthew P Kuta
District 1Edwin MayR161,360 votes · +22,213 over Patrick J Ward
District 2Horace Seelybrown Jr.R99,274 votes · +30,427 over Douglas J Bennet
District 3Albert CretellaR126,850 votes · +42,282 over Robert N Giaimo
District 4Albert MoranoR194,333 votes · +105,846 over Jack Stock
District 5James PattersonR91,690 votes · +35,315 over Luke F Martin

Delaware

1956 U.S. House results in Delaware
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeHarry HaskellR91,538 votes · +6,894 over Harris B McDowell

Florida

1956 U.S. House results in Florida
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William CramerR105,958 votes · +23,883 over Winton H King
District 3Robert L. F. SikesD86,272 votes · +76,230 over Arthur Barker Sr.
District 4Dante B. FascellD120,509 votes · +43,208 over Leland Hyzer
District 5Albert HerlongD73,498 votes · +4,120 over Arnold L Lund
District 6Paul G. RogersD73,259 votes · +12,689 over G R Smith
District 7James HaleyD47,985 votes · +19,085 over G M Nelson

Georgia

1956 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Prince PrestonD40,360 votes · +29,429 over Harry P Anestos
District 2John PilcherD41,270 votes · +41,266 over Albert Maples
District 3Elijah ForresterD51,703 votes · +51,701 over J M Brophy
District 4John J. Flynt Jr.D51,568 votes
District 5James DavisD85,292 votes · +26,515 over Randolph W Thrower
District 7Henderson LanhamD69,873 votes · +69,684 over G P King
District 8Iris BlitchD50,068 votes · +50,064 over J M Kent
District 10Paul BrownD41,812 votes

Idaho

1956 U.S. House results in Idaho
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Gracie PfostD60,170 votes · +11,196 over Louise Shadduck
District 2Hamer BudgeR90,738 votes · +30,186 over J W Reynolds

Illinois

1956 U.S. House results in Illinois
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William DawsonD66,704 votes · +29,857 over L L Lawrence
District 2Barratt OharaD86,386 votes · +16,494 over George B McKibbin
District 3Emmet ByrneR92,907 votes · +5,230 over George B Murray
District 4William McVeyR155,447 votes · +51,953 over Michael Hinko
District 5John KluczynskiD96,399 votes · +36,791 over Lawrence Welnowski
District 6Quin ObrienD94,281 votes · +36,531 over James C Dillon
District 7James BowlerD93,732 votes · +56,664 over Gabriel L Grimaldi
District 8Thomas GordonD73,628 votes · +23,573 over N J Wright
District 9Sidney R. YatesD75,511 votes · +11,274 over Johann S Ackerman
District 10Harold CollierR132,928 votes · +59,597 over Marvin E Lore
District 11Timothy SheehanR95,140 votes · +18,740 over Roman C Pucinski
District 12Charles BoyleD100,273 votes · +11,958 over Edgar A Jonas
District 13Marguerite ChurchR229,358 votes · +138,299 over Helen Benson Leys
District 14Russell KeeneyR151,236 votes · +88,169 over Harold J Spelman
District 15Noah MasonR103,557 votes · +46,755 over Stanley Hubbs
District 16Leo AllenR106,734 votes · +45,986 over Glen F Kunkle
District 17Leslie ArendsR106,463 votes · +48,996 over C E Spang
District 18Robert H. MichelR87,187 votes · +26,088 over A B Allen
District 19Robert ChiperfieldR85,497 votes · +17,806 over Martin P Sutor
District 20Sidney SimpsonR79,641 votes · +25,759 over Henry W Pollock
District 21Peter MackD94,565 votes · +12,314 over Barratt Ohara
District 22William SpringerR93,399 votes · +36,787 over E H Winegarner
District 23Charles VursellR79,862 votes · +7,792 over Albert R Imle
District 24Melvin PriceD121,381 votes · +64,813 over Waldo E Schellenger
District 25Kenneth J. GrayD82,845 votes · +11,797 over James R Scott

Indiana

1956 U.S. House results in Indiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Ray MaddenD93,658 votes · +9,533 over Donald K Stimson
District 2Charles HalleckR94,852 votes · +37,803 over Thurman C Crook
District 3F. NimtzR109,907 votes · +12,711 over John Brademas
District 4Edwin AdairR96,531 votes · +41,247 over F Dean Bechtol
District 5John BeamerR113,586 votes · +26,789 over William C Whitehead
District 6Cecil HardenR86,020 votes · +15,985 over Frank H King
District 7William BrayR87,635 votes · +22,153 over William H Hill
District 8Winfield DentonD95,699 votes · +696 over D Bailey Merrill
District 9Earl WilsonR70,926 votes · +9,461 over Wilfrid J Ullrich
District 10Ralph HarveyR98,301 votes · +22,636 over Gerald C Carmony
District 11Charles BrownsonR155,541 votes · +49,520 over John C Carvey

Iowa

1956 U.S. House results in Iowa
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Frederick SchwengelR94,223 votes · +25,936 over Ronald O Bramhall
District 2Henry TalleR95,999 votes · +5,156 over Fred B Wolf
District 3Harold GrossR97,590 votes · +28,514 over Michael Micich
District 4Karl M LecompteR58,024 votes · +1,618 over M J Carter
District 5James I DolliverR85,178 votes · +3,760 over William F Denman
District 6Robert J SalemD64,625 votes · +198 over James I Dolliver
District 7Benton JensenR117,356 votes
District 8Charles HoevenR76,165 votes · +25,568 over Robert J Salem

Kansas

1956 U.S. House results in Kansas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William AveryR69,841 votes · +9,528 over F E Miller
District 2Errett ScrivnerR93,609 votes · +16,560 over Thos George
District 3Myron GeorgeR48,246 votes · +8,839 over Denver D Hargis
District 4Edward ReesR111,970 votes · +15,968 over Rex Montgomery
District 5James BreedingD64,392 votes · +1,335 over John W Crutcher
District 6Wint SmithR52,145 votes · +2,212 over Elmo J Mahoney

Kentucky

1956 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2William H. NatcherD55,103 votes · +4,837 over R B Blankenship
District 3John RobsionR111,598 votes · +26,686 over Philip Ardery
District 4Frank ChelfD51,675 votes · +11,546 over Preston
District 5Brent SpenceD59,402 votes · +12,581 over Jule Appel
District 6John WattsD69,468 votes · +7,155 over George Jones
District 7Carl D. PerkinsD77,564 votes · +7,114 over Scott Craft
District 8Eugene SilerR80,067 votes · +48,435 over W D Scalf

Louisiana

1956 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2Thomas BoggsD69,715 votes · +31,371 over George R Blue
District 4Overton BrooksD40,583 votes · +21,542 over Calhoun Allen

Maine

1956 U.S. House results in Maine
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James L ReidR58,028 votes · +29 over James C Oliver
District 2Kenneth B ColbathD55,430 votes · +7,138 over James L Reid
District 3Clifford McIntireR44,095 votes · +15,483 over Kenneth B Colbath

Maryland

1956 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Edward MillerR42,731 votes · +8,770 over J Frank Fox
District 2James DevereuxR103,103 votes · +28,879 over A Gordon Boone
District 3Edward GarmatzD48,397 votes · +27,407 over Harry Kemper
District 4George FallonD44,260 votes · +6,303 over George Denys Hubbard
District 5Richard LankfordD88,227 votes · +21,155 over William B Prendergast
District 6DeWitt HydeR100,580 votes · +15,743 over John R Foley
District 7Samuel FriedelD70,512 votes · +21,563 over David A Halley

Massachusetts

1956 U.S. House results in Massachusetts
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John HeseltonR92,269 votes · +40,056 over Howard W Shea
District 2Edward P. BolandD103,563 votes · +37,965 over Foster W Doty
District 3Philip PhilbinD114,848 votes · +67,807 over Winfield F Parker
District 4Harold DonohueD104,653 votes · +33,216 over Mary R Wheeler
District 5Edith RogersR150,957 votes · +95,919 over Lawrence E Corcoran
District 6William BatesR131,310 votes
District 7Thomas LaneD87,415 votes · +39,242 over Robert T Breed
District 8Torbert MacdonaldD92,463 votes · +16,151 over C Eugene Farnam
District 9Donald NicholsonR111,860 votes · +40,615 over William McAuliffe
District 10Laurence CurtisR93,327 votes · +10,445 over Jackson J Holtz
District 11Thomas P O'NeillD83,532 votes · +56,148 over Vincent Mottola
District 12John McCormackD89,943 votes · +70,844 over James S Tremblay
District 13Richard WigglesworthR109,950 votes · +22,231 over Richard E McCormack
District 14Joseph MartinR111,420 votes · +44,237 over Edward F Doolan

Michigan

1956 U.S. House results in Michigan
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thaddeus MachrowiczD112,290 votes · +94,153 over Walter Czarnecki
District 2George MeaderR105,940 votes · +44,484 over Hugh Shepherd
District 3August JohansenR100,056 votes · +43,937 over Truman Barkhuff
District 4Clare HoffmanR83,876 votes · +32,385 over William F Clark
District 5Gerald FordR120,349 votes · +61,450 over George E Clay
District 6Charles ChamberlainR116,570 votes · +3,967 over Donald Hayworth
District 7Robert McIntoshR114,674 votes · +15,746 over Ira D McCoy
District 8Alvin BentleyR93,357 votes · +41,460 over Michael J Hart
District 9Robert P. GriffinR68,166 votes · +14,557 over Albert J Baker
District 10Elford A. CederbergR72,781 votes · +34,615 over Robert J Kelly
District 11Victor KnoxR53,117 votes · +11,517 over G A Brown
District 12John BennettR45,721 votes · +10,287 over Joseph S Mack
District 13Charles C. Diggs Jr.D87,353 votes · +49,493 over Willis F Ward
District 14Louis RabautD122,079 votes · +29,146 over Harold F Youngblood
District 15John D. DingellD111,827 votes · +72,854 over Larry Middleton
District 16John LesinskiD176,663 votes · +78,491 over Karl Kurtz V
District 17Martha GriffithsD112,811 votes · +14,379 over Smith
District 18William S. BroomfieldR141,058 votes · +33,449 over Paul Sutton

Minnesota

1956 U.S. House results in Minnesota
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1August AndresenR92,092 votes · +34,345 over Arnold L Fredriksen
District 2Joseph P OharaR97,520 votes · +42,184 over Harold Zupp
District 3Roy WierD127,356 votes · +9,640 over George Mikan
District 4Eugene McCarthyD103,320 votes · +45,373 over Edward C Slettedahl
District 5Walter JuddR82,258 votes · +17,656 over Joseph Robbie
District 6Fred MarshallD76,396 votes · +16,828 over Joseph L Kaczmarek
District 7Herman AndersenR76,271 votes · +16,103 over Clint Haroldson
District 8John BlatnikD108,565 votes · +68,770 over Alfred J Weinberg
District 9Coya KnutsonD58,916 votes · +5,979 over Harold C Hagen

Missouri

1956 U.S. House results in Missouri
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Frank KarstenD136,873 votes · +67,212 over Bill Bangert
District 2Thomas CurtisR123,596 votes · +8,759 over Sullivan
District 3Leonor SullivanD96,416 votes · +54,393 over Sidney R Redmond
District 4George ChristopherD98,106 votes · +6,714 over Jeffrey P Hillelson
District 5Richard BollingD77,287 votes · +19,509 over Miles M Jones
District 6William HullD85,021 votes · +6,384 over Stanley I Dale
District 7Charles BrownD90,986 votes · +1,060 over Robert Short
District 8Albert CarnahanD69,336 votes · +10,911 over Frank W May
District 11Morgan MoulderD72,594 votes · +2,308 over Miller

Montana

1956 U.S. House results in Montana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Lee MetcalfD69,644 votes · +27,053 over W D McDonald
District 2LeRoy AndersonD76,805 votes · +2,641 over Orvin B Fjare

Nebraska

1956 U.S. House results in Nebraska
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Phillip WeaverR102,012 votes · +51,661 over Samuel Freeman
District 2Glenn CunninghamR77,253 votes · +12,214 over Joseph Benesch V
District 3Robert HarrisonR62,645 votes · +246 over Lawrence Brock
District 4Arthur MillerR81,731 votes · +39,148 over Carlton W Laird

Nevada

1956 U.S. House results in Nevada
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWalter BaringD51,100 votes · +7,946 over Richard W Horton

New Hampshire

1956 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Chester MerrowR78,296 votes · +20,192 over Frank L Sullivan
District 2Perkins BassR77,019 votes · +37,293 over George F Brown

New Jersey

1956 U.S. House results in New Jersey
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Charles WolvertonR133,153 votes · +38,395 over J Frank Crawford
District 2T Millet HandR83,433 votes · +44,050 over Thomas C Stewart
District 3James AuchinclossR136,780 votes · +64,163 over Sidney Shiff
District 4Frank Thompson Jr.D89,646 votes · +14,909 over John A Wells
District 5Peter FrelinghuysenR153,829 votes · +69,455 over Francis C Foley Jr.
District 6Florence DwyerR106,414 votes · +4,399 over Ferdinand W Williams
District 7William WidnallR151,573 votes · +88,649 over Daniel Amster
District 8Gordon CanfieldR96,494 votes · +35,030 over John F Gardner
District 9Frank OsmersR135,498 votes · +71,770 over Robert D Gruen
District 10Peter W. Rodino Jr.D71,311 votes · +15,550 over G George Addonizio
District 11Hugh AddonizioD63,482 votes · +6,035 over Chester K Ligham
District 12Robert KeanR90,032 votes · +31,668 over Irving L Hodes
District 13Alfred SieminskiD54,841 votes · +57 over Norman Roth
District 14Vincent DellayR61,600 votes · +7,887 over T James Tumulty

New Mexico

1956 U.S. House results in New Mexico
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJohn DempseyD129,625 votes · +1,295 over Antonio M Fernandez

New York

1956 U.S. House results in New York
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Stuyvesant WainwrightR191,356 votes · +92,052 over Daniel Oreilly
District 2Steven DerounianR148,098 votes · +76,676 over Julius J Damato
District 3Frank BeckerR143,559 votes · +55,314 over Francis X Hardiman
District 4Henry LathamR116,470 votes · +24,253 over Canio Perrini
District 5Albert BoschR87,154 votes · +25,476 over James Quinn
District 6Lester HoltzmanL128,545 votes · +30,987 over Albert H Buschmann
District 7Joseph StockingerR77,928 votes
District 8Victor AnfusoD59,998 votes · +28,599 over Julius Reinlieb
District 9Eugene KeoghD75,814 votes · +30,898 over Solomon Feldman
District 10Edna KellyL100,808 votes · +63,930 over Beny Sher
District 11Emanuel CellerD131,508 votes · +93,857 over Henry D Dorfman
District 12Francis DornR76,137 votes · +20,102 over Donald L Otoole
District 13Abraham MulterD110,469 votes · +65,698 over Joseph Moriber
District 14John RooneyD77,706 votes · +34,363 over Abraham Lefkowitz
District 15John RayR98,855 votes · +37,866 over Ralph Diiorio
District 16Adam PowellD59,339 votes · +42,379 over Joseph A Bailey
District 17Frederic CoudertR68,874 votes · +2,478 over Anthony B Akers
District 18Alfred SantangeloL47,953 votes · +13,205 over Donovan
District 19Leonard FarbsteinL68,411 votes · +36,865 over Aaron Henry
District 20Ludwig TellerD70,726 votes · +30,535 over Charles S Adler
District 21Herbert ZelenkoD81,464 votes · +40,394 over Dalton J Shapo
District 22James HealeyD88,441 votes · +54,357 over J Merton Rose
District 23Isidore DollingerD70,238 votes · +47,824 over Myer
District 24Charles BuckleyD90,076 votes · +36,904 over Harold Grosberg
District 25Paul FinoR104,771 votes · +42,042 over Edward A Cunningham
District 26Edwin DooleyR123,996 votes · +64,154 over Julia L Crews
District 27Ralph GwinnR117,100 votes · +32,532 over William D Carlebach
District 28Katharine SaintgeorgeR103,114 votes · +40,344 over William H Mauldin
District 29James WhartonR124,211 votes · +74,486 over Vincent Digennaro
District 30Dennis ObrienD104,022 votes · +21,593 over Gray
District 31Dean TaylorR116,682 votes · +70,915 over Lucian Knapp
District 32Bernard KearneyR107,959 votes · +55,895 over R Joseph Giblin
District 33Clarence KilburnR103,419 votes · +64,626 over Louis C Britton
District 34William WilliamsR95,681 votes · +24,844 over Edwin L Slusarczyk
District 35Roy RiehlmanR124,108 votes · +64,574 over Thomas J Lowery
District 36John TaberR109,101 votes · +61,337 over Bell
District 37William ColeR136,044 votes · +82,214 over James C Hogan
District 38Kenneth KeatingR135,572 votes · +82,095 over Marklet H Harding
District 39Harold OstertagR116,043 votes · +67,409 over William H Mostyn
District 40William MillerR117,051 votes · +52,179 over A Thorne Hills
District 41Edmund RadwanR99,151 votes · +44,375 over Edward P Jehle
District 42John PillionR117,178 votes · +36,610 over John Kane Jr.
District 43Daniel ReedR93,079 votes · +50,603 over Thomas H Lynch

North Carolina

1956 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Herbert BonnerD44,271 votes · +38,578 over Zeno O Ratcliff
District 3Graham BardenD47,251 votes · +34,553 over C A Reynolds
District 5Ralph ScottD58,552 votes · +18,991 over Joe New
District 7Alton LennonD65,424 votes · +52,947 over C Dana Malpass
District 8Alvin KitchinD64,220 votes · +20,488 over William R Myers
District 9Hugh AlexanderD68,181 votes · +9,774 over A M Miller
District 10Charles JonasR89,743 votes · +36,268 over Martin Douglas
District 12George ShufordD55,927 votes · +9,167 over Richard C Clarke

North Dakota

1956 U.S. House results in North Dakota
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeUsher BurdickR143,514 votes · +7,511 over Otto Krueger

Ohio

1956 U.S. House results in Ohio
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Gordon SchererR91,181 votes · +41,480 over Leonard D Slutz
District 2William HessR109,099 votes · +51,545 over James T Dewan
District 3Paul SchenckR135,152 votes · +41,370 over William H Patterson
District 4William McCullochR93,607 votes · +51,191 over Ortha O Barr Jr.
District 5Cliff ClevengerR69,774 votes · +27,593 over George E Rafferty
District 6James PolkD72,229 votes · +11,929 over Albert L Daniels
District 7Clarence BrownR91,439 votes · +44,219 over Joseph A Sullivan
District 8Jackson BettsR70,690 votes · +29,974 over Robert M Corry
District 9Thomas Ludlow, AshleyD100,696 votes · +19,134 over Harvey G Straub
District 11David DennisonR96,707 votes · +27,876 over David Bennett
District 12John VorysR128,682 votes · +49,085 over Walter J Shapter Jr.
District 13Albert BaumhartR79,324 votes · +46,424 over J P Henderson
District 14William AyresR123,105 votes · +37,159 over Bernard Rosen
District 15John HendersonR55,126 votes · +19,172 over Amor Smith
District 16Frank BowR101,324 votes · +19,118 over John McSweeney Jr.
District 17J. McGregorR88,931 votes · +44,125 over John C Levering
District 18Wayne HaysD78,962 votes · +25,335 over Benjamin F Miller
District 19Michael KirwanD92,924 votes · +50,631 over Milton Turner
District 20Michael FeighanD105,562 votes · +49,353 over John H Ferguson
District 21Charles A. VanikD96,106 votes · +58,046 over Charles H Loeb
District 22Frances BoltonR96,468 votes · +48,299 over Harry A Blachman
District 23William MinshallR102,707 votes · +56,460 over George A Hurley

Oklahoma

1956 U.S. House results in Oklahoma
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Percy ButlerR114,896 votes · +28,773 over Harry B Moreland
District 2Edmond EdmondsonD83,976 votes · +28,560 over Chapin Wallace
District 3Carl AlbertD60,620 votes · +42,438 over Chapin Wallace
District 4Tom SteedD57,416 votes · +20,882 over Harold H Potter
District 5John JarmanD110,416 votes · +47,604 over Hobart H Hobbs
District 6Toby MorrisD86,770 votes · +47,617 over Fred L Coogan

Oregon

1956 U.S. House results in Oregon
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Albin NorbladR109,360 votes · +18,793 over Jason Lee
District 2Al UllmanD53,219 votes · +1,375 over Sam Coon
District 3Edith GreenD146,250 votes · +55,011 over Phil J Roth
District 4Charles PorterD90,355 votes · +4,495 over Harris Ellsworth

Pennsylvania

1956 U.S. House results in Pennsylvania
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William BarrettD74,511 votes · +30,178 over A J Cammarota
District 2Kathryn GranahanD95,567 votes · +37,794 over Robert F Frankenfield
District 3James ByrneD71,161 votes · +23,611 over Charles H Sporkin
District 4Earl ChudoffD75,374 votes · +41,702 over W J Scott
District 5William GreenD107,021 votes · +13,409 over James J Schissler
District 6Hugh ScottR90,966 votes · +5,425 over Herbert J McGlinchey
District 7Benjamin JamesR137,764 votes · +53,000 over Benjamin G Welsh
District 8Willard CurtinR98,023 votes · +20,794 over John P Fullam
District 9Paul DagueR110,230 votes · +59,283 over John P Wilson
District 10Joseph CarriggR91,103 votes · +18,925 over John J Casey
District 11Daniel J. FloodD83,178 votes · +9,572 over William H Thomas
District 12Ivor FentonR72,125 votes · +16,483 over George G Lindsay
District 13Samuel McConnellR127,627 votes · +64,017 over L L Klein
District 14George RhodesD51,088 votes · +2,959 over Thomas K Leinbach
District 15Francis WalterD63,204 votes · +12,713 over George M Berg
District 16Walter MummaR84,617 votes · +29,357 over Guy J Swope
District 17Alvin BushR74,748 votes · +21,848 over Hiram H Fisher
District 18Richard SimpsonR77,833 votes · +25,653 over T P Hershberger
District 19Simon StaufferR79,448 votes · +11,277 over James M Quigley
District 20James E VanzandtR65,457 votes · +26,974 over J Baker Stewart
District 21Augustine KelleyD78,744 votes · +18,958 over Royd E Morrison
District 22John SaylorR85,540 votes · +20,851 over W Dolan Jr.
District 23Leon GavinR72,365 votes · +35,243 over Grace M Sloan
District 24Carroll KearnsR93,824 votes · +25,199 over William H Thomas
District 25Frank ClarkD81,339 votes · +4,189 over Sidney L Lockley
District 26Thomas MorganD104,049 votes · +39,920 over I Willits McCaskey
District 27James FultonR126,247 votes · +61,330 over Kenneth L Stilley
District 28Herman EberharterD88,725 votes · +23,820 over Richard C Witt
District 29Robert CorbettR114,109 votes · +51,884 over Joseph A Guerrier
District 30Elmer HollandD103,389 votes · +33,894 over Allwin J Walker

Rhode Island

1956 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Aime ForandD96,732 votes · +20,018 over Samuel H Ramsay
District 2John FogartyD105,496 votes · +8,928 over Thomas H Needham

South Carolina

1956 U.S. House results in South Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Lucius RiversD31,112 votes · +31,111 over Samuel J Nichols
District 2John RileyD49,284 votes · +49,283 over Gren Seibels
District 3William DornD39,270 votes · +36,385 over Maka Knox
District 4Robert AshmoreD53,722 votes · +44,329 over O T Wallace
District 6John McMillanD39,749 votes · +39,748 over Barney Dusenbury

South Dakota

1956 U.S. House results in South Dakota
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George McGovernD116,516 votes · +10,681 over Harold O Lovre
District 2Ellis BerryR36,681 votes · +7,697 over Tom Eastman

Tennessee

1956 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Brazilla ReeceR86,531 votes · +53,128 over Bright
District 2Howard BakerR90,127 votes · +90,126 over R G Crossno
District 3James FrazierD55,715 votes · +7,761 over P H Wood
District 4Joseph EvinsD56,191 votes · +55,268 over Smith
District 5Joseph LoserD54,318 votes · +35,733 over O M Spence
District 9Clifford DavisD90,874 votes · +55,091 over R L Harper

Texas

1956 U.S. House results in Texas
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeMartin DiesD1,436,831 votes · +1,414,963 over F T Spangler
District 3Lindley BeckworthD47,570 votes · +38,168 over R E Kennedy
District 5Bruce AlgerR102,380 votes · +20,675 over H W Wade
District 8Albert ThomasD137,950 votes · +51,310 over C A Friloux
District 14John YoungD85,922 votes · +73,405 over Olive B Stichter
District 16J. RutherfordD50,704 votes · +22,883 over J M Gibson

Utah

1956 U.S. House results in Utah
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Henry DixonR74,107 votes · +26,574 over Carlyle F Gronning
District 2William DawsonR119,683 votes · +31,713 over Oscar W McConkie Jr.

Vermont

1956 U.S. House results in Vermont
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWinston ProutyR103,736 votes · +52,939 over Camille E Saintamour

Virginia

1956 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Edward RobesonD31,839 votes · +1,040 over Henderson
District 2Porter HardyD46,958 votes · +32,475 over William R Burns
District 3Julian GaryD46,109 votes · +14,162 over George C Cabell
District 4Watkins AbbittD51,434 votes
District 5William TuckD39,771 votes · +20,508 over Jackson L Kiser
District 6Richard PoffR51,279 votes · +20,236 over John R Whitehead
District 7Burr HarrisonD40,069 votes · +22,099 over A J Dunning Jr.
District 8Howard SmithD38,648 votes · +19,835 over H B D Clay
District 9William JenningsD49,448 votes · +7,491 over William C Wampler
District 10Joel BroyhillR53,149 votes · +12,596 over Warren D Quenstedt

Washington

1956 U.S. House results in Washington
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeDon MagnusonD621,118 votes · +181,222 over Philip Evans
District 1Thomas PellyR129,768 votes · +36,276 over John L Wilson
District 2Alfred WestlandR105,975 votes · +22,780 over Payson Peterson
District 3Russell MackR80,520 votes · +18,558 over Al McCoy
District 4Otis HolmesR76,769 votes · +1,250 over Frank Leroux
District 5Walter HoranR83,230 votes · +11,659 over Tom Delaney
District 6Thor TollefsonR108,014 votes · +16,136 over John T McCutcheon

West Virginia

1956 U.S. House results in West Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Arch MooreR65,096 votes · +762 over C Lee Spillers
District 2Harley O. StaggersD63,327 votes · +5,730 over Davis Elkins
District 3Cleveland BaileyD62,240 votes · +3,617 over Daniel L Louchery
District 4William NealR78,225 votes · +8,354 over M G Burnside
District 5Maude KeeD68,638 votes · +24,159 over Hartley Sanders
District 6Robert C. ByrdD99,854 votes · +25,744 over C M Jones

Wisconsin

1956 U.S. House results in Wisconsin
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Lawrence SmithR94,882 votes · +23,503 over Gerald T Flynn
District 2Donald TewesR101,444 votes · +19,522 over Robert W Kastenmeier
District 3Gardner WithrowR74,000 votes · +27,089 over Norman M Clapp
District 4Clement J. ZablockiD128,213 votes · +61,150 over Richard W Burke
District 5Henry S. ReussD118,603 votes · +31,839 over Russell Wirth Jr.
District 6William K VanpeltR96,783 votes · +49,506 over Rudolph J Ploetz
District 7Melvin LairdR80,143 votes · +30,701 over Knute Anderson
District 8John ByrnesR97,952 votes · +44,385 over Milo Singler
District 9Lester JohnsonD62,476 votes · +3,452 over S A Peterson
District 10Alvin E OkonskiR67,250 votes · +30,309 over Carl E Lauri

Wyoming

1956 U.S. House results in Wyoming
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeEdwin ThomsonR69,903 votes · +19,678 over Jerry A Ocallaghan