The 1928 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 71st United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 6, 1928, while Maine held theirs on September 10. They coincided with the election of President Herbert Hoover.
The strength of the U.S. economy resulted in Hoover's Republican Party victory in the election, helping them to scoop up 32 House seats, almost all from the opposition Democratic Party, thus increasing their majority. The big business-supported wing of the Republican Party continued to cement control. Republican gains proved even larger than anticipated during this election cycle, as an internal party feud over the Prohibition issue weakened Democratic standing. Losses of several rural, Protestant Democratic seats can be somewhat linked to anti-Catholic sentiments directed toward the party's presidential candidate, Al Smith.
However, this was the last time the Republicans won a House majority until 1946, and the last time a Republican House was re-elected until 1996. This is the last time that Republicans won the House popular vote by double-digits.
Results summary + ↓ 164 1 270 Democratic Republican
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
Special elections
In these special elections, the winner was elected during 1928; ordered by election date, then by district.
! | William R. Green | | Republican | 1911 | | Incumbent resigned March 31, 1928, after being appointed to the U.S. Court of Claims.New member elected June 4, 1928.Republican hold.Winner later lost election to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
! | William B. Bowling | | Democratic | 1920 | | Incumbent resigned August 16, 1928, after being appointed judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit of Alabama.New member elected November 6, 1928.Democratic hold.Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
! | James A. Gallivan | | Democratic | 1914 | | Incumbent died April 3, 1928.New member elected November 6, 1928.Democratic hold.Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
! | Louis A. Frothingham | | Republican | 1920 | | Incumbent died August 23, 1928.New member elected November 6, 1928.Republican hold.Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
! | Thaddeus C. Sweet | | Republican | 1923 | | Incumbent died May 1, 1928.New member elected November 6, 1928.Republican hold.Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
! | Nicholas J. Sinnott | | Republican | 1912 | | Incumbent resigned May 31, 1928, after being appointed to the U.S. Court of Claims.New member elected November 6, 1928.Republican hold.Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
! | Thomas S. Butler | | Republican | 1896 | | Incumbent died May 26, 1928.New member elected November 6, 1928.Republican hold.Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |
Alabama
! | John McDuffie | | Democratic | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | J. Lister Hill | | Democratic | 1923 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Henry B. Steagall | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Lamar Jeffers | | Democratic | 1921 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William B. Bowling | | Democratic | 1920 | | Incumbent resigned August 16, 1928, to become judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit of Alabama.Democratic hold.Winner also elected to finish the term, see above. | nowrap |
! | William B. Oliver | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Miles C. Allgood | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward B. Almon | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George Huddleston | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William B. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Arizona
! | Lewis W. Douglas | | Democratic | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Alaska Territory See Non-voting delegates, below.
Arkansas
! | William J. Driver | | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William A. Oldfield | | Democratic | 1908 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John N. Tillman | | Democratic | 1914 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Otis Wingo | | Democratic | 1912 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Heartsill Ragon | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James B. Reed | | Democratic | 1923 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Tilman B. Parks | | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
California
! | Clarence F. Lea | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Harry Lane Englebright | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles F. Curry | | Republican | 1912 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Florence Prag Kahn | | Republican | 1925 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Richard J. Welch | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Albert E. Carter | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Henry E. Barbour | | Republican | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Arthur M. Free | | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William E. Evans | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Joe Crail | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Philip D. Swing | | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Colorado
! | S. Harrison White | | Democratic | 1927 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Charles B. Timberlake | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Guy U. Hardy | | Republican | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward T. Taylor | | Democratic | 1908 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Connecticut
! | E. Hart Fenn | | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Richard P. Freeman | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John Q. Tilson | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Schuyler Merritt | | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James P. Glynn | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Delaware
! | Robert G. Houston | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Florida
! | Herbert J. Drane | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert A. Green | | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Tom Yon | | Democratic | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William J. Sears | | Democratic | 1914 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
Georgia
! | Charles Gordon Edwards | | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward E. Cox | | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles R. Crisp | | Democratic | 1912 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William C. Wright | | Democratic | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Leslie Jasper Steele | | Democratic | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Samuel Rutherford | | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Malcolm C. Tarver | | Democratic | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles H. Brand | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas Montgomery Bell | | Democratic | 1904 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Carl Vinson | | Democratic | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William C. Lankford | | Democratic | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William W. Larsen | | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Hawaii Territory See Non-voting delegates, below.
Idaho
! | Burton L. French | | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Addison T. Smith | | Republican | 1912 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Illinois
! | Martin B. Madden | | Republican | 1904 | | Incumbent died April 27, 1928.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | Morton D. Hull | | Republican | 1923 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Elliott W. Sproul | | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas A. Doyle | | Democratic | 1923 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Adolph J. Sabath | | Democratic | 1906 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James T. Igoe | | Democratic | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | M. Alfred Michaelson | | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Stanley H. Kunz | | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Frederick A. Britten | | Republican | 1912 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Carl R. Chindblom | | Republican | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Frank R. Reid | | Republican | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John T. Buckbee | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William Richard Johnson | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John Clayton Allen | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward John King | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William E. Hull | | Republican | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Homer W. Hall | | Republican | 1926 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William P. Holaday | | Republican | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles Adkins | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Henry T. Rainey | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | J. Earl Major | | Democratic | 1926 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Edward M. Irwin | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William W. Arnold | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas Sutler Williams | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward E. Denison | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! rowspan=2 | | Richard Yates Jr. | | Republican | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | rowspan=2 nowrap |
| Henry Riggs Rathbone | | Republican | 1922 | | Incumbent died July 15, 1928.Republican hold.
Indiana
! | Harry E. Rowbottom | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Arthur H. Greenwood | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Frank Gardner | | Democratic | 1922 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Harry C. Canfield | | Democratic | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Noble J. Johnson | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Richard N. Elliott | | Republican | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Ralph E. Updike | | Republican | 1924 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | Albert H. Vestal | | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Fred S. Purnell | | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William R. Wood | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Albert R. Hall | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | David Hogg | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Andrew J. Hickey | | Republican | 1918 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Iowa
! | William F. Kopp | | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | F. Dickinson Letts | | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas J. B. Robinson | | Republican | 1922 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Gilbert N. Haugen | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Cyrenus Cole | | Republican | 1921 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | C. William Ramseyer | | Republican | 1914 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Cassius C. Dowell | | Republican | 1914