1919 United States House of Representatives elections

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There were four special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1919, during the 65th United States Congress and 66th United States Congress.

65th United States Congress[]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Virginia 6 Carter Glass Democratic 1902 (Special) Incumbent resigned December 6, 1918, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
New member elected February 25, 1919.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected the same day to the next term, see below.
  • Green tickY James P. Woods (Democratic) 88.20%
  • (Independent) 11.80%[1]
Pennsylvania 22 Edward E. Robbins Republican 1916 Incumbent member-elect died January 25, 1919.
New member elected March 4, 1919.
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY John H. Wilson (Democratic)
  • [data unknown/missing][2]

66th United States Congress[]

District Incumbent This race
Member / Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
Virginia 6 Carter Glass Democratic 1902 (Special) Incumbent resigned December 6, 1918, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
New member elected February 25, 1919.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected the same day to finish the current term, see above.
  • Green tickY James P. Woods (Democratic) 88.24%
  • (Independent) 11.76%[3]
Virginia 8 Charles C. Carlin Democratic 1907 (Special) Incumbent resigned to manage the presidential campaign of A. Mitchell Palmer.
New member elected April 27, 1919.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY R. Walton Moore (Democratic)
  • (Republican) 16.18%
  • (Unknown) 5.24%[4]
Alaska Territory at-large Charles August Sulzer Democratic 1916 Incumbent died April 28, 1919 during an election recount.
New member elected June 5, 1919.
Democratic hold.
Winner would later be unseated by the contested election.
  • Green tickY George Barnes Grigsby (Democratic)
  • James Wickersham (Republican)[5]
Alabama 7 John L. Burnett Democratic 1898 Incumbent died May 13, 1919.
New member elected September 30, 1919.
Democratic hold.
Oklahoma 5 Joseph Bryan Thompson Democratic 1912 Incumbent died September 18, 1919.
New member elected November 8, 1919.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY John W. Harreld (Republican) 51.3% 11,782 Votes[6]
  • Claude Weaver (Democratic) 48.2% 11,074 Votes
  • Alonzo Turner (Independent) .4% 110 Votes


Texas 12
North Carolina 9

References[]

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - VA District 6 - Special Election Race - Feb 25, 1919".
  2. ^ "Democrats Win Congress District On League of Nations Platform" (PDF). The New York Times. March 6, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - VA District 6 - Special Election Race - Feb 25, 1919". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - VA - District 08 Special Election Race - Apr 27, 1919". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - AK Territorial Delegate - Special Election Race - Jun 05, 1919". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "1918-1920-results.pdf" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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