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The Republicans also lost eight seats to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, but were able to narrowly maintain control. [6] The election was a victory for progressives of both parties, as Republicans closely aligned with Hoover lost several Congressional elections.
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- Herbert Hoover (Republican)
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Jun 25, 2020 · Here’s how control of the House and Senate have shifted over the past 120 years: * Democrats controlled the House with a coalition formed with the Progressive and Socialist parties.
By the time the 72nd Congress was convened thirteen months later, the Democrats had secured the House of Representatives through a series of by-elections. Contemporary analysis of the 1930-31 period reveals a curious sense of ambivalence which those election results sustain.
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Jun 3, 2007 · The Democrats manged a net gain of 52 seats in the House, a sweeping rebuke to the President. The Republicans dominated much of the Mid-West and West, The West held for the Republicans, but the Democrats made major gains in the Mid-West.
Apr 1, 2006 · In the 1930 midterm elections, House Democrats added 49 to their number, Senate Democrats eight. Furthermore, Congress did not convene until a year later—in December 1931—and the results of thirteen House vacancy elections tipped control of the House to Democrats.
With the Great Depression beginning to take hold, Republican incumbents became unpopular, and Democrats picked up a net of eight seats, erasing the Republican gains from the previous election cycle, however, Republicans retained control of the chamber. This was the first of four consecutive Senate elections during the Depression in which ...
Nov 3, 2010 · Democrats had the majority in the House. SIEGEL: How did it work out having the Senate still in control of Republicans and the House taken over by Democrats?
