1906 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1906 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1906, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt's second term. Elections were held for 386 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 60th United States Congress (Oklahoma would later gain statehood in 1907 and increase the House membership to 391).

As in many midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats to the opposition Democratic Party, but retained a large overall majority. Dissatisfaction with working conditions and resentment toward union busting among industrial laborers in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest caused these groups to turn out to the polls in large numbers in support of the Democratic Party. However, gains in these regions were not enough to remove the Republican majority or the firm support that the party held among the middle class.

Election dates
In 1906, three states, with 8 seats among them, held elections early:


 * June 4 Oregon
 * September 4 Vermont
 * September 10 Maine

Oklahoma was admitted in 1907 and held its first congressional elections on September 17, 1907.

Idaho
! Idaho At-large
 * Burton L. French
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Burton L. French (Republican) 58.59%

Murray R. Hattabaugh (Democratic) 33.12%

Edward L. Rigg (Socialist) 6.72%

Charles A. Montandon (Prohibition) 1.57%


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Massachusetts
! MA's 1st congressional district
 * George P. Lawrence
 * | Republican
 * 1897 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ George P. Lawrence (Republican) 59.7%

Frank J. Lawler (Democratic) 36.4%

Benjamin Clow (Socialist) 3.9%

! MA's 2nd congressional district
 * Frederick H. Gillett
 * | Republican
 * 1892
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 61.3%

Edward A. Hall (Democratic) 32.5%

George H. Wrenn (Socialist) 6.3%

! MA's 3rd congressional district
 * colspan="3"|Vacant
 * | Incumbent died November 1, 1906. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Charles G. Washburn (Republican) 58.6%

William I. McLoughlin (Democratic) 38.9%

Louis F. Weiss (Socialist) 2.5%

! MA's 4th congressional district
 * Charles Q. Tirrell
 * | Republican
 * 1900
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Charles Q. Tirrell (Republican) 79.0%

Timothy Richardson (Socialist) 20.9%

Others 0.1%

! MA's 5th congressional district
 * Butler Ames
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Butler Ames (Republican) 54.2%

Joseph J. Flynn (Democratic) 44.2%

Fred P. Folsom (Socialist) 1.6%

! MA's 6th congressional district
 * Augustus Peabody Gardner
 * | Republican
 * 1902 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Augustus Peabody Gardner (Republican) 54.8%

George A. Schofield (Democratic) 41.9%

John F. Putnam (Socialist) 3.3%

! MA's 7th congressional district
 * Ernest W. Roberts
 * | Republican
 * 1898
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Ernest W. Roberts (Republican) 66.4%

John A. O'Keefe (Democratic) 30.0%

Bernard W. Gidney (Socialist) 3.6%

! MA's 8th congressional district
 * Samuel W. McCall
 * | Republican
 * 1892
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 59.4%

Frederick S. Deitrick (Democratic) 38.7%

Orton D. Field (Socialist) 2.0%

! MA's 9th congressional district
 * John A. Keliher
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John A. Keliher (Democratic) 68.1%

Edward C. Webb (Republican) 26.6%

George W. Galvin (Socialist) 5.3%

! MA's 10th congressional district
 * William S. McNary
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph F. O'Connell (Democratic) 54.9%

Edward B. Callender (Republican) 42.3%

Ira E. Worcester (Socialist) 2.7%

! MA's 11th congressional district
 * John Andrew Sullivan
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |  * ✅ Andrew James Peters (Democratic) 53.9%

Daniel W. Lane (Republican) 43.7%

George G. Cutting (Socialist) 2.3%

! MA's 12th congressional district
 * John W. Weeks
 * | Republican
 * 1904
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John W. Weeks (Republican) 61.5%

David W. Murray (Democratic) 34.3%

Calvin C. Jordan (Socialist) 4.2%

! MA's 13th congressional district
 * William S. Greene
 * | Republican
 * 1898 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ William S. Greene (Republican) 68.3%

Francis M. Kennedy (Democratic) 31.7%

! MA's 14th congressional district
 * William C. Lovering
 * | Republican
 * 1896
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ William C. Lovering (Republican) 61.8%

Thomas F. Loorem (Democratic) 23.4%

Dan White (Socialist) 14.8%


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Mississippi
! MS's 1st congressional district
 * Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1900
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (Democratic) 100%

! MS's 2nd congressional district
 * Thomas Spight
 * | Democratic
 * 1898 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas Spight (Democratic) 100%

! MS's 3rd congressional district
 * Benjamin G. Humphreys II
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Benjamin G. Humphreys II (Democratic) 100%

! MS's 4th congressional district
 * Wilson S. Hill
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Wilson S. Hill (Democratic) 100%

! MS's 5th congressional district
 * Adam M. Byrd
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Adam M. Byrd (Democratic) 100%

! MS's 6th congressional district
 * Eaton J. Bowers
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Eaton J. Bowers (Democratic) 95.93%

J. A. Brash (Socialist) 4.07%

! MS's 7th congressional district
 * Frank A. McLain
 * | Democratic
 * 1898 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank A. McLain (Democratic) 100%

! MS's 8th congressional district
 * John S. Williams
 * | Democratic
 * 1892
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John S. Williams (Democratic) 100%


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Montana
! Montana At-large
 * Joseph M. Dixon
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles N. Pray (Republican) 50.51%

Thomas J. Walsh (Democratic) 40.77%

John Hudson (Socialist) 8.26%

J. H. Calderhead (Populist) 0.47%


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Nebraska
! Nebraska's 1st congressional district
 * Ernest M. Pollard
 * | Republican
 * 1905 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ernest M. Pollard (Republican) 52.84%

T. J. Doyle (Democratic) 42.46%

Frank C. Taylor (Prohibition) 3.73%

E. I. Root (Socialist) 0.96%

! Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
 * John L. Kennedy
 * | Republican
 * 1904
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic) 51.12%

John L. Kennedy (Republican) 48.89%

! Nebraska's 3rd congressional district
 * John McCarthy
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John F. Boyd (Republican) 48.99%

Guy T. Graves (Democratic) 48.23%

E. J. Flood (Prohibition) 2.01%

L. DeVore (Socialist) 0.77%

! Nebraska's 4th congressional district
 * Edmund H. Hinshaw
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edmund H. Hinshaw (Republican) 55.02%

John J. Thomas (Democratic) 43.97%

J. C. Palmerton (Socialist) 1.01%

! Nebraska's 5th congressional district
 * George W. Norris
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George W. Norris (Republican) 53.13%

Roderick Dhu Sutherland (Democratic) 45.32%

J. J. Larkey (Socialist) 1.56%

! Nebraska's 6th congressional district
 * Moses Kinkaid
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Moses Kinkaid (Republican) 57.08%

G. L. Shumway (Democratic) 40.18%

W. N. Parsel (Socialist) 2.74%


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North Dakota
! rowspan=2 | ND At-large 2 seats on a general ticket
 * Thomas F. Marshall
 * | Republican
 * nowrap | 1900
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap rowspan=2 |

✅ Thomas F. Marshall (Republican) 32.34%

✅ Asle Gronna (Republican) 30.55%

A. G. Burr (Democratic) 17.74%

John D. Benton (Democratic) 17.49%

Kittel Halvorson (Socialist) 0.96%

W. J. Bailey (Socialist) 0.94%


 * Asle Gronna
 * | Republican
 * nowrap | 1904
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * Incumbent re-elected.


 * }

Oregon
! OR's 1st congressional district
 * Binger Hermann
 * | Republican
 * 1903 (special)
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Willis C. Hawley (Republican) 49.13%

Charles V. Galloway (Democratic) 41.10%

W. W. Myers (Socialist) 5.94%

Edward F. Green (Prohibition) 3.83%

! OR's 2nd congressional district
 * John N. Williamson
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ William R. Ellis (Republican) 61.02%

James H. Graham (Democratic) 26.18%

A. M. Paul (Socialist) 7.61%

H. W. Stone (Prohibition) 5.19%


 * }

South Dakota
! rowspan=2 | SD At-large (2 seats elected on a general ticket)
 * Charles H. Burke
 * | Republican
 * 1898
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Philo Hall (Republican) 32.61%

✅ William H. Parker (Republican) 32.59%

William S. Elder (Democratic) 13.57%

Samuel A. Ramsey (Democratic) 13.44%

C. V. Templeton (Prohibition) 2.30%

R. J. Day (Prohibition) 2.25%

James Kirwan (Socialist) 1.66%

Henry A. Berge (Socialist) 1.58%


 * Eben Martin
 * | Republican
 * 1900
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Republican hold.


 * }

Tennessee
! TN's 1st congressional district
 * Walter P. Brownlow
 * | Republican
 * 1896
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Walter P. Brownlow (Republican) 52.12%

John H. Coldwell (Democratic) 27.63%

Alfred A. Taylor (Independent Republican) 20.25%

! TN's 2nd congressional district
 * Nathan W. Hale
 * | Republican
 * 1904
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Nathan W. Hale (Republican) 71.49%

E. L. Foster (Democratic) 26.52%

J. A. Broughton (Socialist) 2.00%

! TN's 3rd congressional district
 * John A. Moon
 * | Democratic
 * 1896
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John A. Moon (Democratic) 56.85%

T. W. Peace (Republican) 42.15%

A. Ellyson (Socialist) 1.01%

! TN's 4th congressional district
 * Mounce G. Butler
 * | Democratic
 * 1904
 * |Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Cordell Hull (Democratic) 53.60%

John E. Oliver (Republican) 46.25%

J. T. McColgan (Socialist) 0.14%

! TN's 5th congressional district
 * William C. Houston
 * | Democratic
 * 1904
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William C. Houston (Democratic) 71.54%

Tim Wade (Republican) 27.78%

J. H. Baxter (Socialist) 0.69%

! TN's 6th congressional district
 * John W. Gaines
 * | Democratic
 * 1896
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John W. Gaines (Democratic) 79.82%

J. W. Johnson (Republican) 18.97%

H. G. Sneed (Socialist) 1.22%

! TN's 7th congressional district
 * Lemuel P. Padgett
 * | Democratic
 * 1900
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Lemuel P. Padgett (Democratic) 68.67%

Joe P. Kidd (Republican) 31.33%

! TN's 8th congressional district
 * Thetus W. Sims
 * | Democratic
 * 1896
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 50.68%

John E. McCall (Republican) 49.16%

Clarence Roark (Socialist) 0.16%

! TN's 9th congressional district
 * Finis J. Garrett
 * | Democratic
 * 1904
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Finis J. Garrett (Democratic) 76.93%

Yandrell Haun (Republican) 22.92%

W. P. Outlaw (Socialist) 0.15%

! TN's 10th congressional district
 * Malcolm R. Patterson
 * | Democratic
 * 1900
 * |Incumbent retired to run for Governor. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * ✅ George Gordon (Democratic) 95.40%

T. H. Haines (Socialist) 4.61%


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West Virginia
! West Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * Blackburn B. Dovener
 * | Republican
 * 1894
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ William P. Hubbard (Republican) 52.47%

T. S. Riley (Democratic) 41.50%

W. E. Pierce (Prohibition) 4.02%

E. B. Hibbs (Socialist) 2.00%

! West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
 * Thomas B. Davis
 * | Democratic
 * 1905 (special)
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ George C. Sturgiss (Republican) 53.63%

M. H. Dent (Democratic) 44.00%

James H. Ward (Prohibition) 1.92%

W. T. Dadisman (Socialist) 0.45%

! West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * Joseph H. Gaines
 * | Republican
 * 1900
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph H. Gaines (Republican) 52.78%

George Byrne (Democratic) 41.08%

Fred H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 3.55%

J. L. Beard (Socialist) 2.59%

! West Virginia's 4th congressional district
 * Harry C. Woodyard
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harry C. Woodyard (Republican) 52.17%

George W. Hardman (Democratic) 43.89%

Dave D. Johnson (Prohibition) 2.29%

C. W. Kirkendall (Socialist) 1.65%

! West Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * James A. Hughes
 * | Republican
 * 1900
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ James A. Hughes (Republican) 57.57%

Joseph S. Miller (Democratic) 41.06%

B. F. Morris (Prohibition) 0.87%

Asa Barringer (Socialist) 0.51%


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Wisconsin
Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 6, 1906.

! WI's 1st congressional district
 * Henry Allen Cooper
 * | Republican
 * 1892
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 61.1%

John J. Cunningham (Democratic) 33.2%

Moses Hull (Social Dem.) 5.7%

! WI's 2nd congressional district $(special)$
 * John M. Nelson
 * | Republican
 * 1906
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John M. Nelson (Republican) 51.5%

George W. Levis (Democratic) 44.8%

William L. Dibble (Prohibition) 2.5%

W. A. Hall Sr. (Social Dem.) 1.2%

! WI's 3rd congressional district
 * Joseph W. Babcock
 * | Republican
 * 1892
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ James W. Murphy (Democratic) 50.1%

Joseph W. Babcock (Republican) 46.6%

Herbert J. Noyes (Prohibition) 3.2%

! WI's 4th congressional district
 * Theobald Otjen
 * | Republican
 * 1894
 * | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ William J. Cary (Republican) 41.3%

Edmund T. Melms (Social Dem.) 29.5%

Thomas J. Fleming (Democratic) 29.2%

! WI's 5th congressional district
 * William H. Stafford
 * | Republican
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ William H. Stafford (Republican) 44.3%

Albert J. Welch (Social Dem.) 28.1%

Joseph G. Donnelly (Democratic) 26.0%

Charles F. Everett (Prohibition) 1.6%

! WI's 6th congressional district
 * Charles H. Weisse
 * | Democratic
 * 1902
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Charles H. Weisse (Democratic) 63.3%

Alvin Dreger (Republican) 34.2%

George C. Damrow (Prohibition) 2.5%

! WI's 7th congressional district
 * John J. Esch
 * | Republican
 * 1898
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John J. Esch (Republican) 72.7%

Charles F. Hille (Democratic) 27.3%

! WI's 8th congressional district
 * James H. Davidson
 * | Republican
 * 1896
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ James H. Davidson (Republican) 59.7%

John E. McMuller (Democratic) 33.8%

John J. Pitz (Social Dem.) 3.9%

Charles H. Forward (Prohibition) 2.5%

William B. Minnahan (Ind. Republican) 0.2%

! WI's 9th congressional district
 * Edward S. Minor
 * | Republican
 * 1894
 * | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Gustav Küstermann (Republican) 60.5%

Philip A. Badour (Democratic) 37.1%

Joseph E. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.3%

! WI's 10th congressional district
 * Webster E. Brown
 * | Republican
 * 1900
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Elmer A. Morse (Republican) 63.6%

Dennis D. Conway (Democratic) 33.5%

James I. Coxe (Social Dem.) 2.9%

! WI's 11th congressional district
 * John J. Jenkins
 * | Republican
 * 1894
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John J. Jenkins (Republican) 74.9%

Francis J. Maguire (Democratic) 20.3%

Charles W. Swanson (Social Dem.) 4.8%


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Wyoming
! Wyoming At-large
 * Frank W. Mondell
 * | Republican
 * 1898
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 62.16%

John C. Hamm (Democratic) 33.07%

William Brown (Socialist) 4.57%

C. H. Nicodemus (Prohibition) 0.21%


 * }

New Mexico Territory
New Mexico Territory elected its non-voting delegate November 6, 1906.