1962 United States House of Representatives elections

1962 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John McCormack Charles Halleck Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 10, 1962 January 3, 1959 Leader's seat Massachusetts 9th Indiana 2nd Last election 262 seats 175 seats Seats won 259 176 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 26,860,184 24,160,387 Percentage 52.4% 47.1% Swing 2.4% 2.3%
Speaker before election John McCormack Democratic Elected Speaker John McCormack Democratic

The 1962 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 1962, to elect members to serve in the 88th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. As in most midterm elections, Kennedy's Democratic Party lost seats to the opposition Republican Party, but retained a majority. House Democrats were expected to lose their majority, but the resolution over the Cuban Missile Crisis just a few weeks prior led to a rebound in approval for the Democrats under President Kennedy.

The number of seats up for election went back to 435, in accordance with reapportionment and redistricting resulting from the 1960 census. The membership had been increased temporarily to 437 in 1959, providing 1 seat each for the new states of Alaska and Hawaii, while the other 435 seats continued with the reapportionment resulting from the 1950 census.

This was the last midterm election cycle until 2022 in which a Democratic president experienced net losses for his party in the House while experiencing net gains in the Senate.