), Larry Pressler (R-S.D. Pages in category "1974 United States House of Representatives elections" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. Democrats expanded their majorities in both houses of Congress. The 1974 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives in 1974 that occurred in the wake of the Watergate scandal, which had forced President Richard Nixon to resign in favor of Gerald Ford. Heath resigned when he refused to a key term of a possible [1] This translated to a net gain of 49 seats from the Republicans, increasing the party's majority above the two-thirds mark. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk, "Senate and House Margins Are Substantially Enlarged", United States House of Representatives elections, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1974&oldid=3373988, United States House of Representatives elections, 1974, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, House seats by party holding plurality in state. Democrat John A. Durkin won a special election in New Hampshire after the Senate voided the original contested election. The U.S. House election, 1974 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1974 that occurred in the wake of the Watergate scandal, which had forced President Richard Nixon to resign in favor of Gerald Ford. 1974 United States House of Representatives election in Indiana - Results by congressional district.svg 700 × 1,351; 191 KB. Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve House of Representatives seats from the Democratic Party, although the Democrats retained a majority. ), Max Baucus (D-Mont. Republican gain Republican hold. After the special election, Democrats possessed 60 seats to 38 for the Republicans, with one independent who caucused with the Democrats and one Conservative who caucused with the Republicans. Democrats won net gains of four seats in the Senate, 49 seats in the House of Representatives, and four seats in the gubernatorial elections. This resulted in a hung parliament, the first since 1929. This scandal, along with high inflation, all 1974 United States House of Representatives elections, 1974 United States gubernatorial elections, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1974", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1974_United_States_elections&oldid=959784542, November 1974 events in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 1974 House of Representatives election results, This page was last edited on 30 May 2020, at 16:21. Many of the newly elected Democrats were Northern liberals, shifting the balance of power away from conservative Southern Democrats.