1974 United States House of Representatives elections
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. This scandal, along with high inflation, allowed the Democrats to make large gains in the midterm elections, taking 49 seats from the Republicans and increasing their majority above the two-thirds mark. Altogether, there were 93 freshmen representatives in the 94th Congress when it convened on January 3, 1975. Those elected to office that year later came to be known collectively as "Watergate Babies".
Overall results
Special elections
These elections were for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 1975.District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
John Saylor | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent died October 28, 1973. A special election was held February 25, 1974. Democratic gain. | ||
Gerald Ford | Republican | 1948 | Incumbent resigned December 6, 1973 to become Vice President of the United States. A special election was held February 18, 1974. Democratic gain. | ||
Bill Keating | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent resigned January 3, 1974 to take a position as president of The Cincinnati Enquirer. A special election was held March 5, 1974. Democratic gain. | ||
James Harvey | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent resigned January 31, 1974 to become judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. A special election was held April 16, 1974. Democratic gain. | ||
Bill Mailliard | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent resigned March 5, 1974 to become United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States. A special election was held June 4, 1974. Democratic gain. | ||
Charles Teague | Republican | 1954 | Incumbent died January 1, 1974. A special election was held June 4, 1974. Republican hold. |
Alabama
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Jack Edwards | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Louis Dickinson | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Flynt Nichols | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tom Bevill | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert E. Jones Jr. | Democratic | 1947 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Hall Buchanan Jr. | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Walter Flowers | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Alaska
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Don Young | Republican | 1973 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Arizona
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
John Jacob Rhodes | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Mo Udall | Democratic | 1961 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Sam Steiger | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Bertrand Conlan | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Arkansas
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
William Vollie Alexander Jr. | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Wilbur Mills | Democratic | 1938 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John P. Hammerschmidt | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ray Thornton | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
California
Colorado
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Patricia Schroeder | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Donald G. Brotzman | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Frank Evans | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James Paul Johnson | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William L. Armstrong | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Connecticut
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
William R. Cotter | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert H. Steele | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Robert Giaimo | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Stewart McKinney | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ronald A. Sarasin | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ella T. Grasso | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
Delaware
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Pierre S. du Pont IV | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Florida
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Bob Sikes | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Don Fuqua | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles Edward Bennett | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bill Chappell | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bill Gunter | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican gain. | ||
Bill Young | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Sam M. Gibbons | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James A. Haley | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Louis Frey Jr. | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Skip Bafalis | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Paul Rogers | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. Herbert Burke | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Lehman | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Claude Pepper | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dante Fascell | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Georgia
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Ronald "Bo" Ginn | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dawson Mathis | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jack Thomas Brinkley | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Benjamin B. Blackburn | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Andrew Young | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jack Flynt | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John W. Davis | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
W. S. Stuckey Jr. | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Phillip M. Landrum | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Hawaii
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Spark Matsunaga | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Patsy Mink | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Idaho
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Steve Symms | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Orval H. Hansen | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold. |
Illinois
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Ralph H. Metcalfe | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Morgan F. Murphy | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert P. Hanrahan | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Ed Derwinski | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John C. Kluczynski | Democratic | 1950 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Harold R. Collier | Republican | 1956 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Cardiss Collins | Democratic | 1973 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dan Rostenkowski | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Sidney R. Yates | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Samuel H. Young | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Frank Annunzio | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Phil Crane | Republican | 1969 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert McClory | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John N. Erlenborn | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Leslie C. Arends | Republican | 1934 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
John B. Anderson | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
George M. O'Brien | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert H. Michel | Republican | 1956 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tom Railsback | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Paul Findley | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Edward Rell Madigan | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
George E. Shipley | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Melvin Price | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Kenneth J. Gray | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
Indiana
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Ray J. Madden | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Earl F. Landgrebe | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
John Brademas | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. Edward Roush | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Elwood Hillis | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William G. Bray | Republican | 1950 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
John T. Myers | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Roger H. Zion | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Lee H. Hamilton | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
David W. Dennis | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
William H. Hudnut III | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Iowa
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Edward Mezvinsky | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John C. Culver | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
H. R. Gross | Republican | 1948 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Neal Smith | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William J. Scherle | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Wiley Mayne | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Kansas
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Keith Sebelius | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William R. Roy | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Larry Winn | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Garner E. Shriver | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joe Skubitz | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Kentucky
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Frank Stubblefield | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
William Huston Natcher | Democratic | 1953 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Romano L. Mazzoli | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Gene Snyder | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tim Lee Carter | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John B. Breckinridge | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Carl D. Perkins | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Louisiana
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
F. Edward Hebert | Democratic | 1940 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lindy Boggs | Democratic | 1973 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dave Treen | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joe Waggonner | Democratic | 1961 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Otto Passman | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Rarick | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. | ||
John Breaux | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Gillis William Long | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Maine
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Peter N. Kyros | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. | ||
William Cohen | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Maryland
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Robert Bauman | Republican | 1973 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Clarence Long | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Paul Sarbanes | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Marjorie Holt | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lawrence Hogan | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Maryland. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Goodloe Byron | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Parren Mitchell | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Gilbert Gude | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Massachusetts
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Silvio Conte | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Edward Boland | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Harold Donohue | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Robert Drinan | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Paul W. Cronin | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Michael J. Harrington | Democratic | 1969 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Torbert H. MacDonald | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tip O'Neill | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joe Moakley | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Margaret Heckler | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James A. Burke | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Gerry E. Studds | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Michigan
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
John Conyers | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Marvin L. Esch | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Garry E. Brown | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. Edward Hutchinson | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Richard Vander Veen | Democratic | 1974 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles E. Chamberlain | Republican | 1956 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Donald W. Riegle Jr. | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. Bob Traxler | Democratic | 1974 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Guy Vander Jagt | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Elford Albin Cederberg | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Philip Ruppe | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James G. O'Hara | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles Diggs | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lucien N. Nedzi | Democratic | 1961 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William D. Ford | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Dingell | Democratic | 1955 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Martha W. Griffiths | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Robert J. Huber | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
William Broomfield | Republican | 1956 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Minnesota
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Al Quie | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ancher Nelsen | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Bill Frenzel | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joseph Karth | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Donald M. Fraser | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Zwach | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Bob Bergland | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Blatnik | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
Mississippi
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Jamie L. Whitten | Democratic | 1941 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
David R. Bowen | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Gillespie V. Montgomery | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Thad Cochran | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Trent Lott | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Missouri
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Bill Clay | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James W. Symington | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William J. Randall | Democratic | 1959 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Richard Bolling | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jerry Litton | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Gene Taylor | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Richard Howard Ichord Jr. | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William L. Hungate | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bill Burlison | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Montana
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Richard G. Shoup | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
John Melcher | Democratic | 1969 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Nebraska
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Charles Thone | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Y. McCollister | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
David T. Martin | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
Nevada
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
David Towell | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
New Hampshire
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Louis C. Wyman | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
James Colgate Cleveland | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. |
New Jersey
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
John E. Hunt | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Charles W. Sandman Jr. | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
James J. Howard | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Frank Thompson | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Edwin B. Forsythe | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William B. Widnall | Republican | 1950 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Robert A. Roe | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Henry Helstoski | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Peter W. Rodino | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joseph G. Minish | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Matthew John Rinaldo | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joseph J. Maraziti | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Dominick V. Daniels | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Edward J. Patten | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. |
New Mexico
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Manuel Lujan Jr. | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Harold L. Runnels | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. |
New York
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Otis G. Pike | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James R. Grover Jr. | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Angelo D. Roncallo | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Norman F. Lent | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John W. Wydler | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lester L. Wolff | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joseph P. Addabbo | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James J. Delaney | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Mario Biaggi | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Frank J. Brasco | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Shirley Chisholm | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bertram L. Podell | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
John J. Rooney | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Hugh L. Carey | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of New York. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Elizabeth Holtzman | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John M. Murphy | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ed Koch | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles B. Rangel | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bella Abzug | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Herman Badillo | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jonathan Brewster Bingham | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Peter A. Peyser | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ogden R. Reid | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of New York. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Hamilton Fish IV | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Benjamin A. Gilman | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Howard W. Robison | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Samuel S. Stratton | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Carleton J. King | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Robert C. McEwen | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Donald J. Mitchell | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James M. Hanley | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William F. Walsh | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Frank Horton | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Barber Conable | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Henry P. Smith III | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Thaddeus J. Dulski | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Jack Kemp | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James F. Hastings | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. |
North Carolina
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Walter B. Jones Sr. | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lawrence H. Fountain | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
David N. Henderson | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ike Franklin Andrews | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Wilmer Mizell | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
L. Richardson Preyer | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charlie Rose | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Earl B. Ruth | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
James G. Martin | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James T. Broyhill | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Roy A. Taylor | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. |
North Dakota
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Mark Andrews | Republican | 1963 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Ohio
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Tom Luken | Democratic | 1974 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. | ||
Donald D. Clancy | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles W. Whalen Jr. | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tennyson Guyer | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Del Latta | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bill Harsha | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bud Brown | Republican | 1965 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Walter E. Powell | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Thomas L. Ashley | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Clarence E. Miller | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. William Stanton | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Samuel L. Devine | Republican | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles Adams Mosher | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John F. Seiberling | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Chalmers P. Wylie | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ralph Regula | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John M. Ashbrook | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Wayne L. Hays | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles J. Carney | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James V. Stanton | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Louis Stokes | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles Vanik | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Edwin Minshall Jr. | Republican | 1954 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Oklahoma
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
James R. Jones | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Clem McSpadden | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Oklahoma. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Carl Albert | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tom Steed | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Jarman | Democratic | 1950 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Newbold Camp | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Oregon
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Wendell Wyatt | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Albert C. Ullman | Democratic | 1956 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Edith Green | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
John R. Dellenback | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Pennsylvania
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
William A. Barrett | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert N. C. Nix Sr. | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William J. Green, III | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joshua Eilberg | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John H. Ware III | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Gus Yatron | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lawrence G. Williams | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Edward G. Biester Jr. | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bud Shuster | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joseph M. McDade | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Daniel J. Flood | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Murtha | Democratic | 1974 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
R. Lawrence Coughlin | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William S. Moorhead | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Fred B. Rooney | Democratic | 1963 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Edwin D. Eshleman | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Herman T. Schneebeli | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
H. John Heinz III | Republican | 1971 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
George Atlee Goodling | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | ||
Joseph M. Gaydos | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John H. Dent | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Thomas E. Morgan | Democratic | 1944 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Albert W. Johnson | Republican | 1963 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joseph P. Vigorito | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Frank M. Clark | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
Rhode Island
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Fernand St. Germain | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert Tiernan | Democratic | 1967 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
South Carolina
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Mendel Jackson Davis | Democratic | 1971 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Floyd Spence | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Jennings Bryan Dorn | Democratic | 1950 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of South Carolina. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
James R. Mann | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Thomas S. Gettys | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Edward Lunn Young | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
South Dakota
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Frank E. Denholm | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. | ||
James Abdnor | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Tennessee
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Jimmy Quillen | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Duncan Sr. | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
LaMar Baker | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Joe L. Evins | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Richard Fulton | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robin Beard | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ed Jones | Democratic | 1969 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dan Kuykendall | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Texas
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Wright Patman | Democratic | 1928 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Charles Wilson | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
James M. Collins | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ray Roberts | Democratic | 1962 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Alan Steelman | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Olin E. Teague | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Reynolds Archer Jr. | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert C. Eckhardt | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jack Brooks | Democratic | 1952 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. J. Pickle | Democratic | 1963 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William R. Poage | Democratic | 1936 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jim Wright | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Bob Price | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
John Andrew Young | Democratic | 1956 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Kika de la Garza | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Richard C. White | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Omar Burleson | Democratic | 1946 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Barbara Jordan | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
George H. Mahon | Democratic | 1934 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Henry B. Gonzalez | Democratic | 1961 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
O. C. Fisher | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Robert R. Casey | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Abraham Kazen | Democratic | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dale Milford | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Utah
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
K. Gunn McKay | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Douglas W. Owens | Democratic | 1972 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
Vermont
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Richard W. Mallary | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold. |
Virginia
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Thomas N. Downing | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
G. William Whitehurst | Republican | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
David E. Satterfield III | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert Daniel | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dan Daniel | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
M. Caldwell Butler | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
J. Kenneth Robinson | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Stanford Parris | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
William C. Wampler | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Joel T. Broyhill | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
Washington
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Joel Pritchard | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lloyd Meeds | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Julia Butler Hansen | Democratic | 1960 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Mike McCormack | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tom Foley | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Floyd Verne Hicks | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Brock Adams | Democratic | 1964 | Incumbent re-elected. |
West Virginia
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Bob Mollohan | Democratic | 1968 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Harley O. Staggers | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John M. Slack Jr. | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Ken Hechler | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Wisconsin
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Les Aspin | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Robert W. Kastenmeier | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Vernon Wallace Thomson | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Clement J. Zablocki | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Henry S. Reuss | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William A. Steiger | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Dave Obey | Democratic | 1969 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Harold Vernon Froehlich | Republican | 1972 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
Glenn Robert Davis | Republican | 1964 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican hold. |
Wyoming
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
Teno Roncalio | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. |