The 1922 United States elections were held on November 7, 1922. The election took place during Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. The Republican Party lost seats in both chambers of Congress, but retained their majority in the House and Senate. In the House, the Republicans lost seventy-seven seats to the Democratic Party. The Republicans also lost seven seats in the U.S. Senate, six to the Democrats and one to the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party.[2]
| ← 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 → Midterm elections | |
| Election day | November 7 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Warren G. Harding (Republican) |
| Next Congress | 68th |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | Republican hold |
| Seats contested | 35 of 96 seats (32 Class 1 seats + 5 special elections)[1] |
| Net seat change | Democratic +6 |
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| 1922 Senate election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | Republican hold |
| Seats contested | All 435 voting seats |
| Net seat change | Democratic +76 |
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| 1922 House of Representatives election results | |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 33 |
| Net seat change | Democratic +12 |
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| 1922 gubernatorial election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
The election is notable in that no redistricting occurred despite the completion of the 1920 United States census, as Congress failed to pass a redistricting bill. This is the only congressional election in which there was no redistricting after a census. The Apportionment Act of 1911 remained in effect until the Reapportionment Act of 1929.
The election was a victory for Harding's progressive opponents in the Republican Party, and helped lead to the Teapot Dome investigations and Robert M. La Follette's 1924 third party candidacy.[3]
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edit- ^ Two Class 1 Senate seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1922. These two seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ Busch, Andrew (1999). Horses in Midstream. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 156–157.
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