The 1908 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1908, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the 1908 United States presidential election, which William Howard Taft won. Elections were held for all 391 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 46 states, to serve in the 61st United States Congress. Taft was not as popular as his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, but won with Roosevelt's backing, and his Republican Party lost only a handful of seats to the opposition Democrats. Without any striking national issues, the Republicans were able to remain in control. Regional issues led to some changes in House membership, but new Democrats who were elected by dissatisfied industrial workers were balanced out by new Republicans who gained seats in districts with a strong middle class presence.

Election summaries

Special elections

There were nine special elections in 1908. ! Illinois's 25th congressional district William H. Warder (Democratic) 33.16% Samuel T. Brush (Ind. Republican) 15.34% Daniel W. Boone (Socialist) 4.33% ! Alabama's 2nd congressional district Unopposed ! Indiana's 13th congressional district Charles W. Miller (Republican) 47.69% Thomas B. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.02% John A. Snook (Socialist) 1.79% ! Louisiana's 1st congressional district Henry C. Warmoth (Republican) 4.78% ! Maine's 2nd congressional district Unopposed ! Maine's 4th congressional district George M. Hanson (Democratic) 32.30% ! New York's 3rd congressional district James P. Maher (Democratic) 41.68% Elias B. Gordon (Independence) 4.02% John T. Hill (Socialist) 4.02% ! South Dakota At-large W. W. Soule (Democratic) 37.67%

Regular election dates

All the states held their regular elections November 3, 1908 except for three, which, held elections:

Alabama

Alaska Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas

California

! California's 1st congressional district E. W. Holland (Democratic) 36.8% D. N. Cunningham (Socialist) 7.6% W. P. Fassett (Prohibition) 1.4% ! California's 2nd congressional district W. K. Hays (Democratic) 38.5% A. J. Gaylord (Socialist) 4.0% ! California's 3rd congressional district George W. Peckham (Democratic) 22.8% Owen H. Philbrick (Socialist) 9.3% John A. Sands (Independence) 2.1% Thomas H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 1.7% ! California's 4th congressional district James G. Maguire (Democratic) 42.9% K. J. Doyle (Socialist) 4.0% William N. Meserve (Prohibition) 0.3% ! California's 5th congressional district George A. Tracy (Democratic) 42.8% E. H. Misner (Socialist) 6.3% Walter E. Vail (Prohibition) 1.8% ! California's 6th congressional district Fred P. Feliz (Democratic) 38.7% W. M. Pattison (Socialist) 5.6% James W. Webb (Prohibition) 3.7% ! California's 7th congressional district Jud R. Rush (Democratic) 6.3% A. R. Holston (Socialist) 1.1% Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition) 1.0% F. G. Hentig (Independence) 0.2% ! California's 8th congressional district W. E. Shepherd (Democratic) 34.7% Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 9.6%

Colorado

! CO's 1st congressional district Robert W. Bonynge (Republican) 47.4% S. J. Greear (Socialist) 2.8% ! CO's 2nd congressional district Warren A. Haggott (Republican) 47.8% Flavius E. Ashburn (Socialist) 3.5% ! CO At-large James C. Burger (Republican) 46.2% M. M. Brown (Socialist) 3.1% Willard McCarthy (Prohibition) 2.4%

Connecticut

! Connecticut's 1st congressional district Charles S. Gerth (Democratic) 34.6% Others Thomas Lisk (Socialist) 3.2% Duane N. Griffin (Prohibition) 2.1% Charles J. Backofen (Soc. Labor) 0.5% ! Connecticut's 2nd congressional district Thomas L. Reilly (Democratic) 40.9% Alfred W. Smith (Socialist) 3.1% Others A. Judson Bolster (Prohibition) 0.8% Charles B. Wells (Soc. Labor) 0.2% ! Connecticut's 3rd congressional district Henry H. Hunter (Democratic) 37.1% Others Jason L. Randall (Prohibition) 1.2% Albert J. Boardman (Socialist) 1.2% John J. Murphy (Soc. Labor) 0.2% ! Connecticut's 4th congressional district Lynn W. Wilson (Democratic) 35.9% Others Samiel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 2.1% Wilbur G. Manchester (Prohibition) 1.0% Thomas Wilkes (Soc. Labor) 0.4% ! CT At-large Christopher Avery (Democratic) 36.8% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.7% Others Elisha Y. Ellis (Prohibition) 1.2% Edward Prior (Soc. Labor) 0.3%

Delaware

Florida

! FL's 1st congressional district George W. Allen (Republican) 15.0% C. C. Allen (Socialist) 9.8% ! FL's 2nd congressional district William R. O'Neal (Republican) 18.0% A. N. Jackson (Socialist) 6.1% ! FL's 3rd congressional district William Northrup (Republican) 15.5%

Georgia

Idaho

! Idaho At-large James L. McClear (Democratic) 40.08% Halbert Barton (Socialist) 6.66%

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

! Kansas's 1st congressional district F. M. Pearl (Democratic) 58.3% ! Kansas's 2nd congressional district B. J. Sheridan (Democratic) 47.9% ! Kansas's 3rd congressional district T. J. Hudson (Democratic) 40.1% Ben F. Wilson (Socialist) 9.9% ! Kansas's 4th congressional district Thomas H. Grisham (Democratic) 43.3% ! Kansas's 5th congressional district R. A. Lovitt (Democratic) 45.36% W. L. Nixon (Socialist) 2.01% William H. Eaton (Prohibition) 1.07% ! Kansas's 6th congressional district John R. Connelly (Democratic) 47.97% H. M. Elliot (Socialist) 2.10% F. C. Griffith (Prohibition) 1.35% ! Kansas's 7th congressional district Samuel I. Hale (Democratic) 42.85% J. N. Brown (Socialist) 2.83% Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 1.78% ! Kansas's 8th congressional district Frank B. Lawrence (Democratic) 41.5%

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

! Maryland's 1st congressional district William H. Jackson (Republican) 45.0% Jacob W. Wheatley (Prohibition) 3.7% ! Maryland's 2nd congressional district Robert Garrett (Republican) 46.1% John H. Grill (Prohibition) 1.7% ! Maryland's 3rd congressional district Harry B. Wolf (Democratic) 48.2% Joseph P. Jarboe (Socialist) 1.8% R. V. Whitehurst (Prohibition) 0.9% ! Maryland's 4th congressional district John Philip Hill (Republican) 46.7% Charles R. Woods (Prohibition) 1.3% ! Maryland's 5th congressional district George M. Smith (Democratic) 48.2% S. W. James (Prohibition) 1.7% B. E. Davis (Socialist) 1.0% ! Maryland's 6th congressional district David John Lewis (Democratic) 47.6% H. N. Cuppett (Prohibition) 2.1% S. L. V. Young (Socialist) 1.2%

Massachusetts

! MA's 1st congressional district ✅ George P. Lawrence (Republican) 60.2% David T. Clark (Democratic) 36.40% Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 3.8% ! MA's 2nd congressional district ✅ Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 62.0% John L. Rice (Democratic) 27.7% George W. Curtis (Independence) 5.8% Joseph Orr (Socialist) 4.5% ! MA's 3rd congressional district ✅ Charles G. Washburn (Republican) 62.2% William I. McLoughlin (Democratic) 32.8% Theodore P. Sturtevant (Independence) 4.9% ! MA's 4th congressional district ✅ Charles Q. Tirrell (Republican) 55.0% John Joseph Mitchell (Democratic) 45.0% ! MA's 5th congressional district ✅ Butler Ames (Republican) 56.0% Joseph J. Flynn (Democratic) 41.1% George Conley (Independence) 2.9% ! MA's 6th congressional district ✅ Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 69.4% Arthur Withington (Democratic) 23.0% Franklin H. Wenworth (Socialist) 7.6% ! MA's 7th congressional district ✅ Ernest W. Roberts (Republican) 68.8% George Brickett (Democratic) 24.7% Clarence L. McIver (Independence) 6.5% ! MA's 8th congressional district ✅ Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 63.6% Frederick S. Deitrick (Democratic) 32.0% George W. Jennings (Independence) 4.4% ! MA's 9th congressional district ✅ John A. Keliher (Democratic) 62.3% John A. Campbell (Republican) 26.6% Junius T. Auerback (Independence) 11.1% ! MA's 10th congressional district J. Mitchel Galvin (Republican) 46.39% Hazard Stevens (Free Trader) 3.9% Charles J. Kidney (Independence) 3.3% ! MA's 11th congressional district Daniel W. Lane (Republican) 47.4% Edwin M. White (Independence) 3.9% ! MA's 12th congressional district ✅ John W. Weeks (Republican) 66.0% Jesse C. Ivey (Democratic) 28.4% Albert E. George (Independence) 5.6% ! MA's 13th congressional district ✅ William S. Greene (Republican) 72.5% John F. McGuinness (Democratic) 21.4% Charles W. Copeland (Independence) 6.2% ! MA's 14th congressional district ✅ William C. Lovering (Republican) 66.8% Eliot Packard (Democratic) 21.4% Charles B. Drew (Independence) 5.9% George J. Alcott (Socialist) 5.9%

Michigan

Minnesota

! Minnesota's 1st congressional district Andrew French (Democratic) 46.4% ! Minnesota's 2nd congressional district James McCleary (Republican) 44.3% ! Minnesota's 3rd congressional district [FNU] Leyman (Unknown) ! Minnesota's 4th congressional district David F. Peebles (Democratic) 34.4% Ernest W. Woodrich (Public Ownership) 5.0% ! Minnesota's 5th congressional district Thomas P. Dwyer (Democratic) 33.7% Charles F. Dight (Public Ownership) 4.6% ! Minnesota's 6th congressional district Andrew J. Gilkinson (Democratic) 36.9% ! Minnesota's 7th congressional district ! Minnesota's 8th congressional district Alexander Halliday (Public Ownership) 18.4% ! Minnesota's 9th congressional district Ole O. Sageng (Ind. Populist) 41.8% Thorsten T. Braaten (Public Ownership) 8.3%

Mississippi

! MS's 1st congressional district ✅ Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (Democratic) 100% ! MS's 2nd congressional district ! MS's 3rd congressional district ! MS's 4th congressional district ! MS's 5th congressional district ✅ Adam M. Byrd (Democratic) 100% ! MS's 6th congressional district ! MS's 7th congressional district H. C. Turley (Republican) 5.34% ! MS's 8th congressional district

Missouri

Montana

! Montana At-large Thomas D. Long (Democratic) 43.22% Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 7.92%

Nebraska

! Nebraska's 1st congressional district Ernest M. Pollard (Republican) 48.78% ! Nebraska's 2nd congressional district Albert W. Jefferis (Republican) 45.39% G. C. Porter (Socialist) 2.02% ! Nebraska's 3rd congressional district John F. Boyd (Republican) 47.84% James M. Woodcock (Socialist) 0.53% ! Nebraska's 4th congressional district Charles F. Gilbert (Democratic) 48.10% Thomas Birmingham (Prohibition) 1.92% ! Nebraska's 5th congressional district F. W. Ashton (Democratic) 49.36% J. J. Larkey (Socialist) 1.23% ! Nebraska's 6th congressional district W. H. Westover (Democratic) 45.82% Lucien Stebbins (Socialist) 1.95% G. H. Hornby (Prohibition) 1.55%

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

! rowspan=2 | ND At-large 2 seats on a general ticket ✅ Asle Gronna (Republican) 33.35% ✅ Louis B. Hanna (Republican) 32.34% Tobias D. Casey (Democratic) 17.11% O. G. Major (Democratic) 16.54% Francis Cooper (Socialist) 0.34% E. D. Herring (Socialist) 0.31%

Ohio

Oklahoma

! OK's 1st congressional district Henry S. Johnston (Democratic) 44.5% Achilles W. Renshaw (Socialist) 4.8% ! OK's 2nd congressional district Elmer L. Fulton (Democratic) 45.2% Charles P. Randall (Socialist) 7.9% ! OK's 3rd congressional district James S. Davenport (Democratic) 46.2% Winston T. Banks (Socialist) 5.4% ! OK's 4th congressional district Benjamin F. Hackett (Republican) 36.1% M. C. Carter (Socialist) 13.2% ! OK's 5th congressional district [FNU] Thompson (Republican) 34.4% W. D. Davis (Socialist) 9.8%

Oregon

! OR's 1st congressional district J. J. Whitney (Democratic) 27.4% W. S. Richards (Socialist) 8.0% Daniel Staver (Prohibition) 5.9% ! OR's 2nd congressional district John A. Jeffrey (Democratic) 24.8% G. E. Sanders (Socialist) 6.9% H. C. Shaffer (Prohibition) 4.8%

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

! SC's 1st congressional district Aaron P. Prioleau (Republican) 9.9% ! SC's 2nd congressional district Isaac Myers (Republican) 0.7% ! SC's 3rd congressional district Unopposed ! SC's 4th congressional district Unopposed ! SC's 5th congressional district Unopposed ! SC's 6th congressional district Unopposed ! SC's 7th congressional district R. H. Richardson (Republican) 9.1%

South Dakota

! rowspan=2 | SD At-large (2 seats elected on a general ticket) ✅ Charles H. Burke (Republican) 29.91% Robert E. Dowdell (Democratic) 17.20% Andrew H. Olson (Democratic) 17.14% E. S. Chappell (Prohibition) 1.68% L. R. Erskine (Prohibition) 1.66% T. G. Deffebach (Socialist) 1.19% S. H. Goodfellow (Socialist) 1.18% Others W. S. Bray (Scales of Justice) 0.02% L. V. Schneider (Scales of Justice) 0.02%

Tennessee

! TN's 1st congressional district ✅ Walter P. Brownlow (Republican) 79.46% J. T. Fugate (Democratic) 20.54% ! TN's 2nd congressional district ✅ Richard W. Austin (Republican) 50.85% Nathan W. Hale (Republican) 48.16% Others L. L. Cross (Ind. Democratic) 0.62% Eugene Merrill (Socialist) 0.37% ! TN's 3rd congressional district ✅ John A. Moon (Democratic) 60.19% John T. Raulston (Republican) 39.81% ! TN's 4th congressional district ✅ Cordell Hull (Democratic) 54.87% R. Q. Lillard (Republican) 44.85% W. D. Fisk (Socialist) 0.29% ! TN's 5th congressional district Z. T. Cason (Republican) 30.24% E. D. Morgan (Socialist) 0.11% ! TN's 6th congressional district ✅ Jo Byrns (Democratic) 97.29% James L. Hardaway (Socialist) 2.71% ! TN's 7th congressional district ✅ Lemuel P. Padgett (Democratic) 64.20% J. S. Beasley (Republican) 35.81% ! TN's 8th congressional district ✅ Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 57.53% R. H. Thrasher (Republican) 42.21% Others F. W. Earnshaw (Socialist) 0.21% M. McCampbell (Independence) 0.05% ! TN's 9th congressional district ✅ Finis J. Garrett (Democratic) 73.33% W. L. Terrell (Republican) 26.67% ! TN's 10th congressional district Robert H. Gowling (Socialist) 3.91%

Texas

Utah

Vermont

! Vermont's 1st congressional district ✅ David J. Foster (Republican) 71.8% Emile Blais (Democratic) 26.0% Edwin R. Towle (Prohibition) 1.5% Joseph W. Dunbar (Socialist) 0.8% ! Vermont's 2nd congressional district ✅ Frank Plumley (Republican) 75.9% Andrew J. Sibley (Democratic) 21.9% William V. McLaughlin (Prohibition) 1.3% Timothy Ivers (Socialist) 0.9%

Virginia

! VA's 1st congressional district George N. Wise (Republican) 25.2% Others W. L. Jones (Republican) 0.2% Charles Rudolph (Socialist) 0.1% ! VA's 2nd congressional district D. L. Groner (Republican) 29.5% W. B. Muller (Socialist) 0.2% ! VA's 3rd congressional district J. G. Luce (Republican) 22.3% Thomas A. Hollins (Socialist) 0.5% ! VA's 4th congressional district ! VA's 5th congressional district John M. Parsons (Republican) 49.6% E. Matthews (Independent) 0.1% ! Virginia's 6th congressional district M. Hartman (Republican) 25.6% John M. Parsons (Republican) 7.4% Jacob Harvey (Independent) 1.0% ! Virginia's 7th congressional district L. Pritchard (Republican) 37.2% ! VA's 8th congressional district ! Virginia's 9th congressional district J. Cloyd Byars (Democratic) 43.7% ! Virginia's 10th congressional district W. C. Franklin (Republican) 34.2%

Washington

! WA's 1st congressional district Charles H. Miller (Democratic) 33.9% D. Burgess (Socialist) 2.4% A. H. Sherwood (Prohibition) 0.0% ! WA's 2nd congressional district Browder D. Brown (Democratic) 27.8% Emil M. Herman (Socialist) 2.1% ! WA's 3rd congressional district William Goodyear (Democratic) 36.9% E. S. Reinert (Socialist) 2.0%

West Virginia

! West Virginia's 1st congressional district E. L. Robinson (Democratic) 44.21% Thomas N. Barnes (Prohibition) 2.61% E. B. Hibbs (Socialist) 1.89% ! West Virginia's 2nd congressional district B. H. Hines (Democratic) 45.92% George W. Herring (Prohibition) 2.06% W. H. Woodley (Socialist) 0.96% ! West Virginia's 3rd congressional district Andrew Price (Democratic) 42.45% Charles Hill (Prohibition) 2.27% E. C. Bennett (Socialist) 2.10% ! West Virginia's 4th congressional district William O. Parsons (Democratic) 45.47% G. R. Williamson (Prohibition) 1.93% T. J. McDougle (Socialist) 0.75% ! West Virginia's 5th congressional district ✅ James A. Hughes (Republican) 55.55% L. H. Clarke (Democratic) 43.07% Others Willoughby Miller (Prohibition) 0.72% Charles M. Crouch (Socialist) 0.66%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1908. ! WI's 1st congressional district ✅ Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 60.6% Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 31.8% William A. Jacobs (Social Dem.) 4.1% J. H. Berkey (Prohibition) 3.6% ! WI's 2nd congressional district (special)]] ✅ John M. Nelson (Republican) 53.6% James E. Jones (Democratic) 45.5% W. A. Hall Sr. (Social Dem.) 0.9% ! WI's 3rd congressional district ✅ Arthur W. Kopp (Republican) 55.8% James W. Murphy (Democratic) 41.7% John Hardcastle (Prohibition) 2.4% E. A. Ketterer (Social Dem.) 0.1% ! WI's 4th congressional district ✅ William J. Cary (Republican) 39.1% William J. Kershaw (Democratic) 36.2% Edmund T. Melms (Social Dem.) 24.7% ! WI's 5th congressional district ✅ William H. Stafford (Republican) 40.4% G. Holmes Daubner (Democratic) 31.7% Albert J. Welch (Social Dem.) 27.8% ! WI's 6th congressional district ✅ Charles H. Weisse (Democratic) 57.8% George W. Spratt (Republican) 40.1% George C. Damrow (Prohibition) 2.1% ! WI's 7th congressional district ✅ John J. Esch (Republican) 68.0% B. F. Keeler (Democratic) 31.0% W. Gray (Social Dem.) 1.0% ! WI's 8th congressional district ✅ James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.3% Lyman J. Nash (Democratic) 37.2% Martin Georgenson (Social Dem.) 3.4% Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition) 2.1% ! WI's 9th congressional district ✅ Gustav Küstermann (Republican) 53.6% Luther Lindauer (Democratic) 44.1% Joseph E. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.3% ! WI's 10th congressional district ✅ Elmer A. Morse (Republican) 60.9% Wells M. Ruggles (Democratic) 39.1% ! WI's 11th congressional district ✅ Irvine Lenroot (Republican) 71.7% J. S. Konkel (Democratic) 24.9% E. B. Harris (Social Dem.) 2.7%

Wyoming

! Wyoming At-large Hayden M. White (Democratic) 36.32% James Morgan (Socialist) 6.62%

Non-voting delegates

! Alaska Territory At-large Joseph Chilberg (Labor) 24.76% John W. Corson (Republican) 22.22% John Ronan (Democratic) 10.46% John Clum (Unknown) 3.06% ! Arizona Territory At-large ! New Mexico Territory At-large Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Democratic) 48.72% W. P. Metcalf (Socialist) 1.87%