1972 United States House of Representatives elections
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The 1972 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 1972, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 93rd United States Congress. This was the first election held after the 1970 United States redistricting cycle. It coincided with the landslide reelection victory of President Richard M. Nixon. 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.
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This was the first election in which citizens at least 18 years of age (instead of 21 and older) could vote, due to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment. This was the last time until 2022 that a Democrat would win a House seat in Alaska,[1] and the first time since 1888 that a Republican won a House seat in Louisiana.[2]
Six special elections were also held throughout the year, six before November and one concurrent with the November general election.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Vermont at-large | Robert Stafford | Republican | 1960 | Incumbent resigned September 16, 1971 when appointed U.S. Senator. New member elected January 7, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November. |
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Alabama 3 | George W. Andrews | Democratic | 1944 (Special) | Incumbent died December 25, 1971. New member elected April 4, 1972. Democratic hold. Winner did not run for re-election in November. |
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Illinois 15 | Charlotte Thompson Reid | Republican | 1962 | Incumbent resigned October 7, 1971 to become Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. New member elected April 4, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November. |
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Pennsylvania 27 | James G. Fulton | Republican | 1944 | Incumbent died October 6, 1971. New member elected April 25, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was not renominated in primary for election to full term in November (see below). |
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Louisiana 7 | Edwin Edwards | Democratic | 1965 (Special) | Incumbent resigned May 9, 1972 when elected Governor of Louisiana. New member elected September 30, 1972. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November. |
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Virginia 6 | Richard Harding Poff | Republican | 1952 | Incumbent resigned August 29, 1972 to become judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia. New member elected November 7, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term. |
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Democratic | [lower-alpha 2] | Republican |
Parties | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1970 | 1972 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | ||
Democratic Party | 255 | 242 | 13 | 55.6% | 37,071,352 | 52.1% | 1.5% | |
Republican Party | 180 | 192 | 12 | 44.2% | 33,119,664 | 46.5% | 1.6% | |
American Independent Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 233,967 | 0.3% | 0.1% | ||
Conservative Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 218,143 | 0.3% | 0.1% | ||
Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 148,951 | 0.2% | 0.1% | ||
Independent Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | 137,664 | 0.2% | ||
Peace and Freedom Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 63,894 | 0.1% | |||
Socialist Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 51,815 | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||
National Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 37,618 | 0.1% | |||
Taxpayer's Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 28,079 | <0.1% | |||
Action Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 12,075 | <0.1% | |||
Prohibition Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 10,902 | <0.1% | |||
Socialist Labor Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 10,835 | <0.1% | |||
Constitution Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 5,860 | <0.1% | 0.1% | ||
Concerned and Capable Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 5,188 | <0.1% | |||
American Independent Conservative Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 3,077 | <0.1% | |||
Communist Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 2,076 | <0.1% | |||
Libertarian Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 2,028 | <0.1% | |||
Less Federal Taxes Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,920 | <0.1% | |||
La Raza Unida Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,629 | <0.1% | |||
Protest, Progress, Dignity Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,556 | <0.1% | |||
People's Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,215 | <0.1% | |||
Independent for Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,147 | <0.1% | |||
People Over Politics Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 847 | <0.1% | |||
Taxation With Representation Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 408 | <0.1% | |||
Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 221 | <0.1% | |||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 16,274 | <0.1% | 0.1% | ||
Total | 435 | 435 | 100.0% | 71,188,405 | 100.0% |
Source: "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk.
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Democratic gains
- Georgia 5: Fletcher Thompson (R) retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Andrew Young (D)
- New York 6: Seymour Halpern (R), retired, succeeded by Lester L. Wolff (D), who was redistricted
- Oklahoma 1: Page Belcher (R), retired, succeeded by James R. Jones (D)
Democratic holds
- Arkansas 4: David Pryor (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Ray Thornton (D)
- Illinois 11: Roman C. Pucinski (D), retired, succeeded by Frank Annunzio (D), who was redistricted
- Kentucky 6: William P. Curlin Jr. (D), retired, succeeded by John B. Breckinridge (D)
- Louisiana 8: Speedy Long (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Gillis William Long (D), who previously held the seat in the 88th Congress
- Maryland 3: Edward Garmatz (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Paul Sarbanes (D)
- Mississippi 2: Thomas Abernethy (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by David R. Bowen (D)
- Missouri 6: William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D), retired, succeeded by Jerry Litton (D)
- North Carolina 4: Nick Galifianakis (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Ike Franklin Andrews (D)
- North Carolina 7: Alton Lennon (D), retired, succeeded by Charlie Rose (D)
- North Dakota 2: Arthur A. Link (D), redistricted retired to run for Governor, succeeded by Mark Andrews (R), who was redistricted
- Oklahoma 2: Ed Edmondson (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Clem McSpadden (D)
- Tennessee 7: Ray Blanton (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Ed Jones (D), who was redistricted
- Texas 2: John Dowdy (D), retired, succeeded by Charles Wilson (D)
Republican gains
- Alabama 2: Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by William Louis Dickinson (R)
- Illinois 11: Roman C. Pucinski (D), retired, succeeded by Frank Annunzio (D), who was redistricted
- Louisiana 3: Patrick T. Caffery (D), retired, succeeded by Dave Treen (R)
- Maine 2: William Hathaway (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by William Cohen (R)
- Mississippi 4: Charles H. Griffin (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Thad Cochran (R)
- Mississippi 5: William M. Colmer (D), retired, succeeded by Trent Lott (R)
- South Dakota 2: James Abourezk (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by James Abdnor (R)
- Virginia 4: Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), retired, succeeded by Robert Daniel (R)
Republican holds
- California 20: H. Allen Smith (R), retired, succeeded by Carlos Moorhead (R)
- Idaho 1: James A. McClure (R), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Steve Symms (R)
- Illinois 15: Cliffard D. Carlson (R), retired, succeeded by Leslie C. Arends (R), who was redistricted
- Illinois 21: William L. Springer (R), retired, succeeded by Edward Rell Madigan (R)
- Missouri 7: Durward Gorham Hall (R), retired, succeeded by Gene Taylor (R)
- New Jersey 12: Florence P. Dwyer (R), retired, succeeded by Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
- New York 31: Alexander Pirnie (R), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Donald J. Mitchell (R)
- New York 33: John H. Terry (R), redistricted and retired, succeeded by William F. Walsh (R)
- North Carolina 9: Charles R. Jonas (R), retired, succeeded by James G. Martin (R)
- Ohio 4: William Moore McCulloch (R), retired, succeeded by Tennyson Guyer (R)
- Ohio 8: Jackson Edward Betts (R), retired, succeeded by Walter E. Powell (R), who was redistricted
- Ohio 16: Frank T. Bow (R), retired, succeeded by Ralph Regula (R)
- Pennsylvania 2: J. Irving Whalley (R), retired, succeeded by John P. Saylor (R), who was redistricted
- Virginia 8: William L. Scott (R), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Stanford Parris (R)
- Washington 1: Thomas Pelly (R), retired, succeeded by Joel Pritchard (R)
- Wisconsin 8: John W. Byrnes (R), retired, succeeded by Harold Vernon Froehlich (R)
Incumbents defeated in primary
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- California 8: George P. Miller (D)
- California 39: John G. Schmitz (R)
- Colorado 4: Wayne Aspinall (D)
- Georgia 1: George Elliott Hagan (D)
- Michigan 19: Jack H. McDonald (R)
- Nevada at-large: Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)
- New Jersey 13: Cornelius Edward Gallagher (D)
- New York 18: Emanuel Celler (D)
- New York 22: James H. Scheuer (D)
- Pennsylvania 3: James A. Byrne (D)
- Pennsylvania 22: William Sheldrick Conover (R)
- South Carolina 6: John L. McMillan (D)
- West Virginia 4: James Kee (D)
Incumbents defeated in general election
- Colorado 1: Mike McKevitt (R)
- Connecticut 5: John S. Monagan (D)
- Illinois 10: Abner J. Mikva (D)
- Indiana 11: Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
- Iowa 1: Fred Schwengel (R)
- Iowa 4: John Henry Kyl (R)
- Massachusetts 9: Louise Day Hicks (D)
- New York 26: John G. Dow (D)
- Tennessee 6: William Anderson (D)
- Texas 5: Earle Cabell (D)
- Texas 13: Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D)
- Utah 2: Sherman P. Lloyd (R)
- Wisconsin 7: Alvin E. O'Konski (R)