1906 United States House of Representatives elections


Elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1906 were held for members of the 60th Congress, in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt's second term.
As in many midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats to the opposition Democratic Party, but retained a large overall majority. Dissatisfaction with working conditions and resentment toward union busting among industrial laborers in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest caused these groups to turn out to the polls in large numbers in support of the Democratic Party. However, gains in these regions were not enough to remove the Republican majority or the firm support that the party held among the middle class.

Special elections

Election summaries

Election dates

In 1906, three states, with 8 seats among them, held elections early:
Oklahoma was admitted in 1907 and held its first congressional elections on September 17, 1907.

California

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates
James GillettRepublican1902Incumbent retired to run for Governor of California.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Duncan E. McKinlayRepublican1904Incumbent re-elected.
Joseph R. KnowlandRepublican1904Incumbent re-elected.
Julius KahnRepublican1898Incumbent re-elected.
Everis A. HayesRepublican1904Incumbent re-elected.
James C. NeedhamRepublican1898Incumbent re-elected.
James McLachlanRepublican1900Incumbent re-elected.
Sylvester C. SmithRepublican1904Incumbent re-elected.

Florida

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates
Stephen M. SparkmanDemocratic1894Incumbent re-elected.
Frank ClarkDemocratic1904Incumbent re-elected.
William B. LamarDemocratic1902Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates
Thomas Alexander SmithDemocratic1904Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
J. Frederick C. TalbottDemocratic1902Incumbent re-elected.
Frank C. WachterRepublican1898Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
John Gill Jr.Democratic1904Incumbent re-elected.
Sydney Emanuel Mudd IRepublican1896Incumbent re-elected.
George A. PearreRepublican1898Incumbent re-elected.

South Carolina

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates
George Swinton LegaréDemocratic1902Incumbent re-elected.
James O'H. PattersonDemocratic1904Incumbent re-elected.
Wyatt AikenDemocratic1902Incumbent re-elected.
Joseph T. JohnsonDemocratic1900Incumbent re-elected.
David E. FinleyDemocratic1898Incumbent re-elected.
J. Edwin EllerbeDemocratic1904Incumbent re-elected.
Asbury F. LeverDemocratic1901 Incumbent re-elected.

Virginia

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates
Carter GlassDemocratic1902 Incumbent re-elected.

Non-voting delegates

District of Alaska