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Elections were held on November 5, 1946, and elected the members of the 80th United States Congress.In the first election after World War II, incumbent President Harry S. Truman (who took office on April 12, 1945, upon the death of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Democratic Party suffered large losses.
The 1946 election resulted in Republicans picking up 55 seats to win majority control. Joseph Martin , Republican of Massachusetts , became Speaker of the House , exchanging places with Sam Rayburn , Democrat of Texas , who became the new Minority Leader .
The 1946 United States Senate elections were held November 5, 1946, in the middle of Democratic President Harry S. Truman's first term after Roosevelt's passing. The 32 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections, and four special elections were held to fill vacancies.
1946 California gubernatorial election; 1946 California's 12th congressional district election; 1946 Maine gubernatorial election; 1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1946 New Orleans mayoral election; 1946 New York state election; United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1946; 1946 South Carolina gubernatorial ...
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 5, 1946.
First elected to Congress in 1936, Voorhis had defeated lackluster Republican opposition four times in the then-rural Los Angeles County district to win re-election. For the 1946 election, Republicans sought a candidate who could unite the party and run a strong race against Voorhis in the Republican-leaning district.
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