1936 United States House of Representatives elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 88
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 3, 1936
gptkbp:Democratic_Party_leader William Bankhead
gptkbp:Democratic_Party_seats_before 334
gptkbp:elects gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:followedBy 1938 United States House of Representatives elections
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1936 United States House of Representatives elections
gptkbp:majoritySeats 218
gptkbp:notableAchievement Democratic Party maintained large majority
Republican Party gained some seats
gptkbp:part_of 1936 United States elections
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
gptkbp:Republican_Party_leader Bertrand Snell
gptkbp:runsConcurrentWith gptkb:1936_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 435
gptkbp:Speaker_after_election William Bankhead
gptkbp:Speaker_before_election gptkb:Joseph_W._Byrns_Sr.
gptkbp:type legislative
gptkbp:voterTurnout high (relative to previous midterms)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1936_general_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6