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1930 Midterm Elections (view source)
Revision as of 22:11, October 13, 2011
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In the '''midterm elections of 1930''', the [[Democratic Party]] gained 49 seats from the [[Republican Party]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and gained 8 seats in the [[U.S. Senate]]. Democrats won the governorships of [[Ohio]] and [[Massachusetts]], long-held Republican strongholds. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was easily reelected Governor of [[New York]], where as his victory in 1928 had been a close one. Following [[Herbert Hoover]]'s sweeping presidential win in 1928, Republicans had controlled Congress since 1919. However, 1930 marked the first election since the 1929 stock market crash, and the [[Great Depression]] was in full swing, beginning a period of Democratic Party dominance in the United States.
Although it appeared Republicans would maintain a narrow majority following the election, a series of special elections gave Democrats a bare one-seat majority in the House and Republicans a one-seat majority in the Senate. Several progressive Republicans gave the Democrats a working majority. Congressional disputes with Hoover played a part in Roosevelt's victory in the 1932 presidential election. Hoover vetoed a federal relief bill, while Roosevelt praised the 72nd Congress. In the 1932 elections, Democrats would go on to gain nearly 100 House seats, leading to the [[New Deal]].
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[[category:Republican Party]]
[[category:Democratic Party]]
[[Category:Great Depression]]