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Republicans could win most House seats since 1928

Though most of of the attention on election night was on the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate, when all the dust settles, the GOP may rack up a more historic achievement in the House of Representatives — winning the most seats in any election since 1928. Going into Tuesday’s elections, Republicans held 233 seats […]

By Philip Klein · Washington Examiner
Published November 5, 2014 10:00am EST | Updated October 31, 2023 4:38pm EST
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Republicans could win most House seats since 1928
The GOP could gain 14 to 18 seats, bringing them to a range of 247 to 251 seats, the most since 1928. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty images) | Brendan Hoffman

Though most of of the attention on election night was on the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate, when all the dust settles, the GOP may rack up a more historic achievement in the House of Representatives — winning the most seats in any election since 1928.

Going into Tuesday’s elections, Republicans held 233 seats in the House. ABC News has projected that the GOP could gain 14 to 18 seats, bringing them to a range of 247 to 251 seats.

Either way, it would be the most seats ever won by the party since the 1928 election, when the party won 270.

That would be before the great stock market crash of 1929, before the first Oscar award was handed out, and while Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were still in the Yankees lineup.

The GOP won 246 seats in 1946.

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