|-
!
| Ariosto A. Wiley
| | Democratic
| 1900
| | Incumbent died June 17, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908 to finish his brother's term.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Abraham L. Brick
| | Republican
| 1898
| | Incumbent died April 7, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908.<br/>Democratic gain.<br/>Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Adolph Meyer
| | Democratic
| 1890
| | Incumbent died March 8, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908.<br/>Democratic hold.<br/>Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles E. Littlefield
| | Republican
| 1899
| | Incumbent died September 30, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908.<br/>Republican hold.<br/>Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Llewellyn Powers
| | Republican
| 1876<br/>1878 <br/>1901
| | Incumbent died July 28, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908.<br/>Republican hold.<br/>Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles T. Dunwell
| | Republican
| 1902
| | Incumbent died June 12, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908.<br/>Republican hold.<br/>Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William H. Parker
| | Republican
| 1906
| | Incumbent died June 26, 1908.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected November 3, 1908.<br/>Republican hold.<br/>Winner was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.
| nowrap |
|}
Regular election dates
All the states held their regular elections November 3, 1908 except for three, which, held elections:
- June 1: Oregon
- September 1: Vermont
- September 14: Maine
Alabama
|-
!
| George W. Taylor
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Oliver C. Wiley
| | Democratic
| 1908
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Henry D. Clayton Jr.
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William Benjamin Craig
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| J. Thomas Heflin
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Richmond P. Hobson
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John L. Burnett
| | Democratic
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William Richardson
| | Democratic
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Oscar Underwood
| | Democratic
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
|-
!
| William F. Englebright
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Duncan E. McKinlay
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph R. Knowland
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Julius Kahn
| | Republican
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Everis A. Hayes
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James C. Needham
| | Republican
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James McLachlan
| | Republican
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Sylvester C. Smith
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Colorado
|-
!
| Robert W. Bonynge
|
| 1902 <small>(contest)</small>
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Warren A. Haggott
|
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George W. Cook
|
| 1906
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|}
Connecticut
|-
!
| E. Stevens Henry
|
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Nehemiah D. Sperry
|
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Edwin W. Higgins
|
| 1905 <small>(special)</small>
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Ebenezer J. Hill
|
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George L. Lilley
|
| 1904
| | Incumbent retired to run for governor.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|}
Delaware
|-
!
| Hiram R. Burton
| | Republican
| 1904
| | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|}
|-
!
| Burton L. French
| | Republican
| 1902
| | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|}
Illinois
|-
!
| Martin B. Madden
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James Robert Mann
| | Republican
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William Warfield Wilson
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James T. McDermott
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Adolph J. Sabath
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William Lorimer
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Philip Knopf
| | Republican
| 1902
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles McGavin
| | Republican
| 1904
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Henry Sherman Boutell
| | Republican
| 1897
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George E. Foss
| | Republican
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Howard M. Snapp
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles Eugene Fuller
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Frank O. Lowden
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James McKinney
| | Republican
| 1905
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George W. Prince
| | Republican
| 1895
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph V. Graff
| | Republican
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John A. Sterling
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph Gurney Cannon
| | Republican
| 1892
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William B. McKinley
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Henry T. Rainey
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Ben F. Caldwell
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William A. Rodenberg
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Martin D. Foster
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Pleasant T. Chapman
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Napoleon B. Thistlewood
| | Republican
| 1908
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
|-
!
| William A. Reeder
| | Republican
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Edmond H. Madison
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Victor Murdock
| | Republican
| 1903
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Kentucky
|-
!
| Ollie Murray James
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Augustus Owsley Stanley
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Addison James
| | Republican
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Ben Johnson
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| J. Swagar Sherley
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph L. Rhinock
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William P. Kimball
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Harvey Helm
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph B. Bennett
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John W. Langley
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Don C. Edwards
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Louisiana
|-
!
| Adolph Meyer
| | Democratic
| 1890
| | Incumbent died. Winner also elected to finish term. <br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Robert C. Davey
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected but died before next term began.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Robert F. Broussard
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John T. Watkins
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph E. Ransdell
| | Democratic
| 1899
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George K. Favrot
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost renomination. <br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Arsène Pujo
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
|-
!
|
|
| 1892
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1894
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1902
| | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|
|
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Mississippi
|-
!
| Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
| | Democratic
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Thomas Spight
| | Democratic
| 1898 <small>(special)</small>
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Benjamin G. Humphreys II
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Wilson S. Hill
| | Democratic
| 1902
| | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Adam M. Byrd
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Eaton J. Bowers
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Frank A. McLain
| | Democratic
| 1898 <small>(special)</small>
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John S. Williams
| | Democratic
| 1892
| | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|}
Missouri
|-
!
| James T. Lloyd
| | Democratic
| 1897
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William W. Rucker
| | Democratic
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joshua W. Alexander
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles F. Booher
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Edgar C. Ellis
| | Republican
| 1904
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| David A. De Armond
| | Democratic
| 1890
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Courtney W. Hamlin
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Dorsey W. Shackleford
| | Democratic
| 1899
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Champ Clark
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Richard Bartholdt
| | Republican
| 1892
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Henry S. Caulfield
| | Republican
| 1906
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Harry M. Coudrey
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Madison R. Smith
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph J. Russell
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Thomas Hackney
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| J. Robert Lamar
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|}
|-
!
| Charles N. Pray
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Nebraska
|-
!
| Ernest M. Pollard
| | Republican
| 1905 <small>(special)</small>
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Gilbert Hitchcock
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John F. Boyd
| | Republican
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Edmund H. Hinshaw
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George W. Norris
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Moses Kinkaid
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Nevada
|-
!
| George A. Bartlett
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
|-
! rowspan=2 | <br/>
| Thomas F. Marshall
| | Republican
| nowrap | 1900
| | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap rowspan=2 |
|-
| Asle Gronna
| | Republican
| nowrap | 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
|}
Ohio
Oklahoma
|-
!
| Bird S. McGuire
|
| 1907
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Elmer L. Fulton
|
| 1907
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James S. Davenport
|
| 1907
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles D. Carter
|
| 1907
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Scott Ferris
|
| 1907
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Oregon
|-
!
| Willis C. Hawley
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William R. Ellis
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
|-
!
| George Swinton Legaré
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James O. Patterson
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Wyatt Aiken
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph T. Johnson
| | Democratic
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| David E. Finley
| | Democratic
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| J. Edwin Ellerbe
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| A. Frank Lever
| | Democratic
| 1901
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
South Dakota
|-
! rowspan=2 | <br/>
| Philo Hall
| | Republican
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Republican hold.
| rowspan=2 nowrap |
|-
| colspan=3 | Vacant (incumbent died June 26, 1908)
| | Republican hold.
|}
Tennessee
|-
!
| Walter P. Brownlow
| | Republican
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Nathan W. Hale
| | Republican
| 1904
| |Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John A. Moon
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Cordell Hull
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William C. Houston
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John W. Gaines
| | Democratic
| 1896
| |Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Lemuel P. Padgett
| | Democratic
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Thetus W. Sims
| | Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Finis J. Garrett
| | Democratic
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George Gordon
| | Democratic
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
|
|}
Texas
Utah
Vermont
|-
!
| David J. Foster
|
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Kittredge Haskins
|
| 1900
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|}
Virginia
<!---->
|-
!
| William A. Jones
|
| 1890
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Harry L. Maynard
|
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John Lamb
|
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Francis R. Lassiter
|
| 1900 <small>(special)</small><br/>1902 <small>(retired)</small><br/>1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Edward W. Saunders
|
| 1906 <small>(special)</small>
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Carter Glass
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James Hay
| |Democratic
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles C. Carlin
|
| 1907 <small>(special)</small>
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| C. Bascom Slemp
| | Republican
| 1907
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Henry D. Flood
| |Democratic
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Washington
|-
!
| <br/><small>Redistricted from the </small>
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| <br/><small>Redistricted from the </small>
| | Republican
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| <br/><small>Redistricted from the </small>
| | Republican
| 1898
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|}
West Virginia
|-
!
| William P. Hubbard
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George C. Sturgiss
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Joseph H. Gaines
| | Republican
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Harry C. Woodyard
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James A. Hughes
| | Republican
| 1900
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Wisconsin
<!---->
Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1908.
|-
!
| Henry Allen Cooper
| | Republican
| 1892
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John M. Nelson
| | Republican
| 1906<br />
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James W. Murphy
| | Democratic
| 1906
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William J. Cary
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William H. Stafford
| | Republican
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles H. Weisse
| | Democratic
| 1902
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John J. Esch
| | Republican
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James H. Davidson
| | Republican
| 1896
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Gustav Küstermann
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Elmer A. Morse
| | Republican
| 1906
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John J. Jenkins
| | Republican
| 1894
| | Incumbent lost re-nomination.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap |
|}
Wyoming
|-
!
| Frank W. Mondell
| | Republican
| 1898
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Non-voting delegates
|-
!
| Thomas Cale
| | Independent
| 1906
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>New delegate <!--elected-->elected August 11, 1908.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
|-
!
| William Henry Andrews
| | Republican
| 1904
| Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1908.
| nowrap |
|}
See also
- 1908 United States elections
- 1908 United States presidential election
- 1908–09 United States Senate elections
- 60th United States Congress
- 61st United States Congress
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)