The 1964 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 3, 1964, to elect members to serve in the 89th United States Congress. They coincided with the election to a full term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater allowed his Democratic Party to gain a net of 36 seats from the Republican Party, giving them a two-thirds majority in the House for the first time since 1936. The election also marked the first time since Reconstruction that Republicans made inroads in the Deep South, with Republicans winning seats in Georgia for the first time since 1874, and Alabama and Mississippi since 1876.
Disappointment over the results caused House Republicans to replace Minority Leader Charles Halleck with future President Gerald R. Ford.
Overall results
397 incumbent members sought reelection, but 8 were defeated in primaries and 45 defeated in the general election for a total of 344 incumbents winning.
{| style="width:60%; text-align:center"
|+ ↓
|- style="color:white"
| style="background:blue; width:67.82%" | 295
| style="background:red; width:32.18%" | 140
|-
| Democratic
| Republican
|}
Summary of the November 3, 1964, election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Parties
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=4 | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=3 | Popular Vote
|-
! 1962
! 1964
! Change
! Strength
! Vote
! %
! Change
|-
|
| Democratic Party
| align=right | 259
| align=right | 295
| align=right | 36
| align=right | 67.8%
| align=right | 37,643,960
| align=right | 57.1%
| align=right | 4.7%
|-
|
| Republican Party
| align=right | 176
| align=right | 140
| align=right | 36
| align=right | 32.2%
| align=right | 27,916,576
| align=right | 42.4%
| align=right | 4.7%
|-
|
| Liberal Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 132,497
| align=right | 0.2%
| align=right |
|-
|
| Independent
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 115,403
| align=right | 0.2%
| align=right |
|-
|
| Conservative Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 45,665
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | 0.1%
|-
|
| Socialist Workers Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 3,710
| align=right | <0.1%
| align=right |
|-
|
| United Taxpayers Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 2,429
| align=right | <0.1%
| align=right |
|-
|
| Prohibition Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 2,238
| align=right | <0.1%
| align=right |
|-
|
| National States' Rights Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 644
| align=right | <0.1%
| align=right |
|-
|
| Socialist Labor Party
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 76
| align=right | <0.1%
| align=right |
|-
|
| Others
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0
| align=right |
| align=right | -
| align=right | 15,988
| align=right | <0.1%
| align=right |
|-
! colspan=2 width=100 | Total
! 435
! 435
! ——
! 100.0%
! 65,879,186
! 100.0%
! ——
|- bgcolor=E9E9E9
| colspan=9 | Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
|}
Maps
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:89 us house membership.png|House seats by party holding plurality in state
File:89 us house changes.png|Net Gains by state
File:1964 US House elections Voteshare.svg|District results by vote share
</gallery>
Southern significance
While the GOP performed badly nationally, Goldwater's tremendous success in the Deep South led to the election of several Republicans to the House from those states, many of them the first Republicans elected there since Reconstruction. These "Goldwater Republicans" were elected:
- Glenn Andrews (AL-4)
- John H. Buchanan Jr. (AL-6)
- Bo Callaway (GA-3)
- William L. Dickinson (AL-2)
- Jack Edwards (AL-1)
- James D. Martin (AL-7)
- Prentiss Walker (MS-4)
- Albert Watson (SC-2)
Special elections
|-
!
| John F. Shelley
| | Democratic
| 1949 <small>(special)</small>
| | Incumbent resigned January 7, 1964, to become Mayor of San Francisco.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected February 18, 1964.<br/>Democratic hold; winner was subsequently re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Howard Baker Sr.
| | Republican
| 1950
| | Incumbent died January 7, 1964.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected March 10, 1964 to finish her husband's term.<br/>Republican hold; winner did not run for re-election.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William J. Green Jr.
| | Democratic
| 1944
| | Incumbent died December 21, 1963.<br/>New member <!--elected-->elected April 28, 1964 to finish his father's term.<br/>Democratic hold; winner was subsequently re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Clarence Cannon
| | Democratic
| 1922
| | Incumbent died May 12, 1964.<br/>New member elected November 3, 1964.<br/>Democratic hold; winner also elected to the next term.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| A. Walter Norblad
| | Republican
| 1946 <small>(special)</small>
| | Incumbent died September 20, 1964.<br/>New member elected November 3, 1964.<br/>Republican hold; winner also elected to the next term.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Robert W. Hemphill
| | Democratic
| 1956
| | Incumbent resigned May 1, 1964.<br/>New member elected November 3, 1964.<br/>Democratic hold; winner also elected to the next term.
| nowrap |
|}
Alabama
<!---->
Alabama, which had not agreed on a redistricting plan until 1964 and had elected all members at-large in 1962, went back to electing from districts. While most of the at-large representatives were former district representatives and were thus geographically diverse, the 1st district near Mobile lacked an incumbent, and neither of the incumbents who lived in the 7th district were nominated.
|-
!
| colspan=3 | None (district created)
| | New seat.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George M. Grant<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1938
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George W. Andrews<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1944
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Kenneth A. Roberts<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1950
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Armistead I. Selden Jr.<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George Huddleston Jr.<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1954
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
! rowspan=2 |
| Albert Rains<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1944
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain.
| rowspan=2 nowrap |
|-
| Carl Elliott<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1948
| | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic loss.
|-
!
| Robert E. Jones Jr.<br/>
| | Democratic
| 1947
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Alaska
thumb|State House Results
|-
!
| Ralph Rivers
| | Democratic
| 1958
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Arizona
<!---->
|-
!
| John Jacob Rhodes
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Mo Udall
| | Democratic
| 1961 <small>(special)</small>
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George F. Senner Jr.
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Arkansas
<!---->
|-
!
| Ezekiel C. Gathings
| | Democratic
| 1938
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Wilbur Mills
| | Democratic
| 1938
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James William Trimble
| | Democratic
| 1944
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Oren Harris
| | Democratic
| 1940
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
California
|-
!
| Don Clausen
| | Republican
| 1963
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Bizz Johnson
| | Democratic
| 1958
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John E. Moss
| | Democratic
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Robert Leggett
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Phillip Burton
| | Democratic
| 1964
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| William S. Mailliard
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Jeffery Cohelan
| | Democratic
| 1958
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George P. Miller
| | Democratic
| 1944
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Don Edwards
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles Gubser
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| J. Arthur Younger
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Burt Talcott
| | Republican
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles M. Teague
| | Republican
| 1954
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John F. Baldwin Jr.
| | Republican
| 1954
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John J. McFall
| | Democratic
| 1956
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| B. F. Sisk
| | Democratic
| 1954
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Cecil R. King
| | Democratic
| 1942
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Harlan Hagen
| | Democratic
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Chet Holifield
| | Democratic
| 1942
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| H. Allen Smith
| | Republican
| 1956
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Augustus Hawkins
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James C. Corman
| | Democratic
| 1960
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Del M. Clawson
| | Republican
| 1963
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Glenard P. Lipscomb
| | Republican
| 1953
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Ronald B. Cameron
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James Roosevelt
| | Democratic
| 1954
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Everett G. Burkhalter
| | Democratic
| 1962
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.
| | Republican
| 1960
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| George Brown Jr.
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Edward R. Roybal
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Charles H. Wilson
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Craig Hosmer
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Harry R. Sheppard
| | Democratic
| 1936
| | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Richard T. Hanna
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| James B. Utt
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Bob Wilson
| | Republican
| 1952
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Lionel Van Deerlin
| | Democratic
| 1962
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Patrick M. Martin
| | Republican
| 1962
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|}
Colorado
<!---->
|-
!
| Byron G. Rogers
| | Democratic
| 1950
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Donald G. Brotzman
| | Republican
| 1962
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| John Chenoweth
| | Republican
| 1950
| | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain.
| nowrap |
|-
!
| Wayne N. Aspinall
| | Democratic
| 1948
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap |
|}
Connecticut
<!---->
Connecticut eliminated its at-large seat and redistricted from 5 districts to 6, creating a new district in the northwestern part of the state.