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1937 United States general election

← 1932 November 2, 1937 (1937-11-02) 1942 →

All 500 seats to the House of Delegates
251 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John L. Lewis Hamilton Fish III Earl Browder
Party Farmer–Labor Liberty League Communist
Leader since 7 December 1932 6 August 1935 5 May 1932
Leader's seat Alexandria City of New York Wichita
Last election 79 seats 34 seats 2 seats
Seats before 79 34 2
Seats won 233 192 29
Seat change Increase 154 Increase 158 Increase 27
Popular vote 19,859,873 18,020,9122 3,302,117
Percentage 42.1% 38.2% 7.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hugo Black Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Dixie Federalist Liberal Republican
Leader since 15 May 1928 19 October 1928 11 October 1930
Leader's seat Birmingham Palo Alto Lower East Manhattan
Last election 40 seats 207 seats 172 seats
Seats before 40 207 172
Seats won 28 12 6
Seat change Decrease 12 Decrease 195 Decrease 166
Popular vote 2,264,309 2,971,905 613,250
Percentage 4.8% 6.3% 1.3%

Prime Minister before election

Herbert Hoover
Federalist

Elected Prime Minister

John L. Lewis
Farmer–Labor

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