1930 United States House of Representatives elections
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
North Carolina 1 Lindsay C. Warren Democratic 1924 Incumbent re-elected Y Lindsay C. Warren ( Democratic ) Unopposed
North Carolina 2 John H. Kerr Democratic 1923 Incumbent re-elected Y John H. Kerr ( Democratic ) 93.4% E. Dana Dickens ( Republican ) 6.6%
North Carolina 3 Charles L. Abernethy Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected Y Charles L. Abernethy ( Democratic ) 66.4% William G. Mebane ( Republican ) 33.6%
North Carolina 4 Edward W. Pou Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected Y Edward W. Pou ( Democratic ) 73.4% John C. Matthews ( Republican ) 26.6%
North Carolina 5 Charles Manly Stedman Democratic 1910 Incumbent died . New member elected . Democratic hold Y Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. ( Democratic ) 61.3% John F. Reynolds ( Republican ) 38.7%
North Carolina 6 J. Bayard Clark Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected Y J. Bayard Clark ( Democratic ) 71.3% C. Edward Taylor ( Republican ) 28.7%
North Carolina 7 William C. Hammer Democratic 1920 Incumbent died . New member elected . Democratic hold Y Walter Lambeth ( Democratic ) 59.0% Colin G. Spencer ( Republican ) 41.0%
North Carolina 8 Robert L. Doughton Democratic 1910 Incumbent re-elected Y Robert L. Doughton ( Democratic ) 60.1% Edward F. Wakefield ( Republican ) 39.9%
North Carolina 9 Charles A. Jonas Republican 1928 Incumbent lost re-election . New member elected . Democratic gain Y Alfred L. Bulwinkle ( Democratic ) 53.8% Charles A. Jonas ( Republican ) 46.2%
North Carolina 10 George M. Pritchard Republican 1928 Incumbent retired to run for U.S . Senator . New member elected . Democratic gain Y Zebulon Weaver ( Democratic ) 56.2% Brownlow Jackson ( Republican ) 43.8%
North Carolina
See also : List of United States Representatives from North Carolina
The 1930 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1930 which occurred in the middle of President Herbert Hoover's term. During the election cycle, the nation was entering its second year of the Great Depression. Hoover was perceived as doing little to solve the crisis, and his personal popularity was extremely low. His Republican Party was initially applauded for instituting protectionist economic policies, which were intended to limit imports to stimulate the domestic market. However, after the passage of the heavily damaging Smoot-Hawley Tariff, a policy that was bitterly opposed by the Democratic Party, public opinion turned sharply against Republican policies. Republican candidates across the country bore the blame for the economic collapse, and Democrats gained a total of 52 seats in the 1930 midterm elections. Even so, Republicans retained a narrow 2-seat majority after the polls closed. However, during the 13 months between Election Day and the start of the 72nd Congress, 14 members-elect died, and Republicans lost a number of the special elections called to fill those vacancies. Consequently, the Democrats held a 219-212 advantage over the Republicans when the new Congress convened. This was the first of four consecutive depression-era House elections in which Democrats made enormous gains, achieving a cumulative gain of 170 seats. Over the ensuing 64 years (until the 1994 midterm elections), House Republicans would be in the minority for all but four years, winning majorities only in 1946 and 1952.