1930 United States House of Representatives elections
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Texas 1 Wright Patman Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected Y Wright Patman ( Democratic ) 94.7% Thomas A. Clarke ( Republican ) 5.3%
Texas 2 John C. Box Democratic 1918 Incumbent lost renomination . New member elected . Democratic hold Y Martin Dies Jr. ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 3 Morgan G. Sanders Democratic 1920 Incumbent re-elected Y Morgan G. Sanders ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 4 Sam Rayburn Democratic 1912 Incumbent re-elected Y Sam Rayburn ( Democratic ) 88.8% Floyd Harry ( Republican ) 11.2%
Texas 5 Hatton W. Sumners Democratic 1914 Incumbent re-elected Y Hatton W. Sumners ( Democratic ) 88.1% Clinton S. Bailey ( Republican ) 11.9%
Texas 6 Luther A. Johnson Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected Y Luther A. Johnson ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 7 Clay Stone Briggs Democratic 1918 Incumbent re-elected Y Clay Stone Briggs ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 8 Daniel E. Garrett Democratic 1920 Incumbent re-elected Y Daniel E. Garrett ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 9 Joseph J. Mansfield Democratic 1916 Incumbent re-elected Y Joseph J. Mansfield ( Democratic ) 87.6% George Seydler ( Republican ) 12.4%
Texas 10 James P. Buchanan Democratic 1912 Incumbent re-elected Y James P. Buchanan ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 11 Oliver H. Cross Democratic 1928 Incumbent re-elected Y Oliver H. Cross ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 12 Fritz G. Lanham Democratic 1919 Incumbent re-elected Y Fritz G. Lanham ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 13 Guinn Williams Democratic 1922 Incumbent re-elected Y Guinn Williams ( Democratic ) 91.1% W. C. Witcher ( Republican ) 8.9%
Texas 14 Harry M. Wurzbach Republican 1930 Incumbent re-elected Y Harry M. Wurzbach ( Republican ) 59.3% Henry B. Dielman ( Democratic ) 40.7%
Texas 15 John Nance Garner Democratic 1902 Incumbent re-elected Y John Nance Garner ( Democratic ) 77.5% Carlos G. Watson ( Republican ) 22.5%
Texas 16 Claude Benton Hudspeth Democratic 1918 Incumbent retired . New member elected . Democratic hold Y R. Ewing Thomason ( Democratic ) 84.1% Mitchell Waldrop ( Republican ) 15.9%
Texas 17 Thomas L. Blanton Democratic 1930 Incumbent re-elected Y Thomas L. Blanton ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Texas 18 John Marvin Jones Democratic 1916 Incumbent re-elected Y John Marvin Jones ( Democratic ) 93.2% S. E. Fish ( Republican ) 6.8%
Texas
See also : List of United States Representatives from Texas
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.