1930 United States House of Representatives elections
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Michigan 1 Robert H. Clancy Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected Y Robert H. Clancy ( Republican ) 82.2% William M. Donnelly ( Democratic ) 16.3% Anthony Gerlach ( Workers ) 1.5%
Michigan 2 Earl C. Michener Republican 1918 Incumbent re-elected Y Earl C. Michener ( Republican ) 58.0% Edward Frensdorf ( Democratic ) 41.9% William Nowell ( Workers ) 0.1%
Michigan 3 Joseph L. Hooper Republican 1925 Incumbent re-elected Y Joseph L. Hooper ( Republican ) 71.1% Rosslyn L. Sowers ( Democratic ) 28.9%
Michigan 4 John C. Ketcham Republican 1920 Incumbent re-elected Y John C. Ketcham ( Republican ) 66.1% Roman I. Jarvis ( Democratic ) 33.9%
Michigan 5 Carl E. Mapes Republican 1912 Incumbent re-elected Y Carl E. Mapes ( Republican ) 98.7% Arnold Ziegler ( Workers ) 1.3%
Michigan 6 Grant M. Hudson Republican 1922 Incumbent lost renomination . New member elected . Republican hold Y Seymour H. Person ( Republican ) 70.2% Patrick H. O'Brien ( Democratic ) 28.2% Philip Raymond ( Workers ) 0.9% Axel O. Londal ( Socialist ) 0.6% Others 0.08%
Michigan 7 Louis C. Cramton Republican 1912 Incumbent lost renomination . New member elected . Republican hold Y Jesse P. Wolcott ( Republican ) 94.3% Emerald B. Dixon ( Democratic ) 5.7% Others 0.07%
Michigan 8 Bird J. Vincent Republican 1922 Incumbent re-elected Y Bird J. Vincent ( Republican ) 67.4% Michael J. Hart ( Democratic ) 32.6%
Michigan 9 James C. McLaughlin Republican 1906 Incumbent re-elected Y James C. McLaughlin ( Republican ) 75.0% Loren N. O'Brien ( Democratic ) 25.0%
Michigan 10 Roy O. Woodruff Republican 1920 Incumbent re-elected Y Roy O. Woodruff ( Republican ) 78.8% Henry C. Haller ( Democratic ) 21.2%
Michigan 11 Frank P. Bohn Republican 1926 Incumbent re-elected Y Frank P. Bohn ( Republican ) 100.0% Others 0.03%
Michigan 12 W. Frank James Republican 1914 Incumbent re-elected Y W. Frank James ( Republican ) 98.1% Edwin Mutila ( S ) 1.9% Others 0.01%
Michigan 13 Clarence J. McLeod Republican 1922 Incumbent re-elected Y Clarence J. McLeod ( Republican ) 78.8% Walter I. McKenzie ( Democratic ) 19.3% Philip Bart ( Workers ) 1.1% Arthur Rubinstein ( Socialist ) 0.7%
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See also : List of United States Representatives from Michigan
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.