United States elections, 1942

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The 1942 United States midterm elections were held on November 3, 1942, and elected the members of the 75th United States Congress. In Democratic Party President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented third mid-term election, the Republican Party picked up seats in both chambers. In the House of Representatives, the Democratic lost forty-five seats, mostly to Republicans. The House elections took place after the 1940 United States Census and the subsequent Congressional re-apportionment. The Democrats also lost eight seats to the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. An Independent also lost his seat to a Republican in the Senate. Despite Republican gains, the Democratic Party retained control of both chambers.[1]

The election was a victory for the conservative coalition, which passed the Smith-Connally Act and abolished the National Resources Planning Board over the objections of Roosevelt.[2]

As the election came in the middle of World War II, voter turnout was just 33.9%. As of 2014, no biennial U.S. election since then has seen a lower voter turnout.[3][4]

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