1911 United States House of Representatives elections

There were nine total elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1911 during the 62nd United States Congress. Two of them were to fill the seats for the new states of Arizona and New Mexico, and the other seven were special elections to fill vacancies.

Special elections

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Pennsylvania 2	Joel Cook	Republican	1907 (special)	Incumbent died December 15, 1910. New member elected May 23, 1911. Republican hold.	▌ Y William S. Reyburn (Republican) 76.2% ▌Henry Baur (Democratic) 21.6% ▌John J. Miller (Socialist) 2.2%^[1]
Iowa 9	Walter I. Smith	Republican	1900 (special)	Incumbent resigned March 15, 1911 to become judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. New member elected June 5, 1911. Republican hold.	▌ Y William R. Green (Republican) 51.6% ▌W. F. Cleveland (Democratic) 45.2% ▌Alden O. Mudge (Socialist) 3.2%^[2]
Kansas 2	Alexander C. Mitchell	Republican	1910	Incumbent died July 7, 1911. New member elected November 7, 1911. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Joseph Taggart (Democratic) 44.9% ▌Ulysses S. Guyer (Republican) 40.6% ▌G. W. Kliehige (Socialist) 9.1% ▌M. F. King (Prohibition) 5.4%^[3]
Nebraska 3	James P. Latta	Democratic	1908	Incumbent died September 11, 1911. New member elected November 7, 1911. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Dan V. Stephens (Democratic) 54.7% ▌James G. Elliott (Republican) 45.3%^[4]
New Jersey 1	Henry C. Loudenslager	Republican	1892	Incumbent died August 12, 1911. New member elected November 7, 1911. Republican hold.	▌ Y William J. Browning (Republican) 50.6% ▌Thomas M. Ferrell (Democratic) 43.4% ▌Leo M. Harkins (Socialist) 6.0%^[5]
Pennsylvania 14	George W. Kipp	Democratic	1910	Incumbent died July 24, 1911. New member elected November 7, 1911. Republican gain.	▌ Y William D. B. Ainey (Republican) 55.6% ▌Oscar H. Rockwell (Democratic) 44.4%^[6]
Tennessee 10	George Gordon	Democratic	1906	Incumbent died August 9, 1911. New member elected November 7, 1911. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Kenneth McKellar (Democratic) 85.0% ▌W. A. Weatherall (Socialist) 15.0%^[7]

New states

Arizona

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arizona at-large	None (New seat)			New seat. New member elected December 12, 1911. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Carl Hayden (Democratic) 54.0% ▌John S. Williams (Republican) 39.7% ▌John Halberg (Socialist) 5.9% ▌Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 0.4%^[8]

New Mexico

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Mexico at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	None (New seat)			New seat. New member elected November 7, 1911. Democratic gain.	▌ Y George Curry (Republican) 25.0% ▌ Y Harvey B. Fergusson (Democratic) 24.9% ▌Elfego Baca (Republican) 23.7% ▌Paz Valverde (Democratic) 23.5% ▌J. W. Hansen (Socialist) 1.5% ▌C. Cutting (Socialist) 1.4%^[9]
New Mexico at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	None (New seat)			New seat. New member elected November 7, 1911. Republican gain.

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