1980 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Tennessee
The 1980 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1980 which coincided with the 1980 United States presidential election, election of Ronald Reagan as President of the United States, President, defeating Democratic Party (United States), Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter. Reagan's victory also allowed many United States Republican Party, Republican House candidates to secure elections. The Republicans gained a net of 35 seats from the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party. The Democrats nonetheless retained a significant majority, unlike the 1980 United States Senate elections, Senate elections, where Republicans gained control of the chamber. However, many Democratic congressmen from the south (known as "Boll weevil (politics), Boll weevils") frequently took conservative stances on issues, allowing Republicans to have a working ideological majority for some of President Reagan's proposals ...
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United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on a basis of population as measured by the United States Census, with each district having one representative, provided that each state is entitled to at least one. Since its inception in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected, although universal suffrage did not come to effect until after the passage of the 19th Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement. Since 1913, the number of voting representative ...
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