# 1926 Midterm Elections [[Calvin Coolidge]] administration midterm during the prosperous mid-1920s economic expansion. Democrats gained modest House and Senate seats but Republicans retained control of both chambers. The cycle's quietness reflected the period's broad political consensus around the Mellon-Coolidge economic program. ## Result - **House:** Republicans lost ~10 seats but held majority (~237 of 435 Republicans vs. ~195 Democrats in the 70th Congress) - **Senate:** Republicans lost ~6 seats; held narrow majority (~48 of 96 Republicans vs. ~46 Democrats) - **Chambers flipped:** None - **Net change:** Modest Democratic gains; Republican control held ## Notable - The continuing Mellon tax-cut program (cumulative top marginal rate from 73% post-WWI to 25% by 1928) - Calvin Coolidge famously announced "I do not choose to run" in 1927; the 1926 election did not signal his withdrawal but the political conditions were already in place - The 70th Congress (1927-1929) passed the McNary-Haugen farm bills (vetoed twice by Coolidge) — early agricultural-subsidy proposals that prefigured [[New Deal]] farm policy ## Connections - [[Calvin Coolidge]] — Sitting president.