The 1954 United States elections were held on November 2, 1954. The election took place in the middle of

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's first term. In the election, the Republicans lost the Congressional majorities they had won in the previous election, due in most part to the backlash from Mccarthyism and the numerous controversies it spawned including the Army hearings and the suicide of Democratic Senator Lester C. Hunt. In the House, the Republicans lost eighteen seats to the

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, losing control of the chamber. Republicans would not re-take the House until

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. The Republicans also lost control of the

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, losing two seats to the Democrats. Republicans would not re-take control of the Senate until 1980.

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