united states house of representatives elections , 1948 

Statements about this table:
in 1934 , leslie c arends be first elect
cw bishop get 51.9% of the vote in the 1948 in the illinois 26 district
only the district of illinois 5 elect a democratic representative in 1948
carl vrooman be defeat in the election and get 37.2% of the vote
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
illinois 3
fred e busbey
republican
1946
lost re - election democratic gain
neil j linehan (d) 52.9% fred e busbey (r) 47.1%
illinois 5
martin gorski redistricted from 4th
democratic
1942
re - elected
martin gorski (d) 72.4% john l waner (r) 27.6%
illinois 14
chauncey w reed redistricted from 11th
republican
1934
re - elected
chauncey w reed (r) 68.3% richard plum (d) 31.7%
illinois 15
noah m mason redistricted from 12th
republican
1936
re - elected
noah m mason (r) 56.4% g m wells (d) 43.6%
illinois 17
leslie c arends
republican
1934
re - elected
leslie c arends (r) 62.8% carl vrooman (d) 37.2%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
illinois 18
everett dirksen redistricted from 16th
republican
1932
retired republican hold
harold h velde (r) 52.1% dale e sutton (d) 47.9%
illinois 20
sid simpson
republican
1942
re - elected
sid simpson (r) 53.1% henry d sullivan (d) 46.9%
illinois 20
anton j johnson redistricted from 14th
republican
1938
retired republican loss
sid simpson (r) 53.1% henry d sullivan (d) 46.9%
illinois 26
c w bishop
republican
1940
re - elected
c w bishop (r) 51.9% kent e keller (d) 48.1%