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1956 United States Congressional Elections – New York

United States Senate – GOP Gain

Jacob K. Javits (R) – 3,723,93353.26%

Robert F. Wagner (D-inc) – 3,265,15946.70%

– Democratic – 2,964,511 – 42.40%

– Liberal – 300,648 – 4.30%

Scattering – 1,3900.02%

Miscellaneous – 6540.01%

Total Votes – 6,991,136100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 1 – GOP Hold

Stuyvesant Wainwright (R-inc) – 191,35665.83%

T. Bronson O’Reilly (D, Liberal) – 99,30434.17%

– Democratic – 94,770 – 32.61%

– Liberal – 4,534 – 1.56%

Total Votes – 290,660100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 2 – GOP Hold

Steven Boghos Derounian (R-inc) – 148,09867.46%

Julius J. D’Amato (D, Liberal) – 71,42232.54%

– Democratic – 67,073 – 30.55%

– Liberal – 4,349 – 1.98%

Total Votes – 219,520100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 3 – GOP Hold

Frank J. Becker (R-inc) – 143,55961.93%

Francis X. Hardiman (D, Liberal) – 88,24538.07%

– Democratic – 82,784 – 35.71%

– Liberal – 5,461 – 2.36%

Total Votes – 231,804100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 4 – GOP Hold

Henry J. Latham (R-inc) – 116,47055.81%

Joseph J. Perrini (D, Liberal) – 92,21744.19%

– Democratic – 80,545 – 38.60%

– Liberal – 11,672 – 5.59%

Total Votes – 208,687100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 5 – GOP Hold

Albert H. Bosch (R-inc) – 87,15458.56%

John J. Quinn (D, Liberal) – 61,67841.44%

– Democratic – 56,245 – 37.79%

– Liberal – 5,433 – 3.65%

Total Votes – 148,832100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 6 – DEM Hold

Lester Holtzman (D-inc, Liberal) – 128,54556.85%

– Democratic – 111,412 – 49.27%

– Liberal – 17,133 – 7.58%

Albert H. Buschmann (R) – 97,55843.15%

Total Votes – 226,103100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 7 – DEM Hold

James J. Delaney (D-inc, Liberal) – 78,03050.03%

– Democratic – 70,975 – 45.51%

– Liberal – 7,055 – 4.52%

Joseph Stockinger (R) – 77,92849.97%

Total Votes – 155,958100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 8 – DEM Hold

Victor L. Anfuso (D-inc, Liberal) – 59,99865.65%

– Democratic – 53,783 – 58.85%

– Liberal – 6,215 – 6.80%

Julius Reinlieb (R) – 31,39934.35%

Total Votes – 91,397100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 9 – DEM Hold

Eugene James Keogh (D-inc, Liberal) – 75,81462.80%

– Democratic – 66,726 – 55.27%

– Liberal – 9,088 – 7.53%

Benjamin W. Feldman (R) – 44,91637.20%

Total Votes – 120,730100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 10 – DEM Hold

Edna F. Kelly (D-inc, Liberal) – 100,80873.22%

– Democratic – 87,193 – 63.33%

– Liberal – 13,615 – 9.89%

Abraham Sher (R) – 36,87826.78%

Total Votes – 137,686100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 11 – DEM Hold

Emanuel Celler (D-inc, Liberal) – 131,50877.74%

– Democratic – 111,245 – 65.76%

– Liberal – 20,263 – 11.98%

Henry D. Dorfman (R) – 37,65122.26%

Total Votes – 169,159100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 12 – GOP Hold

Francis E. Dorn (R-inc) – 76,13757.60%

Donald L. O’Toole (D, Liberal) – 56,03542.40%

– Democratic – 49,383 – 37.36%

– Liberal – 6,652 – 5.03%

Total Votes – 132,172100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 13 – DEM Hold

Abraham J. Multer (D-inc, Liberal) – 110,46971.16%

– Democratic – 93,958 – 60.52%

– Liberal – 16,511 – 10.64%

Joseph Moriber (R) – 44,77128.84%

Total Votes – 155,240100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 14 – DEM Hold

John J. Rooney (D-inc, Liberal) – 77,70664.19%

– Democratic – 68,874 – 56.90%

– Liberal – 8,832 – 7.30%

Jacob P. Lefkowitz (R) – 43,34335.81%

Total Votes – 121,049100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 15 – GOP Hold

John H. Ray (R-inc, Tax Payers) – 98,85561.84%

– Republican – 98,093 – 61.37%

– Tax Payers – 762 – 0.48%

Ralph Di Iorio (D, Liberal) – 60,98938.16%

– Democratic – 56,517 – 35.36%

– Liberal – 4,472 – 2.80%

Total Votes – 159,844100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 16 – DEM Hold

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D-inc) – 59,33969.73%

Joseph A. Bailey (R) – 16,96019.93%

Formington Taylor (Liberal) – 8,80110.34%

Total Votes – 85,100100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 17 – GOP Hold

Frederic Rene Coudert, Jr. (R-inc) – 68,87450.92%

Anthony B. Akers (D, Liberal) – 66,39649.08%

– Democratic – 57,576 – 42.56%

– Liberal – 8,820 – 6.52%

Total Votes – 135,270100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 18 – DEM Hold

Alfred E. Santangelo (D, Liberal) – 47,95357.98%

– Democratic – 42,906 – 51.88%

– Liberal – 5,047 – 6.10%

James G. Donovan (R-inc) – 34,74842.02%

Total Votes – 82,701100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 19 – DEM Hold

Leonard Farbstein (D, Liberal) – 68,41168.44%

– Democratic – 58,413 – 58.44%

– Liberal – 9,998 – 10.00%

Maurice G. Henry, Jr. (R) – 31,54631.56%

Total Votes – 99,957100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 20 – DEM Hold

Ludwig Teller (D, Liberal) – 70,72663.76%

– Democratic – 60,520 – 54.56%

– Liberal – 10,206 – 9.20%

Milton H. Adler (R) – 40,19136.24%

Total Votes – 110,917100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 21 – DEM Hold

Herbert Zelenko (D, Liberal) – 81,46466.48%

– Democratic – 69,841 – 57.00%

– Liberal – 11,623 – 9.49%

Dalton J. Shapo (R-inc) – 41,07033.52%

Total Votes – 122,534100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 22 – DEM Hold

James C. Healey (D-inc) – 88,44164.06%

Henry Rose (R) – 34,08424.69%

David I. Wells (Liberal) – 15,52411.25%

Total Votes – 138,049100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 23 – DEM Hold

Isidore Dollinger (D-inc) – 70,23868.50%

Philip Myer (R) – 22,41421.86%

Hyman Fromowitz (Liberal) – 9,8809.64%

Total Votes – 102,532100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 24 – DEM Hold

Charles A. Buckley (D-inc) – 90,07654.69%

Harold Grosberg (R) – 53,17232.29%

Elias Rosenblatt (Liberal) – 21,44413.02%

Total Votes – 164,692100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 25 – GOP Hold

Paul A. Fino (R-inc) – 104,77159.36%

Edward A. Cunningham (D) – 62,72935.54%

Bernard Tobacman (Liberal) – 8,9895.09%

Total Votes – 176,489100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 26 – GOP Hold

Edwin B. Dooley (R) – 123,99667.45%

Julia L. Crews (D, Liberal) – 59,84232.55%

– Democratic – 54,707 – 29.76%

– Liberal – 5,135 – 2.79%

Total Votes – 183,838100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 27 – GOP Hold

Ralph W. Gwinn (R-inc) – 117,10058.07%

William D. Carlebach (D, Liberal) – 84,56841.93%

– Democratic – 79,456 – 39.40%

– Liberal – 5,112 – 2.53%

Total Votes – 201,668100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 28 – GOP Hold

Katharine St. George (R-inc) – 103,11462.16%

William H. Mauldin (D, Liberal) – 62,77037.84%

– Democratic – 59,444 – 35.83%

– Liberal – 3,326 – 2.01%

Total Votes – 165,884100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 29 – GOP Hold

J. Ernest Wharton (R-inc) – 124,21171.41%

Vincent di Gennaro (D, Liberal) – 49,72528.59%

– Democratic – 47,035 – 27.04%

– Liberal – 2,690 – 1.55%

Total Votes – 173,936100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 30 – DEM Hold

Leo W. O’Brien (D-inc, Liberal) – 104,02255.79%

– Democratic – 100,003 – 53.64%

– Liberal – 4,019 – 2.16%

Robert E. Gray (R) – 82,42944.21%

Total Votes – 186,451100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 31 – GOP Hold

Dean P. Taylor (R-inc) – 116,68271.83%

Theodore A. Knapp (D, Liberal) – 45,76728.17%

– Democratic – 42,924 – 26.42%

– Liberal – 2,843 – 1.75%

Total Votes – 162,449100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 32 – GOP Hold

Bernard W. Kearney (R-inc) – 107,95967.46%

R. Joseph Giblin (D, Liberal) – 52,06432.54%

– Democratic – 49,834 – 31.14%

– Liberal – 2,230 – 1.39%

Total Votes – 160,023100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 33 – GOP Hold

Clarence E. Kilburn (R-inc) – 103,41972.72%

Louis C. Britton (D, Liberal) – 38,79327.28%

– Democratic – 37,150 – 26.12%

– Liberal – 1,643 – 1.16%

Total Votes – 142,212100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 34 – GOP Hold

William R. Williams (R-inc) – 95,68157.46%

Edwin L. Slusarczyk (D, Liberal) – 70,83742.54%

– Democratic – 67,870 – 40.76%

– Liberal – 2,967 – 1.78%

Total Votes – 166,518100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 35 – GOP Hold

R. Walter Riehlman (R-inc) – 124,10867.05%

Thomas J. Lowery (D) – 59,53432.16%

Benjamin Copley (American Labor) – 1,4650.79%

Total Votes – 185,107100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 36 – GOP Hold

John Taber (R-inc) – 109,10169.55%

Lewis S. Bell (D, Liberal) – 47,76430.45%

– Democratic – 45,874 – 29.24%

– Liberal – 1,890 – 1.20%

Total Votes – 156,865100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 37 – GOP Hold

W. Sterling Cole (R-inc) – 136,04471.65%

Francis P. Hogan (D, Liberal) – 53,83028.35%

– Democratic – 52,176 – 27.48%

– Liberal – 1,654 – 0.87%

Total Votes – 189,874100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 38 – GOP Hold

Kenneth B. Keating (R-inc) – 135,57271.71%

Reed Harding (D, Liberal) – 53,47728.29%

– Democratic – 51,397 – 27.19%

– Liberal – 2,080 – 1.10%

Total Votes – 189,049100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 39 – GOP Hold

Harold C. Ostertag (R-inc) – 116,04370.47%

William H. Mostyn (D, Liberal) – 48,63429.53%

– Democratic – 46,934 – 28.50%

– Liberal – 1,700 – 1.03%

Total Votes – 164,677100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 40 – GOP Hold

William E. Miller (R-inc) – 117,05164.34%

A. Thorne Hills (D, Liberal) – 64,87235.66%

– Democratic – 62,407 – 34.30%

– Liberal – 2,465 – 1.35%

Total Votes – 181,923100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 41 – GOP Hold

Edmund P. Radwan (R-inc) – 99,15164.41%

Edward P. Jehle (D, Liberal) – 54,77635.59%

– Democratic – 52,968 – 34.41%

– Liberal – 1,808 – 1.17%

Total Votes – 153,927100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 42 – GOP Hold

John R. Pillion (R-inc) – 117,17858.66%

James Kane, Jr. (D) – 80,56840.33%

David E. Gundlach (Liberal) – 2,0271.01%

Total Votes – 199,773100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 43 – GOP Hold

Daniel A. Reed (R-inc) – 93,07968.67%

T. Joseph Lynch (D, Liberal) – 42,47631.33%

– Democratic – 40,583 – 29.94%

– Liberal – 1,893 – 1.40%

Total Votes – 135,555100.00%

Source: Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives