United States House of Representatives elections, 1886

United States House of Representatives elections, 1886

1884 ← → 1888

All 325 seats to the United States House of Representatives 163 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader John Carlisle Thomas Reed Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Kentucky-6th Maine-1st Last election 182 seats 141 seats Seats won 167 152 Seat change -15 +11

Speaker before election John Carlisle Democratic Elected Speaker John Carlisle Democratic

The U.S. House election, 1886 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1886 which occurred in the middle of President Grover Cleveland's first term.

As in many midterm elections, Cleveland's Democratic Party lost seats to the opposition Republican Party, although a narrow majority was retained. Many of these Republican pickups were in the industrializing Midwest states, where the debate over tariffs, which were advocated by Republicans to protect domestic industry but opposed by Democrats to allow for free agricultural trade, lead to political change. The small Labor Party, supported by industrial workers, gained several seats in Wisconsin.

Overall results

Party	Total seats (change)		Seat percentage
Democratic Party	167	-15	51.3%
Republican Party	152	+11	46.7%
Independent	3	+2	0.9%
Labor Party	2	+2	0.6%
Greenback Party	1	0	0.3%
Totals	325	+0	100.0%

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic
<=60% Republican	<=60% Democratic
House seats by party holding plurality in state

6+ Republican gain	6+ Democratic gain
3-5 Republican gain	3-5 Democratic gain
1-2 Republican gain	1-2 Democratic gain
1-2 Independent gain	1-2 Labor gain
no net change

California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	Barclay Henley	Democratic	1882	Retiring	Thomas Larkin Thompson (D) 50.2% Charles A. Garter (R) 47.2% L. W. Simmons (Proh.) 2.6%
California 2	James A. Louttit	Republican	1884	Retiring	Marion Biggs (D) 50% J. C. Campbell (R) 47% W. O. Clark (Proh.) 3%
California 3	Joseph McKenna	Republican	1884	Running	Joseph McKenna (R) 53.1% Henry C. McPike (D) 44.6% W. W. Smith (Proh.) 2.4%
California 4	William W. Morrow	Republican	1884	Running	William W. Morrow (R) 48.7% Frank McCoppin (D) 42% Charles A. Sumner (I) 9% Robert Thompson (Proh.) 0.4%
California 5	Charles N. Felton	Republican	1884	Running	Charles N. Felton (R) 48.8% Frank J. Sullivan (D) 48.4% C. Henderson (Proh.) 1.4% A. E. Redstone (I) 1.4%
California 6	Henry Markham	Republican	1884	Retiring	William Vandever (R) 47.3% Joseph D. Lynch (D) 47.1% W. A. Harris (Proh.) 5.6%

See also

• 50th United States Congress