United States House of Representatives elections, 1876

United States House of Representatives elections, 1876

1874 ← → 1878

All 293 seats to the United States House of Representatives 147 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Samuel Randall James Garfield Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Pennsylvania-3rd Ohio-19th Last election 182 seats 103 seats Seats won 155 136 Seat change -27 +33

Speaker before election Vacancy Democratic Elected Speaker Samuel Randall Democratic

The U.S. House election, 1876 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1876 which coincided with the (heavily contested) election of President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Hayes' Republican Party was able to recover from the Democratic Party many of the seats it had lost two years before as the economy improved slightly. However, the Democrats retained a majority and were able to use the disinterest of the people in Republican Reconstruction-led projects to help keep crucial seats. Republican Congressional leadership had a difficult time distancing itself from the corruption of the Grant administration or the legislature's impact on the economy downturn.

Overall results

Party	Total seats	Change	Seat percentage
Democratic Party	155	-27	52.9%
Republican Party	136	+33	46.4%
Independent	2	-6	0.6%
Totals	293	+0	100.0%

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

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

California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	William Adam Piper	Democratic	1874	Running	Horace Davis (R) 53.3% William A. Piper (D) 46.7%
California 2	Horace F. Page	Republican	1872	Running	Horace F. Page (R) 56.7% G. J. Carpenter (D) 43.3%
California 3	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1872	Running	John K. Luttrell (D) 51.1% Joseph McKenna (R) 48.9%
California 4	Peter D. Wigginton	Democratic	1874	Running	Romualdo Pacheco (R) 50% Peter D. Wigginton (D) 50%

See also

• 45th United States Congress
• United States Senate elections, 1876
• United States presidential election, 1876