United States House of Representatives elections, 1884

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United States House of Representatives elections, 1884
United States
1882 ←
 November 4, 1884[1]
 → 1886
All 325 seats to the United States House of Representatives
163 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg TBReed.jpg
Leader John Carlisle Thomas Reed
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat Kentucky-6th Maine-1st
Last election 195 seats 121 seats
Seats won 183 140
Seat change Decrease 12 Increase 19
  Third party Fourth party
  James Weaver - Brady-Handy.jpg Blank.jpg
Leader James B. Weaver Harry Libbey
Party Greenback Readjuster
Leader's seat Iowa-6th Virginia-2nd
Last election 2 seats 5 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 4
Speaker before election

John Carlisle
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

John Carlisle
Democratic

Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1884 for Representatives in the 49th Congress. These election coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland.

In spite of Cleveland's victory, the opposition Republican Party gained back some of the seats it had lost in 1882, but the Democratic Party retained a majority. Republicans were able to make these slight gains by connecting their pro-business and industry message with progress. The Democrats were also hindered by the Panic of 1884, but were not greatly affected by it since the depression ended quickly. The Greenback Party and the Virginia-based Readjuster Party all but disappeared following this election

Contents

[edit] Election summaries

State Type Total
seats		 Democratic Republican Others
Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change
Alabama District 8 8 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Arkansas District[2] 5 5 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
California District[2] 6 1 Decrease 5 5 Increase 5 0 Steady
Colorado At-large 1 0 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Connecticut District 4 2 Decrease 1 2 Increase 1 0 Steady
Delaware At-large 1 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Florida District 2 2 Increase 1 0 Decrease 1 0 Steady
Georgia District[2] 10 10 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Illinois District 20 10 Increase 1 10 Decrease 1 0 Steady
Indiana District 13 9 Steady 4 Steady 0 Steady
Iowa District 11 3 Increase 1 7 Decrease 1 1[3] Steady
Kansas District[2] 7 0 Steady 7 Steady 0 Steady
Kentucky District 11 10 Increase 1 1 Decrease 1 0 Steady
Louisiana District 6 5 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Maine[4] District[5] 4 0 Steady 4 Steady 0 Steady
Maryland District 6 5 Increase 1 1 Decrease 1 0 Steady
Massachusetts District 12 2 Decrease 1 10 Increase 1 0 Steady
Michigan District 11 7 Increase 1 4 Decrease 1 0 Steady
Minnesota District 5 0 Steady 5 Steady 0 Steady
Mississippi District 7 7 Increase 2 0 Decrease 1 0 Decrease 1[6]
Missouri District 14 12 Decrease 2 2 Increase 2 0 Steady
Nebraska District 3 0 Steady 3 Steady 0 Steady
Nevada At-large 1 0 Decrease 1 1 Increase 1 0 Steady
New Hampshire District 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
New Jersey District 7 3 Steady 4 Steady 0 Steady
New York District[2] 34 17 Decrease 4 17 Increase 4 0 Steady
North Carolina District[2] 9 8 Increase 1 1 Decrease 1 0 Steady
Ohio[4] District 21 11 Decrease 2 10 Increase 2 0 Steady
Oregon[4] At-large 1 0 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Pennsylvania District
+ at-large		 28 8 Decrease 4 20 Increase 5 0 Decrease 1[3]
Rhode Island District 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
South Carolina District 7 6 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Tennessee District 10 7 Decrease 1 3 Increase 1 0 Steady
Texas District 11 11 Increase 1 0 Steady 0 Decrease 1[6]
Vermont[4] District 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
Virginia District[2] 10 8 Increase 3 1 Increase 1 1[7] Decrease 4
West Virginia District 4 3 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Wisconsin District 9 2 Decrease 4 7 Increase 4 0 Steady
Total 325 183
56.3%		 Decrease 12 140
43.1%		 Increase 19 2
0.6%		 Decrease 7

Four states, with 28 seats between them, held elections early in 1884:


  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
  no net change


[edit] Complete returns

Party abbreviations

[edit] California

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1884

Two new districts were created for the seats gained in the 1882 reapportionment, eliminating the at-large district that had been created for them.

District Incumbent Party First
elected		 Result Candidates
California 1 Barclay Henley
Redistricted from 2nd district		 Democratic 1882 Re-elected Barclay Henley (D) 49.7%
Thomas L. Carothers (R) 49.3%
C. C. Bateman (Pr) 1%
California 2 Charles A. Sumner
Redistricted from the at-large district		 Democratic 1882 Lost re-election
Republican gain		 James A. Louttit (R) 49.4%
Charles A. Sumner (D) 49.1%
Joshua B. Webster (Pr) 1.5%
California 3 John R. Glascock
Redistricted from the at-large district		 Democratic 1882 Lost re-election
Republican gain		 Joseph McKenna (R) 55.8%
John R. Glascock (D) 42.3%
Joshua B. Wills (Pr) 1%
A. B. Burns (Pop) 0.9%
California 4 William Rosecrans
Redistricted from 1st district		 Democratic 1880 Retired
Republican gain		 William W. Morrow (R) 58.8%
R. P. Hastings (D) 40.7%
H. S. Fitch (Pop) 0.5%
George Babcock (Pr) 0.0%
California 5 Pleasant B. Tully
Redistricted from 4th district		 Democratic 1882 Retired
Republican gain		 Charles N. Felton (R) 48.8%
Frank J. Sullivan (D) 48.4%
C. Henderson (Pr) 1.4%
A. E. Redstone (I) 1.4%
California 6 None (District created) New seat
Republican gain		 Henry H. Markham (R) 49.1%
R. F. Del Valle (D) 47.9%
Will D. Gould (Pr) 2.3%
Isaac Kinley (Pop) 0.7%

[edit] Florida

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1884
District Incumbent Party First
elected		 Result Candidates
Florida 1 Robert H. M. Davidson Democratic 1876 Re-elected Robert H. M. Davidson (D) 55.1%
Eugene O. Locke (R) 44.9%
Florida 2 Horatio Bisbee, Jr. Republican 1880 Lost re-election
Democratic gain		 Charles Dougherty (D) 51.8%
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R) 47.6%
Josiah T. Walls (IR) 0.6%

[edit] South Carolina

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1884
District Incumbent Party First
elected		 Result Candidates
South Carolina 1 Samuel Dibble Democratic 1882 Re-elected Samuel Dibble (D) 73.5%
W. N. Taft (R) 26.5%
South Carolina 2 George D. Tillman Democratic 1878 Re-elected George D. Tillman (D) 84.4%
E. J. Dickerson (R) 14.2%
Others 1.4%
South Carolina 3 D. Wyatt Aiken Democratic 1876 Re-elected D. Wyatt Aiken (D) 93.5%
John R. Tolbert (R) 6.5%
South Carolina 4 Previous incumbent John H. Evins (D) died on October 20, 1884 Democratic hold William H. Perry (D) 99.4%
Others 0.6%
South Carolina 5 John J. Hemphill Democratic 1882 Re-elected John J. Hemphill (D) 74.5%
C. C. Macoy (R) 21.8%
Others 3.7%
South Carolina 6 George W. Dargan Democratic 1882 Re-elected George W. Dargan (D) 74.0%
Edmund H. Deas (R) 23.3%
Others 2.7%
South Carolina 7 Robert Smalls Republican 1884 (special) Re-elected Robert Smalls (R) 63.6%
William Elliott (D) 34.6%
Others 1.8%

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 4 states held early elections
  2. ^ a b c d e f g At-large seats eliminated in redistricting
  3. ^ a b Greenback Party
  4. ^ a b c d Elections held early
  5. ^ Changed from at-large
  6. ^ a b Independent in previous election
  7. ^ Readjuster
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