United States House of Representatives elections, 1886

United States House of Representatives elections, 1886

1884 ← November 2, 1886 → 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 183 seats 140 seats Seats won 167 154 Seat change 16 14   Third party Fourth party   Leader Henry Smith James B. Weaver Party Labor Greenback Leader's seat Wisconsin-4th Iowa-6th Last election 0 seats 1 seat Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2

Speaker before election John Carlisle Democratic Elected Speaker John Carlisle Democratic

Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1886 for Representatives to the 50th Congress, taking place 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, led to political change. The small Labor Party, supported by industrial workers, gained one seat each in Wisconsin and Virginia

Election summaries

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican		Others
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	8	8		0		0
Arkansas	District	5	5		0		0
California	District	6	2	1	4	1	0
Colorado	At-large	1	0		1		0
Connecticut	District	4	2		2		0
Delaware	At-large	1	1		0		0
Florida	District	2	2		0		0
Georgia	District	10	10		0		0
Illinois	District	20	6	4	14	4	0
Indiana	District	13	6	3	7	3	0
Iowa	District	11	1	2	9	2	1
Kansas	District	7	0		7		0
Kentucky	District	11	8	2	3	2	0
Louisiana	District	6	6	1	0	1	0
Maine	District	4	0		4		0
Maryland	District	6	5		1		0
Massachusetts	District	12	4	2	8	2	0
Michigan	District	11	5	2	6	2	0
Minnesota	District	5	3	3	2	3	0
Mississippi	District	7	7		0		0
Missouri	District	14	12		2		0
Nebraska	District	3	1	1	2	1	0
Nevada	At-large	1	0		1		0
New Hampshire	District	2	1	1	1	1	0
New Jersey	District	7	2	1	5	1	0
New York	District	34	16	1	18	1	0
North Carolina	District	9	7	1	1		1	1
Ohio	District	21	6	5	15	5	0
Oregon	At-large	1	0		1		0
Pennsylvania	District + at-large	28	8		20		0
Rhode Island	District	2	0		2		0
South Carolina	District	7	7	1	0	1	0
Tennessee	District	10	8	1	2	1	0
Texas	District	11	11		0		0
Vermont	District	2	0		2		0
Virginia	District	10	3	5	6	5	1
West Virginia	District	4	3		1		0
Wisconsin	District	9	1	1	7		1	1
Total		325	167 51.4%	16	154 47.4%	14	4 1.2%	2

There were 2 Labor Party, 1 Greenback Party, and 1 Independent candidates elected. The previous election had 1 Greenback and 1 Readjuster

Three states, with 7 seats between them, held elections early in 1886:

• June 7 Oregon
• September 7 Vermont
• September 10 Maine

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

Complete returns

• D: Democratic
• I: Independent
• Pr: Prohibition
• R: Republican

California

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1886

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
California 1	Barclay Henley	Democratic	1882	Retired Democratic hold	Thomas Larkin Thompson (D) 50.2% Charles A. Garter (R) 47.2% L. W. Simmons (Pr) 2.6%
California 2	James A. Louttit	Republican	1884	Retired Democratic gain	Marion Biggs (D) 50% J. C. Campbell (R) 47% W. O. Clark (Pr) 3%
California 3	Joseph McKenna	Republican	1884	Re-elected	Joseph McKenna (R) 53.1% Henry C. McPike (D) 44.6% W. W. Smith (Pr) 2.4%
California 4	William W. Morrow	Republican	1884	Re-elected	William W. Morrow (R) 48.7% Frank McCoppin (D) 42% Charles A. Sumner (I) 9% Robert Thompson (Pr) 0.4%
California 5	Charles N. Felton	Republican	1884	Re-elected	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	Henry Markham	Republican	1884	Retired Republican hold	William Vandever (R) 47.3% Joseph D. Lynch (D) 47.1% W. A. Harris (Pr) 5.6%

Florida

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1886

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Florida 1	Robert H. M. Davidson	Democratic	1876	Re-elected	Robert H. M. Davidson (D) 66.2% C. B. Pendleton (R) 33.8%
Florida 2	Charles Dougherty	Democratic	1884	Re-elected	Charles Dougherty (D) 53.9% J. C. Greeley (R) 44.9% R. B. Norment (Pr) 1.2%

South Carolina

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1886

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Samuel Dibble	Democratic	1882	Re-elected	Samuel Dibble (D) 99.9% Others 0.1%
South Carolina 2	George D. Tillman	Democratic	1878	Re-elected	George D. Tillman (D) 99.6% Others 0.4%
South Carolina 3	D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1876	Retired Democratic hold	James S. Cothran (D) 99.8% Others 0.2%
South Carolina 4	William H. Perry	Democratic	1884	Re-elected	William H. Perry (D) 100%
South Carolina 5	John J. Hemphill	Democratic	1882	Re-elected	John J. Hemphill (D) 99.9% Others 0.1%
South Carolina 6	George W. Dargan	Democratic	1882	Re-elected	George W. Dargan (D) 98.7% Others 1.3%
South Carolina 7	Robert Smalls	Republican	1884 (special)	Lost re-election Democratic gain	William Elliott (D) 52.0% Robert Smalls (R) 47.8% Others 0.2%

See also

• 50th United States Congress

References

• Unless otherwise noted, electoral data are from Ourcampaigns.com