1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 3, 1878, and September 3, 1879.^[d] Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 46th United States Congress convened on March 18, 1879. Elections were held for all 293 seats, representing 38 states. This was the last election cycle that at least one state held its regular congressional election in an oddnumbered year.

1878 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1876 & 1877 June 3, 1878 – September 3, 1879 1880 →
All 293 seats in the United States House of Representatives 147 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Samuel J. Randall James A. Garfield Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Pennsylvania 3rd Ohio 19th Last election 155 seats 136 seats Seats won 141[1][a] 132[1][a] Seat change 14 4 Popular vote 3,108,496 2,782,404 Percentage 44.20% 39.56% Swing 7.07pp 6.91pp   Third party Fourth party   Party Greenback Independent Last election 0 seats 2 seats[b] Seats won 13[1] 7[c] Seat change 13 5 Popular vote 864,325 193,666 Percentage 12.29% 2.75% Swing 11.38pp 1.58pp
Results      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      Independent gain      Independent hold      Greenback gain
Speaker before election Samuel Randall Democratic Elected Speaker Samuel Randall Democratic

These elections occurred in the middle of President Rutherford B. Hayes's term. With a sour economy as the nation's pressing issue, both major parties lost seats to the new Greenback Party, which was established to promote the long-term use of paper money as a solution to stop enormous economic fluctuations. The Democratic Party remained the largest party, but lost its majority. However, it allied with several independent politicians and was able to remain in power. This was the fourth and last recorded House election where both major parties lost seats at the same time.

Election summaries

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141	7	13	132
Democratic	[e]	[f]	Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Ind. Democratic		Greenback		Republican
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	8	7	1	0		1	1	0
Arkansas	District	4	4	1	0	1	0		0
California	District	4	1	1	0		0		3	1
Colorado	At-large	1	0	1	0		0		1	1
Connecticut	District	4	1	2	0		0		3	2
Delaware	At-large	1	1		0		0		0
Florida	District	2	1	1	0		0		1	1
Georgia	District	9	6	2	3	2	0		0
Illinois	District	19	6	2	0		1	1	12	1
Indiana	District	13	6	2	0		1	1	6	3
Iowa	District	9	0		0		2	2	7	2
Kansas	District	3	0		0		0		3
Kentucky	District	10	9	1	1	1	0		0
Louisiana	District	6	6	1	0		0		0	1
Maine	District	5	0		0		2	2	3	2
Maryland	District	6	5	1	0		0		1	1
Massachusetts	District	11	1	1	0		0		10	1
Michigan	District	9	0	1	0		0		9	1
Minnesota	District	3	1	1	0		0		2	1
Mississippi	District	6	6		0		0		0
Missouri	District	13	11	2	1	1	1	1	0	4
Nebraska	At-large	1	0		0		0		1
Nevada	At-large	1	0		0		0		1
New Hampshire	District	3	0	1	0		0		3	1
New Jersey	District	7	3	1	0		0		4	1
New York	District	33	6	9	2	2	0		25	7
North Carolina	District	8	7		0		1	1	0	1
Ohio	District	20	11	3	0		0		9	3
Oregon	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0	1
Pennsylvania	District	27	8	2	0		2	2	17
Rhode Island	District	2	0		0		0		2
South Carolina	District	5	5	3	0		0		0	3
Tennessee	District	10	9	1	0		0		1	1
Texas	District	6	5	1	0		1	1	0
Vermont	District	3	0		0		1	1	2	1
Virginia	District	9	8		0		0		1
West Virginia	District	3	3		0		0		0
Wisconsin	District	8	3		0		0		5
Total		293	141[1] 48.1%	14	7[1] 2.4%	5	13[1] 4.4%	13	132[1] 45.1%	5

Popular vote Democratic   44.20% Republican   39.56% Greenback   12.29% Independent   2.75% Others   1.20%

House seats Democratic   48.12% Republican   45.05% Greenback   4.44% Independent   2.39%

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80+% Democratic   80+% Republican   60+ to 80% Democratic   60+ to 80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican

Net gain in party representation   6+ Democratic gain     6+ Republican gain   3-5 Democratic gain     3-5 Republican gain   1-2 Democratic gain   1-2 Greenback gain   1-2 Republican gain   no net change

Election dates

In most states, the elections were held November 5, 1878.

In 1845, Congress set a uniform nationwide date for choosing presidential electors.^[2] This Act of Congress did not affect election dates for Congress, which remained within the jurisdiction of state governments, but over time, the states moved their congressional elections to this date as well. In this cycle, there were still 7 states with earlier election dates, and 1 with a later election date:

• Early elections
  • June 3, 1878: Oregon
  • September 3, 1878: Vermont
  • September 9, 1878: Maine
  • October 7, 1878: Indiana
  • October 8, 1878: Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia
• Standard election date
  • November 5, 1878
• Late election
  • September 3, 1879: California

California's elections were the last time a state held congressional general elections after November.

Special elections

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Elections are listed by date and district.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Louisiana 5	John E. Leonard	Republican	1876	Incumbent died March 15, 1878. New member elected November 5, 1878. Democratic gain.	▌Y J. Smith Young (Democratic) [data missing]
Nebraska at-large	Frank Welch	Republican	1876	Incumbent died September 4, 1878. New member elected November 5, 1878. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas J. Majors (Republican) ▌Alex Bear (Democratic)[3] [data missing]
New York 16	Terence J. Quinn	Democratic	1876	Incumbent died June 18, 1878. New member elected November 5, 1878. Republican gain. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y John Mosher Bailey (Republican) [data missing]
Virginia 1	Beverly B. Douglas	Democratic	1874	Incumbent died December 22, 1878. New member elected January 23, 1879. Democratic hold.	▌Y Richard L. T. Beale (Democratic) [data missing]
Georgia 1	Julian Hartridge	Democratic	1874	Incumbent died January 8, 1879. New member elected and seated February 10, 1879. Democratic hold.	▌Y William B. Fleming (Democratic) [data missing]
Texas 6	Gustav Schleicher	Democratic	1874	Incumbent died January 10, 1879. New member elected and seated April 15, 1879. Democratic hold.	▌Y Christopher C. Upson (Democratic) [data missing]
Iowa 5	Rush Clark	Republican	1876	Incumbent died April 29, 1879. New member elected October 14, 1879. Republican hold.	▌Y William G. Thompson (Republican) [data missing]
New York 12	Alexander Smith	Republican	1878	Member-elect died November 5, 1878. New member elected November 4, 1879. Democratic gain.	▌Y Waldo Hutchins (Democratic) [data missing]

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	James T. Jones	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas H. Herndon (Democratic) 69.10% ▌Warner Bailey (Greenback) 30.90%
Alabama 2	Hilary A. Herbert	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hilary A. Herbert (Democratic) 56.25% ▌James P. Armstrong (Republican) 43.75%
Alabama 3	Jeremiah N. Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y William J. Samford (Democratic) 88.43% ▌French Strange (Independent) 9.64% ▌William M. Russell (Republican) 1.93%
Alabama 4	Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles M. Shelley (Democratic) 55.38% ▌Jeremiah Haralson (Republican) 42.57% ▌Jonathan H. Henry (Independent) 2.04%
Alabama 5	Robert F. Ligon	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas Williams (Democratic) 70.51% ▌Theodore Nunn (Greenback) 29.49%
Alabama 6	Goldsmith W. Hewitt	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Burwell B. Lewis (Democratic) 70.51% ▌William R. Smith (Independent) 29.49%
Alabama 7	William H. Forney	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William H. Forney (Democratic) 96.57% ▌N. B. Mardis (Independent) 3.43%
Alabama 8	William W. Garth	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y William M. Lowe (Greenback) 55.49% ▌William W. Garth (Democratic) 44.51%

Arkansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 1	Lucien C. Gause	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 100.0%
Arkansas 2	William F. Slemons	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William F. Slemons (Democratic) 57.20% ▌John G. Bradley (Greenback) 43.80%
Arkansas 3	Jordan E. Cravens	Independent Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jordan E. Cravens (Democratic) 51.19% ▌Milton L. Rice (Greenback) 48.81%
Arkansas 4	Thomas M. Gunter	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 59.77% ▌J. F. Cunningham (Ind. Democratic) 29.42% ▌Byrd Smith (Greenback) 10.80%

California

See also: List of United States representatives from California

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	Horace Davis	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Horace Davis (Republican) 48.41% ▌Clitus Barbour (Workingmen) 44.50% ▌Charles R. Summer (Democratic) 7.09%
California 2	Horace F. Page	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Horace F. Page (Republican) 51.87% ▌Thomas J. Clunie (Democratic) 34.38% ▌H. P. Williams (Workingmen) 13.75%
California 3	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Campbell P. Berry (Democratic) 50.16% ▌Joseph McKenna (Republican) 49.61% ▌George T. Elliott (Workingmen) 0.23%
California 4	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) 40.47% ▌Wallace Leach (Democratic) 31.84% ▌James J. Ayers (Workingmen) 27.68%

Colorado

See also: List of United States representatives from Colorado

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Colorado at-large	None			New state. Republican gain.	▌Y James B. Belford (Republican) 49.93% ▌Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 41.93% ▌Henry C. Childs (Greenback) 8.14%

Patterson successfully contested the election and was seated March 4, 1877.

Connecticut

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[4]
Connecticut 1	George M. Landers	Democratic	1875	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 52.2% ▌George M. Landers (Democratic) 43.8% ▌Herbert Baker (Greenback) 3.7% ▌Horace Johnson (Prohibition) 0.3%
Connecticut 2	James Phelps	Democratic	1875	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Phelps (Democratic) 53.2% ▌Benjamin Douglas (Republican) 45.9% ▌Calvin Harrington (Prohibition) 0.9%
Connecticut 3	John T. Wait	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Wait (Republican) 53.7% ▌Charles W. Carter (Republican) 44.1% ▌Elisha Palmer (Prohibition) 2.2%
Connecticut 4	Levi Warner	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Frederick Miles (Republican) 48.7% ▌Frederick W. Bruggerhoff (Republican) 44.6% ▌James S. Taylor (Greenback) 6.3% ▌Ambrose S. Rogers (Prohibition) 0.3%

Delaware

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Delaware at-large	James Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Edward L. Martin (Democratic) 78.10% ▌John G. Jackson (Greenback) 21.90%

Florida

See also: List of United States representatives from Florida

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Robert H. M. Davidson	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 56.80% ▌Simon B. Conover (Republican) 40.90% ▌Edmund C. Weeks (Ind. Republican) 2.29%
Florida 2	Horatio Bisbee Jr.	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Noble A. Hull (Democratic) 50.03% ▌Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Republican) 49.97%

In the 2nd district the difference between the two candidates, in the initial returns, was just 22 votes. Bisbee challenged Hull's election, and was eventually awarded the seat on January 22, 1881.

Georgia

See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Georgia 1	Julian Hartridge	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y John C. Nicholls (Democratic) 62.76% ▌S. A. Corker (Republican) 37.24%
Georgia 2	William E. Smith	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William E. Smith (Democratic) 69.05% ▌E. C. Wade (Republican) 30.95%
Georgia 3	Philip Cook	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Philip Cook (Democratic) 100.0%
Georgia 4	Henry R. Harris	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y Henry Persons (Ind. Democratic) 56.09% ▌Henry R. Harris (Democratic) 42.48% ▌L. J. Milam (Independent) 0.91% ▌J. C. Fuller (Independent) 0.51%
Georgia 5	Milton A. Candler	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Nathaniel J. Hammond (Democratic) 55.64% ▌Reuben Arnold (Greenback) 44.36%
Georgia 6	James H. Blount	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James H. Blount (Democratic) 99.44% ▌Scattering (Independent) 0.56%
Georgia 7	William H. Felton	Independent Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William H. Felton (Ind. Democratic) 52.47% ▌G. N. Lester (Democratic) 47.53%
Georgia 8	Alexander H. Stephens	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) 98.30% ▌Scattering (Independent) 1.70%
Georgia 9	Hiram P. Bell	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost renomination. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y Emory Speer (Ind. Democratic) 50.51% ▌Joel A. Billups (Democratic) 49.49%

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 1	William Aldrich	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Aldrich (Republican) 51.84% ▌James R. Doolittle (Democratic) 30.41% ▌John McAscliff (Socialist Labor) 9.89% ▌William V. Barr (Greenback) 7.86%
Illinois 2	Carter Harrison Sr.	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired to run for Mayor of Chicago. Republican gain.	▌Y George R. Davis (Republican) 49.59% ▌Miles Kehoe (Democratic) 29.29% ▌George A. Schilling (Socialist Labor) 11.85% ▌James Felch (Greenback) 7.67% ▌J. H. Condon (Independent) 1.25% ▌John Sebolski (Independent) 0.35%
Illinois 3	Lorenzo Brentano	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Hiram Barber Jr. (Republican) 53.06% ▌Lambert Tree (Democratic) 29.26% ▌Benjamin Sebley (Independent) 12.78% ▌A. B. Cornell (Greenback) 4.90%
Illinois 4	William Lathrop	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y John C. Sherwin (Republican) 61.79% ▌Jonathan C. Staighton (Democratic) 21.50% ▌Augustus Adams (Greenback) 16.71%
Illinois 5	Horatio C. Burchard	Republican	1869 (special)	Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Robert M. A. Hawk (Republican) 53.42% ▌Mortimer D. Hathaway (Democratic) 23.33% ▌John M. King (Greenback) 23.24%
Illinois 6	Thomas J. Henderson	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas J. Henderson (Republican) 52.47% ▌James W. Haney (Greenback) 31.94% ▌Charles Dunham (Democratic) 15.59%
Illinois 7	Philip C. Hayes	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Philip C. Hayes (Republican) 46.54% ▌Alexander Campbell (Greenback) 28.29% ▌W. S. Brooks (Democratic) 25.17%
Illinois 8	Greenbury L. Fort	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Greenbury L. Fort (Republican) 49.72% ▌Chris C. Strawn (Greenback) 29.01% ▌Thomas M. Shaw (Democratic) 21.27%
Illinois 9	Thomas A. Boyd	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas A. Boyd (Republican) 43.76% ▌George A. Wilson (Democratic) 40.68% ▌Aloxr H. Keighan (Greenback) 15.56%
Illinois 10	Benjamin F. Marsh	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin F. Marsh (Republican) 44.50% ▌Delos P. Phelps (Democratic) 42.33% ▌Alson J. Streeter (Greenback) 13.17%
Illinois 11	Robert M. Knapp	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y James W. Singleton (Democratic) 54.49% ▌James P. Dimmitt (Republican) 31.69% ▌William H. Pogue (Prohibition) 13.82%
Illinois 12	William M. Springer	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William M. Springer (Democratic) 47.69% ▌John Cook (Republican) 34.78% ▌John Mathers (Greenback) 17.53%
Illinois 13	Thomas F. Tipton	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Adlai Stevenson I (Democratic) 53.22% ▌Thomas F. Tipton (Republican) 46.26% ▌L. M. Bickmore (Prohibition) 0.52%
Illinois 14	Joseph G. Cannon	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph G. Cannon (Republican) 46.16% ▌Maldon Jones (Democratic) 38.84% ▌Jesse Harper (Greenback) 15.00%
Illinois 15	John R. Eden	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost renomination Greenback gain.	▌Y Albert P. Forsythe (Greenback) 50.31% ▌Hiram B. Decias (Democratic) 49.69%
Illinois 16	William A. J. Sparks	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. J. Sparks (Democratic) 48.75% ▌Basil B. Smith (Republican) 42.18% ▌James Creed (Greenback) 9.07%
Illinois 17	William R. Morrison	Democratic	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William R. Morrison (Democratic) 50.47% ▌John Baker (Republican) 43.04% ▌William E. Moberly (Greenback) 6.48%
Illinois 18	William Hartzell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y John R. Thomas (Republican) 46.62% ▌N. J. Allen (Democratic) 44.37% ▌S. J. Davis (Greenback) 9.02%
Illinois 19	Richard W. Townshend	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard W. Townshend (Democratic) 53.31% ▌Robert Bell (Republican) 34.64% ▌Seth F. Crews (Greenback) 12.04%

Indiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Indiana 1	Benoni S. Fuller	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y William Heilman (Republican) 48.66% ▌Thomas E. Garvin (Democratic) 45.77% ▌Thomas F. Debruler (Greenback) 5.57%
Indiana 2	Thomas R. Cobb	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas R. Cobb (Democratic) 55.06% ▌Richard M. Welman (Republican) 38.26% ▌William L. Green (Greenback) 6.69%
Indiana 3	George A. Bicknell	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George A. Bicknell (Democratic) 57.91% ▌Ara E. Long (Republican) 35.99% ▌John F. Willy (Greenback) 6.10%
Indiana 4	Leonidas Sexton	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jeptha D. New (Democratic) 50.49% ▌Leonidas Sexton (Republican) 48.85% ▌Robert Gregg (Greenback) 0.66%
Indiana 5	Thomas M. Browne	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas M. Browne (Republican) 50.08% ▌William S. Holman (Democratic) 47.03% ▌William C. Jeffries (Greenback) 2.89%
Indiana 6	Milton S. Robinson	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y William R. Myers (Democratic) 47.89% ▌William Grose (Republican) 46.06% ▌Reuben A. Riley (Greenback) 6.05%
Indiana 7	John Hanna	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y Gilbert De La Matyr (Greenback)[g] 51.14% ▌John Hanna (Republican) 48.86%
Indiana 8	Morton C. Hunter	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Abraham J. Hostetler (Democratic) 43.56% ▌Morton C. Hunter (Republican) 40.12% ▌Henry A. White (Greenback) 16.31%
Indiana 9	Michael D. White	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Godlove S. Orth (Republican) 43.73% ▌James McCabe (Democratic) 43.46% ▌Leroy Templeton (Greenback) 12.81%
Indiana 10	William H. Calkins	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William H. Calkins (Republican) 45.16% ▌Morgan H. Weir (Democratic) 39.41% ▌John N. Skinner (Greenback) 15.44%
Indiana 11	James L. Evans	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Calvin Cowgill (Republican) 47.23% ▌David D. Dykeman (Democratic) 39.81% ▌David Moss (Greenback) 12.96%
Indiana 12	Andrew H. Hamilton	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Walpole G. Colerick (Democratic) 63.73% ▌John Studebaker (Democratic) 36.27%
Indiana 13	John Baker	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Baker (Republican) 47.20% ▌John B. Stoll (Democratic) 42.04% ▌William C. Williams (Greenback) 10.76%

Iowa

See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Iowa 1	Joseph C. Stone	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost renomination Republican hold.	▌Y Moses A. McCoid (Republican) 48.58% ▌Wesley C. Hobbs (Democratic) 30.38% ▌A. H. Breman (Greenback) 21.05%
Iowa 2	Hiram Price	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hiram Price (Republican) 49.75% ▌W. F. Brannan (Democratic) 35.47% ▌Jacob Geiger (Greenback) 14.77%
Iowa 3	Theodore W. Burdick	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas Updegraff (Republican) 43.85% ▌Fred O'Donnell (Democratic) 37.52% ▌S. T. Spangler (Greenback) 18.63%
Iowa 4	Nathaniel C. Deering	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nathaniel C. Deering (Republican) 60.83% ▌Luman H. Weller (Greenback) 20.38% ▌William V. Allen (Greenback) 18.79%
Iowa 5	Rush Clark	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rush Clark (Republican) 52.78% ▌George Carter (Democratic) 44.63% ▌Timothy Brown (Greenback) 2.59%
Iowa 6	Ezekiel S. Sampson	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y James B. Weaver (Greenback)[g] 53.35% ▌Ezekiel S. Sampson (Republican) 46.65%
Iowa 7	Henry J. B. Cummings	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y Edward H. Gillette (Greenback)[g] 51.45% ▌Henry J. B. Cummings (Republican) 48.55%
Iowa 8	William F. Sapp	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William F. Sapp (Republican) 50.21% ▌George C. Hicks (Greenback) 25.40% ▌John H. Keatley (Democratic) 24.39%
Iowa 9	S. Addison Oliver	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Cyrus C. Carpenter (Republican) 54.91% ▌L. Q. Hoggartt (Greenback) 41.08% ▌Walter Brown (Democratic) 4.00%

Kansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 1	William A. Phillips	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost renomination Republican hold.	▌Y John A. Anderson (Republican) 59.61% ▌J. R. McClure (Democratic) 29.20% ▌E. Gale (Greenback) 11.19%
Kansas 2	Dudley C. Haskell	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dudley C. Haskell (Republican) 44.97% ▌C. W. Blair (Democratic) 31.40% ▌P. P. Elder (Greenback) 23.54%
Kansas 3	Thomas Ryan	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Ryan (Republican) 56.83% ▌F. Doser (Greenback) 24.90% ▌J. B. Fugate (Democratic) 18.27%

Kentucky

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Andrew Boone	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y Oscar Turner (Ind. Democratic) 42.87% ▌Lawrence S. Trimble (Democratic) 34.97% ▌E. W. Bagby (Republican) 22.15%
Kentucky 2	James A. McKenzie	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James A. McKenzie (Democratic) 61.38% ▌John W. Feighan (Republican) 23.50% ▌Francis M. English (Greenback) 15.12%
Kentucky 3	John W. Caldwell	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John W. Caldwell (Democratic) 46.32% ▌W. Godfrey Hunter (Republican) 42.10% ▌George Wright (Greenback) 11.58%
Kentucky 4	J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Proctor Knott (Democratic) 65.04% ▌J. D. Belden (Republican) 33.48% ▌John W. Lewis (Greenback) 1.48%
Kentucky 5	Albert S. Willis	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Albert S. Willis (Democratic) 40.51% ▌J. Watts Kearney (Democratic) 33.30% ▌Horace Scott (Republican) 24.48% ▌Blanton Duncan (Greenback) 1.70%
Kentucky 6	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John G. Carlisle (Democratic) 75.87% ▌Joseph H. Hermes (Independent) 24.13%
Kentucky 7	J. C. S. Blackburn	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. C. S. Blackburn (Democratic) 69.78% ▌George C. Drane (Republican) 28.68% ▌John L. Scott (Independent) 1.54%
Kentucky 8	Milton J. Durham	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Philip B. Thompson Jr. (Democratic) 53.80% ▌George Denny (Republican) 46.20%
Kentucky 9	Thomas Turner	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Turner (Democratic) 55.45% ▌John Dills (Republican) 43.15% ▌James G. Carter (Greenback) 1.40%
Kentucky 10	John B. Clarke	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Elijah Phister (Democratic) 65.34% ▌B. F. Bennett (Republican) 23.70% ▌James Kilgore (Greenback) 10.97%

Louisiana

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Louisiana 1	Randall L. Gibson	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Randall L. Gibson (Democratic) 63.60% ▌H. C. Castellanos (Republican) 36.40%
Louisiana 2	E. John Ellis	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y E. John Ellis (Democratic) 58.97% ▌E. N. Collom (Greenback) 34.91% ▌Michael Hahn (Republican) 6.12%
Louisiana 3	Joseph H. Acklen	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph H. Acklen (Democratic) 48.77% ▌R. O. Herbert (Republican) 33.89% ▌W. B. Merchant (Independent Democratic) 17.34%
Louisiana 4	Joseph B. Elam	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph B. Elam (Democratic) 89.15% ▌J. M. Wells (Republican) 10.85%
Louisiana 5	J. Smith Young	Democratic	1878	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y J. Floyd King (Democratic) 77.87% ▌J. T. Ludling (Republican) 22.13%
Louisiana 6	Edward W. Robertson	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward W. Robertson (Democratic) 66.14% ▌W. L. Larimore (Independent) 33.86%

Maine

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	Thomas B. Reed	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 46.23% ▌Samuel J. Anderson (Democratic) 32.00% ▌Edward H. Gove (Greenback) 21.77%
Maine 2	William P. Frye	Republican	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William P. Frye (Republican) 49.20% ▌Solon Chase (Greenback) 36.46% ▌S. Clifford Belcher (Democratic) 14.34%
Maine 3	Stephen Lindsey	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stephen Lindsey (Republican) 44.39% ▌William Philbrick (Greenback) 32.60% ▌Franklin Smith (Democratic) 23.01%
Maine 4	Llewellyn Powers	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y George W. Ladd (Greenback)[g] 56.14% ▌Llewellyn Powers (Republican) 43.86%
Maine 5	Eugene Hale	Republican	1868	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y Thompson H. Murch (Greenback) 48.43% ▌Eugene Hale (Republican) 42.28% ▌Joseph H. Martin (Democratic) 9.29%

Maryland

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maryland 1	Daniel M. Henry	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Daniel M. Henry (Democratic) 52.49% ▌Samuel A. Graham (Republican) 47.51%
Maryland 2	Charles B. Roberts	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y J. Frederick C. Talbott (Democratic) 66.87% ▌George B. Milligan (Ind. Democratic) 24.48% ▌A. P. McCombs (Greenback) 8.66%
Maryland 3	William Kimmel	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Kimmel (Democratic) 70.41% ▌Joseph Thompson (Socialist Labor) 29.59%
Maryland 4	Thomas Swann	Democratic	1868	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Robert M. McLane (Democratic) 58.98% ▌Jonathan C. Holland (Republican) 35.56% ▌William L. Quigley (Socialist Labor)[h] 3.34%
Maryland 5	Eli J. Henkle	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eli J. Henkle (Democratic) 53.97% ▌J. Parran Crane (Republican) 45.20% ▌Eugene B. Calvert (Greenback) 0.84%
Maryland 6	William Walsh	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Milton Urner (Republican) 49.69% ▌George Peter (Democratic) 43.62% ▌Horace Resley (Greenback) 6.69%

Massachusetts

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	William W. Crapo	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William W. Crapo (Republican) 62.32% ▌Matthias Ellis (Democratic) 36.59% ▌Rodney French (Prohibition) 1.09%
Massachusetts 2	Benjamin W. Harris	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 58.75% ▌Edgar E. Dean (Greenback) 22.05% ▌Edward Avery (Democratic) 17.63% ▌Thomas J. Lothrop (Prohibition) 1.58%
Massachusetts 3	Benjamin Dean	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Walbridge A. Field (Republican) 51.03% ▌Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 48.97%
Massachusetts 4	Leopold Morse	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Leopold Morse (Democratic) 60.34% ▌Martin Brimmer (Republican) 39.66%
Massachusetts 5	Nathaniel P. Banks	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Selwyn Z. Bowman (Republican) 58.37% ▌▌Nathan Clark (Democratic)[h] 41.63%
Massachusetts 6	George B. Loring	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George B. Loring (Republican) 44.52% ▌E. Moody Boynton (Greenback) 44.03% ▌James H. Carleton (Democratic) 11.45%
Massachusetts 7	Benjamin Butler	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired to run for governor. Republican hold.	▌Y William A. Russell (Republican) 55.23% ▌John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 32.29% ▌Samuel M. Stevens (Greenback) 11.87% ▌James G. Abbott (Prohibition) 0.60%
Massachusetts 8	William Claflin	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Claflin (Republican) 54.41% ▌Isaac Bradford (Democratic) 44.74% ▌George W. Stacey (Prohibition) 0.85%
Massachusetts 9	William W. Rice	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William W. Rice (Republican) 59.02% ▌Eli Thayer (Democratic) 39.78% ▌T. A. Smith (Prohibition) 1.18%
Massachusetts 10	Amasa Norcross	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Amasa Norcross (Republican) 55.54% ▌Wilbur F. Whitney (Greenback) 29.10% ▌James S. Grinnell (Democratic) 15.36%
Massachusetts 11	George D. Robinson	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George D. Robinson (Republican) 51.75% ▌▌Edward H. Lathrop (Democratic)[h] 37.86% ▌Jarvis N. Dunham (Democratic) 9.80% ▌Albert C. Woodworth (Independent) 0.60%

Michigan

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Michigan 1	Alpheus S. Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y John S. Newberry (Republican) 40.85% ▌Alpheus S. Williams (Democratic) 35.37% ▌John Heffron (Greenback) 23.78% ▌Arthur D. Power (Prohibition) 0.22%
Michigan 2	Edwin Willits	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edwin Willits (Republican) 40.85% ▌Ira B. Card (Democratic) 29.71% ▌Levi H. Thomas (Greenback) 24.07% ▌A. H. Lowie (Prohibition) 1.73%
Michigan 3	Jonas H. McGowan	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jonas H. McGowan (Republican) 41.68% ▌John Dawson (Greenback) 35.78% ▌James S. Upton (Democratic) 18.38% ▌Samuel Dickie (Prohibition) 4.16%
Michigan 4	Edwin W. Keightley	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Julius C. Burrows (Republican) 47.14% ▌Andrew J. Eldred (Democratic) 27.06% ▌Thomas R. Sherwood (Greenback) 25.80%
Michigan 5	John W. Stone	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John W. Stone (Republican) 45.77% ▌Charles C. Comstock (Greenback) 43.73% ▌Hiram J. Hoyt (Democratic) 9.93% ▌Dennis Dreskell (Prohibition) 0.57%
Michigan 6	Mark S. Brewer	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark S. Brewer (Republican) 45.10% ▌Hugh McCurdy (Democratic) 37.99% ▌James I. Meade (Greenback) 15.32% ▌M. M. Burnham (Prohibition) 1.59%
Michigan 7	Omar D. Conger	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Omar D. Conger (Republican) 47.39% ▌William T. Mitchell (Democratic) 35.48% ▌Charles F. Mallory (Greenback) 17.13%
Michigan 8	Charles C. Ellsworth	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Roswell G. Horr (Republican) 39.72% ▌B. M. Thompson (Democratic) 31.70% ▌Herbert M. Hoyt (Greenback) 28.15%
Michigan 9	Jay A. Hubbell	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jay A. Hubbell (Republican) 53.08% ▌John Powers (Democratic) 26.01% ▌George Parmelee (Greenback) 20.91%

Minnesota

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Minnesota 1	Mark H. Dunnell	Republican	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark H. Dunnell (Republican) 57.48% ▌William Meighan (Democratic)[h] 39.66% ▌George W. Green (Prohibition) 2.86%
Minnesota 2	Horace B. Strait	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Henry Poehler (Democratic) 50.01% ▌Horace B. Strait (Republican) 47.50% ▌George C. Chamberlain (Greenback) 2.06% ▌Isaac C. Stearns (Prohibition) 0.43%
Minnesota 3	Jacob H. Stewart	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y William D. Washburn (Republican) 53.88% ▌Ignatius L. Donnelly (Democratic)[h] 46.12%

Mississippi

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Henry L. Muldrow	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry L. Muldrow (Democratic) 59.35% ▌Reuben Davis (Greenback) 40.25% ▌W. D. Frazee (Independent) 0.40%
Mississippi 2	Van. H. Manning	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Van. H. Manning (Democratic) 52.02% ▌J. H. Amacker (Republican) 44.94% ▌C. H. Allen (Independent) 2.88% ▌Daniel B. Wright (Greenback) 0.16%
Mississippi 3	Hernando Money	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hernando Money (Democratic) 100.0%
Mississippi 4	Otho R. Singleton	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 100.0%
Mississippi 5	Charles E. Hooker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 87.53% ▌J. B. Deason (Republican) 12.47%
Mississippi 6	James R. Chalmers	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James R. Chalmers (Democratic) 83.26% ▌E. J. Castello (Republican) 16.74%

Missouri

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Missouri 1	Anthony F. Ittner	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Martin L. Clardy (Democratic) 48.36% ▌Henry Ziegenhein (Republican) 33.26% ▌Henry Eshbaugh (Greenback) 12.69% ▌F. Westermeyer (Socialist Labor) 5.69%
Missouri 2	Nathan Cole	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Erastus Wells (Democratic) 42.70% ▌Nathan Cole (Republican) 41.21% ▌John Hogan (Greenback) 13.31% ▌William Hossfield (Socialist Labor) 2.78%
Missouri 3	Lyne Metcalfe	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y R. Graham Frost (Democratic) 45.23% ▌Lyne Metcalfe (Republican) 33.25% ▌H. C. Vandillen (Greenback) 13.83% ▌G. Bartholomeus (Socialist Labor) 7.13%
Missouri 4	Robert A. Hatcher	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Lowndes H. Davis (Democratic) 61.35% ▌Sol G. Kitchen (Greenback) 34.79% ▌Charles E. Moss (Republican) 3.86%
Missouri 5	Richard P. Bland	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard P. Bland (Democratic) 56.64% ▌J. J. Ware (Greenback) 40.24% ▌W. C. Mings (Independent) 3.11%
Missouri 6	Charles H. Morgan	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y James R. Waddill (Democratic) 43.99% ▌Charles G. Burton (Republican) 28.77% ▌M. H. Ritchey (Greenback) 27.24%
Missouri 7	Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Alfred M. Lay (Democratic) 51.49% ▌James Boyd (Greenback) 26.75% ▌A. A. Underwood (Republican) 21.77%
Missouri 8	Benjamin J. Franklin	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y Samuel L. Sawyer (Ind. Democratic) 48.95% ▌John T. Crisp (Democratic) 44.87% ▌L. G. Jeffers (Greenback) 6.17%
Missouri 9	David Rea	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	▌Y Nicholas Ford (Greenback) 51.74% ▌David Rea (Democratic) 48.26%
Missouri 10	Henry M. Pollard	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Gideon F. Rothwell (Democratic) 47.19% ▌Henry M. Pollard (Republican) 34.69% ▌E. J. Broaddus (Greenback) 18.12%
Missouri 11	John B. Clark Jr.	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John B. Clark Jr. (Democratic) 98.92% ▌Scattering (Independent) 1.08%
Missouri 12	John M. Glover	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y William H. Hatch (Democratic) 45.09% ▌John M. London (Greenback) 38.34% ▌Dan M. Draper (Republican) 16.56%
Missouri 13	Aylett H. Buckner	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Aylett H. Buckner (Democratic) 59.21% ▌T. J. Fagg (Greenback)[i] 32.57% ▌T. B. Robinson (Ind. Government) 8.22%

Nebraska

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska at-large	Vacant due to Welch's death			Incumbent died September 4, 1878. Republican hold.[j]	▌Y Edward K. Valentine (Republican) 56.58% ▌J. W. Davis (Democratic)[h] 43.42%

Nevada

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nevada at-large	Thomas Wren	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Rollin M. Daggett (Republican) 51.81% ▌W. E. Deal (Democratic) 48.19%

New Hampshire

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Hampshire 1	Frank Jones	Democratic	1875	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Joshua G. Hall (Republican) 50.57% ▌Herbert F. Norris (Democratic) 40.88% ▌Lafayette Chesley (Greenback) 8.55%
New Hampshire 2	James F. Briggs	Republican	1877	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James F. Briggs (Republican) 52.10% ▌Alvah W. Sulloway (Democratic) 39.57% ▌Cyrus A. Sulloway (Greenback) 8.33%
New Hampshire 3	Henry W. Blair	Republican	1877	Incumbent elected to the U.S. Senate. Republican hold.	▌Y Evarts W. Farr (Republican) 49.06% ▌Henry O. Kent (Democratic) 44.68% ▌James W. Johnson (Greenback) 6.27%

New Jersey

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Jersey 1	Clement H. Sinnickson	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y George M. Robeson (Republican) 48.11% ▌C. C. Grosscup (Greenback) 31.85% ▌Nathan T. Stratton (Democratic) 20.04%
New Jersey 2	John H. Pugh	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Hezekiah B. Smith (Democratic)[h] 50.59% ▌John H. Pugh (Republican) 47.44% ▌Charles E. Baker (Prohibition) 1.97%
New Jersey 3	Miles Ross	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Miles Ross (Democratic) 44.15% ▌Amos Clark (Republican) 43.06% ▌Washington L. Hope (Greenback) 12.56% ▌James A. Bradley (Prohibition) 0.24%
New Jersey 4	Alvah A. Clark	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alvah A. Clark (Democratic) 45.05% ▌Frederic A. Potts (Republican) 38.77% ▌George H. Larison (Greenback) 16.18%
New Jersey 5	Augustus W. Cutler	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Charles H. Voorhis (Republican) 44.92% ▌Thomas W. Demarest (Democratic) 41.60% ▌Erastus E. Potter (Greenback) 13.48%
New Jersey 6	Thomas B. Peddie	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y John L. Blake (Republican) 49.72% ▌Andrew Albright (Democratic) 43.19% ▌Francis C. Bliss (Greenback) 7.09%
New Jersey 7	Augustus A. Hardenbergh	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Lewis A. Brigham (Republican) 50.82% ▌Patrick H. Laverty (Democratic) 43.26% ▌J. B. Winant (Greenback) 5.48% ▌C. C. Burr (Ind. Democratic) 0.44%

New York

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 1	James W. Covert	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James W. Covert (Democratic) 50.84% ▌James Otis (Republican) 43.44% ▌Samuel J. Crooks (Greenback) 5.27% ▌Egbert T. Smith (Prohibition) 0.45%
New York 2	William D. Veeder	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y Daniel O'Reilly (Ind. Democratic)[i] 55.24% ▌Edward C. Litchfield (Democratic) 41.54% ▌Abraham Bennett (Greenback) 3.22%
New York 3	Simeon B. Chittenden	Republican	1874 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Simeon B. Chittenden (Republican) 58.40% ▌Richard H. Huntley (Democratic) 35.10% ▌Joseph P. Jones (Greenback) 3.51% ▌N. McGregor Steele (Prohibition) 3.00%
New York 4	Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Archibald M. Bliss (Democratic) 54.03% ▌William H. Lyon (Republican) 36.28% ▌C. Osborn Ward (Socialist Labor) 3.45% ▌John C. Keelly (Ind. Democratic) 3.23% ▌William Hanson (Greenback) 3.01%
New York 5	Nicholas Muller	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nicholas Muller (Tammany Hall Dem.) 52.27% ▌Thomas F. Burke (Republican)[k] 45.98% ▌George Blair (Greenback) 1.55% Others ▌James E. Kerrigan (Greenback) 0.10% ▌Alexander Frey (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
New York 6	Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	1873 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel S. Cox (Tammany Hall Dem.)[h] 62.44% ▌Maurice S. D'Vries (Republican)[k] 36.22% ▌Isaac Bennett (Socialist Labor) 1.34%
New York 7	Anthony Eickhoff	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Edwin Einstein (Republican) 48.53% ▌Anthony Eickhoff (Democratic) 45.63% ▌John W. Jahelka (Greenback) 5.12% ▌Thomas Green (Independent) 0.72%
New York 8	Anson G. McCook	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Anson G. McCook (Republican) 60.73% ▌Lawrence R. Jerome (Democratic)[h] 35.49% ▌William W. Averill (Ind. Greenback) 3.68% ▌Frederick E. Sinner (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
New York 9	Fernando Wood	Democratic	1866	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Fernando Wood (Tammany Hall Dem.) 37.12% ▌John Hardy (Anti-Tammany Dem.) 33.05% ▌Wilson Berryman (Republican) 29.21% ▌Joseph Kunze (Greenback) 0.62%
New York 10	Abram Hewitt	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y James O'Brien (Anti-Tammany Dem.)[i][l] 54.16% ▌Orlando B. Potter (Tammany Hall Dem.) 43.29% ▌John G. Shuck (Independent) 1.54% ▌Garret Nagle (Independent) 1.01%
New York 11	Benjamin A. Willis	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Levi P. Morton (Republican) 65.65% ▌Benjamin A. Willis (Tammany Hall Dem.) 32.92% ▌G. Wallace Bryant (Anti-Tammany Dem.) 1.18%
New York 12	Clarkson Nott Potter	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Alexander Smith (Republican) 49.64% ▌Marcius L. Cobb (Democratic) 39.76% ▌Nicholas Smith (Greenback) 10.60%
New York 13	John H. Ketcham	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Ketcham (Republican) 62.78% ▌Orlando D. Baker (Democratic) 33.39% ▌John V. Doty (Greenback) 2.73% Others ▌George Potter (Prohibition) 0.85% ▌Aaron J. Stevens (Independent) 0.26%
New York 14	George M. Beebe	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y John W. Ferdon (Republican) 44.43% ▌George M. Beebe (Democratic) 42.42% ▌William Voorhis (Greenback) 12.22% ▌Stephen Merritt (Prohibition) 0.93%
New York 15	Stephen L. Mayham	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y William Lounsbery (Democratic) 47.52% ▌George S. Nichols (Republican) 39.75% ▌John R. Erkson (Greenback) 12.24% ▌James H. Coutant (Prohibition) 0.49%
New York 16	Terence J. Quinn	Democratic	1876	Incumbent Terence J. Quinn died June 18, 1878. Republican gain. Successor also elected the same day to finish the term.	▌Y John Mosher Bailey (Republican) 41.13% ▌Francis H. Woods (Democratic) 40.47% ▌Henry Hilton (Greenback) 18.39%
New York 17	Martin I. Townsend	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Walter A. Wood (Republican) 55.34% ▌Charles E. Patterson (Democratic) 31.86% ▌Richard H. Ferguson (Greenback) 12.80%
New York 18	Andrew Williams	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y John Hammond (Republican) 54.84% ▌John Ross (Democratic) 29.69% ▌Leonard G. McDonald (Greenback) 15.47%
New York 19	Amaziah B. James	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Amaziah B. James (Republican) 70.59% ▌Louis Hasbrouck (Democratic) 29.41%
New York 20	John H. Starin	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Starin (Republican) 56.71% ▌Alexander J. Thomson (Democratic) 34.78% ▌Frederick F. Wendell (Greenback) 8.27% ▌James H. Bronson (Prohibition) 0.24%
New York 21	Solomon Bundy	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y David Wilber (Republican) 48.07% ▌Bryon J. Scofield (Democratic) 31.82% ▌Salmon G. Cone (Greenback) 18.81% ▌Fred T. Jarvis (Prohibition) 1.29%
New York 22	George A. Bagley	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Warner Miller (Republican) 51.39% ▌Levi H. Brown (Democratic) 40.33% ▌Harry Lewis (Greenback) 7.27% ▌Simon P. Gray (Prohibition) 1.00%
New York 23	William J. Bacon	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Cyrus D. Prescott (Republican) 42.95% ▌John T. Spriggs (Democratic)[h] 38.41% ▌James Mitchell (Greenback) 16.61% ▌John W. Meais (Prohibition) 1.98%
New York 24	William H. Baker	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Joseph Mason (Republican) 50.65% ▌Sebastian Duffy (Democratic) 47.55% ▌Winfield S. Smyth (Prohibition) 1.80%
New York 25	Frank Hiscock	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Hiscock (Republican) 55.96% ▌John M. Weiting (Democratic)[h] 42.83% ▌Lemuel N. Stratton (Prohibition) 1.21%
New York 26	John H. Camp	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Camp (Republican) 53.02% ▌Charles F. Durston (Democratic) 40.55% ▌Martin L. Wolley (Greenback) 6.05% ▌William D. Osborne (Prohibition) 0.38%
New York 27	Elbridge G. Lapham	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elbridge G. Lapham (Republican) 54.47% ▌David A. Pierpont (Democratic)[h] 45.42% ▌Thomas H. Howell (Prohibition) 0.11%
New York 28	Jeremiah W. Dwight	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jeremiah W. Dwight (Republican) 54.47% ▌William L. Mudge (Democratic) 38.72% ▌Epenetus Howe (Greenback) 6.53% ▌Gardine C. Hibbard (Prohibition) 0.73%
New York 29	John N. Hungerford	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y David P. Richardson (Republican) 42.82% ▌Francis G. Babcock (Democratic) 32.75% ▌Ralph Beaumont (Greenback) 24.43%
New York 30	Elizur K. Hart	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y John Van Voorhis (Republican) 43.49% ▌Alexander B. Lamberton (Democratic) 37.55% ▌Nathan G. Brown (Greenback) 10.00% ▌Alphonso A. Hopkins (Prohibition) 8.97%
New York 31	Charles B. Benedict	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Richard Crowley (Republican) 56.33% ▌Cyrus E. Davis (Democratic) 39.17% ▌Galen Miller (Greenback) 2.51% ▌Joseph W. Grosvenor (Prohibition) 1.03% ▌James F. Gordon (Independent) 0.96%
New York 32	Daniel N. Lockwood	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Ray V. Pierce (Republican) 52.34% ▌Daniel N. Lockwood (Democratic) 44.37% ▌Augustus R. Grote (Prohibition) 3.28%
New York 33	George W. Patterson	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Henry Van Aernam (Republican) 49.87% ▌Lorenzo Morris (Democratic) 29.55% ▌Silas Vinton (Greenback) 20.58%

North Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania

South Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

South Carolina was rampant with voter fraud, particularly through the use of tissue ballots, thin ballots hidden in the normal ballot, typically 10 to 20 at a time. The almost statewide exclusion of Republicans as Commissioners of Elections, and the ensuing appointment of nearly all Democratic Managers of Elections, allowed to Democratic Managers to perpetrate this scheme. When the votes were counted and more votes than voters were found, the Managers removed and destroyed the Republican ballots resulting in the complete takeover of the state.^[6][7][8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Joseph Rainey	Republican	1870 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John S. Richardson (Democratic) 61.70% ▌Joseph Rainey (Republican) 38.30%
South Carolina 2	Richard H. Cain	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Michael P. O'Connor (Democratic) 60.94% ▌Edmund W. M. Mackey (Republican) 39.06%
South Carolina 3	D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y D. Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 79.44% ▌J. F. Ensor (Republican) 20.56%
South Carolina 4	John H. Evins	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Evins (Democratic) 96.84% ▌Alexander S. Wallace (Republican) 3.16%
South Carolina 5	Robert Smalls	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y George D. Tillman (Democratic) 71.24% ▌Robert Smalls (Republican) 28.76%

Tennessee

See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	James H. Randolph	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 51.61% ▌A. H. Pettibone (Republican) 48.39%[9]
Tennessee 2	Jacob M. Thornburgh	Republican	1872	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Leonidas C. Houk (Republican) 57.12% ▌Albert G. Watkins (Ind. Democratic) 42.88%[10]
Tennessee 3	George G. Dibrell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George G. Dibrell (Democratic) 69.09% ▌Xenophon Wheeler (Republican) 30.91%[11]
Tennessee 4	Haywood Y. Riddle	Democratic	1875 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Benton McMillin (Democratic) 64.99% ▌E. J. Golladay (Ind. Democratic) 35.01%[12]
Tennessee 5	John M. Bright	Democratic	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Bright (Democratic) 65.41% ▌B. F. Lillard (Democratic) 20.23% ▌James A. Warder (Republican) 7.53% ▌P. C. Isbell (Greenback) 6.83%[13]
Tennessee 6	John F. House	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John F. House (Democratic) 57.18% ▌George F. Akers (Greenback) 27.75% ▌William F. Prosser (Republican) 14.29% ▌Jonathan A. Campbell (Ind. Greenback) 0.77%[14]
Tennessee 7	Washington C. Whitthorne	Democratic	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 43.16% ▌Jonathan H. Moore (Democratic) 36.29% ▌A. M. Hughes (Republican) 20.55%[15]
Tennessee 8	John D. C. Atkins	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 61.40% ▌James T. Warren (Greenback) 38.60%[16]
Tennessee 9	William P. Caldwell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Charles B. Simonton (Democratic) 63.68% ▌Gideon B. Black (Greenback) 36.32%[17]
Tennessee 10	H. Casey Young	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y H. Casey Young (Democratic) 54.79% ▌William M. Randolph (Republican) 31.74% ▌A. J. Keller (Greenback) 13.47%[18]

Texas

See also: List of United States representatives from Texas

Vermont

See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[19]
Vermont 1	Charles H. Joyce	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles H. Joyce (Republican) 68.1% ▌Jean Randall (Democratic) 31.9%
Vermont 2	Dudley C. Denison	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y James M. Tyler (Republican) 71.3% ▌Asa M. Dickey (Democratic) 28.4% ▌S. B. Barnard (Unknown) 0.2%
Vermont 3	George Hendee	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain.	First ballot ▌Bradley Barlow (Greenback) 46.8% ▌William W. Grout (Republican) 34.2% ▌George S. Waterman (Democratic) 18.3% ▌H. Henry Powers (Republican) 0.3% ▌George Hendee (Republican) 0.1% ▌George N. Dale (Republican) 0.1% Second ballot ▌Y Bradley Barlow (Greenback) 60.4% ▌William W. Grout (Republican) 31.3% ▌George S. Waterman (Democratic) 7.9% ▌W. H. H. Brigham (Democratic) 0.2%

Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[20]
Virginia 1	Richard L. T. Beale	Democratic	1847 1849 (retired) 1878 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard L. T. Beale (Democratic) 48.3% ▌George C. Round (Republican) 36.4% ▌John Critcher (Greenback) 15.3%
Virginia 2	John Goode	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Goode (Democratic) 56.7% ▌John F. Dezendorf (Republican) 43.3%
Virginia 3	Gilbert C. Walker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Joseph E. Johnston (Democratic) 58.1% ▌William W. Newman (Greenback) 41.9%
Virginia 4	Joseph Jorgensen	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) 60.7% ▌William E. Hinton (Democratic) 39.3%
Virginia 5	George Cabell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Cabell (Democratic) 66.7% ▌W. A. Witcher (Independent) 33.3%
Virginia 6	J. Randolph Tucker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Randolph Tucker (Democratic) 63.4% ▌Camm Patterson (Greenback) 36.3% ▌Lewis W. Cabell (Unknown) 0.3%
Virginia 7	John T. Harris	Democratic	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Harris (Democratic) 56.5% ▌John Paul (Conservative) 43.5%
Virginia 8	Eppa Hunton	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 78.0% ▌John R. Carton (Independent) 15.1% ▌James Cochran (Independent) 6.8%
Virginia 9	Auburn Pridemore	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y James B. Richmond (Democratic) 33.7% ▌Fayette McMullen (Independent) 31.8% ▌Samuel H. Newberry (Independent) 30.5% ▌Charles C. Campbell (Republican) 4.0%

West Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
West Virginia 1	Benjamin Wilson	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin Wilson (Democratic) 48.95% ▌J. R. Hubbard (Republican) 38.43% ▌James Bassell (Greenback) 12.62%[21]
West Virginia 2	Benjamin F. Martin	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin F. Martin (Democratic) 56.61% ▌F. A. Burr (Republican) 27.85% ▌J. H. Thompson (Greenback) 15.53%[22]
West Virginia 3	John E. Kenna	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John E. Kenna (Democratic) 54.01% ▌Henry I. Walker (Republican) 45.99%[23]

Wisconsin

See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eight members of congress on Election Day, November 5, 1878.^[24][25]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	Charles G. Williams	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles G. Williams (Republican) 59.5% ▌Charles H. Parker (Greenback) 40.5%
Wisconsin 2	Lucien B. Caswell	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 51.5% ▌Romanzo E. Davis (Democratic) 38.8% ▌Horace A. Tenney (Greenback) 9.7%
Wisconsin 3	George C. Hazelton	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George C. Hazelton (Republican) 50.2% ▌Owen King (Democratic) 49.8%
Wisconsin 4	William Pitt Lynde	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Peter V. Deuster (Democratic) 47.4% ▌Leander F. Frisby (Republican) 46.8% ▌Truman H. Judd (Greenback) 5.7%
Wisconsin 5	Edward S. Bragg	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward S. Bragg (Democratic) 46.2% ▌Hiram N. Smith (Republican) 38.3% ▌David Giddings (Greenback) 15.5%
Wisconsin 6	Gabriel Bouck	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 45.9% ▌James V. Jones (Republican) 37.6% ▌George McKendree Steele (Greenback) 16.5%
Wisconsin 7	Herman L. Humphrey	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Herman L. Humphrey (Republican) 54.2% ▌Charles D. Parker (Democratic) 45.8%
Wisconsin 8	Thaddeus C. Pound	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thaddeus C. Pound (Republican) 52.8% ▌Augustus Barrows (Democratic) 47.2%

Non-voting delegates

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arizona Territory at-large
Dakota Territory at-large	Jefferson P. Kidder	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Republican gain.	▌Y Granville G. Bennett (Ind. Republican) ▌Jefferson P. Kidder (Republican) [data missing][26]
Idaho Territory at-large	Stephen S. Fenn	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y George Ainslie (Democratic) 61.37% ▌Jonas W. Brown (Republican) 38.63%[27]
Montana Territory at-large	Martin Maginnis	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 70.40% ▌Sample Orr (Republican) 29.60%[28]
New Mexico Territory at-large
Utah Territory at-large
Washington Territory at-large
Wyoming Territory at-large	William W. Corlett	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Stephen W. Downey (Republican) 58.33% ▌E. L. Pease (Democratic) 41.85%[29]

See also

• 1878–79 United States Senate elections
• 45th United States Congress
• 46th United States Congress

Notes

1. Dubin (p. 249) counts 140 Democrats, 6 Independent Democrats, 130 Republicans (incl. 1 Independent Republican), and 11 Greenbacks at the start of the 46th United States Congress.
2. Included 2 Independent Democrats.
3. Includes 7 Independent Democrats.
4. In 1879, California held its last regular congressional election in an odd-numbered year.
5. There were 7 Independent Democrats
6. There were 13 Greenbacks
7. also endorsed by the Democrats
8. Also endorsed by the Greenbacks
9. Also endorsed by the Republicans
10. Thomas Jefferson Majors, who was elected to complete Frank Welch's term in the 45th Congress, was elected as "member-contingent". He believed that Nebraska was entitled to a second congressional seat, and so was elected to fill that seat if Congress had approved it.^[5]
11. Also endorsed by the "Anti-Tammany" Democrats
12. For the purposes of simplicity he is listed as having been elected an Independent Democrat.