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The 1884 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1884, with four states holding theirs early between June and October. They coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland. Elections were held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 49th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
Quick facts All 325 seats in the United States House of Representatives 163 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...
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In spite of Cleveland's victory, the opposition Republican Party gained back some of the seats lost in 1882, but the Democratic Party retained a majority in the House. 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.
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Election summaries
183 | 1 | 141 |
Democratic | [e] | Republican |
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State | Type | Total seats |
Democratic | Republican | Others | |||
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Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | |||
Alabama | District | 8 | 8 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Arkansas | District[f] | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
California | District[f] | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
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[f] | 10 | 10 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Illinois | District | 20 | 10 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Indiana | District | 13 | 9 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Iowa | District | 11 | 3 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
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Kansas | District[f] | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Kentucky | District | 11 | 10 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Louisiana | District | 6 | 5 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Maine[h] | District[i] | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Maryland | District | 6 | 5 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Massachusetts | District | 12 | 2 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Michigan | District | 11 | 7 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Minnesota | District | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Mississippi | District | 7 | 7 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Missouri | District | 14 | 12 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Nebraska | District | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
New Hampshire | District | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
New Jersey | District | 7 | 3 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
New York | District[f] | 34 | 17[d] | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
North Carolina | District[f] | 9 | 8 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Ohio[h] | District | 21 | 11 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Oregon[h] | 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 | 6 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Tennessee | District | 10 | 7 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Texas | District | 11 | 11 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Vermont[h] | District | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Virginia | District[f] | 10 | 8 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
West Virginia | District | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Wisconsin | District | 9 | 2 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Total | 325 | 183[1][d] 56.3% |
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141[1] 43.4% |
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1[1] 0.6% |
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Early election dates
In 1884, four states, with 28 seats among them, held elections early:
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More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Arkansas 3 | James K. Jones | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent resigned February 19, 1885. New member elected September 7, 1885. Democratic hold |
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South Carolina 7 | Edmund W. M. Mackey | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent died January 27, 1884. New member elected March 18, 1884. Republican hold. |
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Iowa 7 | |||||
Indiana 13 | William H. Calkins | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent resigned October 20, 1884. New member elected November 4, 1884. Anti-Monopoly gain. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. |
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South Carolina 4 | John H. Evins | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent died October 20, 1884. New member elected November 12, 1884. Democratic hold. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. |
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Alabama
Arkansas
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[5] | |
Arkansas 1 | Poindexter Dunn | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas 2 | Clifton R. Breckinridge Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas 3 | James K. Jones Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas 4 | John H. Rogers Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas 5 | Samuel W. Peel Redistricted from the 4th district |
Democratic | 1882 | New seat. Incumbent re-elected. |
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California
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Two new districts were created for the seats gained in the 1882 reapportionment, eliminating the at-large district that had been created for them.
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
California 1 | Barclay Henley Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 2 | Charles A. Sumner Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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California 3 | John R. Glascock Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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California 4 | William Rosecrans Redistricted from the 1st district |
Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
Others
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California 5 | Pleasant B. Tully Redistricted from the 4th district |
Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
Others
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California 6 | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. |
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Colorado
Connecticut
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[6] | |
Connecticut 1 | William W. Eaton | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Connecticut 2 | Charles L. Mitchell | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Connecticut 3 | John T. Wait | Republican | 1876 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Connecticut 4 | Edward W. Seymour | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Delaware
Florida
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Florida 1 | Robert H. M. Davidson | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Florida 2 | Horatio Bisbee Jr. | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain |
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Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Maine 1 | Thomas B. Reed Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine 2 | Nelson Dingley Jr. Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1881 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine 3 | Seth L. Milliken Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Others
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Maine 4 | Charles A. Boutelle Redistricted from the at-large district |
Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland
Massachusetts
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Massachusetts 1 | Robert T. Davis | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 2 | John Davis Long | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 3 | Ambrose Ranney | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 4 | Patrick Collins | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 5 | Leopold Morse | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Massachusetts 6 | Henry B. Lovering | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 7 | Eben F. Stone | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 8 | William A. Russell | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Massachusetts 9 | Theodore Lyman III | Independent Republican |
1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Massachusetts 10 | William W. Rice | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 11 | William Whiting II | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 12 | Francis W. Rockwell | Republican | Jan. 1884 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan
Minnesota
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[7] | |
Minnesota 1 | Milo White | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 2 | James Wakefield | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 3 | Horace B. Strait | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota 4 | William D. Washburn | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Minnesota 5 | Knute Nelson | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Mississippi 1 | Henry L. Muldrow | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent retired to become First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Democratic hold. |
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Mississippi 2 | James R. Chalmers | Independent | 1882[l] | Incumbent lost re-election as a Republican. Democratic gain. |
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Mississippi 3 | Elza Jeffords | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. |
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Mississippi 4 | Hernando Money | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Mississippi 5 | Otho R. Singleton | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 6 | Henry S. Van Eaton | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 7 | Ethelbert Barksdale | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Missouri
Nebraska
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Nebraska 1 | Archibald J. Weaver | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska 2 | James Laird | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska 3 | Edward K. Valentine | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
South Carolina 1 | Samuel Dibble | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 2 | George D. Tillman | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 3 | D. Wyatt Aiken | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 4 | John H. Evins | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent died October 20, 1884. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the current term. |
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South Carolina 5 | John J. Hemphill | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 6 | George W. Dargan | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 7 | Robert Smalls | Republican | 1884 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Tennessee 1 | A. H. Pettibone | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 2 | Leonidas C. Houk | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 3 | George G. Dibrell | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 4 | Benton McMillin | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 5 | Richard Warner | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 6 | Andrew J. Caldwell | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 7 | John G. Ballentine | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 8 | John M. Taylor | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 9 | Rice A. Pierce | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 10 | H. Casey Young | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Texas
Vermont
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[28] | |
Vermont 1 | John W. Stewart | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 2 | Luke P. Poland | Republican | 1866 1874 (lost) 1882 |
Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Virginia
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[29] | |
Virginia 1 | George T. Garrison | Democratic | 1880 1882 (contest) |
Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Virginia 2 | Harry Libbey | Readjuster | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain. |
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Virginia 3 | George D. Wise | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 4 | Benjamin S. Hooper | Readjuster | 1882 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Virginia 5 | George Cabell | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 6 | None (new district) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 7 | Charles T. O'Ferrall | Democratic | 1882 (contest) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 8 | John S. Barbour Jr. | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 9 | Henry Bowen | Readjuster | 1882 | Incumbent lost renomination as a Republican. Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 10 | J. Randolph Tucker Redistricted from the 6th district |
Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia at-large | John Sergeant Wise | Readjuster | 1882 | Incumbent retired. Seat eliminated. Readjuster loss. |
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West Virginia
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
West Virginia 1 | Nathan Goff Jr. | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 2 | William L. Wilson | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 3 | Charles P. Snyder | Democratic | 1883 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia 4 | Eustace Gibson | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 4, 1884.[34][35]
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Wisconsin 1 | John Winans | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Wisconsin 2 | Daniel H. Sumner | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-nomination. Democratic hold. |
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Wisconsin 3 | Burr W. Jones | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Wisconsin 4 | Peter V. Deuster | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Wisconsin 5 | Joseph Rankin | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 6 | Richard W. Guenther | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 7 | Gilbert M. Woodward | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Wisconsin 8 | William T. Price | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 9 | Isaac Stephenson | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Non-voting delegates
More information District, Incumbent ...
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Idaho Territory at-large | Theodore F. Singiser | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Montana Territory at-large | Martin Maginnis | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Wyoming Territory at-large | Morton E. Post | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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See also
Notes
- Dubin (p. 271) counts 182 Democrats, 142 Republicans, and 1 Greenback at the start of the 49th United States Congress.
- Included 2 Independent Democrats and 1 Independent Republican.
- Includes 1 Independent Democrat, Truman A. Merriman of NY-11.
- Independent in previous election.
- Initial victor was Van. H. Manning, but election was overturned in 1884.
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