1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia

1896 United States House of Representatives elections
All 357 seats in the United States House of Representatives; 179 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold; Populist gain Populist hold; Silver Republican gain
Speaker before election; Thomas Reed; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Thomas Reed; Republican

1896 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 55th U.S. Congress

The 1896 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1896, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the election of President William McKinley. Elections were held for 357 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 55th United States Congress. The size of the House increased by one seat after Utah gained statehood on January 4, 1896. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

Quick Facts All 357 seats in the United States House of Representatives 179 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

The Republican Party maintained its large majority in the House but lost 48 seats, mostly to the Democratic and Populist parties. The Republican losses were most likely due to the extraordinary gains that party made in the prior elections,^{[citation needed]} when many normally Democratic districts voted Republican due to the severity of and fallout from the Panic of 1893. The Democratic Party recovered in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern districts dominated by Catholic and working-class voters. In the West, the Populist Party made large gains and several Republicans broke away over the national party platform's endorsement of a gold standard.

This election marked the zenith of the Populist Party. The Populists would lose most of their seats in the 1898 elections and thereafter slowly fade from prominence.

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[1] Three states held early elections between June 1 and September 14.

[3] 1 Silver, 3 Silver Republican, and 1 Independent Republican

[early-4] Elections held early.

[Wash-1896-5] While Dubin (p. 320) indicates the two representatives elected to serve Washington state, J. Hamilton Lewis and William C. Jones, were Populists, most other sources (e.g. Martis, pp. 150–151, etc.) indicate that they were elected as a Democrat and a Silver Republican, respectively.

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124	22	5	206
Democratic	Pop	^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Populist		Silver		Silver Republican		Ind. Republican		Republican
State	Type	Total seats	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	7	2	1	1	0		0		0		1	1
Arkansas	District	6	6		0		0		0		0		0
California	District	7	2	1	2	2	0		0		0		3	3
Colorado	District	2	0		1		0		1	1	0		0	1
Connecticut	District	4	0		0		0		0		0		4
Delaware	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
Florida	District	2	2		0		0		0		0		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0		0		0		0		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		1	1	0		0		0		0	1
Illinois	District	22	5	3	0		0		0		0		17	3
Indiana	District	13	4	4	0		0		0		0		9	4
Iowa	District	11	0		0		0		0		0		11
Kansas	District +at-large	8	0		6	5	0		0		0		2	5
Kentucky	District	11	7	1	0		0		0		0		4	1
Louisiana	District	6	6		0		0		0		0		0
Maine^{[lower-alpha 3]}	District	4	0		0		0		0		0		4
Maryland	District	6	0	3	0		0		0		0		6	3
Massachusetts	District	13	1		0		0		0		0		12
Michigan	District	12	2	2	0		0		0		0		10	2
Minnesota	District	7	0		0		0		0		0		7
Mississippi	District	7	7		0		0		0		0		0
Missouri	District	15	12	7	0		0		0		0		3	7
Montana	At-large	1	0		0		0		1	1	0		0	1
Nebraska	District	6	0		4	3	0		0		0		2	3
Nevada	At-large	1	0		0		1		0		0		0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
New Jersey	District	8	0		0		0		0		0		8
New York	District	34	5	1	0		0		0		0		29	1
North Carolina	District	9	1	1	5	1	0		0		0		3
North Dakota	At-large	1	0		0		0		0		0		1
Ohio	District	21	6	4	0		0		0		0		15	4
Oregon^{[lower-alpha 3]}	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
Pennsylvania	District +2 at-large	30	3	1	0		0		0		1	1	26	2
Rhode Island	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
South Carolina	District	7	7	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		2	2	0		0		0		0	2
Tennessee	District	10	8	2	0		0		0		0		2	2
Texas	District	13	12		0		0		0		0		1
Utah	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
Vermont^{[lower-alpha 3]}	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
Virginia	District	10	6	2	0		0		0		0		4	2
Washington^{[lower-alpha 4]}	At-large	2	1	1	0		0		1	1	0		0	2
West Virginia	District	4	0		0		1		3	3	0		0
Wisconsin	District	10	0		0		0		0		0		10
Wyoming	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
Total		357	124 34.7%	31	22 6.2%	13	1 0.3%	0	3 0.8%		1 0.3%	1	206 57.7%	48

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 5
South Carolina 7	J. William Stokes	Democratic	1894	Incumbent's previous election declared void June 1, 1896 due to electoral fraud. Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1896. Incumbent also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y J. William Stokes (Democratic) [data missing]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Richard Henry Clarke	Democratic	1888	Incumbent retired to un for Governor of Alabama. New member elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y George W. Taylor (Democratic) 70.50% ▌Frank H. Threatt (Republican) 25.38% ▌Emory C. Stearnes (Populist) 3.84%
Alabama 2	Jesse F. Stallings	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jesse F. Stallings (Democratic) 55.94% ▌Thomas H. Clarke (National Democratic) 25.63% ▌John C. Fonville (Populist) 18.43%
Alabama 3	George Paul Harrison Jr.	Democratic	1894	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (Democratic) 52.61% ▌George L. Comer (National Democratic) 25.94% ▌Emmet C. Jackson (Populist) 21.45%
Alabama 4	William F. Aldrich	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected after initial results indicated loss to Plowman.	▌Y William F. Aldrich (Republican) 49.75% ▌Thomas S. Plowman (Democratic) 45.59% ▌Edmund H. Dryer (National Democratic) 4.66%
Alabama 5	Albert Taylor Goodwyn	Populist	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Willis Brewer (Democratic) 60.85% ▌Albert Taylor Goodwyn (Populist) 39.15%
Alabama 6	John H. Bankhead	Democratic	1886	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Bankhead (Democratic) 55.07% ▌A. S. Van de Graff (National Democratic) 27.05% ▌George S. Youngblood (Populist) 17.88%
Alabama 7	Milford W. Howard	Populist	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Milford W. Howard (Populist) 35.79% ▌William I. Bullock (Democratic) 32.66% ▌James J. Curtis (Republican) 28.91% ▌George H. Parker (National Democratic) 2.64%
Alabama 8	Joseph Wheeler	Democratic	1884	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph Wheeler (Democratic) 56.66% ▌Oscar W. Hundley (Republican) 42.13% ▌W. W. Callahan (National Democratic) 1.21%
Alabama 9	Truman H. Aldrich	Republican	1894	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 62.98% ▌Grattan B. Crowe (Republican) 26.21% ▌Archibald Lawson (National Democratic) 10.81%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	John All Barham	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John All Barham (Republican) 49.66% ▌Fletcher A. Cutler (Democratic) 45.48% ▌George W. Montieth (Populist) 4.17% ▌B. F. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.69%
California 2	Grove L. Johnson	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Marion De Vries (Democratic) 55.51% ▌Grove L. Johnson (Republican) 42.28% ▌F. E. Coulter (Prohibition) 2.21%
California 3	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel G. Hilborn (Republican) 54.02% ▌Warren B. English (Democratic) 44.03% ▌John H. Eustice (Socialist Labor) 1.06% ▌William Shafer (Prohibition) 0.89%
California 4	James G. Maguire	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James G. Maguire (Democratic) 60.98% ▌Thomas B. O'Brien (Republican) 34.97% ▌E. T. Kingsley (Socialist Labor) 3.10% ▌Joseph Rowell (Prohibition) 0.96%
California 5	Eugene F. Loud	Republican	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 48.58% ▌Joseph P. Kelly (Democratic) 26.35% ▌A. B. Kinne (Populist) 22.16% ▌Henry Daniels (Socialist Labor) 1.90% ▌T. H. Lawson (Prohibition) 1.01%
California 6	James McLachlan	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Populist gain.	▌Y Charles A. Barlow (Populist) 48.91% ▌James McLachlan (Republican) 47.57% ▌Henry Clay Needham (Prohibition) 2.42% ▌Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.10%
California 7	William W. Bowers	Republican	1890	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Populist gain.	▌Y Curtis H. Castle (Populist) 46.72% ▌William W. Bowers (Republican) 46.12% ▌William H. Carlson (Independent) 5.21% ▌James W. Webb (Prohibition) 1.95%

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Oklahoma Territory at-large	Dennis T. Flynn	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. New delegate elected. Silver gain.	▌Y James Y. Callahan (Silver) 51.09% ▌Dennis T. Flynn (Republican) 48.91%^[37]

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican) 66.90% ▌Edward W. Staples (Democratic) 30.42% ▌Aaron Clark (Prohibition) 2.09% ▌James E. Campion (Populist) 0.59%
Maine 2	Nelson Dingley Jr.	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 69.21% ▌Arwood Levensaler (Democratic) 26.01% ▌Charles E. Allen (Populist) 3.38% ▌Edward W. Ogier (Prohibition) 1.41%
Maine 3	Seth L. Milliken	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 68.20% ▌Melvin S. Holway (Democratic) 26.18% ▌Bradford F. Lancaster (Populist) 3.82% ▌William S. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.80%
Maine 4	Charles A. Boutelle	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 65.96% ▌Andrew J. Chase (Democratic) 28.39% ▌George M. Park (Prohibition) 2.89% ▌Oliver D. Chapman (Populist) 2.76%

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