1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 5, 1876, and March 13, 1877. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 45th United States Congress convened on October 15, 1877. The size of the House increased to 293 seats with the addition of the new state of Colorado.

1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1874 & 1875 June 5, 1876 – March 1877[a][b] 1878 & 1879 →
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 180 seats 103 seats Seats won 155[1][c] 136[c] Seat change 25 33 Popular vote 4,220,480 3,825,311 Percentage 51.27% 46.47% Swing 2.15% 2.09%   Third party   Party Independent Last election 4 seats[d][e] Seats won 2[f] Seat change 2 Popular vote 96,318 Percentage 1.17% Swing 3.27%
Map of U.S. House elections results from 1876 elections for 45th Congress
Speaker before election Vacancy Democratic Elected Speaker Samuel Randall Democratic

These elections coincided with the (heavily contested) election of President Rutherford B. Hayes and the United States Centennial. Hayes' Republican Party was able to recover from the Democratic Party many of the seats it had lost two years before as the economy improved slightly. However, the Democrats retained a majority and were able to use the disinterest of the people in Republican Reconstruction-led projects to help keep crucial seats. Republican congressional leadership had a difficult time distancing itself from the corruption of the Ulysses S. Grant administration or the legislature's impact on the economy downturn.

Election summaries

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157	136
Democratic	Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	8	8	2	0	2
Arkansas	District	4	4[g]		0
California	District	4	2	1	2	1
Colorado	At-large	1	1	1	0	1
Connecticut	District	4	3		1
Delaware	At-large	1	1		0
Florida	District	2	2	1	0	1
Georgia	District	9	9[g]		0
Illinois	District	19	8	2	11	4
Indiana	District	13	4	4	9	4
Iowa	District	9	0	1	9	1
Kansas	District	3	0	1	3	1
Kentucky	District	10	10	1	0	1
Louisiana	District	6	5	1	1	1
Maine	District	5	0		5
Maryland	District	6	6		0
Massachusetts	District	11	2	1	9	4
Michigan	District	9	1	2	8	2
Minnesota	District	3	0		3
Mississippi	District	6	6	2	0	2
Missouri	District	13	9	4	4	4
Nebraska	At-large	1	0		1
Nevada	At-large	1	0		1
New Hampshire[h]	District	3	1	1	2	1
New Jersey	District	7	4	1	3	1
New York	District	33	16	1	17	1
North Carolina	District	8	7		1
Ohio	District	20	8	5	12	5
Oregon	At-large	1	0	1	1	1
Pennsylvania	District	27	10	7	17	7
Rhode Island	District	2	0		2
South Carolina	District	5	2	2	3	2
Tennessee	District	10	8	1	2	1
Texas	District	6	6		0
Vermont	District	3	0		3
Virginia	District	9	8		1
West Virginia	District	3	3		0
Wisconsin	District	8	3		5
Total		293	157[1][f] 53.6%	27	136[1] 46.4%	31

Popular vote Democratic   51.27% Independent   1.17% Republican   46.47% Others   1.09%

House seats Democratic   52.90% Independent   0.68% Republican   46.42%

The previous election included 4 Independents, in Illinois and Massachusetts.

Results shaded according to winning candidate's share of the vote

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 Republican gain   no net change

Election dates

In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform nationwide date for choosing Presidential electors.^[2] This law 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 1876–77, there were still 8 states with earlier election dates, and 1 state with a later election date.

Elections before Election Day (United States):

• June 5: Oregon
• September 5: Vermont
• September 11: Maine
• October 4:Georgia
• October 10: Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia

Standard Election Day:

• November 7, 1876

Election after Election Day:

• March 13, 1877: New Hampshire

Special elections

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 3	Henry H. Starkweather	Republican	1867	Incumbent died January 28, 1876. New member elected April 12, 1876. Republican hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y John T. Wait (Republican) 54.5% ▌David A. Welles (Democratic) 42.9% ▌Elisha H. Palmer (Prohibition) 2.6%[3]
Connecticut 4	William Barnum	Democratic	1867	Incumbent resigned May 18, 1876, when elected U.S. senator. New member elected November 7, 1876. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Levi Warner (Democratic) 52.5% ▌Robbert Hubbard (Republican) 47.2% ▌Elias B. Hilliard (Prohibition) 0.2%[3]
Indiana 2
Indiana 3
Maine 3	James G. Blaine	Republican	1862	Incumbent resigned July 10, 1876. New member elected September 11, 1876. Republican hold. Winner retired after serving out the remainder of the term.	▌Y Edwin Flye (Republican) 54.85% ▌Isaac Reed (Democratic) 45.15%

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama and 1876 United States Senate election in Alabama

Alabama redistricted and eliminated its at-large seats, going from 6 districts and 2 at-large seats to 8 districts. The state also elected a full delegation of Democrats, voting out the two Republicans.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Charles Hays Redistricted from the 4th district	Republican	1872	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y James T. Jones (Democratic) 49.25% ▌Frederick G. Bromberg (Ind. Democratic) 40.82% ▌William W. Turner (Republican) 9.92%[4]
Alabama 2	New district			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Hilary A. Herbert (Democratic) 54.90% ▌Gerald B. Hall (Republican) 45.10%[5]
Alabama 3	Jeremiah Norman Williams Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jeremiah Norman Williams (Democratic) 78.34% ▌William H. Betts (Republican) 21.66%[6]
Alabama 4	Jeremiah Haralson Redistricted from the 1st district	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Charles M. Shelley (Democratic) 37.77% ▌Jeremiah Haralson (Republican) 33.93% ▌James T. Rapier (Colored Republican) 28.30%[7]
Alabama 5	New district			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Robert F. Ligon (Democratic) 65.77% ▌D. B. Booth (Republican) 34.23%[8]
Alabama 6	Goldsmith W. Hewitt	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Goldsmith W. Hewitt (Democratic) 100% Uncontested[9]
	Burwell Boykin Lewis Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
Alabama 7	William Henry Forney Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Henry Forney (Democratic) 100% Uncontested[10]
	Taul Bradford Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
	John H. Caldwell Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
Alabama 8	New district			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y William W. Garth (Democratic) 62.0% ▌John B. McClellan (Ind. Democratic) 38.0%[11]

Arkansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas and 1877 United States Senate election in Arkansas

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[12]
Arkansas 1	Lucien C. Gause	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lucien C. Gause (Democratic) 97.5% Uncontested
Arkansas 2	William F. Slemons	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William F. Slemons (Democratic) 53.7% ▌Oliver P. Snyder (Republican) 47.6%
Arkansas 3	William W. Wilshire	Democratic	1872 1874 (lost contest) 1874	Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain.	▌Y Jordan E. Cravens (Ind. Democratic) 35.9% ▌John McClure (Republican) 34.7% ▌H. B. Stuart (Democratic) 25.7%
Arkansas 4	Thomas M. Gunter	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 74.7% ▌J.H. Huckleberry (Republican) 25.3%

California

Main article: 1876 United States House of Representatives elections in California

See also: List of United States representatives from California

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	William Adam Piper	Democratic	1875	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Horace Davis (Republican) 53.3% ▌William A. Piper (Democratic) 46.7%
California 2	Horace F. Page	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Horace F. Page (Republican) 56.7% ▌G. J. Carpenter (Democratic) 43.3%
California 3	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John K. Luttrell (Democratic) 51.1% ▌Joseph McKenna (Republican) 48.9%
California 4	Peter D. Wigginton	Democratic	1875	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) 50% ▌Peter D. Wigginton (Democratic) 50%

Colorado

Main article: 1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

See also: List of United States representatives from Colorado

There were two elections to the new state of Colorado.

44th Congress

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Colorado at-large	New district			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y James B. Belford (Republican) [data missing]

45th Congress

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Colorado at-large	James B. Belford	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected. Election was later successfully challenged by the challenger.	▌Y James B. Belford (Republican) 51.9% ▌Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic)

Connecticut

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut and 1876 United States Senate special election in Connecticut

Connecticut had been electing is members late in the cycle, even after the terms had begun. But starting in 1876, the state joined the others in electing its members on the November 7, 1876 Election Day. The delegation remained 3 Democrats and 1 Republican.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[13]
Connecticut 1	George M. Landers	Democratic	1875	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George M. Landers (Democratic) 50.2% ▌Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 49.8%
Connecticut 2	James Phelps	Democratic	1875	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Phelps (Democratic) 53.8% ▌Stephen W. Kellogg (Republican) 46.3%
Connecticut 3	John T. Wait	Republican	1876 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Wait (Republican) 54.2% ▌Waller (Democratic) 45.8%
Connecticut 4	William Barnum	Democratic	1867	Incumbent resigned May 18, 1876, when elected U.S. senator. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to finish the current term; see above.	▌Y Levi Warner (Democratic) 52.7% ▌Robbert Hubbard (Republican) 47.4%

Delaware

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware and 1876 United States Senate election in Delaware

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Delaware at-large	James Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Williams (Democratic) 55.4% ▌Bird (Republican) 44.6%

Florida

Main article: 1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

See also: List of United States representatives from Florida

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	William J. Purman	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 51.2% ▌William J. Purman (Republican) 48.8%
Florida 2	Jesse J. Finley	Democratic	1874[i]	Incumbent lost re-election.[j] Republican gain.	▌Y Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Republican) 50.04% ▌Jesse J. Finley (Democratic) 49.96%

Georgia

See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois

Indiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana

Iowa

See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa

Kansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas

Kentucky

See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky

Louisiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana

Maine

See also: List of United States representatives from Maine

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	John H. Burleigh	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 51.45% ▌John M. Goodwin (Democratic) 47.99% ▌John H. Burleigh (Republican) 0.56%
Maine 2	William P. Frye	Republican	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William P. Frye (Republican) 55.72% ▌S. Clifford Belcher (Democratic) 42.04% ▌Solon Chase (Greenback) 2.24%
Maine 3	Vacant			Rep. James G. Blaine (R) resigned July 10, 1876. Republican hold. Concurrent special election held to serve out the unexpired term; the winner did not stand for the regular election.	▌Y Stephen Lindsey (Republican) 55.18% ▌Edward K. O'Brien (Democratic) 44.83%
Maine 4	Harris M. Plaisted	Republican	1875 (special)	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Llewellyn Powers (Republican) 53.83% ▌John P. Donworth (Democratic) 42.12% ▌Lyndon Oak (Independent Republican) 4.05%
Maine 5	Eugene Hale	Republican	1868	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eugene Hale (Republican) 55.34% ▌William H. McLellan (Democratic) 44.66%

Maryland

See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland

Massachusetts

See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	William W. Crapo	Republican	1875 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William W. Crapo (Republican) 69.61% ▌Joseph M. Day (Democratic) 30.39%
Massachusetts 2	Benjamin W. Harris	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 61.45% ▌Edward Avery (Democratic) 38.55%
Massachusetts 3	Henry L. Pierce	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected after initial result overturned. Democratic gain.	▌Y Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 50.04% ▌Walbridge A. Field (Republican) 49.96%
Massachusetts 4	Josiah Gardner Abbott	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Leopold Morse (Democratic) 52.66% ▌Rufus S. Frost (Republican) 47.34%
Massachusetts 5	Nathaniel P. Banks	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nathaniel P. Banks (Republican) 51.97% ▌Richard Frothingham Jr. (Democratic) 48.03%
Massachusetts 6	Charles Perkins Thompson	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y George B. Loring (Republican) 52.44% ▌Charles Perkins Thompson (Democratic) 47.56%
Massachusetts 7	John K. Tarbox	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Benjamin Butler (Republican) 51.63% ▌John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 40.02% ▌Ebenezer R. Hoar (Ind. Republican) 8.34%
Massachusetts 8	John M. S. Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y William Claflin (Republican) 53.27% ▌William W. Warren (Democratic) 46.73%
Massachusetts 9	George F. Hoar	Republican	1868	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senate. Republican hold.	▌Y William W. Rice (Republican) 57.54% ▌George F. Verry (Democratic) 42.46%
Massachusetts 10	Charles A. Stevens	Republican	1875 (special)	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Amasa Norcross (Republican) 63.86% ▌Samuel O. Lamb (Democratic) 36.14%
Massachusetts 11	Chester W. Chapin	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y George D. Robinson (Republican) 54.01% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 44.22%

Michigan

See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan

Minnesota

See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota

Mississippi

See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Lucius Q. C. Lamar	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	▌Y Henry L. Muldrow (Democratic) 76.24% ▌J. W. Lee (Republican) 23.76%[14]
Mississippi 2	G. Wiley Wells	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Van. H. Manning (Democratic) 61.74% ▌Thomas Watson (Republican) 38.26%[15]
Mississippi 3	Hernando Money	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hernando Money (Democratic) 73.96% ▌W. W. Chisholm (Republican) 26.04%[16]
Mississippi 4	Otho R. Singleton	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 80.80% ▌W. M. Hancock (Republican) 19.20%[17]
Mississippi 5	Charles E. Hooker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 69.67% ▌M. Shaughnessey (Republican) 30.33%[18]
Mississippi 6	John R. Lynch	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y James R. Chalmers (Democratic) 56.04% ▌John R. Lynch (Republican) 43.96%[19]

Missouri

See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri

Nebraska

See also: List of United States representatives from Nebraska

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska at-large	Lorenzo Crounse	Republican	1872	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Frank Welch (Republican) 59.79% ▌Joseph Hollman (Democratic) 33.29% ▌Marvin Warren (Greenback) 6.93%[20]

Nevada

See also: List of United States representatives from Nevada

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nevada at-large	William Woodburn	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas Wren (Republican) 52.3% ▌A. C. Ellis (Democratic) 47.7%

New Hampshire

See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire

New Jersey

See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey

New York

See also: List of United States representatives from New York

North Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

Ohio

See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio

Oregon

See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island

South Carolina

Main article: 1876 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Joseph Rainey	Republican	1870 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph Rainey (Republican) 52.2% ▌John S. Richardson (Democratic) 47.8%
South Carolina 2	Edmund W. M. Mackey	Independent Republican	1874	Seat declared vacant July 19, 1876, due to contested election. Republican gain.	▌Y Richard H. Cain (Republican) 62.1% ▌Michael P. O'Connor (Democratic) 37.9%
South Carolina 3	Solomon L. Hoge	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y D. Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 58.0% ▌Lewis C. Carpenter (Republican) 42.0%
South Carolina 4	Alexander S. Wallace	Republican	1868	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John H. Evins (Democratic) 57.6% ▌Alexander S. Wallace (Republican) 42.4%
South Carolina 5	Robert Smalls	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Smalls (Republican) 51.9% ▌George D. Tillman (Democratic) 48.1%

Tennessee

See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	William McFarland	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y James H. Randolph (Republican) 52.41% ▌William McFarland (Democratic) 47.59%[21]
Tennessee 2	Jacob M. Thornburgh	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jacob M. Thornburgh (Republican) 59.87% ▌William Cullom (Democratic) 40.13%[22]
Tennessee 3	George G. Dibrell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George G. Dibrell (Democratic) 61.51% ▌G. M. Drake (Republican) 38.49%[23]
Tennessee 4	Haywood Y. Riddle	Democratic	1875 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Haywood Y. Riddle (Democratic) 70.59% ▌R. A. Cox (Democratic) 20.93% ▌R. F. Patton (Republican) 8.48%[24]
Tennessee 5	John M. Bright	Democratic	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Bright (Democratic) 73.98% ▌Robert Galbraith (Republican) 26.02%[25]
Tennessee 6	John F. House	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John F. House (Democratic) 63.62% ▌William F. Prosser (Republican) 36.38%[26]
Tennessee 7	Washington C. Whitthorne	Democratic	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 68.57% ▌D. B. Cliff (Republican) 21.11% ▌G. W. Blackburn (Independent Republican) 10.32%[27]
Tennessee 8	John D. C. Atkins	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 61.78% ▌Samuel W. Hawkins (Republican) 38.22%[28]
Tennessee 9	William P. Caldwell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William P. Caldwell (Democratic) 69.45% ▌H. B. Folk (Republican) 30.55%[29]

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[30]
Vermont 1	Charles H. Joyce	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles H. Joyce (Republican) 67.2% ▌Asa Child (Democratic) 32.7%
Vermont 2	Dudley C. Denison	Independent Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain.	▌Y Dudley C. Denison (Republican) 71.2% ▌Asa M. Dickey (Democratic) 28.3% ▌Luke P. Poland (Republican) 0.4%
Vermont 3	George Hendee	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Hendee (Republican) 68.5% ▌John Edwards (Democratic) 30.7% ▌Asahel Peck (Republican) 0.7%

Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[31]
Virginia 1	Beverly B. Douglas	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Beverly B. Douglas (Democratic) 56.5% ▌L. C. Boiston (Republican) 43.5%
Virginia 2	John Goode	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Goode (Democratic) 53.0% ▌Joseph Secar (Republican) 47.0%
Virginia 3	Gilbert C. Walker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gilbert C. Walker (Democratic) 55.3% ▌Charles S. Mills (Republican) 44.5%
Virginia 4	William H. H. Stowell	Republican	1870	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) 51.9% ▌William E. Hunton (Democratic) 46.7% ▌M. De R. Mortie (Republican) 1.4%
Virginia 5	George Cabell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Cabell (Democratic) 60.6% ▌Daniel S. Lewis (Republican) 39.4%
Virginia 6	J. Randolph Tucker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Randolph Tucker (Democratic) 59.6% ▌George H. Burch (Republican) 40.4%
Virginia 7	John T. Harris	Democratic	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Harris (Democratic) 73.3% ▌Everett W. Early (Republican) 26.7%
Virginia 8	Eppa Hunton	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 62.1% ▌I. C. O'Neal (Republican) 37.9%
Virginia 9	William Terry	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Auburn Pridemore (Democratic) 75.8% ▌George T. Egbert (Republican) 24.0% ▌Fayette McMullen (Independent) 0.2%

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) 52.70% ▌G. F. Scott (Republican) 47.30%[32]
West Virginia 2	Charles J. Faulkner	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	▌Y Benjamin F. Martin (Democratic) 55.97% ▌Ward H. Lamon (Republican) 44.03%[33]
West Virginia 3	Frank Hereford	Democratic	1870	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic hold.	▌Y John E. Kenna (Democratic) 61.47% ▌Benjamin J. Redmund (Republican) 38.53%[34]

Wisconsin

See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eight members of congress on Election Day, November 7, 1876.^[35][36]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[citation needed]
Wisconsin 1	Charles G. Williams	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles G. Williams (Republican) 59.3% ▌H. G. Winslow (Democratic) 40.7%
Wisconsin 2	Lucien B. Caswell	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 50.6% ▌Harlow S. Orton (Democratic) 49.4%
Wisconsin 3	Henry S. Magoon	Republican	1870	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y George Cochrane Hazelton (Republican) 54.5% ▌Philo A. Orton Jr. (Democratic) 45.5%
Wisconsin 4	William Pitt Lynde	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Pitt Lynde (Democratic) 59.6% ▌William E. Smith (Republican) 40.4%
Wisconsin 5	Samuel D. Burchard	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Edward S. Bragg (Democratic) 58.2% ▌George W. Carter (Republican) 41.8%
Wisconsin 6	Alanson M. Kimball	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 53.6% ▌Alanson M. Kimball (Republican) 46.4%
Wisconsin 7	Jeremiah McLain Rusk	Republican	1870	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Herman L. Humphrey (Republican) 58.6% ▌Martin R. Gage (Democratic) 37.4% ▌Reuben May (Ind. Greenback) 4.0%
Wisconsin 8	George W. Cate	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Thaddeus C. Pound (Republican) 51.7% ▌George W. Cate (Democratic) 48.3%

Non-voting delegates

District	Incumbent			This race
	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arizona Territory at-large
Dakota Territory at-large	Jefferson P. Kidder	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jefferson P. Kidder (Republican) [data missing][37]
Idaho Territory at-large	Stephen S. Fenn	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stephen S. Fenn (Democratic) 53.93% ▌John Clark (Republican) 46.07%[38]
Montana Territory at-large	Martin Maginnis	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 56.22% ▌E. D. Leavitt (Republican) 43.78%[39]
New Mexico Territory at-large
Washington Territory at-large
Wyoming Territory at-large	William R. Steele	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y William W. Corlett (Republican) 58.33% ▌William R. Steele (Democratic) 41.67%[40]

See also

• 1876 United States elections
  • 1876 United States presidential election
  • 1876–77 United States Senate elections
• 44th United States Congress
• 45th United States Congress

Notes

1. Regular elections, not specials
2. Most states held their elections November 7, 1876.
3. There is a significant discrepancy for the party totals in the U.S House resulting from the 1874 elections between Dubin (p. 241, who records 150 Democrats, 2 Independent Democrats, and 141 Republicans), and Martis (pp. 130–131). The discrepancy seems to be accounted for by the fact that Dubin's party figures represent the party totals on the first day of the 45th United States Congress, while Martis' figures take into account the results of later contested elections (all of which were decided in favor of the Democratic candidates who challenged the election results).
4. Included 1 Independent Democrat.
5. Included 3 Independent Republicans.
6. Includes 2 Independent Democrats
7. Includes 1 Independent Democrat.
8. Elections held late
9. After disputed election
10. The election in the Florida's 2nd district was extremely close, with initial returns showing a difference between the two candidates of only 3 votes. Finley challenged Bisbee's election and was eventually seated on February 20, 1879.

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• Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
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• "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)