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.

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 people's lack of interest 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 Increase 2 0 Decrease 2
Arkansas District 4 4[g] Steady 0 Steady
California District 4 2 Decrease 1 2 Increase 1
Colorado At-large 1 1 Increase 1 0 Decrease 1
Connecticut District 4 3 Steady 1 Steady
Delaware At-large 1 1 Steady 0 Steady
Florida District 2 2 Increase 1 0 Decrease 1
Georgia District 9 9[g] Steady 0 Steady
Illinois District 19 8 Decrease 2 11 Increase 4
Indiana District 13 4 Decrease 4 9 Increase 4
Iowa District 9 0 Decrease 1 9 Increase 1
Kansas District 3 0 Decrease 1 3 Increase 1
Kentucky District 10 10 Increase 1 0 Decrease 1
Louisiana District 6 5 Increase 1 1 Decrease 1
Maine District 5 0 Steady 5 Steady
Maryland District 6 6 Steady 0 Steady
Massachusetts District 11 2 Decrease 1 9 Increase 4
Michigan District 9 1 Decrease 2 8 Increase 2
Minnesota District 3 0 Steady 3 Steady
Mississippi District 6 6 Increase 2 0 Decrease 2
Missouri District 13 9 Decrease 4 4 Increase 4
Nebraska At-large 1 0 Steady 1 Steady
Nevada At-large 1 0 Steady 1 Steady
New Hampshire[h] District 3 1 Decrease 1 2 Increase 1
New Jersey District 7 4 Decrease 1 3 Increase 1
New York District 33 16 Decrease 1 17 Increase 1
North Carolina District 8 7 Steady 1 Steady
Ohio District 20 8 Decrease 5 12 Increase 5
Oregon At-large 1 0 Decrease 1 1 Increase 1
Pennsylvania District 27 10 Decrease 7 17 Increase 7
Rhode Island District 2 0 Steady 2 Steady
South Carolina District 5 2 Increase 2 3 Decrease 2
Tennessee District 10 8 Decrease 1 2 Increase 1
Texas District 6 6 Steady 0 Steady
Vermont District 3 0 Steady 3 Steady
Virginia District 9 8 Steady 1 Steady
West Virginia District 3 3 Steady 0 Steady
Wisconsin District 8 3 Steady 5 Steady
Total 293 157[1][f]
53.6%		 Decrease 27 136[1]
46.4%		 Increase 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):

Standard Election Day:

  • November 7, 1876

Election after Election Day:

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.
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.
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.
  • ▌Green tickY Edwin Flye (Republican) 54.85%
  • ▌Isaac Reed (Democratic) 45.15%

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.
Alabama 2 New district New seat.
Democratic gain.
Alabama 3 Jeremiah Norman Williams
Redistricted from the 2nd district		 Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 4 Jeremiah Haralson
Redistricted from the 1st district		 Republican 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Alabama 5 New district New seat.
Democratic gain.
Alabama 6 Goldsmith W. Hewitt Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
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.
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.

Arkansas

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[12]
Arkansas 1 Lucien C. Gause Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 2 William F. Slemons Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 3 William W. Wilshire Democratic 1872
1874 (lost contest)
1874		 Incumbent retired.
Independent Democratic gain.
Arkansas 4 Thomas M. Gunter Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.

California

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

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.

45th Congress

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Colorado at-large James B. Belford Republican 1876 Incumbent re-elected
Election successfully contested.
New member seated December 13, 1877.
Democratic gain.

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.
Connecticut 2 James Phelps Democratic 1875 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut 3 John T. Wait Republican 1876 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
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.
  • ▌Green tickY Levi Warner (Democratic) 52.6%
  • ▌ Robbert Hubbard (Republican) 47.2%

Delaware

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

Florida

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Florida 1 William J. Purman Republican 1872 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Florida 2 Jesse J. Finley Democratic 1874[i] Incumbent lost re-election.[j]
Republican gain.

Georgia

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Georgia 1 Julian Hartridge Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 2 William E. Smith Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 3 Philip Cook Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Philip Cook (Democratic) 71.4%
  • ▌ W. P. Pierce (Republican) 28.6%
Georgia 4 Henry R. Harris Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry R. Harris (Democratic) 70.5%
  • ▌ H. W. Hilliard (Republican) 29.5%
Georgia 5 Milton A. Candler Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 6 James H. Blount Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY James H. Blount (Democratic) 74.0%
  • ▌ Samuel G. Gove (Republican) 26.1%
Georgia 7 William H. Felton Independent
Democratic		 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 8 Alexander H. Stephens Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 9 Benjamin Harvey Hill Democratic 1875 Incumbent re-elected.

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Illinois

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 1 Bernard G. Caulfield Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Illinois 2 Carter Harrison III Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 3 John V. Le Moyne Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Illinois 4 Stephen A. Hurlbut Republican 1872 Incumbent lost renomination and lost re-election as an Independent Republican candidate.
Republican hold.
Illinois 5 Horatio C. Burchard Republican 1869 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 6 Thomas J. Henderson Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 7 Alexander Campbell Independent 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Illinois 8 Greenbury L. Fort Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 9 Richard H. Whiting Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas A. Boyd (Republican) 49.8%
  • ▌ George A. Wilson (Democratic) 47.9%
  • ▌ H. M. Matthews (Independent) 2.3%
Illinois 10 John C. Bagby Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Illinois 11 Scott Wike Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Robert M. Knapp (Democratic) 58.7%
  • ▌ Joseph Robbins (Republican) 41.2%
Illinois 12 William M. Springer Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 13 Adlai Stevenson I Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Illinois 14 Joseph G. Cannon Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 15 John R. Eden Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 16 William A. J. Sparks Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 17 William R. Morrison Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 18 William Hartzell Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY William Hartzell (Democratic) 50.0%
  • ▌ Benjamin L. Wiley (Republican) 50.0%
Illinois 19 William B. Anderson Independent 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.

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Indiana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Indiana 1 Benoni S. Fuller Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Benoni S. Fuller (Democratic) 50.6%
  • ▌ C. A. DeBruler (Republican) 45.2%
  • ▌ T. F. DeBruler (Independent) 4.2%
Indiana 2 Andrew Humphreys Democratic 1876 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas R. Cobb (Democratic) 56.3%
  • ▌ Lewis Loveless (Republican) 40.9%
Indiana 3 Nathan T. Carr Democratic 1876 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY George A. Bicknell (Democratic) 57.4%
  • ▌ [FNU] Newsom (Republican) 39.2%
  • ▌ George W. Carter (Independent) 3.4%
Indiana 4 Jeptha D. New Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Leonidas Sexton (Republican) 49.9%
  • ▌ Lewis J. Woolen (Democratic) 48.8%
  • ▌ William L. Bright (Greenback) 1.3%
Indiana 5 William S. Holman Democratic 1866 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Indiana 6 Milton S. Robinson Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 7 Franklin Landers Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Indiana 8 Morton C. Hunter Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Morton C. Hunter (Republican) 44.4%
  • ▌ William E. McLean (Democratic) 41.0%
  • ▌ [FNU] Davis (Greenback) 14.6%
Indiana 9 Thomas J. Cason Republican 1872 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Michael D. White (Republican) 50.0%
  • ▌ George McWilliams (Democratic) 39.9%
  • ▌ Leroy Templeton (Greenback) 10.1%
Indiana 10 William S. Haymond Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Indiana 11 James L. Evans Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY James L. Evans (Republican) 52.2%
  • ▌ A. F. Armstrong (Democratic) 47.8%
Indiana 12 Andrew H. Hamilton Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 13 John Baker Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Baker (Republican) 52.9%
  • ▌ Freeman Kelley (Democratic) 46.6%

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Iowa

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Iowa 1 George W. McCrary Republican 1868 Incumbent retired
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Joseph C. Stone (Republican) 53.4%
  • ▌ Wesley C. Hobbs (Democratic) 46,1%
  • ▌ Unknown Candidate (Greenback) 0.5%
Iowa 2 John Q. Tufts Republican 1874 Incumbent retired
Republican hold.
Iowa 3 Lucien Lester Ainsworth Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Iowa 4 Henry Otis Pratt Republican 1872 Incumbent retired
Republican hold.
Iowa 5 James Wilson Republican 1872 Incumbent retired
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Rush Clark (Republican) 60.4%
  • ▌ Nathan Worley (Democratic) 35.0%
  • ▌ George W. Rutherford (Greenback) 4.6%
Iowa 6 Ezekiel S. Sampson Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 7 John A. Kasson Republican 1872 Incumbent retired
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry J. B. Cummings (Republican) 58.3%
  • ▌ Samuel J. Gilpin (Democratic) 34.9%
  • ▌ Andrew Hastie (Greenback) 6.5%
Iowa 8 James W. McDill Republican 1872 Incumbent retired
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William F. Sapp (Republican) 56.0%
  • ▌ Lemuel R. Bolter (Democratic/Greenback) 44.0%
Iowa 9 S. Addison Oliver Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.

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Kansas

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kansas 1 William A. Phillips Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 2 John R. Goodin Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Kansas 3 William Ripley Brown Republican 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.

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Kentucky

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 Andrew Boone Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 2 John Y. Brown Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 3 Charles W. Milliken Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John W. Caldwell (Democratic) 54.0%
  • ▌ E. L. Mottley (Republican) 43.1%
  • ▌ B. L. Guffy (Greenback) 2.9%
Kentucky 4 J. Proctor Knott Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 5 Henry Watterson Democratic 1876 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 6 Thomas L. Jones Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 7 J. C. S. Blackburn Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 8 Milton J. Durham Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 9 John D. White Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas Turner (Democratic) 50.8%
  • ▌ Robert Boyd (Republican) 49.2%
Kentucky 10 John B. Clarke Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John B. Clarke (Democratic) 57.7%
  • ▌ O. S. Deming (Republican) 42.3%

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Louisiana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Louisiana 1 Randall L. Gibson Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 2 E. John Ellis Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY E. John Ellis (Democratic) 55.1%
  • ▌ Henry C. Dibble (Republican) 44.9%
Louisiana 3 Chester Bidwell Darrall Republican 1868 Incumbent re-elected.
Election successfully contested.
New member seated February 20, 1878.
Democratic gain.
Louisiana 4 William M. Levy Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 5 William B. Spencer Democratic 1876 Incumbent retired and resigned to become associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY John E. Leonard (Republican) 52.6%
  • ▌ William W. Farmer (Democratic) 47.4%
Louisiana 6 Charles E. Nash Republican 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.

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Maine

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maine 1 John H. Burleigh Republican 1872 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Maine 2 William P. Frye Republican 1870 Incumbent re-elected.
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.
  • ▌Green tickY Stephen Lindsey (Republican) 55.18%
  • ▌Edward K. O'Brien (Democratic) 44.83%
Maine 4 Harris M. Plaisted Republican 1875 (special) Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY 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.

Maryland

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1 Philip Francis Thomas Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Maryland 2 Charles B. Roberts Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 3 William J. O'Brien Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William Kimmel (Democratic) 62.4%
  • ▌ W. E. Goldsborough (Republican) 37.6%
Maryland 4 Thomas Swann Democratic 1868 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas Swann (Democratic) 54.5%
  • ▌ James H. Butler (Republican) 45.5%
Maryland 5 Eli J. Henkle Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Eli J. Henkle (Democratic) 55.2%
  • ▌ John Henry Sellman (Republican) 44.8%
Maryland 6 William Walsh Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.

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Massachusetts

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1 William W. Crapo Republican 1875 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 2 Benjamin W. Harris Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 3 Henry L. Pierce Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
New member elected after initial result overturned.
Democratic gain.
Massachusetts 4 Josiah Gardner Abbott Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Massachusetts 5 Nathaniel P. Banks Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 6 Charles Perkins Thompson Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Massachusetts 7 John K. Tarbox Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Massachusetts 8 John M. S. Williams Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Massachusetts 9 George F. Hoar Republican 1868 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Republican hold.
Massachusetts 10 Charles A. Stevens Republican 1875 (special) Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Amasa Norcross (Republican) 63.86%
  • ▌Samuel O. Lamb (Democratic) 36.14%
Massachusetts 11 Chester W. Chapin Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

Michigan

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Michigan 1 Alpheus S. Williams Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 2 Henry Waldron Republican 1870 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Michigan 3 George Willard Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Michigan 4 Allen Potter Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Michigan 5 William B. Williams Republican 1873 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John W. Stone (Republican) 54.1%
  • ▌ Myron Harris (Democratic/Greenback) 45.8%
Michigan 6 George H. Durand Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Michigan 7 Omar D. Conger Republican 1868 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Omar D. Conger (Republican) 54.1%
  • ▌ Anson E. Chadwick (Democratic) 45.1%
Michigan 8 Nathan B. Bradley Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Michigan 9 Jay A. Hubbell Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Jay A. Hubbell (Republican) 59.0%
  • ▌ John H. Kilbourne (Democratic/Greenback) 41.0%

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Minnesota

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Minnesota 1 Mark H. Dunnell Republican 1870 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mark H. Dunnell (Republican) 61.8%
  • ▌ E. C. Stacey (Democratic/Greenback) 38.2%
Minnesota 2 Horace B. Strait Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 3 William S. King Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

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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.
Mississippi 2 G. Wiley Wells Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 3 Hernando Money Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 4 Otho R. Singleton Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 5 Charles E. Hooker Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 6 John R. Lynch Republican 1872 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.

Missouri

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Missouri 1 Edward C. Kehr Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Missouri 2 Erastus Wells Democratic 1868 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Missouri 3 William Henry Stone Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Missouri 4 Robert A. Hatcher Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Robert A. Hatcher (Democratic) 79.0%
  • ▌ Lowndes H. Davis (Republican) 14.6%
  • ▌ W. Ballentine (Independent Republican) 6.4%
Missouri 5 Richard P. Bland Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 6 Charles H. Morgan Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 7 John Finis Philips Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Missouri 8 Benjamin J. Franklin Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 9 David Rea Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 10 Rezin A. De Bolt Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Missouri 11 John B. Clark Jr. Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 12 John M. Glover Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John M. Glover (Democratic) 57.1%
  • ▌ J. K. Woodward (Republican) 41.1%
  • ▌ John M. Loudon (Greenback) 1.8%
Missouri 13 Aylett H. Buckner Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Aylett H. Buckner (Democratic) 79.2%
  • ▌ T. B. Robinson (Republican) 17.3%
  • ▌ S. Carkner (Greenback) 3.5%

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Nebraska

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Nebraska at-large Lorenzo Crounse Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Hampshire 1 Frank Jones Democratic 1875 Incumbent re-elected.
New Hampshire 2 Samuel Newell Bell Democratic 1875 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY James F. Briggs (Republican) 52.0%
  • ▌ A. W. Sulloway (Democratic) 47.7%
New Hampshire 3 Henry W. Blair Republican 1875 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry W. Blair (Republican) 51.6%
  • ▌ Henry O. Kent (Democratic) 48.1%

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New Jersey

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Jersey 1 Clement H. Sinnickson Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 2 Samuel A. Dobbins Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
New Jersey 3 Miles Ross Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 4 Robert Hamilton Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Alvah A. Clark (Democratic) 59.3%
  • ▌ Rynier H. Veghte (Independent Democratic) 40.7%
New Jersey 5 Augustus W. Cutler Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 6 Frederick H. Teese Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas B. Peddie (Republican) 51.5%
  • ▌ William A. Righter (Democratic) 47.0%
New Jersey 7 Augustus A. Hardenbergh Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.

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New York

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New York 1 Henry B. Metcalfe Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New York 2 John G. Schumaker Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William D. Veeder (Democratic) 60.2%
  • ▌ James Cavanagh (Republican) 37.2%
  • ▌ John G. Bolen (American Reform) 2.6%
New York 3 Simeon B. Chittenden Independent Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican candidate.
Republican gain.
New York 4 Archibald M. Bliss Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 5 Edwin R. Meade Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Nicholas Muller (Tammany Hall Democratic) 75.2%
  • ▌ James Kerrigan (Independent Republican) 23.4%
  • ▌ Michael C. Murphy (Anti-Tammany Democratic) 1.4%
New York 6 Samuel S. Cox Democratic 1873 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 7 Smith Ely Jr. Democratic 1874 Incumbent resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Anthony Eickhoff (Democratic) 68.1%
  • ▌ Wallace P. Groom (Republican/Greenback) 31.2%
New York 8 Elijah Ward Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
New York 9 Fernando Wood Democratic 1866 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Fernando Wood (Democratic) 62.1%
  • ▌ George W. DeCunha (Republican) 35.8%
New York 10 Abram Hewitt Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Abram Hewitt (Democratic) 69.6%
  • ▌ Hamilton Babcock (Republican) 27.6%
New York 11 Benjamin A. Willis Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 12 Nathaniel H. Odell Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New York 13 John O. Whitehouse Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY John H. Ketcham (Republican) 52.7%
  • ▌ J. Mansfield Davies (Democratic) 46.6%
New York 14 George M. Beebe Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY George M. Beebe (Democratic) 54.7%
  • ▌ Halstead Sweet (Republican) 45.3%
New York 15 John H. Bagley Jr. Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New York 16 Charles H. Adams Republican 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic gain.
New York 17 Martin I. Townsend Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 18 Andrew Williams Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 19 William A. Wheeler Republican 1868 Incumbent retired upon election as Vice President of the United States.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Amaziah B. James (Republican) 66.4%
  • ▌ Daniel Magone, Jr. (Democratic) 33.6%
New York 20 Henry H. Hathorn Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John H. Starin (Republican) 51.4%
  • ▌ Nicholas H. Decker (Democratic) 48.6%
New York 21 Samuel F. Miller Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Solomon Bundy (Republican) 52.5%
  • ▌ Tompkins A. Matteson (Democratic) 47.5%
New York 22 George A. Bagley Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 23 Scott Lord Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
New York 24 William H. Baker Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY William H. Baker (Republican) 57.3%
  • ▌ Orzo M. Bond (Democratic) 40.8%
  • ▌ Charles T. Richardson (Independent Democratic) 1.9%
New York 25 Elias W. Leavenworth Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
New York 26 Clinton D. MacDougall Republican 1872 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John H. Camp (Republican) 56.1%
  • ▌ Peter H. Van Auken (Democratic) 43.9%
New York 27 Elbridge G. Lapham Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 28 Thomas C. Platt Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
New York 29 Charles C. B. Walker Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
New York 30 John M. Davy Republican 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
New York 31 George Gilbert Hoskins Republican 1872 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
New York 32 Lyman K. Bass Republican 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
New York 33 Nelson I. Norton Republican 1875 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

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North Carolina

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
North Carolina 1 Jesse Johnson Yeates Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 2 John Adams Hyman Republican 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
North Carolina 3 Alfred Moore Waddell Democratic 1870 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 4 Joseph J. Davis Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Joseph J. Davis (Democratic) 52.5%
  • ▌ Isaac J. Young (Republican) 47.5%
North Carolina 5 Alfred Moore Scales Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 6 Thomas Samuel Ashe Democratic 1872 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
North Carolina 7 William M. Robbins Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 8 Robert B. Vance Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Robert B. Vance (Democratic) 67.9%
  • ▌ Erastus P. Hampton (Republican) 32.1%

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Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
South Carolina 1 Joseph Rainey Republican 1870 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 2 Edmund W. M. Mackey Independent
Republican		 1874 Seat declared vacant July 19, 1876, due to contested election.
Republican gain.
South Carolina 3 Solomon L. Hoge Republican 1874 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
South Carolina 4 Alexander S. Wallace Republican 1868 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
South Carolina 5 Robert Smalls Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.

Tennessee

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Tennessee 1 William McFarland Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 2 Jacob M. Thornburgh Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 3 George G. Dibrell Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 4 Haywood Y. Riddle Democratic 1875 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Haywood Y. Riddle (Democratic) 70.59%
  • ▌R. A. Cox (Democratic) 20.93%
  • ▌R. F. Patton (Republican) 8.48%[25]
Tennessee 5 John M. Bright Democratic 1870 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 6 John F. House Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7 Washington C. Whitthorne Democratic 1870 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 8 John D. C. Atkins Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 9 William P. Caldwell Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.

Texas

Vermont

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[31]
Vermont 1 Charles H. Joyce Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Vermont 2 Dudley C. Denison Independent
Republican		 1874 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
Vermont 3 George Hendee Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.

Virginia

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[32]
Virginia 1 Beverly B. Douglas Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 2 John Goode Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Goode (Democratic) 53.0%
  • ▌Joseph Secar (Republican) 47.0%
Virginia 3 Gilbert C. Walker Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 4 William H. H. Stowell Republican 1870 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY 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.
  • ▌Green tickY George Cabell (Democratic) 60.6%
  • ▌Daniel S. Lewis (Republican) 39.4%
Virginia 6 J. Randolph Tucker Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 7 John T. Harris Democratic 1870 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John T. Harris (Democratic) 73.3%
  • ▌Everett W. Early (Republican) 26.7%
Virginia 8 Eppa Hunton Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 62.1%
  • ▌I. C. O'Neal (Republican) 37.9%
Virginia 9 William Terry Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.

West Virginia

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
West Virginia 1 Benjamin Wilson Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
West Virginia 2 Charles J. Faulkner Democratic 1874 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
West Virginia 3 Frank Hereford Democratic 1870 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John E. Kenna (Democratic) 61.47%
  • ▌Benjamin J. Redmund (Republican) 38.53%[35]

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eight members of congress on Election Day, November 7, 1876.[36][37]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[citation needed]
Wisconsin 1 Charles G. Williams Republican 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 2 Lucien B. Caswell Republican 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 3 Henry S. Magoon Republican 1870 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Wisconsin 4 William Pitt Lynde Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 5 Samuel D. Burchard Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY 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.
Wisconsin 7 Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican 1870 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Wisconsin 8 George W. Cate Democratic 1874 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

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.
Idaho Territory at-large Stephen S. Fenn Democratic 1874 Incumbent re-elected.
Montana Territory at-large Martin Maginnis Democratic 1872 Incumbent re-elected.
New Mexico Territory at-large
Washington Territory at-large
Wyoming Territory at-large William R. Steele Democratic 1872 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Regular elections, not specials
  2. ↑ Most states held their elections November 7, 1876.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 Includes 2 Independent Democrats
  7. 1 2 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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  2. ↑ Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721.
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  35. ↑ "WV District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  36. ↑ "Wisconsin U.S. House Election Results" (PDF). Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  37. ↑ Bashford, R. M., ed. (1878). "Official Directory: Members of Congress". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 449–452. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  38. ↑ "DK Territorial Delegate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  39. ↑ "ID Territorial Delegate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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