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The U.S. House election, 1876 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1876 which coincided with the (heavily contested) election of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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 Grant administration or the legislature's impact on the economy downturn.
| Party | Total seats |
Change | Seat percentage |
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| Democratic Party | 155 | -27 | 52.9% |
| Republican Party | 136 | +33 | 46.4% |
| Independent | 2 | -6 | 0.6% |
| Totals | 293 | +0 | 100.0% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | Opponent |
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| California 1 | William Adam Piper | Democratic |
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Running | Horace Davis (R) 53.3% William A. Piper (D) 46.7% |
| California 2 | Horace F. Page | Republican |
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Running | Horace F. Page (R) 56.7% G. J. Carpenter (D) 43.3% |
| California 3 | John K. Luttrell | Democratic |
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Running | John K. Luttrell (D) 51.1% Joseph McKenna (R) 48.9% |
| California 4 | Peter D. Wigginton | Democratic |
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Running | Romualdo Pacheco (R) 50% Peter D. Wigginton (D) 50% |
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