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The U.S. House election, 1882 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1882 which occurred during President Chester A. Arthur's term.
Arthur's Republican Party was badly defeated, losing its majority to the opposition Democratic Party after a campaign that focused on the resistance of Republican leaders to reforming the Spoils system under which government jobs were handed to supporters of winning candidates. After the election, Arthur agreed with the Democrats to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing a professional civil service. However, his actions were too late, as the image of the Republican Party as corrupt was already engrained in the minds of voters. This election also saw the decline of the pro-paper money Greenback Party and the pick up of several Virginian seats by the Readjuster Party, which promoted fiscal responsibility and shunned elitism.
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| Party | Total seats |
Seat change |
Seat percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 196 | 68 | 60.3% |
| Republican Party | 117 | 34 | 36.0% |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 1.8% |
| Readjusters | 4 | 4 | 1.2% |
| Greenback Party | 2 | 8 | 0.6% |
| Totals | 325 | 32 | 100.0% |
Two new seats were added, following the 1880 U.S. Census, bringing the delegation up from four to six Representatives. The new seats were elected state-wide at-large until the next election, when six districts were mapped.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California 1 | William Rosecrans | Democratic | 1880 | Re-elected | William Rosecrans (D) 59.5% Paul Neuman (R) 38.8% James McMillan Shafter (Proh.) 1.5% H. S. Fitch (GB) 0.2% |
| California 2 | Horace F. Page | Republican | 1872 | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
James Budd (D) 50.5% Horace F. Page (R) 48.1% J. L. Coles (Proh.) 1.2% F. J. Woodward (GB) 0.2% |
| California 3 | Campbell P. Berry | Democratic | 1878 | Retired Democratic hold |
Barclay Henley (D) 51.3% John J. De Haven (R) 45.8% H. S. Graves (Proh.) 2% W. O. Howe (GB) 0.9% |
| California 4 | Romualdo Pacheco | Republican | 1876/1879 | Retired Democratic gain |
Pleasant B. Tully (D) 54.4% George L. Woods (R) 43.3% M. V. Wright (Proh.) 1.5% Isaac Kinley (GB) 0.8% |
| California at-large | None (New seat) | New seat Democratic gain |
John R. Glascock (D) 26.5% Charles A. Sumner (D) 26.5% William W. Morrow (R) 22.4% Henry Edgerton (R) 22.3% A. B. Hotchkiss (Proh.) 0.8% Jesse Yarnell (Proh.) 0.8% Warren Chase (GB) 0.3% Stephen Maybell (GB) 0.3% |
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| California at-large | None (New seat) | New seat Democratic gain |
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