United States House of Representatives elections, 1884

United States House of Representatives elections, 1884

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All 325 seats to the United States House of Representatives
163 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader John Carlisle Thomas Reed
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat Kentucky-6th Maine-1st
Last election 196 seats 117 seats
Seats won 182 141
Seat change -14 +24

Speaker before election

John Carlisle
Democratic

Elected Speaker

John Carlisle
Democratic

The U.S. House election, 1884 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1884 which coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland.

In spite of Cleveland's victory, the opposition Republican Party gained back some of the seats it had lost in 1882, but the Democratic Party retained a majority. Republicans were able to make these slight gains by connecting their pro-business and industry message with progress. The Democrats were also hindered by the Panic of 1884, but were not greatly affected by it since the depression ended quickly. The Greenback Party all but disappeared following this election.

Overall results

Party Total seats (change) Seat percentage
Democratic Party 182 -14 56.0%
Republican Party 141 +24 43.3%
Greenback Party 1 -5 0.3%
Independent 1 -5 0.3%
Totals 325 +0 100.0%


California

District Incumbent Party Elected Status Opponent
California 1 Barclay Henley Democratic
1882
Running Barclay Henley (D) 49.7%
Thomas L. Carothers (R) 49.3%
C. C. Bateman (Proh.) 1%
California 2 James H. Budd Democratic
1882
Retiring James A. Louttit (R) 49.4%
Charles A. Sumner (D) 49.1%
Joshua B. Webster (Proh.) 1.5%
California 3 None (District created) Joseph McKenna (R) 55.8%
John R. Glascock (D) 42.3%
Joshua B. Wills (Proh.) 1%
A. B. Burns (Pop.) 0.9%
California 4 William Rosecrans Democratic
1880
Retiring William W. Morrow (R) 58.8%
R. P. Hastings (D) 40.7%
H. S. Fitch (Pop.) 0.5%
George Babcock (Proh.) 0.0%
California 5 Pleasant B. Tully Democratic
1882
Retiring Charles N. Felton (R) 48.8%
Frank J. Sullivan (D) 48.4%
C. Henderson (Proh.) 1.4%
A. E. Redstone (I) 1.4%
California 6 None (District created) Henry H. Markham (R) 49.1%
R. F. Del Valle (D) 47.9%
Will D. Gould (Proh.) 2.3%
Isaac Kinley (Pop.) 0.7%

See also