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The U.S. House election, 1886 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1886 which occurred in the middle of President Grover Cleveland's first term.
As in many midterm elections, Cleveland's Democratic Party lost seats to the opposition Republican Party, although a narrow majority was retained. Many of these Republican pickups were in the industrializing Midwest states, where the debate over tariffs, which were advocated by Republicans to protect domestic industry but opposed by Democrats to allow for free agricultural trade, lead to political change. The small Labor Party, supported by industrial workers, gained several seats in Wisconsin.
| Party | Total seats (change) | Seat percentage | |
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| Democratic Party | 167 | -15 | 51.3% |
| Republican Party | 152 | +11 | 46.7% |
| Independent | 3 | +2 | 0.9% |
| Labor Party | 2 | +2 | 0.6% |
| Greenback Party | 1 | 0 | 0.3% |
| Totals | 325 | +0 | 100.0% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | Opponent |
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| California 1 | Barclay Henley | Democratic |
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Retiring | Thomas Larkin Thompson (D) 50.2% Charles A. Garter (R) 47.2% L. W. Simmons (Proh.) 2.6% |
| California 2 | James A. Louttit | Republican |
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Retiring | Marion Biggs (D) 50% J. C. Campbell (R) 47% W. O. Clark (Proh.) 3% |
| California 3 | Joseph McKenna | Republican |
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Running | Joseph McKenna (R) 53.1% Henry C. McPike (D) 44.6% W. W. Smith (Proh.) 2.4% |
| California 4 | William W. Morrow | Republican |
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Running | William W. Morrow (R) 48.7% Frank McCoppin (D) 42% Charles A. Sumner (I) 9% Robert Thompson (Proh.) 0.4% |
| California 5 | Charles N. Felton | Republican |
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Running | 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 | Henry Markham | Republican |
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Retiring | William Vandever (R) 47.3% Joseph D. Lynch (D) 47.1% W. A. Harris (Proh.) 5.6% |
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