United States House of Representatives elections, 1892

United States House of Representatives elections, 1892

November 8, 1892
All 356 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives 179 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Charles Frederick Crisp Thomas Brackett Reed Party Democratic Republican Last election 238 seats 86 seats Seats won 220 124 Seat change 18 38 Popular vote 7,515,314 6,868,564 Percentage 46.92% 42.88%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jerry Simpson Party Populist Silver Last election 8 seats New Party Seats won 11 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 1,263,481 7,171 Percentage 7.89% 0.04%
Speaker before election Charles Crisp Democratic Elected Speaker Charles Crisp Democratic

Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1892 for members of the 53rd Congress, taking place at the same time as the election of Grover Cleveland as President for the second, non-continuous, time, defeating incumbent Benjamin Harrison.

In spite of the presidential results, Harrison's Republican Party gained back some of the seats that had been lost in 1890 to the Democratic Party, but was still deep in the minority. The Republican pickups were a result of a number of Republican-friendly Northern districts reverting to form after voting Democratic in the previous election cycle. The third party Populists, who had high support among farmers and laborers in the South and West, also gained two seats.

Election summaries

This was the first election after reapportionment following the 1890 Census. Twenty-four new seats were added, with 13 States gaining one seat each, two States gaining 2 seats each, and one state gaining 3 seats, and the remaining 28 states having no change. Several states did not redistrict following the apportionment of extra seats, and elected those new seats at-large.

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218	2	11	1	124
Democratic	ID	P	S	Republican

State	Type	Total seats		Democratic		Republican		Populist
		Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	1	9	1	0		0
Arkansas	District	6	1	6	1	0		0
California	District	7	1	4	2	2	2	1	1
Colorado	District	2	1	0		0	1	2	2
Connecticut	District	4		3		1		0
Delaware	At-large	1		1		0		0
Florida	District	2		2		0		0
Georgia	District	11	1	11	2	0		0
Idaho	At-large	1		0		1		0
Illinois	District +2 at-large	22	2	11	3	11	5	0
Indiana	District	13		11		2		0
Iowa	District	11		1	5	10	5	0
Kansas	District +at-large	8	1	1	1	2		5
Kentucky	District	11		10		1		0
Louisiana	District	6		6		0		0
Maine	District	4		0		4		0
Maryland	District	6		6		0		0
Massachusetts	District	13	1	3	4	10	5	0
Michigan	District	12	1	5	2	7	3	0
Minnesota	District	7	2	2	1	4	3	1
Mississippi	District	7		7		0		0
Missouri	District	15	1	14		1	1	0
Montana	At-large	1		0	1	1	1	0
Nebraska	District	6	3	1		3	3	2
Nevada	At-large	1		0		0	1	0
New Hampshire	District	2		0	2	2	2	0
New Jersey	District	8	1	6	1	2		0
New York	District	34		20	3	14	3	0
North Carolina	District	9		8		1		0
North Dakota	At-large	1		0		1		0
Ohio	District	21		11	3	10	3	0
Oregon	District	2	1	0		2	1	0
Pennsylvania	District +2 at-large	30	2	10		20	2	0
Rhode Island	District	2		2		0		0
South Carolina	District	7		6	1	1	1	0
South Dakota	At-large	2		0		2		0
Tennessee	District	10		8		2		0
Texas	District	13	2	13	2	0		0
Vermont	District	2		0		2		0
Virginia	District	10		10		0		0
Washington	At-large	2	1	0		2	1	0
West Virginia	District	4		4		0		0
Wisconsin	District	10	1	6	2	4	3	0
Wyoming	At-large	1		1	1	0	1	0
Total		356	24	220 61.8%	23	124 34.83%	45	11 3.1%	3

House seats
Democratic			61.80%
Republican			34.83%
Populist			3.09%
Silver			0.28%

The previous election of 1890 saw the election of eight Populists, but no other third party or independent members.

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80.1-100% Democratic   80.1-100% Populist   80.1-100% Republican   60.1-80% Democratic   60.1-80% Populist   60.1-80% 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 Populist gain   1-2 Republican gain   no net change

Early election dates

In 1892, three states, with 8 seats among them, held elections early:

• June 6 Oregon
• September 6 Vermont
• September 12 Maine

Complete returns

• D: Democratic
• I: Independent
• Pop: Populist
• Pr: Prohibition
• R: Republican

California

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1892

One new seat was added in reapportionment. Democrats had a net gain of one seat (taken from a Republican), and Populists gained a seat in the new district.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
California 1	Thomas J. Geary	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Thomas J. Geary (D) 56.8% E. W. Davis (R) 38.6% C. C. Swafford (Pop) 4.6%
California 2	Anthony Caminetti	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Anthony Caminetti (D) 53.2% John F. Davis (R) 43.1% C. H. Dunn (Pr) 3.4% J. H. White (I) 0.3%
California 3	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1890	Re-elected	Samuel G. Hilborn (R) 43.2% Warren B. English (D) 43.1% J. L. Lyon (Pop) 11.5% L. B. Scranton (Pr) 2.2%
California 4	John T. Cutting	Republican	1890	Retired Democratic gain	James G. Maguire (D) 49.2% Charles O. Alexander (R) 43.4% Edgar P. Burman (Pop) 6.5% Henry Collins (Pr) 1%
California 5	Eugene F. Loud	Republican	1890	Re-elected	Eugene F. Loud (R) 46.4% J. W. Ryland (D) 43.3% Jonas Morrison (Pop) 7.9% William Kelly (Pr) 2.4%
California 6	None (District created)			New seat Populist gain	Marion Cannon (Pop) 56.3% Hervey Lindley (R) 38.8% O. R. Dougherty (Pr) 4.9%
California 7	William W. Bowers (Redistricted from the 6th district)	Republican	1890	Re-elected	William W. Bowers (R) 41.6% Olin Wellborn (D) 39% Hiram Hamilton (Pop) 14.6% M. B. Harris (Pr) 4.8%

Florida

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1892

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Florida 1	Stephen R. Mallory	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Stephen R. Mallory (D) 99.2% Others 0.8%
Florida 2	Robert Bullock	Democratic	1888	Retired Democratic hold	Charles Merian Cooper (D) 76.0% Austin S. Mann (Pop) 24.0%

Ohio

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ohio 1	Bellamy Storer	Republican	1890	Re-elected	Bellamy Storer (R) 51.6% Robert B. Bowler (D) 48.4%
Ohio 2	John A. Caldwell	Republican	1888	Re-elected	John A. Caldwell (R) 52.6% Charles T. Greve (D) 47.4%
Ohio 3	George W. Houk	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	George W. Houk (D) 54.8% Charles C. Donley (R) 45.2%
Ohio 4	Martin K. Gantz	Democratic	1890	Lost re-nomination Democratic loss	Fernando C. Layton (D) 61.4% C. S. Mauk (R) 38.6%
	Fernando C. Layton Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1890	Re-elected
Ohio 5	Dennis D. Donovan Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Dennis D. Donovan (D) 56.6% George L. Griffith (R) 43.4%
Ohio 6	John M. Pattison Redistricted from the 11 district	Democratic	1890	Lost re-election Republican gain	George W. Hulick (R) 54.1% John M. Pattison (D) 45.9%
Ohio 7	William E. Haynes	Democratic	1890	Retired Republican gain	George W. Wilson (R) 53.2% Martin K. Gantz (D) 46.8%
Ohio 8	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Luther M. Strong (R) 54.2% Fremont Arford (D) 45.8%
Ohio 9	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	Byron F. Ritchie (D) 50.02% James Mitchell Ashley (R) 49.98%
Ohio 10	Robert E. Doan	Republican	1890	Lost renomination Republican loss	William H. Enochs (R) 56.2% James I. Dungan (D) 43.8%
	William H. Enochs Redistricted from the 12th district	Republican	1890	Re-elected
	James I. Dungan Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic	1890	Lost re-election Democratic loss
Ohio 11	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Charles H. Grosvenor (R) 53.6% Charles E. Peoples (D) 46.4%
Ohio 12	Joseph H. Outhwaite Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) 54.4% Edward N. Huggins (R) 45.6%
Ohio 13	Darius D. Hare Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Darius D. Hare (D) 58.6% Linn W. Hull (R) 41.4%
Ohio 14	James W. Owens	Democratic	1890	Retired Democratic loss	Michael D. Harter (D) 52.2% Elizur G. Johnson (R) 47.8%
	Michael D. Harter Redistricted from the 15th district	Democratic	1890	Re-elected
Ohio 15	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	H. Clay Van Voorhis (R) 51.6% Milton Turner (D) 48.4%
Ohio 16	Lewis P. Ohliger	Democratic	1892 (s)	Lost renomination Democratic loss	Albert J. Pearson (D) 50.06% Christian L. Poorman (R) 49.94%
	Albert J. Pearson	Democratic	1890	Re-elected
Ohio 17	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	James A. D. Richards (D) 58.0% Arthur H. Walkey (R) 42.0%
Ohio 18	Joseph D. Taylor	Republican	1890	Retired Democratic gain	George P. Ikirt (D) 51.4% Thomas R. Morgan (R) 48.6%
Ohio 19	Ezra B. Taylor	Republican	1880 (s)	Retired Republican hold	Stephen A. Northway (R) 59.8% A. H. Tidball (D) 40.2%
Ohio 20	Vincent A. Taylor	Republican	1890	retired Republican Hold	William J. White (R) 51.4% John S. Ellen (D) 48.6%
Ohio 21	Tom L. Johnson	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	Tom L. Johnson (D) 55.1% Orlando J. Hodge (R) 44.9%

South Carolina

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1890

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1	William H. Brawley	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	William H. Brawley (D) 99.8% Others 0.2%
South Carolina 2	George D. Tillman	Democratic	1878	Lost primary Democratic hold	W. Jasper Talbert (D) 99.6% Others 0.4%
South Carolina 3	George Johnstone	Democratic	1890	Lost primary Democratic hold	Asbury Latimer (D) 91.2% John R. Tolbert (R) 8.6% Others 0.2%
South Carolina 4	George W. Shell	Democratic	1890	Re-elected	George W. Shell (D) 85.7% Joshua A. T. Ensor (R) 14.3%
South Carolina 5	John J. Hemphill	Democratic	1882	Lost primary Democratic hold	Thomas J. Strait (D) 80.7% E. Brooks Sligh (R) 19.3%
South Carolina 6	Previous incumbent Eli T. Stackhouse (R) died June 14, 1892			Democratic hold	John L. McLaurin (D) 84.6% E. J. Sawyer (R) 15.3% Others 0.1%
South Carolina 7	William Elliott	Democratic	1890	Retired Republican gain	George W. Murray (R) 50.0% E. W. Moise (D) 49.6% Others 0.4%

See also

• United States presidential election, 1892
• United States Senate elections, 1892
• 53rd United States Congress

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)