1884 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1884 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1884, with four states holding theirs early between June and October. They coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland. Elections were held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 49th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

1884 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1882 November 4, 1884 1886 →
All 325 seats in the United States House of Representatives 163 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John G. Carlisle Thomas Brackett 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 Popular vote 4,954,599 4,665,184 Percentage 50.05% 47.13% Swing 1.15pp 5.52pp   Third party Fourth party   Party Greenback Independent Last election 2 seats 5 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 105,668 78,972 Percentage 1.07% 0.80% Swing 1.99pp 2.68pp
Elections results from the 1884 elections
Speaker before election John G. Carlisle Democratic Elected Speaker John G. Carlisle Democratic

In spite of Cleveland's victory, the opposition Republican Party gained back some of the seats lost in 1882, but the Democratic Party retained a majority in the House. 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.

Election summaries

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183	1	141
Democratic		Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican		Others
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	8	8		0		0
Arkansas	District	5	5		0		0
California	District	6	1	5	5	5	0
Colorado	At-large	1	0		1		0
Connecticut	District	4	2	1	2	1	0
Delaware	At-large	1	1		0		0
Florida	District	2	2	1	0	1	0
Georgia	District	10	10		0		0
Illinois	District	20	10	1	10	1	0
Indiana	District	13	9		4		0
Iowa	District	11	3	1	7	1	1
Kansas	District	7	0		7		0
Kentucky	District	11	10	1	1	1	0
Louisiana	District	6	5		1		0
Maine	District	4	0		4		0
Maryland	District	6	5	1	1	1	0
Massachusetts	District	12	2	1	10	1	0
Michigan	District	11	7	1	4	1	0
Minnesota	District	5	0		5		0
Mississippi	District	7	7	2	0	1	0	1
Missouri	District	14	12	2	2	2	0
Nebraska	District	3	0		3		0
Nevada	At-large	1	0	1	1	1	0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		2		0
New Jersey	District	7	3		4		0
New York	District	34	17	4	17	4	0
North Carolina	District	9	8	1	1	1	0
Ohio	District	21	11	2	10	2	0
Oregon	At-large	1	0		1		0
Pennsylvania	District + at-large	28	8	4	20	5	0	1
Rhode Island	District	2	0		2		0
South Carolina	District	7	6		1		0
Tennessee	District	10	7	1	3	1	0
Texas	District	11	11	1	0		0	1
Vermont	District	2	0		2		0
Virginia	District	10	8	2	2	2	0	4
West Virginia	District	4	3		1		0
Wisconsin	District	9	2	4	7	4	0
Total		325	183 56.3%	12	141 43.4%	19	1 0.6%	7

Popular vote Democratic   50.05% Republican   47.13% Greenback   1.07% Independent   0.80% Others   0.95%

House seats Democratic   56.00% Republican   43.38% Greenback   0.31% Independent   0.31%

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80+% Democratic   80+% Republican   60+ to 80% Democratic   60+ to 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 Republican gain   no net change

Early election dates

In 1884, four states, with 28 seats among them, held elections early:

• June 2 Oregon
• September 2 Vermont
• September 13 Maine
• October 14 Ohio

Special elections

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 3	James K. Jones	Democratic	1880	Incumbent resigned February 19, 1885. New member elected September 7, 1885. Democratic hold	▌Y Thomas C. McRae (Democratic) 61.2% ▌C. E. Mitchell (Independent) 38.8%
South Carolina 7	Edmund W. M. Mackey	Republican	1880	Incumbent died January 27, 1884. New member elected March 18, 1884. Republican hold.	▌Y Robert Smalls (Republican) 100% Unopposed
Iowa 7
Indiana 13	William H. Calkins	Republican	1876	Incumbent resigned October 20, 1884. New member elected November 4, 1884. Anti-Monopoly gain. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below.	▌Y Benjamin F. Shively (Anti-Monopoly) 52.81% ▌John Reynolds (Democratic) 47.19%
South Carolina 4	John H. Evins	Democratic	1876	Incumbent died October 20, 1884. New member elected November 12, 1884. Democratic hold. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below.	▌Y John Bratton (Democratic) 100% Unopposed
Kansas 2

Alabama

Arkansas

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 1	Poindexter Dunn	Democratic	1878	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 61.7% ▌Harmon L. Remmel (Republican) 38.8%
Arkansas 2	Clifton R. Breckinridge Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) 53.0% ▌A. A. Rogers (Republican) 47.0%
Arkansas 3	James K. Jones Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James K. Jones (Democratic) 54.1% ▌C. E. Mitchell (Republican) 45.9%
Arkansas 4	John H. Rogers Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Rogers (Democratic) 57.3% ▌John Sarber (Republican) 42.7%
Arkansas 5	Samuel W. Peel Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1882	New seat. Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel W. Peel (Democratic) 69.1% ▌W. R. Keener (Republican) 30.9%

California

Two new districts were created for the seats gained in the 1882 reapportionment, eliminating the at-large district that had been created for them.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	Barclay Henley Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barclay Henley (Democratic) 49.7% ▌Thomas L. Carothers (Republican) 49.3% ▌C. C. Bateman (Prohibition) 1%
California 2	Charles A. Sumner Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y James A. Louttit (Republican) 49.4% ▌Charles A. Sumner (Democratic) 49.1% ▌Joshua B. Webster (Prohibition) 1.5%
California 3	John R. Glascock Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Joseph McKenna (Republican) 55.8% ▌John R. Glascock (Democratic) 42.3% Others ▌Joshua B. Wills (Prohibition) 1.0% ▌A. B. Burns (Populist) 0.9%
California 4	William Rosecrans Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic	1880	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y William W. Morrow (Republican) 58.8% ▌R. P. Hastings (Democratic) 40.7% Others ▌H. S. Fitch (Populist) 0.5% ▌George Babcock (Prohibition) 0.0%
California 5	Pleasant B. Tully Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1882	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Charles N. Felton (Republican) 48.8% ▌Frank J. Sullivan (Democratic) 48.4% Others ▌C. Henderson (Prohibition) 1.4% ▌A. E. Redstone (Independent) 1.4%
California 6	None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Henry Markham (Republican) 49.1% ▌R. F. Del Valle (Democratic) 47.9% Others ▌Will D. Gould (Prohibition) 2.3% ▌Isaac Kinley (Populist) 0.7%

Colorado

Connecticut

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 1	William W. Eaton	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y John R. Buck (Republican) 49.5% ▌William W. Eaton (Democratic) 48.6% Others ▌Samuel M. Hammond (Prohibition) 1.2% ▌Albert F. Andrews (Greenback) 0.7%
Connecticut 2	Charles L. Mitchell	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles L. Mitchell (Democratic) 50.8% ▌Henry Allen (Republican) 46.3% Others ▌Henry C. Baldwin (Greenback) 1.6% ▌Sidney A. Dowd (Prohibition) 1.2%
Connecticut 3	John T. Wait	Republican	1876 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Wait (Republican) 53.8% ▌Charles S. Johnson (Democratic) 42.6% Others ▌Herbert J. Crocker (Prohibition) 2.4% ▌James C. Vallette (Greenback) 1.2%
Connecticut 4	Edward W. Seymour	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward W. Seymour (Democratic) 49.0% ▌Lyman W. Coe (Republican) 48.6% Others ▌Clinton N. Strang (Prohibition) 1.6% ▌James S. Taylor (Greenback) 0.8%

Delaware

Florida

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Robert H. M. Davidson	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 55.1% ▌Eugene O. Locke (Republican) 44.9%
Florida 2	Horatio Bisbee Jr.	Republican	1880	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain	▌Y Charles Dougherty (Democratic) 51.8% ▌Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Republican) 47.6% ▌Josiah T. Walls (Ind. Republican) 0.6%

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	Thomas B. Reed Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 51.03% ▌Nathan Cleeves (Democratic) 48.35% ▌Aaron Clark (Greenback) 0.55%
Maine 2	Nelson Dingley Jr. Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1881 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 55.10% ▌David R. Hastings (Democratic) 39.76% ▌Wilder W. Perry (Greenback) 4.39% ▌Reuben S. Hunt (Prohibition) 0.75%
Maine 3	Seth L. Milliken Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 58.37% ▌Daniel H. Thing (Democratic) 40.30% Others ▌Luther C. Bateman (Greenback) 0.95% ▌Joseph E. Ladd (Prohibition) 0.37%
Maine 4	Charles A. Boutelle Redistricted from the at-large district	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 56.65% ▌John F. Lynch (Democratic) 40.85% Others ▌Seth B. Sprague (Prohibition) 1.71% ▌Charles B. Besse (Greenback) 0.79%

Maryland

Massachusetts

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	Robert T. Davis	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert T. Davis (Republican) 66.53% ▌Weston Howland (Democratic) 25.08% ▌T. Dwight Stow (Democratic) 4.92% ▌Edward H. Hatfield (Prohibition) 3.47%
Massachusetts 2	John Davis Long	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Davis Long (Republican) 53.00% ▌William Everett (Democratic) 34.30% ▌Edgar E. Dean (Greenback) 9.27% ▌George Buttrick (Prohibition) 3.43%
Massachusetts 3	Ambrose Ranney	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ambrose Ranney (Republican) 53.00% ▌Horatio E. Swasey (Democratic) 36.05% ▌Eleazer B. Loring (Greenback) 9.40% ▌John W. Field (Prohibition) 1.54%
Massachusetts 4	Patrick Collins	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Patrick Collins (Democratic) 64.84% ▌Joseph H. O'Neil (Republican) 34.08% ▌John W. Sayre (Prohibition) 1.08%
Massachusetts 5	Leopold Morse	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Edward D. Hayden (Republican) 52.01% ▌Robert Treat Paine (Democratic) 43.11% ▌Douglas Frazar (Greenback) 3.64% ▌D. Gilbert Dexter (Prohibition) 1.24%
Massachusetts 6	Henry B. Lovering	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 49.57% ▌Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) 48.70% ▌William F. Johnson (Prohibition) 1.73%
Massachusetts 7	Eben F. Stone	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eben F. Stone (Republican) 47.90% ▌Richard S. Spofford (Democratic) 36.95% ▌John I. Baker (Greenback) 15.16%
Massachusetts 8	William A. Russell	Republican	1878	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Charles H. Allen (Republican) 53.75% ▌Charles S. Lilley (Democratic) 40.16% ▌Hiram W. Eastman (Greenback) 4.49% ▌John W. Reed (Prohibition) 1.61%
Massachusetts 9	Theodore Lyman III	Independent Republican	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Frederick D. Ely (Republican) 47.41% ▌Henry E. Fales (Democratic) 24.35% ▌Theodore Lyman III (Ind. Republican) 16.47% ▌Henry E. Lemon (Greenback) 9.39% ▌Edmund M. Stowe (Prohibition) 2.38%
Massachusetts 10	William W. Rice	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William W. Rice (Republican) 58.78% ▌James E. Eastbrook (Democratic) 27.62% ▌James H. Mellen (Greenback) 11.12% ▌William H. Earle (Prohibition) 2.48%
Massachusetts 11	William Whiting II	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Whiting II (Republican) 60.01% ▌David Hill (Democratic) 34.04% ▌James Oliver (Greenback) 3.21% ▌Wilbur F. Whitney (Prohibition) 2.74%
Massachusetts 12	Francis W. Rockwell	Republican	Jan. 1884 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Francis W. Rockwell (Republican) 51.78% ▌Jarvis N. Dunham (Democratic) 43.20% ▌Joseph D. Cadle (Greenback) 3.40% ▌John Blackmer (Prohibition) 1.75%

Michigan

Minnesota

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Minnesota 1	Milo White	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Milo White (Republican) 53.3% ▌Adolph Biermann (Democratic) 44.8% ▌C. A. Bierce (Prohibition) 4.5%
Minnesota 2	James Wakefield	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Wakefield (Republican) 63.9% ▌Felix A. Bohrer (Democratic) 32.7% ▌William Copp (Prohibition) 3.3%
Minnesota 3	Horace B. Strait	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Horace B. Strait (Republican) 51.3% ▌Ignatius Donnelly (Democratic) 46.9% ▌Isaac C. Stearns (Prohibition) 1.8%
Minnesota 4	William D. Washburn	Republican	1878	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y John Gilfillan (Republican) 53.2% ▌Orlando C. Merriman (Democratic) 45.0% ▌John Douglas (Prohibition) 1.8%
Minnesota 5	Knute Nelson	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Knute Nelson (Republican) 65.9% ▌Luther Loren Baxter (Democratic) 33.9%

Mississippi

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Henry L. Muldrow	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired to become First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Democratic hold.	▌Y John M. Allen (Democratic) 81.70% ▌Green C. Chandler (Republican) 18.30%
Mississippi 2	James R. Chalmers	Independent	1882	Incumbent lost re-election as a Republican. Democratic gain.	▌Y James B. Morgan (Democratic) 57.51% ▌James R. Chalmers (Republican) 41.22% ▌Daniel Johnson (Republican) 1.27%
Mississippi 3	Elza Jeffords	Republican	1882	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Thomas C. Catchings (Democratic) 69.55% ▌A. G. Pearce (Republican) 30.45%
Mississippi 4	Hernando Money	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Frederick G. Barry (Democratic) 69.76% ▌W. D. Frazee (Republican) 30.24%
Mississippi 5	Otho R. Singleton	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 76.51% ▌J. Q. Smith (Republican) 23.50%
Mississippi 6	Henry S. Van Eaton	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry S. Van Eaton (Democratic) 60.80% ▌John R. Lynch (Republican) 39.20%
Mississippi 7	Ethelbert Barksdale	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ethelbert Barksdale (Democratic) 66.62% ▌T. B. Yellowley (Republican) 33.30%

Missouri

Nebraska

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Archibald J. Weaver	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Archibald J. Weaver (Republican) 49.95% ▌Charles H. Brown (Democratic) 47.80% ▌E. J. O'Neil (Prohibition) 2.26%
Nebraska 2	James Laird	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Laird (Republican) 52.94% ▌J. H. Stickel (Democratic) 44.12% ▌B. Crabb (Prohibition) 2.94%
Nebraska 3	Edward K. Valentine	Republican	1878	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y George W. E. Dorsey (Republican) 55.02% ▌William Neville (Democratic) 43.77% ▌Albert Fetch (Prohibition) 1.21%

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Samuel Dibble	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel Dibble (Democratic) 73.5% ▌W. N. Taft (Republican) 26.5%
South Carolina 2	George D. Tillman	Democratic	1878	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George D. Tillman (Democratic) 84.4% ▌E. J. Dickerson (Republican) 14.2% Others 1.4%
South Carolina 3	D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y D. Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 93.5% ▌John R. Tolbert (Republican) 6.5%
South Carolina 4	John H. Evins	Democratic	1876	Incumbent died October 20, 1884. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the current term.	▌Y William H. Perry (Democratic) 99.4% Others 0.6%
South Carolina 5	John J. Hemphill	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John J. Hemphill (Democratic) 74.5% ▌C. C. Macoy (Republican) 21.8% Others 3.7%
South Carolina 6	George W. Dargan	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George W. Dargan (Democratic) 74.0% ▌Edmund H. Deas (Republican) 23.3% Others 2.7%
South Carolina 7	Robert Smalls	Republican	1884 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Smalls (Republican) 63.6% ▌William Elliott (Democratic) 34.6% Others 1.8%

Tennessee

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	A. H. Pettibone	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y A. H. Pettibone (Republican) 54.40% ▌O. C. King (Democratic) 45.60%
Tennessee 2	Leonidas C. Houk	Republican	1878	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Leonidas C. Houk (Republican) 68.32% ▌W. L. Ledgerwood (Democratic) 31.68%
Tennessee 3	George G. Dibrell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y John R. Neal (Democratic) 50.12% ▌H. Clay Evans (Republican) 49.88%
Tennessee 4	Benton McMillin	Democratic	1878	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benton McMillin (Democratic) 83.26% ▌Walton Smith (Republican) 16.74%
Tennessee 5	Richard Warner	Democratic	1880	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y James D. Richardson (Democratic) 58.46% ▌James A. Warder (Republican) 31.43% ▌Matt Martin (Ind. Democratic) 8.28% ▌J. R. Beasley (Ind. Greenback) 1.83%
Tennessee 6	Andrew J. Caldwell	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew J. Caldwell (Democratic) 58.19% ▌J. W. Baker (Republican) 34.26%
Tennessee 7	John G. Ballentine	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John G. Ballentine (Democratic) 55.66% ▌D. B. Cliff (Republican) 44.34%
Tennessee 8	John M. Taylor	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Taylor (Democratic) 52.58% ▌James T. Warren (Republican) 47.43%
Tennessee 9	Rice A. Pierce	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Presley T. Glass (Democratic) 55.02% ▌Emerson Etheridge (Republican) 44.98%
Tennessee 10	H. Casey Young	Democratic	1882	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Zachary Taylor (Republican) 51.00% ▌James M. Harris (Democratic) 46.99%

Texas

Vermont

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Vermont 1	John W. Stewart	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John W. Stewart (Republican) 73.5% ▌George H. Simmons (Democratic) 25.6% ▌C. W. B. Kidder (Greenback) 0.8%
Vermont 2	Luke P. Poland	Republican	1866 1874 (lost) 1882	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y William W. Grout (Republican) 69.8% ▌Martin H. Goddard (Democratic) 29.3% Others ▌Charles B. Cummings (Greenback) 0.7% ▌William P. Dillingham (Republican) 0.1%

Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 1	George T. Garrison	Democratic	1880 1882 (contest)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas Croxton (Democratic) 51.0% ▌Robert M. Mayo (Republican) 49.0%
Virginia 2	Harry Libbey	Readjuster	1882	Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain.	▌Y Harry Libbey (Republican) 58.3% ▌Richard C. Marsrhall (Democratic) 41.7%
Virginia 3	George D. Wise	Democratic	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George D. Wise (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Robert T. Hubard (Republican) 47.6%
Virginia 4	Benjamin S. Hooper	Readjuster	1882	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y James Dennis Brady (Republican) 40.5% ▌George E. Rives (Democratic) 36.6% ▌Joseph P. Evans (Republican) 22.9%
Virginia 5	George Cabell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Cabell (Democratic) 55.0% ▌J. W. Hartwell (Republican) 45.0%
Virginia 6	None (new district)			Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John W. Daniel (Democratic) 55.9% ▌R. P. Morris (Republican) 44.1%
Virginia 7	Charles T. O'Ferrall	Democratic	1882 (contest)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles T. O'Ferrall (Democratic) 56.4% ▌Joseph B. Webb (Republican) 43.6%
Virginia 8	John S. Barbour Jr.	Democratic	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John S. Barbour Jr. (Democratic) 55.6% ▌Duff Green (Republican) 44.4%
Virginia 9	Henry Bowen	Readjuster	1882	Incumbent lost renomination as a Republican. Democratic gain.	▌Y Connally Findlay Trigg (Democratic) 52.3% ▌Daniel F. Bailey (Republican) 47.7%
Virginia 10	J. Randolph Tucker Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Randolph Tucker (Democratic) 52.1% ▌Jacob Yost (Republican) 47.9%
Virginia at-large	John Sergeant Wise	Readjuster	1882	Incumbent retired. Seat eliminated. Readjuster loss.

West Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
West Virginia 1	Nathan Goff Jr.	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) 50.29% ▌John Brannon (Democratic) 49.71%
West Virginia 2	William L. Wilson	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William L. Wilson (Democratic) 52.18% ▌Francis M. Reynolds (Republican) 47.82%
West Virginia 3	Charles P. Snyder	Democratic	1883 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles P. Snyder (Democratic) 53.71% ▌James W. Davis (Republican) 46.30%
West Virginia 4	Eustace Gibson	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eustace Gibson (Democratic) 50.23% ▌A. R. Barber (Greenback) 49.77%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 4, 1884.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	John Winans	Democratic	1882	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 54.6% ▌Ernst Merton (Democratic) 41.3% ▌Robert Fargo (Prohibition) 4.0%
Wisconsin 2	Daniel H. Sumner	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-nomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Edward S. Bragg (Democratic) 55.4% ▌Samuel S. Barney (Republican) 41.5% Others ▌Terah J. Patchen (Prohibition) 1.9% ▌William M. Jones (Greenback) 1.2%
Wisconsin 3	Burr W. Jones	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Robert M. La Follette (Republican) 48.1% ▌Burr W. Jones (Democratic) 46.7% ▌John M. Olin (Prohibition) 5.2%
Wisconsin 4	Peter V. Deuster	Democratic	1878	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Isaac W. Van Schaick (Republican) 49.1% ▌Peter V. Deuster (Democratic) 46.5% ▌Henry Smith (Greenback) 3.8% ▌C. E. Reed (Prohibition) 0.7%
Wisconsin 5	Joseph Rankin	Democratic	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph Rankin (Democratic) 59.2% ▌Charles Luling (Republican) 38.5% Others ▌John E. Thomas (Greenback) 1.6% ▌D. I. Miller (Prohibition) 0.4% ▌William Miller (Write-in) 0.2%
Wisconsin 6	Richard W. Guenther	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard W. Guenther (Republican) 49.9% ▌Augustus L. Smith (Democratic) 46.2% ▌J. J. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.9% ▌W. E. Hanson (Greenback) 1.0%
Wisconsin 7	Gilbert M. Woodward	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Ormsby B. Thomas (Republican) 52.6% ▌Gilbert M. Woodward (Democratic) 44.1% ▌S. B. Loomis (Prohibition) 3.3%
Wisconsin 8	William T. Price	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William T. Price (Republican) 60.2% ▌L. R. Larson (Democratic) 39.8%
Wisconsin 9	Isaac Stephenson	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Isaac Stephenson (Republican) 53.5% ▌James Meehan (Democratic) 45.4% ▌A. J. Smith (Prohibition) 1.0%

Non-voting delegates

District	Incumbent			This race
	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Idaho Territory at-large	Theodore F. Singiser	Republican	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John Hailey (Democratic) 52.80% ▌Theodore F. Singiser (Republican) 46.40% ▌W. S. Taylor (Independent) 0.73%
Montana Territory at-large	Martin Maginnis	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Joseph Toole (Democratic) 50.39% ▌Hiram Knowles (Republican) 49.61%
Wyoming Territory at-large	Morton E. Post	Democratic	1880	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Joseph M. Carey (Republican) 56.40% ▌William H. Holliday (Democratic) 43.60%

See also

• 1884 United States elections
  • 1884 United States presidential election
  • 1884–85 United States Senate elections
• 48th United States Congress
• 49th United States Congress

Notes

1. Four states held early elections between June 2 and October 14.
2. Dubin (p. 271) counts 182 Democrats, 142 Republicans, and 1 Greenback at the start of the 49th United States Congress.
3. Included 2 Independent Democrats and 1 Independent Republican.
4. Includes 1 Independent Democrat, Truman A. Merriman of NY-11.
5. There was 1 Greenback member.
6. At-large seats eliminated in redistricting.
7. Greenback Party
8. Elections held early.
9. Changed from at-large.
10. Independent in previous election.
11. Readjuster Party
12. Initial victor was Van. H. Manning, but election was overturned in 1884.

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External links

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