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.

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.

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

Arkansas
! AR's 1st congressional district
 * Poindexter Dunn
 * 1878
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 61.7%
 * nowrap | ✅ Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 61.7%

Harmon L. Remmel (Republican) 38.8%

! AR's 2nd congressional district
 * Clifton R. Breckinridge Redistricted from AR's at-large congressional district.
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) 53.0%
 * nowrap | ✅ Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) 53.0%

A.A. Rogers (Republican) 47.0%

! AR's 3rd congressional district
 * James K. Jones Redistricted from AR's 2nd congressional district.
 * 1880
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James K. Jones (Democratic) 54.1%
 * nowrap | ✅ James K. Jones (Democratic) 54.1%

C.E. Mitchell (Republican) 45.9%

! AR's 4th congressional district
 * John H. Rogers Redistricted from AR's 3rd congressional district.
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John H. Rogers (Democratic) 57.3%
 * nowrap | ✅ John H. Rogers (Democratic) 57.3%

John Sarber (Republican) 42.7%

! AR's 5th congressional district
 * Samuel W. Peel Redistricted from AR's 4th congressional district.
 * 1882
 * | New seat. Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel W. Peel (Democratic) 69.1%
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel W. Peel (Democratic) 69.1%

W.R. Keener (Republican) 30.9%


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

Maine
! ME's 1st congressional district
 * Thomas B. Reed Redistricted from the ME's at-large congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1876
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 51.03%

Nathan Cleeves (Democratic) 48.35%

Aaron Clark (Greenback) 0.55%

! ME's 2nd congressional district
 * Nelson Dingley Jr. Redistricted from the ME's at-large congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1881 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 55.10%

David R. Hastings (Democratic) 39.76%

Wilder W. Perry (Greenback) 4.39%

Reuben S. Hunt (Prohibition) 0.75%

! ME's 3rd congressional district
 * Seth L. Milliken Redistricted from the ME's at-large congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 58.37%

Daniel H. Thing (Democratic) 40.30%

Luther C. Bateman (Greenback) 0.95%

Joseph E. Ladd (Prohibition) 0.37%

! ME's 4th congressional district
 * Charles A. Boutelle Redistricted from the ME's at-large congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 56.65%

John F. Lynch (Democratic) 40.85%

Seth B. Sprague (Prohibition) 1.71%

Charles B. Besse (Greenback) 0.79%


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Massachusetts
! Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
 * Robert T. Davis
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert T. Davis (Republican) 66.53%

Weston Howland (Democratic) 25.08%

T. Dwight Stow (Democratic) 4.92%

Edward H. Hatfield (Prohibition) 3.47%

! Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
 * John Davis Long
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Davis Long (Republican) 53.00%

William Everett (Democratic) 34.30%

Edgar E. Dean (Greenback) 9.27%

George Buttrick (Prohibition) 3.43%

! Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
 * Ambrose A. Ranney
 * | Republican
 * 1880
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ambrose A. Ranney (Republican) 53.00%

Horatio E. Swasey (Democratic) 36.05%

Eleazer B. Loring (Greenback) 9.40%

John W. Field (Prohibition) 1.54%

! Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
 * Patrick A. Collins
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Patrick A. Collins (Democratic) 64.84%

Joseph Henry O'Neil (Republican) 34.08%

John W. Sayre (Prohibition) 1.08%

! Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * Leopold Morse
 * | Democratic
 * 1876
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edward D. Hayden (Republican) 52.01%

Robert Treat Paine (Democratic) 43.11%

Douglas Frazar (Greenback) 3.64%

D. Gilbert Dexter (Prohibition) 1.24%

! Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
 * Henry B. Lovering
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 49.57%

Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) 48.70%

William F. Johnson (Prohibition) 1.73%

! Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
 * Eben F. Stone
 * | Republican
 * 1880
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Eben F. Stone (Republican) 47.90%

Richard S. Spofford (Democratic) 36.95%

John I. Baker (Greenback) 15.16%

! Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
 * William A. Russell
 * | Republican
 * 1878
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Herbert Allen (Republican) 53.75%

Charles S. Lilley (Democratic) 40.16%

Hiram W. Eastman (Greenback) 4.49%

John W. Reed (Prohibition) 1.61%

! Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
 * Theodore Lyman III
 * | Independent Republican
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅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's 10th congressional district
 * William W. Rice
 * | Republican
 * 1876
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 11th congressional district
 * William Whiting II
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Whiting II (Republican) 60.01%

David Hill (Democratic) 34.04%

James Oliver (Greenback) 3.21%

Wilbur F. Whitney (Prohibition) 2.74%

! Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
 * Francis W. Rockwell
 * | Republican
 * Jan. 1884 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Francis W. Rockwell (Republican) 51.78%

Jarvis N. Dunham (Democratic) 43.20%

Joseph D. Cadle (Greenback) 3.40%

John Blackmer (Prohibition) 1.75%


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Mississippi
! MS's 1st congressional district
 * Henry L. Muldrow
 * | Democratic
 * 1876
 * | Incumbent retired to become First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ John M. Allen (Democratic) 81.70%

Green C. Chandler (Republican) 18.30%

! MS's 2nd congressional district
 * James R. Chalmers
 * | Independent
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent lost re-election as a Republican. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ James B. Morgan (Democratic) 57.51%

James R. Chalmers (Republican) 41.22%

Daniel Johnson (Republican) 1.27%

! MS's 3rd congressional district
 * Elza Jeffords
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas C. Catchings (Democratic) 69.55%

A. G. Pearce (Republican) 30.45%

! MS's 4th congressional district
 * Hernando Money
 * | Democratic
 * 1874
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frederick G. Barry (Democratic) 69.76%

W. D. Frazee (Republican) 30.24%

! MS's 5th congressional district
 * Otho R. Singleton
 * | Democratic
 * 1874
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 76.51%

J. Q. Smith (Republican) 23.50%

! MS's 6th congressional district
 * Henry S. Van Eaton
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry S. Van Eaton (Democratic) 60.80%

John R. Lynch (Republican) 39.20%

! MS's 7th congressional district
 * Ethelbert Barksdale
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ethelbert Barksdale (Democratic) 66.62%

T. B. Yellowley (Republican) 33.30%


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Nebraska
! NE's 1st congressional district
 * Archibald J. Weaver
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Archibald J. Weaver (Republican) 49.95%

Charles H. Brown (Democratic) 47.80%

E. J. O'Neil (Prohibition) 2.26%

! NE's 2nd congressional district
 * James Laird
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Laird (Republican) 52.94%

J. H. Stickel (Democratic) 44.12%

B. Crabb (Prohibition) 2.94%

! NE's 3rd congressional district
 * Edward K. Valentine
 * | Republican
 * 1878
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ George W. E. Dorsey (Republican) 55.02%

William Neville (Democratic) 43.77%

Albert Fetch (Prohibition) 1.21%


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Tennessee
! TN's 1st congressional district
 * Augustus H. Pettibone
 * | Republican
 * 1880
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Augustus H. Pettibone (Republican) 54.40%

O. C. King (Democratic) 45.60%

! TN's 2nd congressional district
 * Leonidas C. Houk
 * | Republican
 * 1878
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Leonidas C. Houk (Republican) 68.32%

W. L. Ledgerwood (Democratic) 31.68%

! TN's 3rd congressional district
 * George G. Dibrell
 * | Democratic
 * 1874
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ John R. Neal (Democratic) 50.12%

Henry C. Evans (Republican) 49.88%

! TN's 4th congressional district
 * Benton McMillin
 * | Democratic
 * 1878
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Benton McMillin (Democratic) 83.26%

Walton Smith (Republican) 16.74%

! TN's 5th congressional district
 * Richard Warner
 * | Democratic
 * 1880
 * |Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ 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%

! TN's 6th congressional district
 * Andrew J. Caldwell
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Andrew J. Caldwell (Democratic) 58.19%

J. W. Baker (Republican) 34.26%

! TN's 7th congressional district
 * John G. Ballentine
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John G. Ballentine (Democratic) 55.66%

D. B. Cliff (Republican) 44.34%

! TN's 8th congressional district
 * John M. Taylor
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John M. Taylor (Democratic) 52.58%

James T. Warren (Republican) 47.43%

! TN's 9th congressional district
 * Rice A. Pierce
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * |Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Presley T. Glass (Democratic) 55.02%

Emerson Etheridge (Republican) 44.98%

! TN's 10th congressional district
 * H. Casey Young
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * ✅ Zachary Taylor (Republican) 51.00%

James M. Harris (Democratic) 46.99%


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West Virginia
! WV's 1st congressional district
 * Nathan Goff Jr.
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) 50.29%

John Brannon (Democratic) 49.71%

! WV's 2nd congressional district
 * William L. Wilson
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William L. Wilson (Democratic) 52.18%

Francis M. Reynolds (Republican) 47.82%

! WV's 3rd congressional district
 * Charles P. Snyder
 * | Democratic
 * 1883 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles P. Snyder (Democratic) 53.71%

James W. Davis (Republican) 46.30%

! WV's 4th congressional district
 * Eustace Gibson
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Eustace Gibson (Democratic) 50.23%

A. R. Barber (Greenback) 49.77%


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

! WI's 1st congressional district
 * John Winans
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 54.6%

Ernst Merton (Democratic) 41.3%

Robert Fargo (Prohibition) 4.0%

! WI's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Daniel H. Sumner
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent lost re-nomination.
 * nowrap |

✅ Edward S. Bragg (Democratic) 55.4%

Samuel S. Barney (Republican) 41.5%

Terah J. Patchen (Prohibition) 1.9%

William M. Jones (Greenback) 1.2%

! WI's 3rd congressional district
 * Burr W. Jones
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ Robert M. La Follette (Republican) 48.1%

Burr W. Jones (Democratic) 46.7%

John M. Olin (Prohibition) 5.2%

! WI's 4th congressional district
 * Peter V. Deuster
 * | Democratic
 * 1878
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ Isaac W. Van Schaick (Republican) 49.1%

Peter V. Deuster (Democratic) 46.5%

Henry Smith (Greenback) 3.8%

C. E. Reed (Prohibition) 0.7%

! WI's 5th congressional district
 * Joseph Rankin
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Joseph Rankin (Democratic) 59.2%

Charles Luling (Republican) 38.5%

John E. Thomas (Greenback) 1.6%

D. I. Miller (Prohibition) 0.4%

William Miller (Write-in) 0.2%

! WI's 6th congressional district
 * Richard W. Guenther
 * | Republican
 * 1880
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Richard W. Guenther (Republican) 49.9%

Augustus L. Smith (Democratic) 46.2%

J. J. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.9%

W. E. Hanson (Greenback) 1.0%

! WI's 7th congressional district
 * Gilbert M. Woodward
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ Ormsby B. Thomas (Republican) 52.6%

Gilbert M. Woodward (Democratic) 44.1%

S. B. Loomis (Prohibition) 3.3%

! WI's 8th congressional district
 * William T. Price
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ William T. Price (Republican) 60.2%

L. R. Larson (Democratic) 39.8%

! WI's 9th congressional district
 * Isaac Stephenson
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Isaac Stephenson (Republican) 53.5%

James Meehan (Democratic) 45.4%

A. J. Smith (Prohibition) 1.0%


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