1888 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1888 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1888, with three states holding theirs early between June and September. They occurred at the same time as the election of President Benjamin Harrison. Elections were initially held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 51st United States Congress. Six new states would later join the union and increase the House to 332 seats. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

Harrison's Republican Party gained a majority in the House at the expense of the Democratic Party, even though incumbent President Grover Cleveland actually received more votes counted than Harrison. However, as in other elections in the period, widespread vote suppression and fraud was common on behalf of Democrats and against black Republicans in the South. The Republican House majority in uncontested elections unseated a number of initially reported as victorious Democratic candidates in favor of Republican candidates who contested their election loss. The issue of tariffs played a key role in this election. The Democrats, with the support of farmers and laborers, wanted to lower tariffs in order to promote free trade, while the Republicans, backed by industry and big business, believed that higher tariffs were necessary to protect American manufacturing. Especially in industrializing regions, voters chose the Republican view on tariffs, as they gave the party a slim majority in the House.

Hamilton D. Coleman’s win in the Second District would prove the last time until 1972 that a Republican won any House seat in Louisiana, for the disenfrachisement of almost all blacks in the 1890s would leave that state completely devoid of Republican support until after the Dixiecrat bolt.

Election summaries
Seven seats were added, for the six new states of, in order of admission (number of House seats for each new state listed in parentheses): North Dakota (1), South Dakota (2), Montana (1), Washington (1), Idaho (1), and Wyoming (1).

The previous election had 4 third-party candidates, 2 Labor, 1 Greenback, and 1 Independent.

Election dates
All states elected their members November 6, 1888 except, three states, with 7 seats among them:


 * June 6: Oregon
 * September 4: Vermont
 * September 10: Maine

Arizona Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas
! Arkansas's 1st congressional district
 * Poindexter Dunn
 * | Democratic
 * 1878
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ William H. Cate (Democratic) 51.9%

Lewis P. Featherstone (Labor) 47.4%

Others 0.6%

! Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
 * Clifton R. Breckinridge
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) 51.2%

John M. Clayton (Republican) 48.8%

! Arkansas's 3rd congressional district
 * Thomas C. McRae
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas C. McRae (Democratic) 59.7%

John Ansley (Labor) 40.3%

! Arkansas's 4th congressional district
 * John H. Rogers
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John H. Rogers (Democratic) 57.8%

Isaac McCacken (Independent) 42.2%

! Arkansas's 5th congressional district
 * Samuel W. Peel
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel W. Peel (Democratic) 68.9%

Edward P. Watson (Independent) 22.0%

John Gates (Republican) 9.1%


 * }

In the AR's 1st congressional district, initial returns showed William H. Cate (Democratic) winning the election, but the election was contested by Lewis P. Featherstone (Labor), and on May 5, 1890, he was declared the winner.

In the AR's 2nd congressional district, Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) was initially declared re-elected. John M. Clayton successfully contested the election, but was assassinated before the contest was complete, so the House declared the seat vacant. Breckinridge was subsequently re-elected November 4, 1890 to finish the term.

California
! California's 1st congressional district
 * Thomas Larkin Thompson
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ John J. De Haven (Republican) 49.9%

Thomas L. Thompson (Democratic) 49%

W. D. Reynolds (Independent) 1.1%

! California's 2nd congressional district
 * Marion Biggs
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marion Biggs (Democratic) 50.6%

John A. Eagon (Republican) 46.6%

S. M. McLean (Prohibition) 2.4%

J. F. McSwain (Independent) 0.4%

! California's 3rd congressional district
 * Joseph McKenna
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph McKenna (Republican) 56.0%

Ben Morgan (Democratic) 41.2%

W. W. Smith (Prohibition) 1.9%

S. Solon Holl (Independent) 1.0%

! California's 4th congressional district
 * William W. Morrow
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William W. Morrow (Republican) 50.8%

Robert Ferral (Democratic) 48.6%

Frank M. Pixley (Socialist) 0.6%

! California's 5th congressional district
 * Charles N. Felton
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas J. Clunie (Democratic) 49.3%

Timothy G. Phelps (Republican) 49.2%

Henry French (Independent)

! California's 6th congressional district
 * William Vandever
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold
 * nowrap | ✅ William Vandever (Republican) 52.5%

Reel B. Terry (Democratic) 43.7%

J. G. Miller (Prohibition) 3.5%

Alfred Daggett (Know Nothing) 0.2%


 * }

Florida
! FL's 1st congressional district
 * Robert H. M. Davidson
 * | Democratic
 * 1876
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 67.1%

H. R. Benjamin (Republican) 32.9%

! FL's 2nd congressional district
 * Charles Dougherty
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Bullock (Democratic) 53.5%

Frederick S. Goodrich (Republican) 46.5%


 * }

Idaho Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

Maine
! ME's 1st congressional district
 * Thomas B. Reed
 * | Republican
 * 1876
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 52.30%

William Emery (Democratic) 45.33%

Timothy B. Hussey (Prohibition) 2.37%

! ME's 2nd congressional district
 * Nelson Dingley Jr.
 * | Republican
 * 1881 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 55.17%

Charles E. Allen (Democratic) 40.87%

Ebenezer A. Howard (Union Labor) 2.05%

William T. Eustis (Prohibition) 1.91%

! ME's 3rd congressional district
 * Seth L. Milliken
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 57.95%

Simon S. Brown (Democratic) 39.54%

Binsley S. Kelley (Prohibition) 1.51%

Frank A. Howard (Union Labor) 0.99%

! ME's 4th congressional district
 * Charles A. Boutelle
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 54.64%

Thomas S. Stewart (Democratic) 42.67%

John Barker (Prohibition) 2.68%


 * }

Massachusetts
! Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
 * Robert T. Davis
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles S. Randall (Republican) 60.86%

John W. Cummings (Democratic) 21.29%

George Delano (Prohibition) 14.47%

William Miller (Labor) 3.38%

! Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
 * John Davis Long
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Elijah A. Morse (Republican) 54.75%

Josiah Quincy VI (Democratic) 42.94%

William H. Phillips (Prohibition) 3.31%

! Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
 * Leopold Morse
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John F. Andrew (Democratic) 52.03%

Alanson W. Beard (Republican) 47.07%

Henry H. Shugg (Prohibition) 0.89%

! Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
 * Patrick Collins
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * ✅ Joseph Henry O'Neil (Democratic) 68.11%

Peter Morrison (Republican) 31.02%

Frederic G. Whitcomb (Prohibition) 0.86%

! Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * Edward D. Hayden
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nathaniel P. Banks (Republican) 51.80%

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Republican) 46.72%

Edward Kendall (Prohibition) 1.47%

! Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
 * Henry Cabot Lodge
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) 56.34%

Roland G. Usher (Democratic) 41.12%

George A. Crossman (Prohibition) 2.54%

! Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
 * William Cogswell
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Cogswell (Republican) 57.07%

Samuel Roads Jr. (Democratic) 41.09%

James J. Gregory (Prohibition) 1.84%

! Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
 * Charles Herbert Allen
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * |Incumbent not re-nominated. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frederic T. Greenhalge (Republican) 55.27%

John J. Donovan (Democratic) 42.99%

Nathaniel A. Glidden (Prohibition) 1.74%

! Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
 * Edward Burnett
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ John W. Candler (Republican) 52.19%

Edward Burnett (Democratic) 45.43%

John C. Park (Prohibition) 2.39%

! Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
 * John E. Russell
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph H. Walker (Republican) 52.01%

Irving B. Sayles (Democratic) 44.88%

Charles G. Allen (Prohibition) 3.11%

! Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
 * William Whiting II
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Whiting II (Republican) 56.36%

William Skinner (Democratic) 39.75%

Hervey S. Cowell (Prohibition) 3.89%

! Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
 * Francis W. Rockwell
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Francis W. Rockwell (Republican) 52.13%

Henry W. Ely (Democratic) 45.02%

Henry Cutler (Prohibition) 2.85%


 * }

Mississippi
! MS's 1st congressional district
 * John M. Allen
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ John M. Allen (Democratic) 86.76%

Joseph M. Bynum (Republican) 13.24%

! MS's 2nd congressional district
 * James B. Morgan
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James B. Morgan (Democratic) 70.61%

James R. Chalmers (Republican) 29.39%

! MS's 3rd congressional district
 * Thomas C. Catchings
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas C. Catchings (Democratic) 71.12%

James Hill (Republican) 28.23%

James Witherspoon (Independent) 0.66%

! MS's 4th congressional district
 * Frederick G. Barry
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Clarke Lewis (Democratic) 84.29%

Matthew K. Mister (Republican) 15.71%

! MS's 5th congressional district
 * Chapman L. Anderson
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Chapman L. Anderson (Democratic) 80.29%

F. M. Cook (Republican) 19.72%

! MS's 6th congressional district
 * T. R. Stockdale
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ T. R. Stockdale (Democratic) 70.33%

Leon C. Duchesne (Republican) 29.67%

! MS's 7th congressional district
 * Charles E. Hooker
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 75.50%

Henry Kernaghan (Republican) 24.50%


 * }

Nebraska
! NE's 1st congressional district
 * John A. McShane
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ William J. Connell (Republican) 49.85%

Julius S. Morton (Democratic) 44.69%

Edwin B. Graham (Prohibition) 4.48%

J. W. Edgerton (Labor) 0.98%

! NE's 2nd congressional district
 * James Laird
 * | Republican
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Laird (Republican) 53.38%

W. G. Hastings (Democratic) 36.55%

George Scott (Prohibition) 7.12%

R. H. Rohr (Labor) 2.96%

! NE's 3rd congressional district
 * George W. E. Dorsey
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George W. E. Dorsey (Republican) 54.16%

E. P. Weatherby (Democratic) 39.95%

A. M. Walling (Prohibition) 3.85%

I. O. Jones (Labor) 1.91%

Scattering 0.13%


 * }

Montana Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

New Mexico Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

Ohio
! Ohio's 1st congressional district
 * Benjamin Butterworth
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Benjamin Butterworth (Republican) 52.6%

Otway Cosgrove (Democratic) 47.4%

! Ohio's 2nd congressional district
 * Charles Elwood Brown
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John A. Caldwell (Republican) 51.9%

Clinton W. Gerard (Democratic) 48.1%

! Ohio's 3rd congressional district
 * Elihu S. Williams
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Elihu S. Williams (Republican) 50.5%

George W. Houk (Democratic) 49.5%

! Ohio's 4th congressional district
 * Samuel S. Yoder
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel S. Yoder (Democratic) 60.6%

Robert L. Mattingly (Republican) 39.4%

! Ohio's 5th congressional district
 * George E. Seney
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George E. Seney (Democratic) 57.9%

Wilson Vance (Republican) 42.1%

! Ohio's 6th congressional district
 * Melvin M. Boothman
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Melvin M. Boothman (Republican) 50.1%

Gaylord M. Saltzgaber (Democratic) 49.9%

! Ohio's 7th congressional district
 * James E. Campbell
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Lee Morey (Republican) 51.2%

John M. Pattison (Democratic) 48.8%

! Ohio's 8th congressional district
 * Robert P. Kennedy
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert P. Kennedy (Republican) 54.2%

Andrew R. Bohn (Democratic) 45.8%

! Ohio's 9th congressional district
 * William C. Cooper
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William C. Cooper (Republican) 53.0%

John S. Braddock (Republican) 47.0%

! Ohio's 10th congressional district
 * Jacob Romeis
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ William E. Haynes (Democratic) 51.5%

Jacob Romeis (Republican) 48.5%

! Ohio's 11th congressional district
 * Albert C. Thompson
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Albert C. Thompson (Republican) 56.8%

Joseph W. Shinn (Democratic) 43.2%

! Ohio's 12th congressional district
 * Jacob J. Pugsley
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jacob J. Pugsley (Republican) 50.9%

Lawrence T. Neal (Democratic) 49.1%

! Ohio's 13th congressional district
 * Joseph H. Outhwaite
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph H. Outhwaite (Democratic) 52.7%

John B. Neil (Republican) 47.3%

! Ohio's 14th congressional district
 * Charles P. Wickham
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles P. Wickham (Republican) 51.5%

David L. Wadsworth (Democratic) 48.5%

! Ohio's 15th congressional district
 * Charles H. Grosvenor
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles H. Grosvenor (Republican) 53.5%

John P. Spriggs (Democratic) 46.5%

! Ohio's 16th congressional district
 * Beriah Wilkins
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ James W. Owens (Democratic) 55.2%

Edwin L. Lybarger (Republican) 44.8%

! Ohio's 17th congressional district
 * Joseph D. Taylor
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph D. Taylor (Republican) 56.9%

William Lawrence (Democratic) 43.1%

! Ohio's 18th congressional district
 * William McKinley
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William McKinley (Republican) 54.4%

George P. Ikirt (Democratic) 45.6%

! Ohio's 19th congressional district
 * Ezra B. Taylor
 * | Republican
 * 1880 (s)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ezra B. Taylor (Republican) 67.5%

Henry Apthorp (Democratic) 32.5%

! Ohio's 20th congressional district
 * George W. Crouse
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Martin L. Smyser (Republican) 52.9%

Calvin P. Humphrey (Democratic) 47.1%

! Ohio's 21st congressional district
 * Martin A. Foran
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Theodore E. Burton (Republican) 50.8%

Tom L. Johnson (Democratic) 49.2%


 * }

South Carolina
! SC's 1st congressional district
 * Samuel Dibble
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel Dibble (Democratic) 86.7%

S. W. McKinlay (Republican) 13.1%

Others 0.2%

! SC's 2nd congressional district
 * George D. Tillman
 * | Democratic
 * 1878
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George D. Tillman (Democratic) 86.8%

Seymour E. Smith (Republican) 11.4%

Others 1.8%

! SC's 3rd congressional district
 * James S. Cothran
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James S. Cothran (Democratic) 99.8%

Others 0.2%

! SC's 4th congressional district
 * William H. Perry
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William H. Perry (Democratic) 99.9%

Others 0.1%

! SC's 5th congressional district
 * John J. Hemphill
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John J. Hemphill (Democratic) 99.7%

Others 0.3%

! SC's 6th congressional district
 * George W. Dargan
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George W. Dargan (Democratic) 95.7%

Others 4.3%

! SC's 7th congressional district
 * William Elliott
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Elliott (Democratic) 54.1%

Thomas E. Miller (Republican) 45.4%

Others 0.5%


 * }

In the SC's 7th congressional district, Elliott was initially declared re-elected, but Miller successfully challenged the election and was seated in his place in September 1890.

Tennessee
! TN's 1st congressional district
 * Roderick R. Butler
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Alfred A. Taylor (Republican) 60.33%

David P. Wilcox (Democratic) 38.20%

James M. Pierce (Prohibition) 1.47%

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

✅ Leonidas C. Houk (Republican) 68.80%

Samuel G. Heiskell (Democratic) 28.98%

James A. Ruble (Prohibition) 2.22%

! TN's 3rd congressional district
 * John R. Neal
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ Henry C. Evans (Republican) 49.99%

Creed F. Bates (Democratic) 49.22%

M. D. Cone (Prohibition) 0.79%

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

✅ Benton McMillin (Democratic) 61.62%

Jonathan S. Wooten (Republican) 38.38%

! TN's 5th congressional district
 * James D. Richardson
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James D. Richardson (Democratic) 67.82%

C. H. Shoffner (Republican) 32.19%

! TN's 6th congressional district
 * Joseph E. Washington
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Joseph E. Washington (Democratic) 57.20%

William H. Young (Republican) 38.26%

Louis G. Mumford (Prohibition) 4.54%

! TN's 7th congressional district
 * Washington C. Whitthorne
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 57.75%

Robert A. Haggard (Republican) 42.25%

! TN's 8th congressional district
 * Benjamin A. Enloe
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Benjamin A. Enloe (Democratic) 54.72%

Warren Smith (Republican) 45.28%

! TN's 9th congressional district
 * Presley T. Glass
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * |Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ Rice A. Pierce (Democratic) 62.96%

J. W. Brown (Republican) 37.04%

! TN's 10th congressional district
 * James Phelan Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * ✅ James Phelan Jr. (Democratic) 63.21%

L. B. Eaton (Republican) 36.80%


 * }

Utah Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

Washington Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

West Virginia
! rowspan=2 | WV's 1st congressional district
 * rowspan=2 | Nathan Goff Jr.
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * rowspan=2 | 1882
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ John O. Pendleton (Democratic) 49.55%

George W. Atkinson (Republican) 49.49%

B. F. Meyers (Prohibition) 0.54%

John E. Stealey (Independent) 0.43%


 * | Election successfully contested. New member seated February 26, 1890. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ George W. Atkinson (Republican) 50.06%
 * nowrap | ✅ George W. Atkinson (Republican) 50.06%

John O. Pendleton (Democratic) 49.94%

! WV's 2nd congressional district
 * William L. Wilson
 * | Democratic
 * 1882
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William L. Wilson (Democratic) 50.11%

W. H. Flick (Republican) 49.19%

Frank Burt (Prohibition) 0.46%

S. W. Sturm (Labor) 0.24%

! WV's 3rd congressional district
 * Charles P. Snyder
 * | Democratic
 * 1883 (special)
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John D. Alderson (Democratic) 50.51%

James H. McGinnis (Republican) 46.44%

W. D. Sanford (Independent) 2.24%

C. W. Henson (Prohibition) 0.80%

! rowspan=2 |WV's 4th congressional district
 * rowspan=2 | Charles E. Hogg
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * rowspan=2 | 1886
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap rowspan=2 | ✅ James M. Jackson (Democratic) 49.65%

Charles B. Smith (Republican) 49.64%

W. M. Weekley (Independent) 0.56%

G. W. Hays (Independent) 0.15%


 * | Election successfully contested. New member seated February 3, 1890. Republican gain.
 * }
 * }

Wisconsin
Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 6, 1888.

! WI's 1st congressional district
 * Lucien B. Caswell
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 53.4%

Joseph Doe (Democratic) 41.5%

Stephen Faville (Prohibition) 5.0%

! WI's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * Richard W. Guenther
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent declined re-nomination.
 * nowrap |

✅ Charles Barwig (Democratic) 53.2%

Edward C. McFetridge (Republican) 43.8%

O. H. Crowl (Prohibition) 2.6%

Clark Hewitt (Labor) 0.3%

! WI's 3rd congressional district
 * Robert M. La Follette
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Robert M. La Follette (Republican) 50.0%

John B. Parkinson (Democratic) 42.3%

Thomas C. Richmond (Prohibition) 7.0%

C. D. Wooster (Labor) 7.0%

! WI's 4th congressional district
 * Henry Smith
 * | Union Labor
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap |

✅ Isaac W. Van Schaick (Republican) 50.8%

Henry Smith (Dem.-Labor) 47.3%

John Schuler (Socialist) 1.2%

George M. Heckendorn (Prohibition) 0.7%

! WI's 5th congressional district Special
 * Thomas R. Hudd
 * | Democratic
 * 1886
 * | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap |

✅ George H. Brickner (Democratic) 55.2%

Gustav Küstermann (Republican) 41.5%

Charles Hatch (Labor) 2.8%

E. M. Dick (Prohibition) 0.6%

! WI's 6th congressional district
 * Charles B. Clark
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Charles B. Clark (Republican) 52.5%

Charles W. Felger (Democratic) 41.5%

W. S. Sweet (Prohibition) 3.6%

Peter A. Griffith (Labor) 2.4%

! WI's 7th congressional district
 * Ormsby B. Thomas
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Ormsby B. Thomas (Republican) 53.5%

Frank P. Coburn (Democratic) 41.5%

J. H. Mosely (Prohibition) 5.0%

! WI's 8th congressional district
 * Nils P. Haugen
 * | Republican
 * 1887
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Nils P. Haugen (Republican) 57.0%

Samuel C. Johnson (Dem.-Labor) 34.9%

Charles Alexander (Prohibition) 7.8%

Dan C. Johnson (Write-in) 0.2%

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

✅ Myron H. McCord (Republican) 50.5%

H. W. Early (Democratic) 44.0%

A. C. Merryman (Prohibition) 0.1%

John F. Moore (Labor) 0.1%

F. H. Moore (Write-in) 0.2%


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Wyoming Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.

Non-voting delegates
! Arizona Territory At-large

! Idaho Territory At-large
 * Fred Dubois
 * | Republican
 * 1886
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Fred Dubois (Republican) 51.03%

James H. Hawley (Democratic) 39.89%

Norman Buck (North Idaho Annexation) 9.08%

! Montana Territory At-large
 * Joseph K. Toole
 * | Democratic
 * 1884
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas H. Carter (Republican) 56.20%

William A. Clark (Democratic) 43.39%

! New Mexico Territory At-large

! Utah Territory At-large

! Washington Territory At-large

! Wyoming Territory At-large
 * Joseph M. Carey
 * | Republican
 * 1884
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph M. Carey (Republican) 58.04%

Caleb P. Organ (Democratic) 41.97%


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