1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections

In most states, the elections were held November 5, 1878. In 1845, Congress set a uniform nationwide date for choosing presidential electors. This Act of Congress did not affect election dates for Congress, which remained within the jurisdiction of state governments, but over time, the states moved their congressional elections to this date as well. In this cycle, there were still 7 states with earlier election dates, and 1 with a later election date: • Early elections • June 3, 1878: Oregon • September 3, 1878: Vermont • September 9, 1878: Maine • October 7, 1878: Indiana • October 8, 1878: Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia • Standard election date • November 5, 1878 • Late election • September 3, 1879: California California's elections were the last time a state held congressional general elections after November. == Special elections ==

Elections are listed by date and district. • J. Smith Young (Democratic) • }} • Thomas J. Majors (Republican) • Alex Bear (Democratic) • }} • John Mosher Bailey (Republican) • }} • Richard L. T. Beale (Democratic) • }} • William B. Fleming (Democratic) • }} • Christopher C. Upson (Democratic) • }} • William G. Thompson (Republican) • }} • Waldo Hutchins (Democratic) • }} == Alabama ==

• Thomas H. Herndon (Democratic) 69.10% • Warner Bailey (Greenback) 30.90% }} • Hilary A. Herbert (Democratic) 56.25% • James P. Armstrong (Republican) 43.75% }} • William J. Samford (Democratic) 88.43% • French Strange (Independent) 9.64% • William M. Russell (Republican) 1.93% }} • Charles M. Shelley (Democratic) 55.38% • Jeremiah Haralson (Republican) 42.57% • Jonathan H. Henry (Independent) 2.04% }} • Thomas Williams (Democratic) 70.51% • Theodore Nunn (Greenback) 29.49% }} • Burwell B. Lewis (Democratic) 70.51% • William R. Smith (Independent) 29.49% }} • William H. Forney (Democratic) 96.57% • N. B. Mardis (Independent) 3.43% }} • William M. Lowe (Greenback) 55.49% • William W. Garth (Democratic) 44.51% }} == Arkansas ==

• Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 100.0% }} • William F. Slemons (Democratic) 57.20% • John G. Bradley (Greenback) 43.80% }} • Jordan E. Cravens (Democratic) 51.19% • Milton L. Rice (Greenback) 48.81% }} • Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 59.77% • J. F. Cunningham (Ind. Democratic) 29.42% • Byrd Smith (Greenback) 10.80% }} == California ==

• Horace Davis (Republican) 48.41% • Clitus Barbour (Workingmen) 44.50% • Charles R. Summer (Democratic) 7.09% }} • Horace F. Page (Republican) 51.87% • Thomas J. Clunie (Democratic) 34.38% • H. P. Williams (Workingmen) 13.75% }} • Campbell P. Berry (Democratic) 50.16% • Joseph McKenna (Republican) 49.61% • George T. Elliott (Workingmen) 0.23% }} • Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) 40.47% • Wallace Leach (Democratic) 31.84% • James J. Ayers (Workingmen) 27.68% }} == Colorado ==

• James B. Belford (Republican) 49.93% • Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 41.93% • Henry C. Childs (Greenback) 8.14% }} Patterson successfully contested the election and was seated March 4, 1877. == Connecticut ==

• Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 52.2% • George M. Landers (Democratic) 43.8% • Herbert Baker (Greenback) 3.7% • Horace Johnson (Prohibition) 0.3% }} • James Phelps (Democratic) 53.2% • Benjamin Douglas (Republican) 45.9% • Calvin Harrington (Prohibition) 0.9% }} • John T. Wait (Republican) 53.7% • Charles W. Carter (Republican) 44.1% • Elisha Palmer (Prohibition) 2.2% }} • Frederick Miles (Republican) 48.7% • Frederick W. Bruggerhoff (Republican) 44.6% • James S. Taylor (Greenback) 6.3% • Ambrose S. Rogers (Prohibition) 0.3% }} == Delaware ==

• Edward L. Martin (Democratic) 78.10% • John G. Jackson (Greenback) 21.90% }} == Florida ==

• Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 56.80% • Simon B. Conover (Republican) 40.90% • Edmund C. Weeks (Ind. Republican) 2.29% }} • Noble A. Hull (Democratic) 50.03% • Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Republican) 49.97% }} In the the difference between the two candidates, in the initial returns, was just 22 votes. Bisbee challenged Hull's election, and was eventually awarded the seat on January 22, 1881. == Georgia ==

• John C. Nicholls (Democratic) 62.76% • S. A. Corker (Republican) 37.24% }} • William E. Smith (Democratic) 69.05% • E. C. Wade (Republican) 30.95% }} • Philip Cook (Democratic) 100.0% }} • Henry Persons (Ind. Democratic) 56.09% • Henry R. Harris (Democratic) 42.48% • L. J. Milam (Independent) 0.91% • J. C. Fuller (Independent) 0.51% }} • Nathaniel J. Hammond (Democratic) 55.64% • Reuben Arnold (Greenback) 44.36% }} • James H. Blount (Democratic) 99.44% • Scattering (Independent) 0.56% }} • William H. Felton (Ind. Democratic) 52.47% • G. N. Lester (Democratic) 47.53% }} • Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) 98.30% • Scattering (Independent) 1.70% }} • Emory Speer (Ind. Democratic) 50.51% • Joel A. Billups (Democratic) 49.49% }} == Illinois ==

• William Aldrich (Republican) 51.84% • James R. Doolittle (Democratic) 30.41% • John McAscliff (Socialist Labor) 9.89% • William V. Barr (Greenback) 7.86% }} • George R. Davis (Republican) 49.59% • Miles Kehoe (Democratic) 29.29% • George A. Schilling (Socialist Labor) 11.85% • James Felch (Greenback) 7.67% • J. H. Condon (Independent) 1.25% • John Sebolski (Independent) 0.35% }} • Hiram Barber Jr. (Republican) 53.06% • Lambert Tree (Democratic) 29.26% • Benjamin Sebley (Independent) 12.78% • A. B. Cornell (Greenback) 4.90% }} • John C. Sherwin (Republican) 61.79% • Jonathan C. Staighton (Democratic) 21.50% • Augustus Adams (Greenback) 16.71% }} • Robert M. A. Hawk (Republican) 53.42% • Mortimer D. Hathaway (Democratic) 23.33% • John M. King (Greenback) 23.24% }} • Thomas J. Henderson (Republican) 52.47% • James W. Haney (Greenback) 31.94% • Charles Dunham (Democratic) 15.59% }} • Philip C. Hayes (Republican) 46.54% • Alexander Campbell (Greenback) 28.29% • W. S. Brooks (Democratic) 25.17% }} • Greenbury L. Fort (Republican) 49.72% • Chris C. Strawn (Greenback) 29.01% • Thomas M. Shaw (Democratic) 21.27% }} • Thomas A. Boyd (Republican) 43.76% • George A. Wilson (Democratic) 40.68% • Aloxr H. Keighan (Greenback) 15.56% }} • Benjamin F. Marsh (Republican) 44.50% • Delos P. Phelps (Democratic) 42.33% • Alson J. Streeter (Greenback) 13.17% }} • James W. Singleton (Democratic) 54.49% • James P. Dimmitt (Republican) 31.69% • William H. Pogue (Prohibition) 13.82% }} • William M. Springer (Democratic) 47.69% • John Cook (Republican) 34.78% • John Mathers (Greenback) 17.53% }} • Adlai Stevenson I (Democratic) 53.22% • Thomas F. Tipton (Republican) 46.26% • L. M. Bickmore (Prohibition) 0.52% }} • Joseph G. Cannon (Republican) 46.16% • Maldon Jones (Democratic) 38.84% • Jesse Harper (Greenback) 15.00% }} • Albert P. Forsythe (Greenback) 50.31% • Hiram B. Decias (Democratic) 49.69% }} • William A. J. Sparks (Democratic) 48.75% • Basil B. Smith (Republican) 42.18% • James Creed (Greenback) 9.07% }} • William R. Morrison (Democratic) 50.47% • John Baker (Republican) 43.04% • William E. Moberly (Greenback) 6.48% }} • John R. Thomas (Republican) 46.62% • William J. Allen (Democratic) 44.37% • S. J. Davis (Greenback) 9.02% }} • Richard W. Townshend (Democratic) 53.31% • Robert Bell (Republican) 34.64% • Seth F. Crews (Greenback) 12.04% }} == Indiana ==

• William Heilman (Republican) 48.66% • Thomas E. Garvin (Democratic) 45.77% • Thomas F. Debruler (Greenback) 5.57% }} • Thomas R. Cobb (Democratic) 55.06% • Richard M. Welman (Republican) 38.26% • William L. Green (Greenback) 6.69% }} • George A. Bicknell (Democratic) 57.91% • Ara E. Long (Republican) 35.99% • John F. Willy (Greenback) 6.10% }} • Jeptha D. New (Democratic) 50.49% • Leonidas Sexton (Republican) 48.85% • Robert Gregg (Greenback) 0.66% }} • Thomas M. Browne (Republican) 50.08% • William S. Holman (Democratic) 47.03% • William C. Jeffries (Greenback) 2.89% }} • William R. Myers (Democratic) 47.89% • William Grose (Republican) 46.06% • Reuben A. Riley (Greenback) 6.05% }} • Gilbert De La Matyr (Greenback) 51.14% • John Hanna (Republican) 48.86% }} • Abraham J. Hostetler (Democratic) 43.56% • Morton C. Hunter (Republican) 40.12% • Henry A. White (Greenback) 16.31% }} • Godlove S. Orth (Republican) 43.73% • James McCabe (Democratic) 43.46% • Leroy Templeton (Greenback) 12.81% }} • William H. Calkins (Republican) 45.16% • Morgan H. Weir (Democratic) 39.41% • John N. Skinner (Greenback) 15.44% }} • Calvin Cowgill (Republican) 47.23% • David D. Dykeman (Democratic) 39.81% • David Moss (Greenback) 12.96% }} • Walpole G. Colerick (Democratic) 63.73% • John Studebaker (Democratic) 36.27% }} • John Baker (Republican) 47.20% • John B. Stoll (Democratic) 42.04% • William C. Williams (Greenback) 10.76% }} == Iowa ==

• Moses A. McCoid (Republican) 48.58% • Wesley C. Hobbs (Democratic) 30.38% • A. H. Breman (Greenback) 21.05% }} • Hiram Price (Republican) 49.75% • W. F. Brannan (Democratic) 35.47% • Jacob Geiger (Greenback) 14.77% }} • Thomas Updegraff (Republican) 43.85% • Fred O'Donnell (Democratic) 37.52% • S. T. Spangler (Greenback) 18.63% }} • Nathaniel C. Deering (Republican) 60.83% • Luman H. Weller (Greenback) 20.38% • William V. Allen (Greenback) 18.79% }} • Rush Clark (Republican) 52.78% • George Carter (Democratic) 44.63% • Timothy Brown (Greenback) 2.59% }} • James B. Weaver (Greenback) 53.35% • Ezekiel S. Sampson (Republican) 46.65% }} • Edward H. Gillette (Greenback) 51.45% • Henry J. B. Cummings (Republican) 48.55% }} • William F. Sapp (Republican) 50.21% • George C. Hicks (Greenback) 25.40% • John H. Keatley (Democratic) 24.39% }} • Cyrus C. Carpenter (Republican) 54.91% • L. Q. Hoggartt (Greenback) 41.08% • Walter Brown (Democratic) 4.00% }} == Kansas ==

• John A. Anderson (Republican) 59.61% • J. R. McClure (Democratic) 29.20% • E. Gale (Greenback) 11.19% }} • Dudley C. Haskell (Republican) 44.97% • C. W. Blair (Democratic) 31.40% • P. P. Elder (Greenback) 23.54% }} • Thomas Ryan (Republican) 56.83% • F. Doser (Greenback) 24.90% • J. B. Fugate (Democratic) 18.27% }} == Kentucky ==

• Oscar Turner (Ind. Democratic) 42.87% • Lawrence S. Trimble (Democratic) 34.97% • E. W. Bagby (Republican) 22.15% }} • James A. McKenzie (Democratic) 61.38% • John W. Feighan (Republican) 23.50% • Francis M. English (Greenback) 15.12% }} • John W. Caldwell (Democratic) 46.32% • W. Godfrey Hunter (Republican) 42.10% • George Wright (Greenback) 11.58% }} • J. Proctor Knott (Democratic) 65.04% • J. D. Belden (Republican) 33.48% • John W. Lewis (Greenback) 1.48% }} • Albert S. Willis (Democratic) 40.51% • J. Watts Kearney (Democratic) 33.30% • Horace Scott (Republican) 24.48% • Blanton Duncan (Greenback) 1.70% }} • John G. Carlisle (Democratic) 75.87% • Joseph H. Hermes (Independent) 24.13% }} • J. C. S. Blackburn (Democratic) 69.78% • George C. Drane (Republican) 28.68% • John L. Scott (Independent) 1.54% }} • Philip B. Thompson Jr. (Democratic) 53.80% • George Denny (Republican) 46.20% }} • Thomas Turner (Democratic) 55.45% • John Dills (Republican) 43.15% • James G. Carter (Greenback) 1.40% }} • Elijah Phister (Democratic) 65.34% • B. F. Bennett (Republican) 23.70% • James Kilgore (Greenback) 10.97% }} == Louisiana ==

• Randall L. Gibson (Democratic) 63.60% • H. C. Castellanos (Republican) 36.40% }} • E. John Ellis (Democratic) 58.97% • E. N. Collom (Greenback) 34.91% • Michael Hahn (Republican) 6.12% }} • Joseph H. Acklen (Democratic) 48.77% • R. O. Herbert (Republican) 33.89% • W. B. Merchant (Independent Democratic) 17.34% }} • Joseph B. Elam (Democratic) 89.15% • J. M. Wells (Republican) 10.85% }} • J. Floyd King (Democratic) 77.87% • J. T. Ludling (Republican) 22.13% }} • Edward W. Robertson (Democratic) 66.14% • W. L. Larimore (Independent) 33.86% }} == Maine ==

• Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 46.23% • Samuel J. Anderson (Democratic) 32.00% • Edward H. Gove (Greenback) 21.77% }} • William P. Frye (Republican) 49.20% • Solon Chase (Greenback) 36.46% • S. Clifford Belcher (Democratic) 14.34% }} • Stephen Lindsey (Republican) 44.39% • William Philbrick (Greenback) 32.60% • Franklin Smith (Democratic) 23.01% }} • George W. Ladd (Greenback) 56.14% • Llewellyn Powers (Republican) 43.86% }} • Thompson H. Murch (Greenback) 48.43% • Eugene Hale (Republican) 42.28% • Joseph H. Martin (Democratic) 9.29% }} == Maryland ==

• Daniel M. Henry (Democratic) 52.49% • Samuel A. Graham (Republican) 47.51% }} • J. Frederick C. Talbott (Democratic) 66.87% • George B. Milligan (Ind. Democratic) 24.48% • A. P. McCombs (Greenback) 8.66% }} • William Kimmel (Democratic) 70.41% • Joseph Thompson (Socialist Labor) 29.59% }} • Robert M. McLane (Democratic) 58.98% • Jonathan C. Holland (Republican) 35.56% • William L. Quigley (Socialist Labor) 3.34% }} • Eli J. Henkle (Democratic) 53.97% • J. Parran Crane (Republican) 45.20% • Eugene B. Calvert (Greenback) 0.84% }} • Milton Urner (Republican) 49.69% • George Peter (Democratic) 43.62% • Horace Resley (Greenback) 6.69% }} == Massachusetts ==

• William W. Crapo (Republican) 62.32% • Matthias Ellis (Democratic) 36.59% • Rodney French (Prohibition) 1.09% }} • Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 58.75% • Edgar E. Dean (Greenback) 22.05% • Edward Avery (Democratic) 17.63% • Thomas J. Lothrop (Prohibition) 1.58% }} • Walbridge A. Field (Republican) 51.03% • Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 48.97% }} • Leopold Morse (Democratic) 60.34% • Martin Brimmer (Republican) 39.66% }} • Selwyn Z. Bowman (Republican) 58.37% • Nathan Clark (Democratic) 41.63% }} • George B. Loring (Republican) 44.52% • E. Moody Boynton (Greenback) 44.03% • James H. Carleton (Democratic) 11.45% }} • William A. Russell (Republican) 55.23% • John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 32.29% • Samuel M. Stevens (Greenback) 11.87% • James G. Abbott (Prohibition) 0.60% }} • William Claflin (Republican) 54.41% • Isaac Bradford (Democratic) 44.74% • George W. Stacey (Prohibition) 0.85% }} • William W. Rice (Republican) 59.02% • Eli Thayer (Democratic) 39.78% • T. A. Smith (Prohibition) 1.18% }} • Amasa Norcross (Republican) 55.54% • Wilbur F. Whitney (Greenback) 29.10% • James S. Grinnell (Democratic) 15.36% }} • George D. Robinson (Republican) 51.75% • Edward H. Lathrop (Democratic) 37.86% • Jarvis N. Dunham (Democratic) 9.80% • Albert C. Woodworth (Independent) 0.60% }} == Michigan ==

• John S. Newberry (Republican) 40.85% • Alpheus S. Williams (Democratic) 35.37% • John Heffron (Greenback) 23.78% • Arthur D. Power (Prohibition) 0.22% }} • Edwin Willits (Republican) 40.85% • Ira B. Card (Democratic) 29.71% • Levi H. Thomas (Greenback) 24.07% • A. H. Lowie (Prohibition) 1.73% }} • Jonas H. McGowan (Republican) 41.68% • John Dawson (Greenback) 35.78% • James S. Upton (Democratic) 18.38% • Samuel Dickie (Prohibition) 4.16% }} • Julius C. Burrows (Republican) 47.14% • Andrew J. Eldred (Democratic) 27.06% • Thomas R. Sherwood (Greenback) 25.80% }} • John W. Stone (Republican) 45.77% • Charles C. Comstock (Greenback) 43.73% • Hiram J. Hoyt (Democratic) 9.93% • Dennis Dreskell (Prohibition) 0.57% }} • Mark S. Brewer (Republican) 45.10% • Hugh McCurdy (Democratic) 37.99% • James I. Meade (Greenback) 15.32% • M. M. Burnham (Prohibition) 1.59% }} • Omar D. Conger (Republican) 47.39% • William T. Mitchell (Democratic) 35.48% • Charles F. Mallory (Greenback) 17.13% }} • Roswell G. Horr (Republican) 39.72% • B. M. Thompson (Democratic) 31.70% • Herbert M. Hoyt (Greenback) 28.15% }} • Jay A. Hubbell (Republican) 53.08% • John Powers (Democratic) 26.01% • George Parmelee (Greenback) 20.91% }} == Minnesota ==