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1898 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1898 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 8, 1898, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They were held during the middle of President William McKinley's first term. Elections were held for 357 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 56th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

Election summaries
The previous elections of 1896 saw the election of 24 Populists, 2 Silver Republicans, and a Silver Party member. == Special elections ==
Special elections
} • Thomas Spight (Democratic) 46.64% • Z. M. Stephens (Democratic) 42.17% • Leland L. Pearsons (Democratic) 11.19% }} • Frank A. McLain (Democratic) 100% }} • Charles S. Randall (Ind. Republican) 18.17% • Walter P. J. Skahan (Socialist Labor) 10.95% • Charles T. Luce (Democratic) 7.84%}} == Election dates ==
Election dates
All the states held their elections November 8, 1898, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them: • June 6: Oregon • September 6: Vermont • September 12: Maine == Alabama ==
Alabama
• Anthony N. Johnson (Colored Republican) 15.3%}} • Frank Simmons (Republican) 14.8% • J. A. Giddings (Prohibition) 1.9%}} • William F. Aldrich (Republican) 45.1%}} • Gaston A. Robbins (Democratic)}} • Douglas Smith (Republican) 22.0%}} • Daniel N. Cooper (Republican) 29.3% • William Turner (Colored Republican) 0.9%}} • Oliver Day Street (Populist) 32.2% • Frank Lathrop (Republican) 23.0%}} • John T. McEniry (Republican) 12.6% • L. F. Schwartz (Colored Republican) 1.9%}} == Arkansas ==
Arkansas
• J. T. Hopper (Republican) 29.0%}} ==California==
California
John All Barham (Republican) 61.1% • Emmett Seawell (Democratic/Populist) 38.9% }} • Marion De Vries (Democratic/Populist) 55.3% • Frank D. Ryan (Republican) 44.7% }} • Victor H. Metcalf (Republican) 57.3% • John Aubrey Jones (Democratic/Populist) 39.1% • Thomas F. Burns (Socialist Labor) 3.6% }} • Julius Kahn (Republican) 50.0% • James H. Barry (Democratic/Populist) 44.1% • W. J. Martin (Socialist Labor) 3.7% • Joseph P. Kelly (Ind. Democratic) 2.2% }} • Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 51.8% • William Craig (Democratic/Populist) 44.3% • E. T. Kingsley (Socialist Labor) 3.9% }} • Russell J. Waters (Republican) 52.6% • Charles A. Barlow (Democratic/Populist) 44.9% • James T. Van Ransselear (Socialist Labor) 2.5% }} • James C. Needham (Republican) 50.1% • Curtis H. Castle (Democratic/Populist) 49.9% • }} == Colorado ==
Colorado
• Charles Hartsell (Republican) 29.1% • Dayton Gilbert (Prohibition) 2.2%}} • B. Clark Wheeler (Republican) 34.2%}} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
E. Stevens Henry (Republican) 55.5% • Robert J. Vance (Democratic) 39.9% • Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition) 1.2% }} • Nehemiah D. Sperry (Republican) 51.9% • James H. Webb (Democratic) 45.2% • Milton R. Kerr (Prohibition) 0.7% }} • Charles A. Russell (Republican) 58.1% • Charles F. Thayer (Democratic) 40.4% • Stephen Crane (Prohibition) 1.5% }} • Ebenezer J. Hill (Republican) 56.1% • Charles P. Lyman (Democratic) 42.0% • Charles L. Beach (Prohibition) 0.7% }} == Delaware ==
Delaware
L. Irving Handy (Democratic) 45.5% • Lewis M. Price (Prohibition) 1.3% • John P. Mettler (Social Democratic) 0.1%}} ==Florida==
Florida
Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 84.2% • E. R. Gunby (Republican) 15.8% }} • Robert Wyche Davis (Democratic) 71.8% • H. L. Anderson (Republican) 28.2% }} == Georgia ==
Georgia
• James E. Myrick (Republican) 14.0%}} • J. H. Smith (Republican) 20.0%}} • F. W. Gano (Republican) 3.8%}} • A. B. Austin (Populist) 19.1%}} • John A. Neese (Populist) 16.4%}} • J. P. Brooke (Populist) 27.7%}} • J. M. Wilkinson (Republican/Populist) 30.8%}} == Idaho ==
Idaho
Edgar Wilson (Silver Republican/Democratic) 45.26% • Weldon B. Heyburn (Republican) 33.40% • James Gunn (Populist) 19.00% • William J. Boone (Prohibition) 2.34% }} == Illinois ==
Illinois
• Rollin B. Organ (Democratic) 34.4% • B. Berlyn (Socialist Labor) 1.0% • Theodore L. Neff (Prohibition) 0.7% • James Hogan (Populist) 0.7%}} • C. Porter Johnson (Democratic) 44.8% • C. O. Sherman (Populist) 1.3% • Herman Glaser (Socialist Labor) 0.8% • Thomas H. Conpropst (Prohibition) 0.8% • Michael Healy (Independent) 0.2%}} • Hugh R. Belknap (Republican) 45.2% • Henry O. Dreisvogt (Socialist Labor) 0.7% • James E. McGrath (Populist) 0.7% • William Kellet (Prohibition) 0.1%}} • Daniel W. Mills (Republican) 46.4% • John P. Buchanan (Populist) 0.6% • Thomas H. Gault (Prohibition) 0.4%}} • George E. White (Republican) 44.5% • William League (Populist) 0.9% • J. Collins (Socialist Labor) 0.8% • Thomas Haines (Prohibition) 0.5%}} • Emil Hoechster (Democratic) 47.6% • Roy M. Goodwin (Populist) 0.6% • George Henderson (Socialist Labor) 0.2% • John G. Battershill (Prohibition) 0.2%}} • Frank O. Rogers (Democratic) 36.5% • Charles Schmitt (Socialist Labor) 1.1% • Henry H. Hardinge (Populist) 0.8% • Vasscher B. Barnes (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • John W. Leonard (Democratic) 27.8% • Sheldon W. Johnson (Prohibition) 4.0%}} • William H. Wagner (Democratic) 32.3% • John E. Countryman (Prohibition) 2.8%}} • Francis E. Andrews (Democratic) 32.5% • Eugenio K. Hayes (Prohibition) 1.4%}} • Maurice T. Moloney (Democratic) 44.1% • John W. Hosier (Prohibition) 1.7% • Archibald Storrie (Populist) 0.7%}} • John M. Thompson (Democratic) 39.0% • Samuel S. Jones (Prohibition) 1.9%}} • Jerome G. Quisenbery (Democratic) 41.1% • James M. Shaw (Prohibition) 2.3%}} • Charles N. Barnes (Democratic) 46.8% • Stephen Martin (Prohibition) 1.6%}} • Joseph A. Roy (Democratic) 48.6% • M. W. Greer (Prohibition) 2.3%}} • James H. Danskin (Republican) 42.9% • A. C. Wood (Populist) 1.3% • Howard C. Bliss (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • Isaac R. Mills (Republican) 46.9% • David L. Bunn (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • Benjamin F. Johnston (Republican) 47.6% • John T. Killian (Prohibition) 1.3% • F. Morse (Populist) 1.2% • W. W. Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.4%}} • William W. Jacobs (Republican) 47.0% • Dickson T. Harbison (Populist) 1.4% • William Smith (Prohibition) 1.1%}} • Theodore G. Risley (Republican) 45.9% • Wiley N. Green (Populist) 1.6% • William Bedall (Prohibition) 1.0%}} • Fred J. Kern (Democratic) 47.9% • William F. Quellmalz (Populist) 1.2% • John T. Nixon (Prohibition) 1.0% • Gustav Surber (Socialist Labor) 0.8%}} • A. B. Garrett (Democratic) 44.8% • Andrew J. Dougherty Jr. (Prohibition) 0.7%}} == Indiana ==
Indiana
• Thomas Duncan (Democratic) 48.1% • Josephus Lee (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • William R. Gardiner (Republican) 46.4% • William J. Trout (Populist) 3.3%}} • Isaac F. Whiteside (Republican) 43.9% • George T. Mayfield (Prohibition) 0.9%}} • Charles W. Lee (Republican) 47.3% • Jasper N. Hughes (Populist) 0.5%}} • Samuel R. Hamil (Democratic) 48.8% • William E. Carpenter (Prohibition) 1.4% • A. J. Farrow (Populist) 0.4%}} • Charles A. Robinson (Democratic) 47.1% • Samuel Walker (Populist) 0.3%}} • Leon O. Bailey (Democratic) 46.6% • William B. Campbell (Prohibition) 1.1% • Henry U. Kuerst (Socialist Labor) 0.5%}} • Orlando J. Lotz (Democratic) 47.4% • George M. Martin (Prohibition) 1.8% • James A. Thompson (Populist) 0.7%}} • Joseph B. Cheadle (Democratic) 47.7% • Frank H. King (Prohibition) 1.4% • George M. Thompson (Populist) 0.7%}} • John Ross (Democratic) 45.0%}} • George W. Michael (Democratic) 44.1% • David A. McDowell (Prohibition) 2.3% • E. L. Wilson (Populist) 0.6%}} • Christian B. Stevens (Republican) 47.5% • Henry C. Schrader (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • Medary M. Hathaway (Democratic) 46.0% • Thomas E. Webb (Prohibition) 2.1% • J. L. Komer (Populist) 0.5%}} == Iowa ==
Iowa
• D. J. O'Connell (Democratic) 44.4% • J. W. Glasgow (Prohibition) 1.3%}} • John J. Ney (Democratic) 47.1% • J. B. Welzenbach (Socialist Labor) 1.1% • Eli Elliott (Prohibition) 0.7% • Allan W. Ricker (Populist) 0.5%}} • John H. Howell (Democratic) 40.7% • E. J. Dean (Populist) 0.2%}} • T. T. Blaise (Democratic) 38.6% • P. Wooding (Prohibition) 1.3% • [FNU] Tracy (Populist) 0.3%}} • L. J. Rowell (Democratic) 41.9% • J. G. Van Ness (Prohibition) 1.9% • J. W. Whitmer (Populist) 0.3%}} • James B. Weaver (Democratic/Populist) 47.1% • Robert L. Turner (Prohibition) 1.3% • L. M. Morris (Middle of the Road Populist) 0.7%}} • Charles O. Holly (Democratic) 36.5% • T. G. Orwig (Prohibition) 2.7% • C. M. Iams (Populist) 1.5%}} • George L. Finn (Democratic/Populist) 44.0% • C. L. Parsons (Prohibition) 1.9% • D. C. Cowles (Middle of the Road Populist) 1.0%}} • James A. Lyon (Democratic) 43.6% • S. M. Blackman (Prohibition) 0.9% • Luke McDowell (Populist) 0.7%}} • Edwin Anderson (Democratic) 40.7% • P. J. Shaw (Prohibition) 1.4% • A. Novelius (Populist) 0.3%}} • Arthur Samuel Garretson (Democratic) 40.7% • J. M. Hoffman (Prohibition) 1.8% • J. O. McElroy (Populist) 0.9%}} == Kansas ==
Kansas
• W. W. Price (Democratic/Populist) 40.4%}} • Mason S. Peters (Democratic/Populist) 47.5%}} • S. S. Kirkpatrick (Republican) 48.6%}} • Henderson S. Martin (Democratic/Populist) 46.2%}} • William D. Vincent (Democratic/Populist) 46.5%}} • Nelson B. McCormick (Populist) 43.5% • William G. Hoffer (Democratic) 6.9%}} • Jerry Simpson (Democratic/Populist) 48.3%}} • Jeremiah D. Botkin (Democratic/Populist) 46.5% • Mont. Williams (Prohibition) 0.7% • F. E. Miller (Social Democratic) 0.3%}} == Kentucky ==
Kentucky
• G. W. Reeves (Republican/Populist) 32.2%}} • W. T. Fowler (Republican) 28.6% • George W. Jolly (Independent Republican) 10.5% • Samuel James (Populist) 3.6%}} • M. P. Creel (Republican) 43.7% • J. S. Dorsey (Populist) 1.4%}} • Charles J. Blandford (Republican) 42.5% • R. H. Mullen (Populist) 2.2%}} • Walter Evans (Republican) 47.7% • J. H. Hambrick (Independent Republican) 1.4% • A. Schmutz (Socialist Labor) 1.3%}} • J. M. Donaldson (Republican) 40.6%}} • T. J. Hardin (Republican) 32.3%}} • George M. Davison (Republican) 47.5% • W. H. Ziegler (Independent) 1.7%}} • Mordecai Williams (Democratic) 50.0%}} • W. J. Seitz (Republican) 45.9%}} • J. D. White (Independent Republican) 37.2% • H. H. Tye (Democratic) 10.9% • A. J. Bowman (Populist) 0.4%}} == Louisiana ==
Louisiana
• C. W. Keeting (Republican) 14.2%}} • Charles Fontelleu (Republican) 15.1%}} • Hardy Brian (Populist) 24.6%}} • J. G. Taliaferro (Republican) 22.8%}} == Maine ==
Maine
Luther F. McKinney (Democratic) 37.2% • Daniel P. Parker (Prohibition) 2.8%}} • John Scott (Democratic) 34.2% • Asaph J. Wheeler (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • F. W. Plaisted (Democratic) 33.2% • Oliver S. Pillsbury (Prohibition) 2.5%}} • Andrew J. Chase (Democratic) 29.7% • George W. Park (Prohibition) 2.4% • W. D. Littlefield (Populist) 1.4%}} == Maryland ==
Maryland
• W. F. Jackson (Republican) 45.3% • James Swann (Prohibition) 5.2%}} • Richard Tippett (Democratic) 47.5% • Harrie J. Hollingsworth (Prohibition) 4.1%}} • J. Schwatka (Democratic) 48.8% • John F. Hicks (Prohibition) 2.0% • William Whipkey (Independent) 0.1%}} • William W. McIntire (Republican) 47.1% • Thoms S. Creney (Prohibition) 3.2% • T. Meyer (Socialist Labor) 0.9%}} • J. S. Cummings (Democratic) 44.3% • John E. Wetherold (Prohibition) 2.7% • C. T. Parker (Independent Republican) 0.9%}} • Thomas A. Poffenberger (Democratic) 41.8% • J. T. Baker (Prohibition) 3.4%}} == Massachusetts ==
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