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1902 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1902 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1902, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt's first term, about a year after the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901. Elections were held for 386 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 58th United States Congress.

Election summaries
29 new seats were added in reapportionment following the 1900 census. No states lost seats, 16 had no change in apportionment, 14 gained 1 seat, 3 gained 2 seats, and 3 gained 3 seats. Two of the states that gained representation elected the new seat at-large. The previous election had 5 Populists, but the party completely disappeared from the U.S. House in the 1902 elections. == Special elections ==
Special elections
Montague Lessler (Republican) 49.87% • Perry Belmont (Democratic) 47.31% }} • Alexander Billmeyer (Democratic) 54.69% • William K. Lord (Republican) 45.31% }} • J. McKenzie Moss (Republican) 49.84% • John S. Rhea (Democratic) 49.79% • H. S. Glenn (Populist) 0.38% }} • Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 52.14% • Samuel Roads Jr. (Democratic) 38.02% • George E. Littlefield (Socialist) 8.73% • Willard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.10% • Others 0.01% }} • James Joseph Butler (Democratic) • George C. R. Wagoner (Republican) }} • Edward Swann (Democratic) 65.62% • Henry Birsell (Republican) 34.38% }} • Carter Glass (Democratic) 95.5% • James S. Cowden (Ind. Republican) 4.5% }} • De Witt C. Flanagan (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Gordon J. Russell (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • John W. Dwight (Republican) 62.33% • Charles D. Pratt (Democratic) 37.67% }} • Morris Sheppard (Democratic) 86.29% • Frank Lee (Republican) 13.71% }} • Frank B. Brandegee (Republican) 94.2% • Scattering 5.8% }} == Election dates ==
Election dates
All the states held their elections November 4, 1902, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them: • June 2: Oregon • September 2: Vermont • September 8: Maine == Alabama ==
Alabama
• E. B. Hubbard (Republican) 9.1%}} • Julius Sternfeld (Republican) 10.1%}} • M. W. Carden (Republican) 10.0% • J. P. Pelham (Republican) 5.9%}} • J. A. Edwards (Republican) 30.7%}} • R. S. Nolen (Republican) 21.6%}} • William B. Ford (Republican) 27.2%}} • O. D. Street (Republican) 45.8%}} • James Jackson (Republican) 19.2%}} • J. Clyde Miller (Republican) 20.4%}} == Arizona Territory ==
Arizona Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Arkansas ==
Arkansas
• R. S. Coffman (Republican) 15.9%}} • F. A. Youmans (Republican) 21.3%}} • Henry M. Sugg (Republican) 20.4%}} • W. H. Carpenter (Republican) 10.7%}} • R. L Floyd (Republican) 17.0%}} ==California==
California
James Gillett (Republican) 50.5% • Thomas S. Ford (Democratic) 46.7% • M. E. Shore (Socialist) 1.9% • W. O. Clark (Prohibition) 0.9% }} • Theodore A. Bell (Democratic) 49.2% • Frank Coombs (Republican) 48.3% • G. H. Rogers (Socialist) 1.7% • W. P. Fassett (Prohibition) 0.8% }} • Victor H. Metcalf (Republican) 66.2% • Calvin B. White (Democratic) 27.7% • M. W. Wilkins (Socialist) 5% • T. H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 1.1% }} • Edward J. Livernash (Democratic - Union Labor) 49.2% • Julius Kahn (Republican) 48.7% • William Costley (Socialist) 1.9% • Joseph Rowell (Prohibition) 0.2% }} • William J. Wynn (Democratic - Union Labor) 56.5% • Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 41.2% • Joseph Lawrence (Socialist) 1.5% • Frank W. Caton (Prohibition) 0.7% }} • James C. Needham (Republican) 53.5% • Gaston N. Ashe (Democratic) 42.5% • J. L. Cobb (Socialist) 2.5% • L. C. Jolley (Prohibition) 1.4% }} • James McLachlan (Republican) 64.8% • Carl A. Johnson (Democratic) 27% • George H. Hewes (Socialist) 4.2% • Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition) 4% }} • Milton J. Daniels (Republican) 51.9% • W. E. Smythe (Democratic) 40.8% • Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 5.4% • Ellsworth Leonardson (Prohibition) 2% }} == Colorado ==
Colorado
John F. Shafroth (Democratic) 49.0% • Robert W. Bonynge (Republican) 45.7% • Franklin Moore (Prohibition) 2.2% }} • John F. Shafroth (Democratic) • Franklin Moore (Prohibition)}} • Herschel M. Hogg (Republican) 47.6% • John C. Bell (Fusion) 45.3% • Wyatt F. Farrar (Socialist) 5.0% • J. B. Lister (Prohibition) 2.0% }} • Franklin E. Brooks (Republican) 46.1% • Alva Adams (Democratic) 45.6% • Ida Crouch-Hazlett (Socialist) 4.0% • Milo Stark (Prohibition) 2.1% • R. H. Northcott (Populist) 1.5% • Robert E. Fitzpatrick (Socialist Labor) 0.7%}} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
E. Stevens Henry (Republican) 52.4% • William F. O'Neil (Democratic) 44.4% }} • Nehemiah D. Sperry (Republican) 54.7% • George Morse (Democratic) 41.1% }} • Frank B. Brandegee (Republican) 58.7% • James H. Potter (Democratic) 39.1% }} • Ebenezer J. Hill (Republican) 54.0% • William D. Bishop (Democratic) 44.2% }} • George L. Lilley (Republican) 52.6% • Homer Stille Cummings (Democratic) 44.4% }} == Delaware ==
Delaware
• William Michael Byrne (Union Republican) 34.0% • L. Heisler Ball (Republican) 21.0% • George W. Todd (Prohibition) 2.1%}} ==Florida==
Florida
Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Robert Wyche Davis (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • William B. Lamar (Democratic) • Unopposed }} == Georgia ==
Georgia
• S. J. McKnight (Populist) 6.8%}} == Hawaii Territory ==
Hawaii Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Idaho ==
Idaho
Burton L. French (Republican) 54.30% • J. H. Hutchinson (Democratic) 41.72% • John A. Davis (Socialist) 2.91% • Herbert A. Lee (Prohibition) 1.07% }} == Illinois ==
Illinois
Martin B. Madden (Republican) 47.4% • Howard T. Wilcoxon (Prohibition) 1.3%}} • Frank Brust (Democratic) 30.6% • Bernard Berlyn (Socialist) 7.5% • Charles L. Wakeley (Prohibition) 1.8%}} • Dan Morgan Smith Jr. (Democratic) 40.3% • Joshua Wanhope (Socialist) 4.1% • Freeborn D. Brooke (Prohibition) 2.1%}} • F. Finsterbach (Socialist) 5.4% • David J. Stewart (Prohibition) 2.0%}} • Jacob Winnen (Socialist) 9.1% • Charles O. Bassett (Prohibition) 2.2%}} • Allan C. Durborow Jr. (Democratic) 46.7% • H. P Kuesch (Socialist) 2.0% • Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 1.6%}} • John M. Hess (Democratic) 37.8% • James H. Bard (Socialist) 9.8% • Frederick Ebinger (Prohibition) 1.3%}} • George D. Evans (Socialist) 7.1% • Theodore B. Wood (Prohibition) 2.3%}} • Lockwood Honoroe (Democratic) 44.1% • George T. Millar (Socialist) 4.2% • Andrew J. Lofgren (Prohibition) 0.9%}} • John J. Philbin (Democratic) 36.6% • Gus Lohse (Socialist) 3.7% • Matthew W. Parkhurst (Prohibition) 2.2%}} • James O. Monroe (Democratic) 31.1% • Schuyler C. Reber (Prohibition) 2.9% • Charles S. Getting (Socialist) 1.9%}} • Julian R. Steward (Democratic) 29.5% • Frank S. Regan (Prohibition) 8.1%}} • Louis Dickes (Democratic) 32.0% • Samuel T. Shirley (Prohibition) 2.5%}} • John W. Lusk (Democratic) 38.0% • R. F. Kindler (Socialist) 3.2% • Porter M. Carnaham (Prohibition) 2.9%}} • Jonas W. Olson (Democratic) 40.7% • J. Hoffman Batten (Prohibition) 2.3% • Homer Whalen (Socialist) 1.5%}} • John M. Niehaus (Democratic) 43.9% • H. H. Peters (Prohibition) 1.6%}} • Zoath F. Yost (Democratic) 41.6% • William W. Houser (Prohibition) 4.0%}} • Henry C. Bell (Democratic) 38.8% • Noah J. Wright (Prohibition) 2.9%}} • Wilbur B. Hinds (Democratic) 43.9% • H. S. Mavity (Prohibition) 2.8%}} • James H. Danskin (Republican) 41.7% • J. H. Morphis (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • Leroy Anderson (Republican) 44.2% • J. Jay Dugan (Prohibition) 1.8%}} • Fred J. Kern (Democratic) 46.7% • William W. Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.6% • Frank Rommerskirchen (Populist) 0.1%}} • Hiram Gilmore Vansandt (Republican) 44.4% • William H. Boles (Prohibition) 2.9% • Dickson T. Harbison (Populist) 0.3%}} • Pleasant T. Chapman (Republican) 48.8% • William T. Morris (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • James Lingle (Democratic) 45.5% • Clark Braden (Prohibition) 2.6%}} == Indiana ==
Indiana
John W. Spencer (Democratic) 43.1% • Moses Smith (Socialist) 3.5% • George W. Norman (Prohibition) 1.3% • Samuel P. Aydelotte (Populist) 0.1%}} • John C. Chaney (Republican) 47.7% • Jonathan T. Hobson (Prohibition) 1.5% • James C. Heenan (Socialist) 0.8% • William B. Wolfe (Populist) 0.5%}} • Edmund A. Maginness (Republican) 44.2% • Ephraim C. Richardson (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • Joshua M. Spencer (Republican) 45.2% • Isaac Overman (Prohibition) 2.0% • Thomas McDonough (Socialist) 0.8%}} • John A. Wiltermood (Democratic) 45.6% • Daniel G. Carter (Prohibition) 2.5% • James Bishop (Socialist) 1.6%}} • James T. Arbuckle (Democratic) 43.7% • Mercer Brown (Prohibition) 3.4%}} • Jacob Piatt Dunn (Democratic) 43.2% • John R. Henry (Prohibition) 2.3% • David C. McClure (Socialist) 1.6% • Ernest Viewegh (Socialist Labor) 0.9%}} • James Edward Truesdale (Democratic) 43.2% • David F. Kain (Prohibition) 3.7% • Sebastian Feiser (Socialist) 1.1%}} • Lex J. Kirkpatrick (Democratic) 46.0% • George B. Jones (Prohibition) 3.0%}} • William Guthrie (Democratic) 42.1% • Robert M. Delzell (Prohibition) 1.5%}} • John C. Nelson (Democratic) 42.3% • Bennet L. Shugart (Prohibition) 5.1%}} • Clarence C. Gilhams (Republican) 47.4% • M. H. Wefel (Socialist) 2.7% • William W. Wyrick (Prohibition) 1.8%}} • Frank E. Hering (Democratic) 46.3% • William R. Lowe (Prohibition) 2.7% • E. T. Anderson (Socialist) 0.7%}} == Iowa ==
Iowa
• John E. Craig (Democratic) 45.2% • W. C. Shepard (Prohibition) 2.1% • John Lecht (Socialist) 1.0%}} • William Hoffman (Republican) 46.7% • A. K. Gifford (Prohibition) 3.0% • Francis Bacon (Socialist) 0.7%}} • Horace Boies (Democratic) 40.9% • J. A. Earl (Prohibition) 2.7% • F. A. Lymburner (Socialist) 1.9%}} • A. L. Sortor Jr. (Democratic) 41.5% • D. McGregor (Prohibition) 1.9% • Frank E. Macha (Socialist) 0.5%}} • Anthony P. Daly (Democratic) 39.8% • Malcolm Smith (Prohibition) 2.9% • A. C. Palmer (Socialist) 0.8%}} • John P. Reese (Democratic) 46.2% • W. P. Sopher (Populist) 1.5% • Frank Rice (Socialist) 1.1%}} • Parley Sheldon (Democratic) 32.1% • J. D. O. McFarland (Prohibition) 4.1% • W. F. Strouder (Socialist) 2.2%}} • F. M. Stuart (Democratic) 40.6%}} • George W. Cullison (Democratic) 38.7% • A. D. Beckhart (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • Kasper Faltison (Democratic) 32.1% • [FNU] Elwell (Prohibition) 2.5% • [FNU] Beckhart (Socialist) 1.3%}} • James M. Parsons (Democratic) 36.3% • John W. Bennett (Socialist) 1.3%}} == Kansas == • John E. Wagner (Democratic) 36.1% • C. B. Harmon (Socialist) 1.1%}} • Noah Bowman (Democratic) 44.2% • F. A. Byrne (Socialist) 1.6%}} • Alfred Metcalf Jackson (Democratic) 44.1% • W. E. Morgan (Socialist) 2.2%}} • Thomas H. Grisham (Democratic) 40.5% • Clarence C. Rolfe (Socialist) 0.8%}} • Andrew Sherer (Democratic) 41.6% • Gus Eckwall (Socialist) 1.9%}} • C. M. Cole (Democratic) 46.0% • E. M. Reed (Socialist) 0.8%}} • Vernon J. Rose (Democratic) 42.1%}} • Jeremiah D. Botkin (Democratic) 40.9% • L. Matignon (Socialist) 1.5% • W. H. Ransom (Prohibition) 1.3% • S. B. Bloomfield (Populist) 0.2%}} == Kentucky ==
Kentucky
• C. H. Linn (Republican) 28.5% • J. D. Kirkpatrick (Prohibition) 5.1%}} • Lawson Sumrall (Republican) 45.1% • William Lowen (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • John G. White (Republican) 43.5% • F. M. Lang (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • J. P. Harrison (Democratic) 26.1% • W. S. Stone (Prohibition) 4.5%}} == Louisiana ==
Louisiana
• Oliver S. Livaudais (Republican) 18.1%}} • William E. Howell (Republican) 20.6%}} • S. M. Thomas (Republican) 5.7%}} • Henry B. Taliaferro (Republican) 8.1%}} • Clarence S. Hebert (Republican) 24.1%}} • Gilbert L. Dupre (Republican) 14.4%}} == Maine ==
Maine
• Seth C. Gordon (Democratic) 39.8% • Fred L. Irish (Socialist) 1.9%}} • Horatio G. Foss (Democratic) 39.5% • S. B. Martin (Prohibition) 2.4%}} • Elliot N. Benson (Democratic) 33.1% • Fred A. Martin (Socialist) 2.6%}} • Thomas White (Democratic) 30.7% • L. B. Merritt (Prohibition) 4.3% • G. W. Saunders (Socialist) 0.4%}} == Maryland ==
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