1888 United States House of Representatives elections

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 == Alabama ==

• Frank H. Threatt (Republican) 38.0%}} • C. W. Buckley (Republican) 33.9%}} • A. W. Harvey (Republican) 17.8%}} • J. V. McDuffie (Republican) 23.1%}} • Louis W. Turpin (Democratic)}} • J. H. Bingham (Republican) 35.3%}} • William C. Hanlan (Republican) 32.3%}} • J. D. Hardy (Republican) 30.7% • George F. Gaither (Labor) 3.6%}} • John B. McClellan (Republican) 38.4%}} == Arizona Territory ==

See Non-voting delegates, below. == Arkansas ==

• William H. Cate (Democratic) 51.9% • Lewis P. Featherstone (Labor) 47.4% • Others 0.6% }} • William H. Cate (Democratic) }} • Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) 51.2% • John M. Clayton (Republican) 48.8% }} • Thomas C. McRae (Democratic) 59.7% • John Ansley (Labor) 40.3% }} • John H. Rogers (Democratic) 57.8% • Isaac McCacken (Independent) 42.2% }} • Samuel W. Peel (Democratic) 68.9% • Edward P. Watson (Independent) 22.0% • John Gates (Republican) 9.1% }} In the , 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 , 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 ==

• John J. De Haven (Republican) 49.9% • Thomas L. Thompson (Democratic) 49% • W. D. Reynolds (Independent) 1.1% }} • Marion Biggs (Democratic) 50.6% • John A. Eagon (Republican) 46.6% • S. M. McLean (Prohibition) 2.4% • J. F. McSwain (Independent) 0.4% }} • Joseph McKenna (Republican) 56.0% • Ben Morgan (Democratic) 41.2% • W. W. Smith (Prohibition) 1.9% • S. Solon Holl (Independent) 1.0% }} • William W. Morrow (Republican) 50.8% • Robert Ferral (Democratic) 48.6% • Frank M. Pixley (American) 0.6% }} • Thomas J. Clunie (Democratic) 49.3% • Timothy G. Phelps (Republican) 49.2% • Henry French (Independent) }} • William Vandever (Republican) 52.5% • Reel B. Terry (Democratic) 43.7% • J. G. Miller (Prohibition) 3.5% • Alfred Daggett (American) 0.2% }} == Colorado ==

• Thomas Macon (Democratic) 41.0% • John Hipp (Prohibition) 2.6% • R. A. Southworth (Union Labor) 1.4%}} == Connecticut ==

• William E. Simonds (Republican) 49.7% • Robert J. Vance (Democratic) 47.5% • Frederick G. Platt (Prohibition) 2.7% • Horace S. Frye (Labor) 0.1% }} • Washington F. Willcox (Democratic) 49.6% • H. Wales Lines (Republican) 48.1% • Edwin P. Augur (Prohibition) 2.3% • D. W. Ventres (Labor) 0.0% }} • Charles A. Russell (Republican) 49.8% • Stephen H. Hall (Democratic) 46.6% • John A. Rockwell (Prohibition) 3.6% }} • Frederick Miles (Republican) 48.7% • Edward W. Seymour (Democratic) 48.7% • Elisha Z. Ellis (Prohibition) 2.5% }} == Delaware ==

• Charles H. Treat (Republican) 43.5% • Charles E. Register (Prohibition) 1.3%}} == Florida ==

• Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 67.1% • H. R. Benjamin (Republican) 32.9% }} • Robert Bullock (Democratic) 53.5% • Frederick S. Goodrich (Republican) 46.5% }} == Georgia ==

• Floyd Snelson (Republican) 30.4%}} • Peter O. Gibson (Republican) 24.6%}} • Marion Bethune (Republican) 29.6%}} • George S. Thomas (Republican) 31.4%}} • Zack B. Hargrove (Republican) 25.2%}} • E. T. Fleming (Republican) 23.3%}} • Thaddeus Pickett (Independent) 47.0%}} • Judson W. Lyon (Republican) 11.0%}} == Idaho Territory ==

See Non-voting delegates, below. == Illinois ==

• James F. Todd (Democratic) 45.1% • [FNU] Taylor (Prohibition) 1.9% • [FNU] Laramie (Labor) 0.3%}} • Daniel F. Gleason (Republican) 40.3% • [FNU] Sibley (Prohibition) 0.5%}} • Milton R. Freshwater (Democratic) 45.7% • [FNU] Stauber (Labor) 1.9% • [FNU] Davis (Prohibition) 1.6%}} • Jonathan B. Taylor (Democratic) 45.5% • L. D. Rogers (Prohibition) 3.0% • Henry D. Lloyd (Labor) 0.2%}} • James Herrington (Democratic) 31.4% • John M. Strong (Prohibition) 5.5%}} • Rufus M. Cook (Democratic) 37.6% • George Richardson (Prohibition) 5.2%}} • Owen G. Lovejoy (Democratic) 39.2% • A. M. Henson (Prohibition) 4.1%}} • Lafayette W. Brewer (Democratic) 43.6% • James S. Reber (Prohibition) 4.2% • John McLaughlin (Labor) 0.8%}} • Herman W. Snow (Democratic) 44.2% • M. C. Smith (Prohibition) 4.3%}} • Nicholas E. Worthington (Democratic) 45.2% • James H. Sedgwick (Prohibition) 2.2%}} • William Prentiss (Democratic) 45.8% • [FNU] McIntosh (Prohibition) 2.9%}} • William H. Collins (Republican) 41.0%}} • Charles Kerr (Republican) 44.4% • Lafe Swing (Prohibition) 3.6% • John Alsbury (Labor) 0.6%}} • Ethelbert Stewart (Democratic/Labor) 45.2% • A. F. Smith (Prohibition) 4.7%}} • Robert L. McKinley (Democratic) 44.8% • [FNU] Sheldon (Prohibition) 2.9% • Alec C. Barton (Labor) 0.5%}} • Edwin Harlan (Republican) 47.6% • Hale Johnson (Prohibition) 1.9% • Thomas Ratcliff (Labor) 0.9%}} • John J. Brown (Republican) 41.7% • Jasper L. Douthit (Prohibition) 3.5%}} • Jehu Baker (Republican) 47.7% • George W. Wickline (Labor) 2.7% • W. W. Edwards (Prohibition) 1.9%}} • W. L. Crim (Republican) 45.8%}} • Thomas T. Robinson (Democratic/Labor) 46.6% • [FNU] McReynolds (Prohibition) 1.7%}} == Indiana ==

• Francis B. Posey (Republican) 49.3% • [FNU] Dewhurst (Prohibition) 1.0% • J. J. Chapman (Labor) 0.4%}} • Thomas N. Braxton (Republican) 47.0% • Garland Blewitt (Prohibition) 0.7%}} • Stephen D. Sayles (Republican) 44.9% • Moses G. Poindexter (Prohibition) 0.8% • W. H. Carr (Labor) 0.3%}} • Manly D. Wilson (Republican) 48.5% • [FNU] Caster (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • Henry C. Duncan (Republican) 47.7% • W. J. Beckett (Prohibition) 2.1% • John Harryman (Labor) 0.6%}} • Douglas J. Morris (Democratic) 36.8% • John A. Pollock (Prohibition) 2.5% • Timothy Taylor (Labor) 0.4%}} • Thomas E. Chandler (Republican) 47.6% • [FNU] Eaton (Prohibition) 1.5%}} • James T. Johnston (Republican) 48.8% • Lewis H. Johnson (Labor) 1.2% • John G. L. Myers (Prohibition) 1.0%}} • James McCabe (Democratic) 43.5% • Aaron Walker (Prohibition) 2.7% • Louis S. Snyder (Labor) 0.7%}} • Valentine Zimmerman (Democratic) 47.5% • [FNU] Overholzer (Prohibition) 1.8% • Martin Johnson (Labor) 0.3%}} • George Washington Steele (Republican) 47.8% • [FNU] Ryker (Prohibition) 3.1% • William T. Shull (Labor) 0.2%}} • James Bain White (Republican) 47.1% • George T. Butler (Prohibition) 2.1% • P. P. Minor (Labor) 0.4%}} • William J. Hoynes (Republican) 48.6% • [FNU] Huntsinger (Prohibition) 2.0%}} == Iowa ==

• John J. Seerley (Democratic) 48.5% • C. H. Bandy (Prohibition) 0.5%}} • Parker W. McManus (Republican/Labor) 43.1%}} • Benjamin B. Richards (Democratic) 44.0%}} • L. S. Reque (Democratic) 46.2% • L. H. Weller (Labor) 1.1% • H. G. Parker (Prohibition) 0.3%}} • J. H. Preston (Democratic) 45.7% • W. H. Calhoun (Labor) 1.1% • E. J. Helms (Prohibition) 0.7%}} • James B. Weaver (Democratic/Labor) 48.6% • C. L. Haskell (Prohibition) 0.4%}} • A. E. Morrison (Democratic) 39.5%}} • Albert R. Anderson (Ind. Republican/Democratic) 48.2% • S. A. Gilley (Prohibition) 0.7% • George C. Calkins (Labor) 0.2%}} • Daniel M. Harris (Democratic) 43.0% • J. R. Sovereign (Labor) 4.2% • C. B. Christie (Prohibition) 0.2%}} • J. A. Yeoman (Democratic) 42.2% • Oliver Tyson (Labor) 1.0%}} • M. A. Kilso (Democratic) 40.4% • George W. Lee (Labor) 1.8% • Wilmot Whitfield (Prohibition) 0.7%}} == Kansas ==

• Ephraim K. Townsend (Democratic) 39.2% • Alonzo J. Grover (Union Labor) 3.3% • Hiram Shoemaker (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • John T. Burris (Democratic) 33.2% • Delos Walker (Union Labor) 12.2%}} • W. H. Utley (Union Labor) 25.5% • John A. Eaton (Democratic) 22.8% • Cyrus W. Harvey (Prohibition) 1.3%}} • D. Overmeyer (Democratic) 29.2% • John Heaton (Union Labor) 8.9%}} • N. D. Toby (Democratic) 37.4% • E. Leonardson (Union Labor) 3.0%}} • S. W. McElroy (Democratic) 30.1% • S. A. Hart (Union Labor) 11.2% • S. P. Stevens (Prohibition) 1.3%}} • Charles S. Ebey (Democratic) 31.7% • S. H. Snyder (Union Labor) 13.3% • E. W. Beeson (Prohibition) 1.5%}} == Kentucky ==

• Edwin Earley (Republican) 37.6% • Josiah Harris (Prohibition) 2.2%}} • George W. Jolly (Republican) 43.3% • William L. Gordon (Prohibition) 1.9%}} • W. Godfrey Hunter (Republican) 47.1% • Eugene Underwood (Prohibition) 0.5%}} • C. M. Pendleton (Republican) 41.3% • Galt W. Boothe (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • Augustus E. Willson (Republican) 44.9% • E. J. Polk (Prohibition) 0.2%}} • Robert Hamilton (Republican) 40.0% • W. R. Fox (Labor) 0.7% • Scott Shoemaker (Prohibition) 0.6%}} • Armstead M. Swope (Republican) 40.3% • Alfred Cobb (Prohibition) 2.2%}} • R. L. Ewell (Republican) 46.6% • John A. Noe (Prohibition) 1.9%}} • Drury J. Burchett (Republican) 48.9% • George W. Young (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • Benjamin F. Day (Democratic) 49.1% • James M. Rash (Prohibition) 0.3%}} • Frank Lane Wolford (Democratic) 46.4% • J. G. Stephenson (Prohibition) 1.2%}} == Louisiana ==

• Charles B. Wilson (Republican) 35.4%}} • Benjamin C. Elliott (Democratic) 49.5%}} • James R. Jolley (Republican) 25.2%}} • William E. Maples (Republican) 5.6%}} • Frank Morey (Republican) 5.1%}} • W. H. Harrison (Republican) 26.3%}} == Maine ==

• Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 52.30% • William Emery (Democratic) 45.33% • Timothy B. Hussey (Prohibition) 2.37% }} • 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% }} • 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% }} • Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 54.64% • Thomas S. Stewart (Democratic) 42.67% • John Barker (Prohibition) 2.68% }} == Maryland ==

• Thomas S. Hodson (Republican) 46.8% • Walter F. Harman (Prohibition) 4.9%}} • Theodore F. Lang (Republican) 46.0% • Joshua L. Benson (Prohibition) 2.8%}} • Daniel L. Brinton (Republican) 41.7% • John B. Dunning (Prohibition) 1.1%}} • Isidor Rayner (Democratic) 49.3% • William H. Reed (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • Sydney E. Mudd I (Republican) 49.2% • William H. Hellen (Prohibition) 1.0%}} • Barnes Compton (Democratic) 49.2% • William H. Hellen (Prohibition) 1.0%}} • Henry Kyd Douglas (Democratic) 47.2% • J. W. Moore (Prohibition) 1.2%}} == Massachusetts ==