1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections

Following the 1870 census, the House was reapportioned, initially adding 40 seats, followed by a subsequent amendment to the apportionment act adding another seat to 9 states, resulting in a total increase of 49 seats. No states lost seats, 10 states had no change, 13 states gained 1 seat each, 9 states gained 2 seats, 3 states gained 3 seats, 1 state gained 4 seats, and 1 state gained 5 seats. Prior to the supplemental act, two states (New Hampshire and Vermont) had each lost 1 seat. This was the first reapportionment after the repeal of the Three-fifths Compromise by the 14th Amendment. This would prove the last time until 1966 that a Republican won a House seat in Arkansas. == Election dates ==

In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform nationwide date for choosing Presidential electors. This law 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 1872–73, there were still 9 states with earlier election dates, and 2 states with later election dates: • Early elections (1872): • June 4 Oregon • August 1 North Carolina • August 27 West Virginia • September 3 Vermont • September 9 Maine • October 8 Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania • Late elections (1873): • March 11, 1873 New Hampshire • April 7, 1873 Connecticut == Special elections ==

• Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 51.2% • William W. Eaton (Democratic) 48.8% }} • : 1873 • : 1872 • : 1873 • : 1873 • : 1873 • : 1872 == Alabama ==

• Frederick G. Bromberg (Liberal Republican) 43.59% • Benjamin S. Turner (Republican) 36.79% • Philip Joseph (Independent Republican) 19.62% }} • James T. Rapier (Republican) 54.46% • William Calvin Oates (Democratic) 45.54% }} • Charles Pelham (Republican) 51.00% • William Anderson Handley (Democratic) 49.00% }} • Charles Hays (Republican) 59.02% • William R. Smith (Democratic) 40.99% }} • John Henry Caldwell (Democratic) 62.62% • Green D. Campbell (Republican) 37.38% }} • Joseph Humphrey Sloss (Democratic) 66.91% • Joel T. Parrish (Republican) 33.09% }} • Alexander White (Republican) 26.20% • Charles Christopher Sheats (Republican) 26.17% • Alpheus S. Bailey (Democratic) 23.85% • John J. Jolly (Democratic) 23.78% }} == Arkansas ==

• Lucien C. Gause (Democratic) 54.1% • Asa Hodges (Republican) 46.0% }} • Oliver P. Snyder (Republican) 47.2% • Marcus L. Bell (Democratic) 52.8% }} • Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 56.6% • William W. Wilshire (Republican) 43.4% }} • William J. Hynes (Liberal Republican) 50.0% • J. M. Bradley (Republican) 49.4% }} == California ==

A new seat was added, following the 1870 U.S. census, bringing the delegation up from three to four Representatives. == Connecticut ==

• Julius L. Strong (Republican) 50.4% • Simon B. Kendall (Democratic) 49.4% }} • Stephen Kellogg (Republican) 50.1% • James E. English (Democratic) 47.8% • Arthur B. Caleff (Prohibition) 2.0% }} • Henry H. Starkweather (Republican) 53.4% • James A. Bill (Democratic) 41.3% • Elisha H. Palmer (Prohibition) 5.3% }} • William Barnum (Democratic) 52.9% • William T. Minor (Republican) 45.5% • William W. Perkins (Prohibition) 1.6% }} == Delaware ==

The election was held November 5, 1872. • James R. Lofland (Republican) 50.8% • Eustis Wright (Democratic) 49.2%}} == Florida ==

Florida gained a second seat after the 1870 census, but delayed districting until 1874, electing both Representatives at-large for this election. == Georgia ==

In the newly formed , George A. Sheridan (Liberal Republican) beat P. B. S. Pinchback (Republican), the first black Governor of Louisiana. Pinchback challenged the election and it was settled in February 1875, in Sheridan's favor, only one month before the end of the Congress. == Maine ==

• Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Democratic) 66.15% • R. W. Flournoy (Republican) 33.86% }} • Albert R. Howe (Republican) 63.94% • William A. Alcorn (Democratic) 35.42% • Scattering 0.64% }} • Henry W. Barry (Republican) 69.14% • W. S. Bolling (Democratic) 29.59% • Scattering 1.27% }} • Jason Niles (Republican) 83.38% • S. T. Oldham (Unknown) 11.87% • [FNU] Harmon (Unknown) 4.18% • W. B. Shelby (Unknown) 0.57% }} • George C. McKee (Republican) 64.73% • W. B. Shelby (Democratic) 35.27% }} • John R. Lynch (Republican) 64.16% • Hiram Cassidy (Democratic) 35.84% }} == Missouri ==

• Lorenzo Crounse (Republican) 62.19% • Jesse F. Warner (Democratic) 37.81% }} == Nevada ==

The election was held November 5, 1872. • C.C. Goodwin (Republican) 47.66%}} == New Hampshire ==

Elections were held March 11, 1873, After the March 4th beginning of the term. • William B. Small (Republican) 49.87% • Ellery Albee Hibbard (Democratic) 48.31% • Albert Comings (Temperance) 1.83% }} • Austin F. Pike (Republican) 49.31% • Samuel Newell Bell (Democratic) 49.28% • Josiah M. Fletcher (Temperance) 1.42%}} • Simon G. Griffin (Republican) 48.34% • Anthony Hardy (Liberal) 0.87% • Josiah M. Fletcher (Temperance) 0.87%}} == New Jersey ==

• Oscar A. Clute (Democratic) 36.88%}} • Samuel C. Forker (Democratic) 45.37%}} • John H. Patterson (Democratic) 46.03%}} • Frederic A. Potts (Republican) 44.76%}} • A. B. Woodruff (Democratic) 44.02%}} • John M. Randall (Democratic) 39.31%}} • Noah D. Taylor (Democratic) 46.74%}} == New York ==

After redistricting and eleven retirements, only four of the nineteen incumbents were re-elected. == Oregon ==

• Horace Maynard (Republican) 43.95% • Benjamin F. Cheatham (Democratic) 35.45% • Andrew Johnson (Independent) 20.61% }} • Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 56.73% • William B. Carter (Democratic) 43.27% }} • Jacob M. Thornburgh (Republican) 55.70% • Alfred Caldwell (Democratic) 30.05% • Abraham E. Garrett (Independent) 14.25% }} • William Crutchfield (Republican) 52.85% • David M. Key (Democratic) 47.16% }} • John M. Bright (Democratic) 69.81% • John P. Steele (Republican) 30.19% }} • Horace Harrison (Republican) 42.07% • Edward I. Golladay (Democratic) 34.10% • William B. Brien (Independent) 23.83% }} • Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 53.89% • Theodore H. Gibbs (Republican) 40.74% • Jonathan Morris (Independent) 5.37% }} • John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 55.63% • W. W. Murray (Republican) 37.70% • W. E. Travis (Democratic) 6.67% }} • David A. Nunn (Republican) 37.90% • A. W. Campbell (Democratic) 29.83% • William P. Caldwell (Democratic) 22.38% • T. H. Bell (Democratic) 9.89% }} • Barbour Lewis (Republican) 56.67% • L. C. Haines (Democratic) 43.33% }} == Texas ==

• Charles W. Willard (Republican) 79.5% • Homer W. Heaton (Democratic) 20.4% }} • Luke P. Poland (Republican) 65.5% • Benjamin H. Steele (Republican) 17.3% • Jerome W. Pierce (Democratic) 15.1% }} • George Hendee (Republican) 77.7% • Henry Adams (Democratic) 21.7% }} == Virginia ==

• James Beverley Sener (Republican) 50.9% • Elliott M. Braxton (Democratic) 49.1% }} • James H. Platt Jr. (Republican) 60.1% • Baker R. Lee (Conservative) 39.9% }} • J. Ambler Smith (Republican) 51.1% • George D. Wise (Democratic) 48.9% }} • William H. H. Stowell (Republican) 65.6% • Philip W. McKinney (Conservative) 34.4% }} • Alexander Davis (Democratic) 65.6% • Christopher Thomas (Conservative) 100% }} • Thomas Whitehead (Democratic) 51.4% • J. Foote Johnson (Independent) 48.6% }} • John T. Harris (Democratic) 61.8% • Charles T. O'Ferrall (Independent) 38.2% }} • Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 56.2% • Edward Daniels (Republican) 43.8% }} • Rees Bowen (Democratic) 66.1% • Robert W. Hughes (Republican) 33.9% }} == West Virginia ==

• John J. Davis (Ind. Democratic) 50.79% • Benjamin Wilson (Democratic) 49.22% }} • John Hagans (Republican) 82.40% • Arthur R. Boeteler (Republican) 9.27% • W. H. Lanon (Independent) 6.11% • J. B. Walker (Independent) 1.89% • O. P. Downey (Independent) 0.34% }} • Frank Hereford (Democratic) 80.80% • J. B. Walker (Republican) 19.20% }} == Wisconsin ==