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1896 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1896 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1896, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the election of President William McKinley. Elections were held for 357 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 55th United States Congress. The size of the House increased by one seat after Utah gained statehood on January 4, 1896. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

Special elections
J. William Stokes (Democratic) • }} ==Early election dates==
Early election dates
Three states, with 8 seats between them, held elections early in 1896: • June 1: Oregon • September 1: Vermont • September 14: Maine == Alabama ==
Alabama
George W. Taylor (Democratic) 70.50% • Frank H. Threatt (Republican) 25.38% • Emory C. Stearnes (Populist) 3.84% }} • Jesse F. Stallings (Democratic) 55.94% • Thomas H. Clarke (National Democratic) 25.63% • John C. Fonville (Populist) 18.43% }} • Henry D. Clayton Jr. (Democratic) 52.61% • George L. Comer (National Democratic) 25.94% • Emmet C. Jackson (Populist) 21.45% }} * Thomas S. Plowman (Democratic) 56.3% • William F. Aldrich (Republican/Populist) 40.1% • Edmund H. Dryer (National Democratic) 3.6% }} • William F. Aldrich (Republican/Populist) 49.75% • Thomas S. Plowman (Democratic) 45.59% • Edmund H. Dryer (National Democratic) 4.66%}} • Willis Brewer (Democratic) 60.85% • Albert T. Goodwyn (Populist/Republican) 39.15% }} • John H. Bankhead (Democratic) 55.07% • A. S. Van de Graff (National Democratic) 27.05% • George S. Youngblood (Populist) 17.88% }} • Milford W. Howard (Populist) 35.79% • William I. Bullock (Democratic) 32.66% • James J. Curtis (Republican) 28.91% • George H. Parker (National Democratic) 2.64% }} • Joseph Wheeler (Democratic) 56.66% • Oscar W. Hundley (Republican) 42.13% • W. W. Callahan (National Democratic) 1.21% }} • Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 62.98% • Grattan B. Crowe (Republican/Populist) 26.21% • Archibald Lawson (National Democratic) 10.81% }} == Arkansas ==
Arkansas
• Francis William Tucker (Republican) 23.2%}} • Charles D. Greaves (Republican) 25.3%}} • C. C. Waters (Republican) 29.4%}} • W. H. Neal (Republican) 34.1%}} • Benjamin F. Bodenhammer (Republican) 22.7%}} == California ==
California
John All Barham (Republican) 49.7% • Fletcher A. Cutler (Democratic) 45.5% • George W. Montieth (Populist) 4.2% • B. F. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.7% }} • Marion De Vries (Democratic/Populist) 55.5% • Grove L. Johnson (Republican) 42.3% • F. E. Coulter (Prohibition) 2.2% }} • Samuel G. Hilborn (Republican) 54.0% • Warren B. English (Democratic/Populist) 44.0% • John H. Eustice (Socialist Labor) 1.1% • William Shafer (Prohibition) 0.9% }} • James G. Maguire (Democratic/Populist) 61.0% • Thomas B. O'Brien (Republican) 35.0% • E. T. Kingsley (Socialist Labor) 3.1% • Joseph Rowell (Prohibition) 1.0% }} • Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 48.6% • Joseph P. Kelly (Democratic) 26.4% • A. H. Kinne (Populist) 22.2% • Henry Daniels (Socialist Labor) 1.8% • T. H. Lawson (Prohibition) 1.0% }} • Charles A. Barlow (Populist/Democratic) 48.9% • James McLachlan (Republican) 47.6% • Henry Clay Needham (Prohibition) 2.4% • Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.1% }} • Curtis H. Castle (Populist/Democratic) 46.7% • William W. Bowers (Republican) 46.1% • William H. Carlson (Independent) 5.2% • James W. Webb (Prohibition) 2.0% }} == Colorado ==
Colorado
• T. E. McClelland (Republican) 12.1% • W. F. Steele (Prohibition) 3.0%}} • T. F. Hoffmire (Republican) 14.5%}} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
E. Stevens Henry (Republican) 66.7% • Joseph P. Tuttle (Democratic) 26.2% • E. Henry Hyde (Nat. Democratic) 5.1% • James I. Bartholomew (Prohibition) 1.2% • Samuel Joseph (Socialist Labor) 0.8%}} • Nehemiah D. Sperry (Republican) 59.2% • Austin B. Fuller (Democratic) 36.8% • Daniel C. Wood (Nat. Democratic) 2.0% • [FNU] Sullivan (Socialist Labor) 1.2% • Edwin P. Augur (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • Charles A. Russell (Republican) 64.0% • Joseph T. Fanning (Democratic) 32.1% • Henry L. Hammond (Nat. Democratic) 2.1% • William Ingalls (Prohibition) 1.7% }} • Ebenezer J. Hill (Republican) 63.3% • Michael J. Houlihan (Democratic) 32.5% • Morris W. Seymour (Nat. Democratic) 2.9% • Frederick L. Wooster (Prohibition) 0.9% }} == Delaware ==
Delaware
Jonathan S. Willis (Union Republican) 31.8% • Robert G. Houston (Republican) 20.3% • Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (National Democratic) 2.6% • William Faries (Prohibition) 1.3%}} ==Florida==
Florida
Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 77.5% • E. K. Nichols (Republican) 14.6% • J. Asakiah Williams (Populist) 6.8% • J. C. Green (Prohibition) 1.1% }} • Robert Wyche Davis (Democratic) 61.9% • Joseph N. Stripling (Republican) 28.6% • Daniel G. Ambler (National Democratic) 5.0% • William R. Peterson (Populist) 3.7% • M. E. Spencer (Prohibition) 0.8% }} == Georgia ==
Georgia
• Joseph F. Doyle (Republican) 27.3% • George H. Miller (Populist) 18.9%}} • J. E. Peterson (Republican) 28.3% • John A. Sibley (Populist) 18.6%}} • Seaborn S. Montgomery (Populist) 29.3%}} • A. H. Freeman (Republican) 32.9%}} • J. C. Hendrix (Republican) 42.0%}} • A. A. Murphy (Populist) 36.3%}} • W. L. Massey (Republican) 25.4% • J. W. McGarrity (Populist) 21.2%}} • G. L. Anderson (Populist) 20.1% • W. Patrick Henry (Republican) 18.3%}} • H. P. Farrow (Republican) 26.6% • Thomas C. Winn (Populist) 19.3%}} • John T. West (Populist) 41.3%}} • Benjamin Millikan (Populist) 39.7%}} == Idaho ==
Idaho
James Gunn (Populist/Democratic) 47.75% • William Borah (Silver Republican) 31.29% • John T. Morrison (Republican) 20.97% }} == Illinois ==
Illinois
• James H. Teller (Democratic/Populist) 30.3% • Benjamin J. Wertheimer (National Democratic) 1.3% • Thomas A. Strobridge (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • John Z. White (Democratic/Populist) 43.9% • James Craigmile (Prohibition) 0.9% • [FNU] Crenshaw (National Democratic) 0.9%}} • Clarence Darrow (Democratic/Populist) 48.7% • John Krebs (National Democratic) 0.6% • Solomon D. Ebersoll (Prohibition) 0.4% • Michael L. Morris (Socialist Labor) 0.2% • John J. Flanning (Middle of the Road Populist) 0.1%}} • James McAndrews (Democratic/Populist) 46.5% • James E. Gillis (National Democratic) 1.0% • Charles W. Woodman (Independent Republican) 0.8% • Archibald Sprott (Prohibition) 0.5% • J. Augustus Weaver (Socialist Labor) 0.3%}} • Edward Thomas Noonan (Democratic/Populist) 44.1% • [FNU] McDonnell (Independent) 3.6% • Thomas L. Haines (Prohibition) 0.6% • [FNU] Courtney (National Democratic) 0.5%}} • Joseph L. Martin (Democratic/Populist) 41.9% • Sigmund Zeisler (National Democratic) 1.2% • Ira J. Mason (Prohibition) 0.6%}} • Olaf E. Ray (Democratic) 33.3% • M. W. Robinson (National Democratic) 0.8% • James C. Ambrose (Prohibition) 0.7%}} • Simeon N. Hoover (Democratic) 28.1% • S. N. Hoover (Prohibition) 1.8%}} • Charles O. Knudson (Democratic) 31.1% • James Lamont (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • William R. Moore (Democratic) 32.0% • William C. Holden (Populist) 2.9% • William Goldsworthy (Prohibition) 1.1%}} • Charles M. Golden (Democratic) 42.2% • John W. Hosier (Prohibition) 1.3%}} • George L. Vance (Democratic/Populist) 39.1% • J. J. Hales (Prohibition) 1.0%}} • Frank M. Palmer (Democratic/Populist) 40.1% • Thomas J. Scott (Prohibition) 1.7%}} • Nicholas E. Worthington (Democratic) 47.4% • Daniel R. Sheen (Prohibition) 0.9% • Theodore Holly (Populist) 0.8%}} • William H. Neece (Democratic) 49.1% • E. Lawrence Gross (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • John I. Rinaker (Republican) 43.1% • M. M. Cooper (Prohibition) 0.9%}} • Ben F. Caldwell (Democratic) 49.2% • Edmund Miller (Prohibition) 1.0% • E. G. King (National Democratic) 0.4%}} • William F. L. Hadley (Republican) 47.4% • Frank H. Ashcraft (Prohibition) 1.1%}} • Benson Wood (Republican) 47.6% • J. J. Sewell (Populist) 1.7% • Caius C. Griffith (Prohibition) 0.7%}} • Orlando Burrell (Republican) 46.5% • Thomas Riley (Prohibition) 0.2%}} • Everett J. Murphy (Republican) 49.6%}} • J. J. Hall (Democratic/Populist) 44.7%}} == Indiana ==
Indiana
• Thomas Duncan (Democratic) 47.4% • Josephus Lee (Populist) 3.0%}} • Alexander M. Hardy (Republican) 46.0% • Newel H. Motsinger (Populist) 5.8%}} • Robert J. Tracewell (Republican) 46.9% • George R. Winchell (Prohibition) 0.3%}} • Marcus R. Sulzer (Republican) 49.0% • Nicholas Smith (Prohibition) 0.2%}} • John Clark Ridpath (Democratic/Populist) 49.6%}} • Charles A. Robinson (Democratic/Populist) 47.6%}} • Charles M. Cooper (Democratic/Populist) 44.8% • Evans Woollen (National Democratic) 1.4%}} • John R. Brunt (Democratic/Populist) 47.7%}} • Joseph B. Cheadle (Democratic/Populist) 49.7%}} • Martin L. Kruger (Democratic/Populist) 45.0%}} • Joseph Larmier (Democratic) 44.5% • Harvey Ratliff (Prohibition) 1.2% • [FNU] Larimer (Populist) 0.7%}} • Jacob D. Leighty (Republican) 49.4%}} • Charles Kellison (Democratic/Populist) 48.4%}} == Iowa ==
Iowa
• Sabut M. Casey (Democratic/Populist) 45.6% • Alva H. Hewitt (Prohibition) 0.7%}} • Alfred Hurst (Democratic) 45.2% • Charles A. Lloyd (Populist) 1.5% • N. J. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.5%}} • George Stachl (Democratic) 39.3%}} • F. D. Bayless (Democratic/Populist) 39.8% • Charles G. Patten (Prohibition) 0.6%}} • John R. Caldwell (Democratic/Populist) 41.5% • Laurie Tatum (Prohibition) 0.8%}} • F. E. White (Democratic/Populist) 48.3% • Abner Branson (Prohibition) 0.6%}} • Frank W. Evans (Democratic/Populist) 43.1%}} • W. H. Robb (Democratic/Populist) 49.2%}} • L. T. Genning (Democratic/Populist) 47.4% • T. D. Thomas (Prohibition) 0.2%}} • John B. Romans (Democratic/Populist) 40.0% • M. W. Atwood (Prohibition) 0.6%}} • H. Vanwagener (Democratic/Populist) 43.2% • C. F. Farrand (Prohibition) 0.7%}} == Kansas ==
Kansas
• H. E. Ballou (Populist/Democratic) 46.9%}} • John P. Harris (Republican) 49.6%}} • Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (Republican) 45.8%}} • John Madden (Populist/Democratic) 49.3%}} • William A. Calderhead (Republican) 49.2%}} • A. H. Ellis (Republican) 44.9% • J. C. Burton (Democratic) 4.3%}} • Chester I. Long (Republican) 47.5%}} • Richard W. Blue (Republican) 48.2% • [FNU] Williams (Prohibition) 0.5%}} == Kentucky ==
Kentucky
• George P. Thomas (Republican) 32.4% • Ben C. Keys (Populist) 30.3%}} • Edward T. Franks (Republican) 41.8% • J. W. Lockett (National Democratic) 1.0% • Walter Southall (Populist) 0.2%}} • W. Godfrey Hunter (Republican) 48.7% • W. R. Vaughn (Independent) 1.7%}} • John W. Lewis (Republican) 45.8% • J. E. Durham (Populist) 4.4% • W. N. Likens (Prohibition) 0.7%}} • John Y. Brown (Democratic) 36.8% • John B. Baskin (National Democratic) 3.5%}} • Richard P. Ernst (Republican) 41.1%}} • W. C. P. Breckinridge (Nat. Democratic/Republican) 47.5%}} • John B. Thompson (Democratic) 46.3%}} • W. Larue Thomas (Democratic) 49.5%}} • John W. Langley (Republican) 48.1%}} • James D. Black (Democratic) 32.3% • J. D. White (Independent) 11.4%}} == Louisiana ==
Louisiana
• Armand Romain (National Republican) 26.1% • A. E. Livaudais (Republican) 2.7% • Joseph Gazin (Labor) 0.7%}} • James Legendre (National Republican) 31.0% • Frank N. Wicker (Republican) 8.0%}} • Taylor Beattie (National Republican) 40.2% • W. D. Gooch (Populist) 1.1% • H. O. Mayer (Republican) 1.0%}} • B. W. Bailey (Populist) 29.3% • Robert P. Hunter (Republican) 4.0%}} • Alexis Benoit (Populist) 29.8%}} • C. C. Dunson (National Republican) 22.4% • William M. Thompson (Populist) 5.6%}} == Maine ==
Maine
Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican) 66.90% • Edward W. Staples (Democratic) 30.42% • Aaron Clark (Prohibition) 2.09% • James E. Campion (Populist) 0.59% }} • Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 69.21% • Arwood Levensaler (Democratic) 26.01% • Charles E. Allen (Populist) 3.38% • Edward W. Ogier (Prohibition) 1.41% }} • Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 68.20% • Melvin S. Holway (Democratic) 26.18% • Bradford F. Lancaster (Populist) 3.82% • William S. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.80% }} • Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 65.96% • Andrew J. Chase (Democratic) 28.39% • George M. Park (Prohibition) 2.89% • Oliver D. Chapman (Populist) 2.76% }} == Maryland ==
Maryland
Joshua W. Miles (Democratic) 46.9% • T. Pliny Fisher (Prohibition) 4.6%}} • George Jewett (Democratic) 43.5% • Chester B. Turnbull (Prohibition) 2.9%}} • Thomas C. Weeks (Democratic) 40.3% • William Toner (Socialist Labor) 1.3% • Henry L. Hillegeist (Prohibition) 1.2%}} • William Ogden (Democratic) 39.1% • Arthur Frey (Prohibition) 1.6%}} • Robert Mass (Democratic) 44.3% • S. R. Neave (Prohibition) 1.4%}} • Blair Lee I (Democratic) 44.8% • Samuel H. Hockman (Prohibition) 1.9%}} == Massachusetts ==
Massachusetts
Ashley B. Wright (Republican) 55.2% • Patrick H. Sheehan (Democratic) 31.0% • John Bascom (Prohibition) 3.6% }} • Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 71.8% • Thomas A. Fitzgibbon (Democratic) 28.2% }} • Joseph H. Walker (Republican) 72.6% • John O'Gara (Democratic) 27.4% }} • George W. Weymouth (Republican) 69.4% • L. Porter Morse (Democratic) 30.6% }} • William S. Knox (Republican) 60.7% • John H. Harrington (Democratic) 39.3% }} • William H. Moody (Republican) 72.8% • Eben M. Boynton (Democratic) 27.2% }} • William Emerson Barrett (Republican) 68.2% • Philip J. Doherty (Democratic) 31.8% }} • Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 74.4% • Frederick H. Jackson (Democratic) 25.6% }} • John F. Fitzgerald (Democratic) 54.7% • Walter L. Sears (Republican) 30.6% • John A. Ryan (Silver Democratic) 12.7% • Hammond T. Fletcher (Ind. Republican) 2.0% }} • Samuel J. Barrows (Republican) 50.4% • Bordman Hall (Democratic) 41.9% • William L. Chase (Citizen's Republican) 7.7% }} • Charles F. Sprague (Republican) 69.4% • William H. Baker (Democratic) 30.6% }} • William C. Lovering (Republican) 76.9% • E. Gerry Brown (Democratic) 23.1% }} • John Simpkins (Republican) 74.7% • James F. Morris (Democratic) 25.3% }} == Michigan ==
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