| Election Name: | 1886 United States House of Representatives elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1877 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1884 United States House of Representatives elections |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1888 United States House of Representatives elections |
| Next Year: | 1888 |
| Majority Seats: | 163 |
| Election Date: | June 7, 1886 – November 2, 1886 |
| Image1: | John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880 (cropped).jpg |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Last Election1: | 182 seats |
| Seats1: | 167 |
| Seat Change1: | 15 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,126,909 |
| Percentage1: | 48.12% |
| Swing1: | 1.93% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Last Election2: | 141 seats |
| Seats2: | 152 |
| Seat Change2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,858,355 |
| Percentage2: | 44.99% |
| Swing2: | 2.14% |
| Party4: | Labor Party (US, 19th century) |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 92,851 |
| Percentage4: | 1.08% |
| Swing4: | New |
| Party5: | Greenback Party |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 32,358 |
| Percentage5: | 0.38% |
| Swing5: | 0.69% |
| Party7: | Independent (US) |
| Last Election7: | 1 seat |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Seat Change7: | 2 |
| Popular Vote7: | 178,314 |
| Percentage7: | 2.08% |
| Swing7: | 1.28% |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
The 1886 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 2, 1886, with three states holding theirs early between June and September. They occurred in the middle of President Grover Cleveland's first term. Elections were held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 50th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
As in many midterm elections, the President's party lost seats to the opposition, in this case, Democrats lost seats to Republicans, although a narrow majority was retained. Many of these Republican pickups were in the industrializing Midwest states, where the debate over tariffs, which were advocated by Republicans to protect domestic industry but opposed by Democrats to allow for free agricultural trade, led to political change. The small Labor Party, supported by industrial workers, gained one seat each in Virginia and Wisconsin, while the Greenback Party maintained its one seat in Iowa (James B. Weaver). One Independent was also elected in North Carolina.
| 167 | 6 | 152 | |
| Democratic | Republican |
| State | Type | Total seats | Democratic | Republican | Others | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | |||||||||
| Alabama | District | 8 | 8 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Arkansas | District | 5 | 5 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| California | District | 6 | 2 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 4 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Colorado | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Connecticut | District | 4 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Delaware | At-large | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Florida | District | 2 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Georgia | District | 10 | 10 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Illinois | District | 20 | 6 | data-sort-value=-4 | 4 | 14 | data-sort-value=4 | 4 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Indiana | District | 13 | 6 | data-sort-value=-3 | 3 | 7 | data-sort-value=3 | 3 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Iowa | District | 11 | 1 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 9 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Kansas | District | 7 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 7 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Kentucky | District | 11 | 8 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 3 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Louisiana | District | 6 | 6 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Maine | District | 4 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 4 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Maryland | District | 6 | 5 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Massachusetts | District | 12 | 4 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 8 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Michigan | District | 11 | 5 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 6 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Minnesota | District | 5 | 3 | data-sort-value=3 | 3 | 2 | data-sort-value=-3 | 3 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Mississippi | District | 7 | 7 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Missouri | District | 14 | 12 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Nebraska | District | 3 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 2 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| New Hampshire | District | 2 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| New Jersey | District | 7 | 2 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 5 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| New York | District | 34 | 16 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 18 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| North Carolina | District | 9 | 7 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | ||||
| Ohio | District | 21 | 6 | data-sort-value=-5 | 5 | 15 | data-sort-value=5 | 5 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Oregon | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | District + at-large | 28 | 8 | data-sort-value=0 | 20 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| South Carolina | District | 7 | 7 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Tennessee | District | 10 | 8 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 2 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||
| Texas | District | 11 | 11 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Vermont | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Virginia | District | 10 | 3 | data-sort-value=-5 | 5 | 6 | data-sort-value=5 | 5 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | |||
| West Virginia | District | 4 | 3 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Wisconsin | District | 9 | 1 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 7 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 325 | 167 | data-sort-value=-16 | 16 | 154 | 13 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
There were 2 Labor and 1 Independent members elected, and 1 Greenback member re-elected. The previous election saw just the Greenback elected.
|-! | Lewis Beach| | Democratic| 1880| | Incumbent died August 10, 1886.
New member elected November 2, 1886.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.| nowrap |
|-! | Joseph Rankin| | Democratic| 1882| | Incumbent died January 24, 1886.
New member elected February 23, 1886.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|}
In all the states except three, elections were held November 2, 1886. Those three states, with 7 seats among them, held elections:
See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama.
See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas.
|-! | Poindexter Dunn| | 1878| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Clifton R. Breckinridge| | 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Thomas C. McRae| | 1885 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John H. Rogers| | 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Samuel W. Peel| | 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See main article: 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in California.
See also: List of United States representatives from California, 1886 United States Senate special election in California and 1887 United States Senate election in California.
|-! | Barclay Henley| | Democratic| 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold| nowrap |
|-! | James A. Louttit| | Republican| 1884| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Joseph McKenna| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William W. Morrow| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles N. Felton| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Henry Markham| | Republican| 1884| | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Colorado.
See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut.
|-! | John R. Buck| | 1884| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles L. Mitchell| | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | John T. Wait| | 1876 | | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Edward W. Seymour| | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|}
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware.
See main article: 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida.
See also: List of United States representatives from Florida and 1887 United States Senate election in Florida.
|-! | Robert H. M. Davidson| | Democratic| 1876| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles Dougherty| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia.
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois.
See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana.
See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa.
See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas.
See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky.
See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana.
See also: List of United States representatives from Maine.
|-! | Thomas B. Reed| | Republican| 1876|Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Nelson Dingley Jr.| | Republican| 1881 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Seth L. Milliken| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles A. Boutelle| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland.
See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts.
|-! | Robert T. Davis| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John Davis Long| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Ambrose A. Ranney| | Republican| 1880| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Patrick A. Collins| | Democratic| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Edward D. Hayden| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Henry B. Lovering| | Democratic| 1882| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Eben F. Stone| | Republican| 1880| | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles H. Allen| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Frederick D. Ely| | Republican| 1884| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.| nowrap | |-! | William W. Rice| | Republican| 1876| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.| nowrap | |-! | William Whiting II| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap | |-! | Francis W. Rockwell| | Republican| 1884 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap | |}
See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan.
|-! | William C. Maybury| | Democratic
Fusion| 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Nathaniel B. Eldredge| | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | James O'Donnell| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Julius C. Burrows| | Republican| 1872| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles C. Comstock| | Democratic| 1884| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Edwin B. Winans| | Democratic
Fusion| 1876| | Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Ezra C. Carleton| | Democratic
Fusion| 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Timothy E. Tarsney| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Byron M. Cutcheon| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Spencer O. Fisher| | Democratic
Fusion| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Seth C. Moffatt| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota.
|-! | Milo White| | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | James Wakefield| | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Horace B. Strait| | 1880| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | John Gilfillan| | 1884| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Knute Nelson| | 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi.
|-! | John M. Allen| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | James B. Morgan| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Thomas C. Catchings| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Frederick G. Barry| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Otho R. Singleton| | Democratic| 1874| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Henry S. Van Eaton| | Democratic| 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Ethelbert Barksdale| | Democratic| 1882| | Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri.
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: List of United States representatives from Nebraska.
|-! | Archibald J. Weaver| | Republican | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | James Laird| | Republican | 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | George W. E. Dorsey| | Republican | 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Nevada.
See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire.
See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey.
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: List of United States representatives from New York and 1887 United States Senate election in New York.
|-! | Lewis Beach| | Democratic| 1880| | Incumbent died August 10, 1886.
Democratic hold.
Successor also elected the same day to finish the current term.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina.
See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio.
See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon.
See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania.
See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island.
See main article: 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.
See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina.
|-! | Samuel Dibble| | Democratic| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | George D. Tillman| | Democratic| 1878| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | D. Wyatt Aiken| | Democratic| 1876| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | William H. Perry| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John J. Hemphill| | Democratic| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | George W. Dargan| | Democratic| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Robert Smalls| | Republican| 1884 | | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee.
|-! | Augustus H. Pettibone| | Republican| 1880| |Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Leonidas C. Houk| | Republican| 1878| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John R. Neal| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Benton McMillin| | Democratic| 1878| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | James D. Richardson| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Andrew J. Caldwell| | Democratic| 1882| |Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | John G. Ballentine| | Democratic| 1882| |Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | John M. Taylor| | Democratic| 1882| |Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Presley T. Glass| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Zachary Taylor| | Republican| 1884| |Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.|
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Texas.
|-! | Olin Wellborn| | Democratic| 1878| |Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|}
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont. |-! | John W. Stewart| | 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William W. Grout| | 1880
1882 (lost)
1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia.
|-! | Thomas Croxton| | 1884| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Harry Libbey| | 1882| | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | George D. Wise| | 1880| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | James Dennis Brady| | 1884| | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | George Cabell| | 1874| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | John W. Daniel| | 1884| | Incumbent retired.
Labor gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles T. O'Ferrall| | 1882 (contest)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John S. Barbour Jr.| | 1880| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Connally Findlay Trigg| | 1884| | Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | J. Randolph Tucker| | 1874| | Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|}
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia.
|-! | Nathan Goff Jr.| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William L. Wilson| | Democratic| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles P. Snyder| | Democratic| 1883 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Eustace Gibson| | Democratic| 1882| | Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin. Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 2, 1886.[1] [2]
|-! | Lucien B. Caswell| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Edward S. Bragg| | Democratic| 1884| | Incumbent lost re-nomination.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Robert M. La Follette| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Isaac W. Van Schaick| | Republican| 1884| | Incumbent declined re-nomination.
Union Labor gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Thomas R. Hudd| | Democratic| 1886 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Richard W. Guenther| | Republican| 1880| | Incumbent lost re-nomination.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Ormsby B. Thomas| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William T. Price| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Isaac Stephenson| | Republican| 1882| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See also: Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
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|-! | John Hailey| | Democratic| 1884| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Joseph Toole| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
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|-! | Joseph M. Carey| | Republican| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}