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1896 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 357 seats in the United States House of Representatives 179 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Thomas Brackett Reed Joseph Weldon Bailey Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Maine 1st Texas 4th Last election 254 seats 93 seats Seats won 206 124 Seat change 48 31 Popular vote 6,655,919 5,594,384 Percentage 48.77% 40.99% Swing 0.50% 3.27%   Third party Fourth party   Party Populist Silver Republican Last election 9 seats New Party Seats won 22 3 Seat change 13 3 Popular vote 935,636 139,132 Percentage 6.86% 1.02% Swing 4.16% Pre-creation   Fifth party Sixth party   Party Silver Independent Republican Last election 1 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 6,429 72,945 Percentage 0.05% 0.53% Swing 0.01% 0.20%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Populist gain      Populist hold      Silver Republican gain
Speaker before election Thomas Reed Republican Elected Speaker Thomas Reed Republican

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.

The Republican Party maintained its large majority in the House but lost 48 seats, mostly to the Democratic and Populist parties. The Republican losses were most likely due to the extraordinary gains that party made in the prior elections, when many normally Democratic districts voted Republican due to the severity of and fallout from the Panic of 1893. The Democratic Party recovered in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern districts dominated by Catholic and working-class voters. In the Western United States, the Populist Party made large gains and several Republicans broke away over the national party platform's endorsement of a gold standard.

This election marked the zenith of the Populist Party. The Populists would lose most of their seats in the 1898 elections and thereafter slowly fade from prominence.

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124	22	5	206
Democratic	Pop		Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Populist		Silver		Silver Republican		Ind. Republican		Republican
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	7	2	1	1	0		0		0		1	1
Arkansas	District	6	6		0		0		0		0		0
California	District	7	2	1	2	2	0		0		0		3	3
Colorado	District	2	0		1		0		1	1	0		0	1
Connecticut	District	4	0		0		0		0		0		4
Delaware	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
Florida	District	2	2		0		0		0		0		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0		0		0		0		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		1	1	0		0		0		0	1
Illinois	District	22	5	3	0		0		0		0		17	3
Indiana	District	13	4	4	0		0		0		0		9	4
Iowa	District	11	0		0		0		0		0		11
Kansas	District +at-large	8	0		6	5	0		0		0		2	5
Kentucky	District	11	7	1	0		0		0		0		4	1
Louisiana	District	6	6		0		0		0		0		0
Maine	District	4	0		0		0		0		0		4
Maryland	District	6	0	3	0		0		0		0		6	3
Massachusetts	District	13	1		0		0		0		0		12
Michigan	District	12	2	2	0		0		0		0		10	2
Minnesota	District	7	0		0		0		0		0		7
Mississippi	District	7	7		0		0		0		0		0
Missouri	District	15	12	7	0		0		0		0		3	7
Montana	At-large	1	0		0		0		1	1	0		0	1
Nebraska	District	6	0		4	3	0		0		0		2	3
Nevada	At-large	1	0		0		1		0		0		0
New Hampshire	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
New Jersey	District	8	0		0		0		0		0		8
New York	District	34	5	1	0		0		0		0		29	1
North Carolina	District	9	1	1	5	1	0		0		0		3
North Dakota	At-large	1	0		0		0		0		0		1
Ohio	District	21	6	4	0		0		0		0		15	4
Oregon	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
Pennsylvania	District +2 at-large	30	3	1	0		0		0		1	1	26	2
Rhode Island	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
South Carolina	District	7	7	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		2	2	0		0		0		0	2
Tennessee	District	10	8	2	0		0		0		0		2	2
Texas	District	13	12		0		0		0		0		1
Utah	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
Vermont	District	2	0		0		0		0		0		2
Virginia	District	10	6	2	0		0		0		0		4	2
Washington	At-large	2	1	1	0		0		1	1	0		0	2
West Virginia	District	4	0		0		1		3	3	0		0
Wisconsin	District	10	0		0		0		0		0		10
Wyoming	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0		0		0	1
Total		357	124 34.7%	31	22 6.2%	13	1 0.3%	0	3 0.8%		1 0.3%	1	206 57.7%	48

Popular vote Democratic   40.99% Independent   0.53% Populist   6.86% Republican   48.77% Silver   0.05% Silver Republican   1.02% Others   1.78%

House seats Democratic   34.73% Independent   0.28% Populist   6.16% Republican   57.70% Silver   0.28% Silver Republican   0.84%

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 5
South Carolina 7	J. William Stokes	Democratic	1894	Incumbent's previous election declared void June 1, 1896 due to electoral fraud. Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1896. Incumbent also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y J. William Stokes (Democratic) [data missing]

Three states, with 8 seats between them, held elections early in 1896:

• June 1: Oregon
• September 1: Vermont
• September 14: Maine

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Richard H. Clarke	Democratic	1888	Incumbent retired to un for Governor of Alabama. Democratic hold.	▌Y George W. Taylor (Democratic) 70.50% ▌Frank H. Threatt (Republican) 25.38% ▌Emory C. Stearnes (Populist) 3.84%
Alabama 2	Jesse F. Stallings	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jesse F. Stallings (Democratic) 55.94% ▌Thomas H. Clarke (National Democratic) 25.63% ▌John C. Fonville (Populist) 18.43%
Alabama 3	George P. Harrison Jr.	Democratic	1894	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Henry D. Clayton Jr. (Democratic) 52.61% ▌George L. Comer (National Democratic) 25.94% ▌Emmet C. Jackson (Populist) 21.45%
Alabama 4	William F. Aldrich	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected after initial results indicated loss to Plowman.	▌Y William F. Aldrich (Republican) 49.75% ▌Thomas S. Plowman (Democratic) 45.59% ▌Edmund H. Dryer (National Democratic) 4.66%
Alabama 5	Albert T. Goodwyn	Populist	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Willis Brewer (Democratic) 60.85% ▌Albert T. Goodwyn (Populist) 39.15%
Alabama 6	John H. Bankhead	Democratic	1886	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John H. Bankhead (Democratic) 55.07% ▌A. S. Van de Graff (National Democratic) 27.05% ▌George S. Youngblood (Populist) 17.88%
Alabama 7	Milford W. Howard	Populist	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y 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%
Alabama 8	Joseph Wheeler	Democratic	1884	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph Wheeler (Democratic) 56.66% ▌Oscar W. Hundley (Republican) 42.13% ▌W. W. Callahan (National Democratic) 1.21%
Alabama 9	Truman H. Aldrich	Republican	1894	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 62.98% ▌Grattan B. Crowe (Republican) 26.21% ▌Archibald Lawson (National Democratic) 10.81%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	John All Barham	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John All Barham (Republican) 49.66% ▌Fletcher A. Cutler (Democratic) 45.48% ▌George W. Montieth (Populist) 4.17% ▌B. F. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.69%
California 2	Grove L. Johnson	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Marion De Vries (Democratic) 55.51% ▌Grove L. Johnson (Republican) 42.28% ▌F. E. Coulter (Prohibition) 2.21%
California 3	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel G. Hilborn (Republican) 54.02% ▌Warren B. English (Democratic) 44.03% ▌John H. Eustice (Socialist Labor) 1.06% ▌William Shafer (Prohibition) 0.89%
California 4	James G. Maguire	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James G. Maguire (Democratic) 60.98% ▌Thomas B. O'Brien (Republican) 34.97% ▌E. T. Kingsley (Socialist Labor) 3.10% ▌Joseph Rowell (Prohibition) 0.96%
California 5	Eugene F. Loud	Republican	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 48.58% ▌Joseph P. Kelly (Democratic) 26.35% ▌A. B. Kinne (Populist) 22.16% ▌Henry Daniels (Socialist Labor) 1.90% ▌T. H. Lawson (Prohibition) 1.01%
California 6	James McLachlan	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain.	▌Y Charles A. Barlow (Populist) 48.91% ▌James McLachlan (Republican) 47.57% ▌Henry Clay Needham (Prohibition) 2.42% ▌Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.10%
California 7	William W. Bowers	Republican	1890	Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain.	▌Y Curtis H. Castle (Populist) 46.72% ▌William W. Bowers (Republican) 46.12% ▌William H. Carlson (Independent) 5.21% ▌James W. Webb (Prohibition) 1.95%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Stephen M. Sparkman	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 77.5% ▌E. K. Nichols (Republican) 14.6% ▌J. Asakiah Williams (Populist) 6.8% ▌J. C. Green (Prohibition) 1.1%
Florida 2	Charles Merian Cooper	Democratic	1892	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y 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%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Idaho at-large	Edgar Wilson	Republican	1894	Incumbent retired to run for Idaho Supreme Court. Populist gain.	▌Y James Gunn (Populist) 47.75% ▌William Borah (Silver Republican) 31.29% ▌John T. Morrison (Republican) 20.97%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican) 66.90% ▌Edward W. Staples (Democratic) 30.42% ▌Aaron Clark (Prohibition) 2.09% ▌James E. Campion (Populist) 0.59%
Maine 2	Nelson Dingley Jr.	Republican	1880	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 69.21% ▌Arwood Levensaler (Democratic) 26.01% ▌Charles E. Allen (Populist) 3.38% ▌Edward W. Ogier (Prohibition) 1.41%
Maine 3	Seth L. Milliken	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 68.20% ▌Melvin S. Holway (Democratic) 26.18% ▌Bradford F. Lancaster (Populist) 3.82% ▌William S. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.80%
Maine 4	Charles A. Boutelle	Republican	1882	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles A. Boutelle (Republican) 65.96% ▌Andrew J. Chase (Democratic) 28.39% ▌George M. Park (Prohibition) 2.89% ▌Oliver D. Chapman (Populist) 2.76%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	Ashley B. Wright	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ashley B. Wright (Republican) 55.2% ▌Patrick H. Sheehan (Democratic) 31.0% ▌John Bascom (Prohibition) 3.6%
Massachusetts 2	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 71.8% ▌Thomas A. Fitzgibbon (Democratic) 28.2%
Massachusetts 3	Joseph H. Walker	Republican	1888	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph H. Walker (Republican) 72.6% ▌John O'Gara (Democratic) 27.4%
Massachusetts 4	Lewis D. Apsley	Republican	1892	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y George W. Weymouth (Republican) 69.4% ▌L. Porter Morse (Democratic) 30.6%
Massachusetts 5	William S. Knox	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William S. Knox (Republican) 60.7% ▌John H. Harrington (Democratic) 39.3%
Massachusetts 6	William H. Moody	Republican	1895 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William H. Moody (Republican) 72.8% ▌Eben M. Boynton (Democratic) 27.2%
Massachusetts 7	William Emerson Barrett	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Emerson Barrett (Republican) 68.2% ▌Philip J. Doherty (Democratic) 31.8%
Massachusetts 8	Samuel W. McCall	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 74.4% ▌Frederick H. Jackson (Democratic) 25.6%
Massachusetts 9	John F. Fitzgerald	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y 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%
Massachusetts 10	Harrison H. Atwood	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Samuel J. Barrows (Republican) 50.4% ▌Bordman Hall (Democratic) 41.9% ▌William L. Chase (Socialist) 7.7%
Massachusetts 11	William F. Draper	Republican	1892	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Charles F. Sprague (Republican) 69.4% ▌William H. Baker (Democratic) 30.6%
Massachusetts 12	Elijah A. Morse	Republican	1888	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William C. Lovering (Republican) 76.9% ▌Elbridge G. Brown (Democratic) 23.1%
Massachusetts 13	John Simpkins	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Simpkins (Republican) 74.7% ▌James F. Morris (Democratic) 25.3%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	John M. Allen	Democratic	1884	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. Allen (Democratic) 86.92% ▌A. W. Kearley (Populist) 9.05% ▌William H. McGill (Republican) 4.03%
Mississippi 2	John C. Kyle	Democratic	1890	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y William V. Sullivan (Democratic) 70.23% ▌F. E. Ray (Populist) 14.89% ▌W. D. Miller (National Democratic) 7.88% ▌M. A. Montgomery (Republican) 7.00%
Mississippi 3	Thomas C. Catchings	Democratic	1884	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas C. Catchings (Democratic) 75.68% ▌James R. Chalmers (Free Silver Republican) 13.12% ▌C. J. Jones (Hill Republican) 9.10% ▌T. S. Easterling (Lynch Republican) 2.10%
Mississippi 4	Hernando Money	Democratic	1892	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Andrew F. Fox (Democratic) 69.89% ▌R. K. Prewitt (Populist) 25.85% ▌W. D. Frazee (Hill Republican) 2.91% ▌S. S. Matthews (Lynch Republican) 1.35%
Mississippi 5	John S. Williams	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John S. Williams (Democratic) 80.10% ▌W. H. Stinson (Populist) 17.19% ▌J. E. Everett (Lynch Republican) 1.62% ▌J. H. Denson (Hill Republican) 1.09%
Mississippi 6	Walter M. Denny	Democratic	1894	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y William F. Love (Democratic) 64.25% ▌A. C. Hathorn (Populist) 25.66% ▌H. C. Griffin (Republican) 10.09%
Mississippi 7	James G. Spencer	Democratic	1894	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Patrick Henry (Democratic) 84.74% ▌G. M. Cain (Populist) 10.37% ▌J. M. Matthews (Lynch Republican) 2.67% ▌S. A. Beadle (Hill Republican) 2.22%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Montana at-large	Charles S. Hartman	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected as a Silver Republican. Silver Republican gain.	▌Y Charles S. Hartman (Silver Republican) 78.14% ▌O. F. Goddard (Republican) 21.86%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Jesse B. Strode	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jesse B. Strode (Republican) 49.39% ▌Jefferson H. Broady (Democratic) 48.77% ▌Charles E. Smith (Prohibition) 1.22% ▌Hampton E. George (National) 0.62%
Nebraska 2	David H. Mercer	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David H. Mercer (Republican) 52.31% ▌Edward R. Duffie (Democratic) 46.77% Others ▌Charles Watts (Prohibition) 0.71% ▌George W. Woodbey (National) 0.21%
Nebraska 3	George de Rue Meiklejohn	Republican	1892	Incumbent retired. Populist gain.	▌Y Samuel Maxwell (Populist) 54.76% ▌R. L. Hammond (Republican) 43.44% ▌David Brown (Prohibition) 1.22% ▌Charles M. Griffith (National) 0.59%
Nebraska 4	Eugene J. Hainer	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain.	▌Y William L. Stark (Populist) 50.54% ▌Eugene J. Hainer (Republican) 46.42% ▌R. E. Dumphrey (Democratic) 1.72% ▌B. Spurlock (Prohibition) 1.05% ▌William H. Dech (Independent) 0.28%
Nebraska 5	William E. Andrews	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain.	▌Y Roderick D. Sutherland (Populist) 52.66% ▌William E. Andrews (Republican) 44.88% ▌Ransom S. Proudfit (Prohibition) 1.25% Others ▌Charles W. Preston (Democratic) 0.77% ▌J. S. Miller (National) 0.44%
Nebraska 6	Omer M. Kem	Populist	1890	Incumbent retired. Populist hold.	▌Y William L. Greene (Populist) 55.73% ▌Addison E. Cady (Republican) 42.68% ▌A. D. George (Prohibition) 1.25% ▌A. C. Sloan (National Prohibition) 0.34%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
North Dakota at-large	Martin N. Johnson	Republican	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin N. Johnson (Republican) 53.97% ▌John Burke (Democratic) 45.28% ▌A. V. Garver (Prohibition) 0.75%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Ohio 1	Charles Phelps Taft	Republican	1894	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y William B. Shattuc (Republican) 60.8% ▌Thomas J. Donnelly (Democratic) 39.2%
Ohio 2	Jacob H. Bromwell	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jacob H. Bromwell (Republican) 59.0% ▌David S. Oliver (Democratic) 41.0%
Ohio 3	Paul J. Sorg	Democratic	1894	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y John L. Brenner (Democratic) 49.8% ▌Robert M. Nevin (Republican) 49.4% Others ▌Joel S. Steward (Populist) 0.6% ▌Samuel N. Stubbs (National) 0.2%
Ohio 4	Fernando C. Layton	Democratic	1890	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y George A. Marshall (Democratic) 59.5% ▌John P. Maclean (Republican) 38.6% ▌L. M. Kramer (Populist) 1.1% ▌George W. Mace (National) 0.7%
Ohio 5	Francis B. De Witt	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y David Meekison (Democratic) 56.0% ▌Francis B. De Witt (Republican) 42.5% ▌George N. Rice (Populist) 1.5%
Ohio 6	George W. Hulick	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Seth W. Brown (Republican) 53.8% ▌Harry W. Paxton (Democratic) 45.4% ▌Frank S. Delo (Populist) 0.7%
Ohio 7	George W. Wilson	Republican	1892	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Walter L. Weaver (Republican) 52.5% ▌Francis M. Hunt (Democratic) 46.8% ▌R. S. Thomson (National) 0.8%
Ohio 8	Luther M. Strong	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Archibald Lybrand (Republican) 53.8% ▌McEldin Dun (Democratic) 46.2%
Ohio 9	James H. Southard	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James H. Southard (Republican) 53.5% ▌Stephen Brophy (Democratic) 46.5%
Ohio 10	Lucien J. Fenton	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lucien J. Fenton (Republican) 57.9% ▌Timothy S. Hogan (Democratic) 42.1% Scattering <0.1%
Ohio 11	Charles H. Grosvenor	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles H. Grosvenor (Republican) 54.8% ▌William E. Finck Jr. (Democratic) 44.7% ▌Lawrence C. Crippen (Populist) 0.4%
Ohio 12	David K. Watson	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John J. Lentz (Democratic) 49.73% ▌David K. Watson (Republican) 49.63% Others ▌Jacob B. Turner (Populist) 0.40% ▌L. J. Finley (Populist) 0.25%
Ohio 13	Stephen Ross Harris	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y James A. Norton (Democratic) 54.4% ▌Stephen Ross Harris (Republican) 44.3% Others ▌John H. Rhodes (Populist) 0.9% ▌John W. Belser (Populist) 0.5%
Ohio 14	Winfield S. Kerr	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Winfield S. Kerr (Republican) 52.0% ▌John B. Coffinberry (Democratic) 47.6% ▌Robert F. Mosher (National) 0.4%
Ohio 15	H. Clay Van Voorhis	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y H. Clay Van Voorhis (Republican) 52.5% ▌James B. Tannehill (Democratic) 46.2% Others ▌T. H. Padan (Populist) 0.8% ▌Illion E. Moore (Populist) 0.5%
Ohio 16	Lorenzo Danford	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lorenzo Danford (Republican) 53.8% ▌Henry H. McFadden (Democratic) 46.2%
Ohio 17	Addison S. McClure	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John A. McDowell (Democratic) 54.7% ▌Addison S. McClure (Republican) 44.3% Others ▌I. N. Kieffer (Populist) 0.8% ▌Homer E. Cole (National) 0.2% Scattering 0.1%
Ohio 18	Robert W. Tayler	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert W. Tayler (Republican) 54.1% ▌Isaac R. Sherwood (Democratic) 45.0% Others ▌James L. Swan (Populist) 0.9% Scattering <0.1%
Ohio 19	Stephen A. Northway	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stephen A. Northway (Republican) 60.3% ▌William T. Sawyer (Democratic) 39.1% Others ▌Solon C. Thayer (Populist) 0.6% Scattering <0.1%
Ohio 20	Clifton B. Beach	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Clifton B. Beach (Republican) 52.78% ▌A. T. Van Tassel (Democratic) 46.01% Others ▌J. J. Harrison (Populist) 0.54% ▌Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.51% ▌William H. Watkins (National) 0.16%
Ohio 21	Theodore E. Burton	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Theodore E. Burton (Republican) 55.24% ▌L. A. Russell (Democratic) 43.34% Others ▌Louis B. Tuckerman (Populist) 0.49% ▌Walter Gillet (Socialist Labor) 0.44% ▌E. Jay Pinney (Populist) 0.38% ▌Thomas P. McDonough (National) 0.11%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Oregon 1	Binger Hermann	Republican	1892	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas H. Tongue (Republican) 40.39% ▌W. S. Vandenberg (Populist) 40.26% ▌Jefferson Myers (Democratic) 16.52% ▌N. C. Christensen (Prohibition) 2.83%
Oregon 2	William R. Ellis	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William R. Ellis (Republican) 30.38% ▌Martin Quinn (Populist) 29.47% ▌H. H. Northrup (Independent) 21.20% ▌A. S. Bennett (Democratic) 17.09% ▌F. McKercher (Prohibition) 1.87%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	George W. Murray	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y William Elliott (Democratic) 63.7% ▌George W. Murray (Reorganized Rep.) 33.9% ▌W. Cecil Cohen (Republican) 2.4%
South Carolina 2	W. Jasper Talbert	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y W. Jasper Talbert (Democratic) 92.4% ▌B. P. Chatfield (Republican) 7.3% Others 0.3%
South Carolina 3	Asbury Latimer	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Asbury Latimer (Democratic) 92.0% ▌A. C. Merreck (Republican) 6.2% ▌Clarence Gray (Reorganized Rep.) 1.8%
South Carolina 4	Stanyarne Wilson	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stanyarne Wilson (Democratic) 92.2% ▌P. S. Suber (Republican) 4.2% ▌D. T. Bounds (Reorganized Rep.) 3.6%
South Carolina 5	Thomas J. Strait	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas J. Strait (Democratic) 91.0% ▌John F. Jones (Republican) 9.0%
South Carolina 6	John L. McLaurin	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John L. McLaurin (Democratic) 87.7% ▌J. E. Wilson (Republican) 7.9% ▌George Henry McKie (Unknown) 4.3% Others 0.1%
South Carolina 7	J. William Stokes	Democratic	1894	Incumbent's previous election declared void June 1, 1896 due to electoral fraud. Incumbent re-elected. Incumbent also elected to finish the term.	▌Y J. William Stokes (Democratic) 85.6% ▌T. B. Johnson (Republican) 14.2% ▌D. A. Perrin (Ind. Republican) 0.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Dakota at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	John Pickler	Republican	1889 (new state)	Incumbent retired. Populist gain.	▌Y John Edward Kelley (Populist) 24.9% ▌Y Freeman Knowles (Populist) 24.9% ▌Robert J. Gamble (Republican) 24.8% ▌Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 24.6% Others ▌K. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.4% ▌M. D. Alexander (Prohibition) 0.4%
	Robert J. Gamble	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	William C. Anderson	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Walter P. Brownlow (Republican) 62.36% ▌Lacey L. Lawrence (Democratic) 34.71% ▌W. C. Nelson (Ind. Republican) 2.36% ▌R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 0.58%
Tennessee 2	Henry R. Gibson	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry R. Gibson (Republican) 74.33% ▌W. L. Ledgerwood (Democratic) 24.98% Others ▌W. C. Murphy (Prohibition) 0.62% ▌W. M. Oliver (Unknown) 0.08%
Tennessee 3	Foster V. Brown	Republican	1894	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y John A. Moon (Democratic) 51.89% ▌W. J. Clift (Republican) 47.15% Others ▌J. L. Hopkins (Prohibition) 0.60% ▌W. J. Farris (Populist) 0.35%
Tennessee 4	Benton McMillin	Democratic	1878	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benton McMillin (Democratic) 59.56% ▌C. H. Whitney (Republican) 40.44%
Tennessee 5	James D. Richardson	Democratic	1884	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James D. Richardson (Democratic) 58.56% ▌Sid Houston (Republican) 32.76% ▌W. E. Erving (Populist) 8.68%
Tennessee 6	Joseph E. Washington	Democratic	1886	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y John W. Gaines (Democratic) 57.97% ▌James C. McReynolds (Republican) 39.86% ▌George A. Gawan (Populist) 2.17%
Tennessee 7	Nicholas N. Cox	Democratic	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nicholas N. Cox (Democratic) 55.18% ▌A. M. Hughes (Republican) 38.41% ▌J. K. Blackburn (Populist) 6.41%
Tennessee 8	John E. McCall	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 53.45% ▌John E. McCall (Republican) 42.64% ▌J. S. Leach (Populist) 3.65% ▌W. L. Nowell (Prohibition) 0.27%
Tennessee 9	James C. McDearmon	Democratic	1892	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Rice A. Pierce (Democratic) 64.11% ▌J. H. McDowell (Populist) 35.89%
Tennessee 10	Josiah Patterson	Democratic	1890	Incumbent lost re-election as a National Democrat. Democratic hold.	▌Y Edward W. Carmack (Democratic) 48.76% ▌Josiah Patterson (National Democratic) 47.11% ▌B. G. West (Populist) 4.13%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Vermont 1	H. Henry Powers	Republican	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y H. Henry Powers (Republican) 76.4% ▌Peter F. McManus (Democratic) 22.5% ▌Andrew L. Bowen (Populist) 1.0%
Vermont 2	William W. Grout	Republican	1880 1882 (lost) 1884	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William W. Grout (Republican) 80.4% ▌Henry E. Fitzgerald (Democratic) 18.9% ▌Thomas J. Aldrich (Populist) 0.6%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 1	William A. Jones	Democratic	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William A. Jones (Democratic) 58.4% ▌Walter B. Tyler (Republican) 40.5% Others ▌Edward J. Winder (Prohibition) 0.8% ▌Samuel D. Shazier (Socialist Labor) 0.3%
Virginia 2	David G. Tyler	Democratic	1892	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y William A. Young (Democratic) 50.4% ▌Richard A. Wise (Republican) 42.8% ▌W. M. Whaley (Democratic) 6.1% ▌A. B. Griffin (Prohibition) 0.7%
				Election successfully challenged. Republican gain.	▌Y Richard A. Wise (Republican)
Virginia 3	Tazewell Ellett	Democratic	1894	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y John Lamb (Democratic) 55.5% ▌L. L. Lewis (Republican) 42.5% Others ▌Elisha L. Lewis (Republican) 0.8% ▌William H. Lewis (Republican) 0.6% ▌John Mitchell (Republican) 0.3% ▌James O. Atwood (Prohibition) 0.3%
Virginia 4	Robert Taylor Thorp	Republican	1894 (contest)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Sydney P. Epes (Democratic) 54.5% ▌Robert Taylor Thorp (Republican) 43.4% ▌J. L. Thorp (Republican) 2.1%
				Election successfully challenged. Republican gain.	▌Y Robert Taylor Thorp (Republican)
Virginia 5	Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Claude A. Swanson (Democratic) 51.0% ▌John Robert Brown (Republican) 49.0%
Virginia 6	Peter J. Otey	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter J. Otey (Democratic) 57.0% ▌Duval Radford (Democratic) 38.7% ▌J. Hampton Hoge (Republican) 2.8% ▌Joseph Johnston (Prohibition) 1.5%
Virginia 7	Smith S. Turner	Democratic	1894 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y James Hay (Democratic) 52.1% ▌Robert J. Walker (Republican) 42.4% Others ▌J. Samuel Harrisberger (Democratic) 1.1% ▌John F. Forsyth (Independent) 0.7%
Virginia 8	Elisha E. Meredith	Democratic	1891 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y John Franklin Rixey (Democratic) 56.1% ▌Peter H. McCaull (Republican) 43.2% Others ▌Joseph N. Pancoast (Prohibition) 0.5% ▌W. C. Colerran (Unknown) 0.2% ▌James S. Cowdon (Unknown) 0.1%
Virginia 9	James A. Walker	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James A. Walker (Republican) 52.7% ▌Samuel M. Williams (Democratic) 47.3%
Virginia 10	Henry St. George Tucker	Democratic	1888	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Jacob Yost (Republican) 49.9% ▌Henry D. Flood (Democratic) 49.8% ▌C. F. Wanack (Unknown) 0.3%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Washington at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	William H. Doolittle	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y J. Hamilton Lewis (Democratic) 28.50% ▌Y William Carey Jones (Silver Republican) 28.28% ▌William H. Doolittle (Republican) 21.11% ▌Samuel C. Hyde (Republican) 20.97% Others ▌C. A. Sayler (Prohibition) 0.56% ▌Martin Olsen (Prohibition) 0.49% ▌C. E. Mix (National) 0.09%
	Samuel C. Hyde	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Silver Republican gain.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
West Virginia 1	Blackburn B. Dovener	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Blackburn B. Dovener (Republican) 52.69% ▌W. W. Arnett (Democratic) 46.75% Others ▌G. W. Grimes (Independent) 0.42% ▌Thomas M. Stone (Independent) 0.14%
West Virginia 2	Alston G. Dayton	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alston G. Dayton (Republican) 52.31% ▌William S. Wilson (Democratic) 47.69%
West Virginia 3	James H. Huling	Republican	1894	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Charles Dorr (Republican) 53.26% ▌Emanuel W. Wilson (Democratic) 46.75%
West Virginia 4	Warren Miller	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Warren Miller (Republican) 51.20% ▌Walter Pendleton (Democratic) 48.80%

Wisconsin elected ten members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1896.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	Henry Allen Cooper	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 64.1% ▌Jeremiah L. Mahoney (Democratic) 33.4% ▌George W. White (Prohibition) 2.5%
Wisconsin 2	Edward Sauerhering	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward Sauerhering (Republican) 56.5% ▌William H. Rogers (Democratic) 41.1% ▌Jesse Meyers (Prohibition) 2.4%
Wisconsin 3	Joseph W. Babcock	Republican	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph W. Babcock (Republican) 63.8% ▌Alfred J. Davis (Democratic) 36.2%
Wisconsin 4	Theobald Otjen	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Theobald Otjen (Republican) 54.2% ▌Robert C. Schilling (Democratic) 44.9% ▌Robert May (Prohibition) 0.9%
Wisconsin 5	Samuel S. Barney	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Samuel S. Barney (Republican) 61.0% ▌George W. Winans (Democratic) 37.8% ▌Henry Mensing (Socialist Labor) 1.3%
Wisconsin 6	Samuel A. Cook	Republican	1894	Incumbent declined re-nomination. Republican hold.	▌Y James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.7% ▌William F. Gruenewald (Democratic) 41.0% ▌James E. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.4%
Wisconsin 7	Michael Griffin	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Michael Griffin (Republican) 65.8% ▌Caleb M. Hilliard (Democratic) 32.0% ▌James H. Moseley (Prohibition) 2.2%
Wisconsin 8	Edward S. Minor	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward S. Minor (Republican) 60.3% ▌George W. Cate (Democratic) 38.4% ▌John W. Evans (Prohibition) 1.3%
Wisconsin 9	Alexander Stewart	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alexander Stewart (Republican) 63.2% ▌William W. O'Keefe (Democratic) 36.8%
Wisconsin 10	John J. Jenkins	Republican	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John J. Jenkins (Republican) 65.5% ▌Frederick H. Remington (Democratic) 34.5%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wyoming at-large	Frank W. Mondell	Republican	1894	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y John E. Osborne (Democratic) 49.14% ▌Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 47.87% ▌William Brown (Populist) 2.99%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Oklahoma Territory at-large	Dennis T. Flynn	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. Silver gain.	▌Y James Y. Callahan (Silver) 51.09% ▌Dennis T. Flynn (Republican) 48.91%

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