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1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 44th U.S. Congress

1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 44th U.S. Congress

FieldValue
election_name1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections
countryUnited States
flag_year1867
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year1872 & 1873
next_election1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year1876 & 1877
outgoing_members43rd United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members44th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_electionAll 292 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats147
election_dateNovember 3, 1874
image_sizex180px
image1Michael C. Kerr - Brady-Handy (1).jpg
leader1Michael Kerr
party1Democratic Party (US)
leaders_seat1
last_election188 seats
seats_before1
seats1**180**
seat_change192
popular_vote1**3,061,888**
percentage1**49.12%**
swing17.12
image2Unsuccessful 1884.jpg
leader2James G. Blaine
party2Republican Party (US)
leaders_seat2
last_election2195 seats
seats_before2
seats2103
seat_change292
popular_vote22,766,257
percentage244.38%
swing28.47
party4Anti-Monopoly
color466F500
last_election40 seats
seats_before4
seats41
seat_change41
popular_vote479,816
percentage41.28%
swing4*New party*
party5Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin)
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seats_before5
seats51
seat_change51
popular_vote59,546
percentage50.15%
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party7Independent
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seat_change73
popular_vote7276,554
percentage74.44%
swing72.19
map_image1874 House Election Results.svg
map_size320px
map_caption**Results:**
titleSpeaker
before_electionJames G. Blaine
before_partyRepublican Party (US)
after_electionMichael Kerr
after_partyDemocratic Party (US)

The 1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 1, 1874, and September 7, 1875. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 44th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1875. Elections were held for all 292 seats, representing 37 states.

These elections were held in the middle of President Ulysses S. Grant's second term with a deep economic depression underway. It was an important turning point, as the Republicans lost heavily and the Democrats gained control of the House. It signaled the imminent end of Reconstruction, which Democrats opposed. Historians emphasize the factors of economic depression and attacks on the Grant administration for corruption as key factors in the vote.

With the election following the Panic of 1873, Grant's Republican Party was crushed in the elections, losing their majority and almost half their seats to the Democratic Party. This was the first period of Democratic control since the prewar era. The economic crisis and the inability of Grant to find a solution led to his party's defeat. This was the second-largest swing in the history of the House (only behind the 1894 elections), and is the largest House loss in the history of the Republican Party.

In the south, the Democrats continued their systematic destruction of the Republican coalition. In the South, Scalawags moved into the Democratic Party. The Democratic landslide signaled the imminent end of Reconstruction, which Democrats opposed and a realignment of the Republican coalition that had dominated American politics since the late 1850s.

While the ongoing end of Reconstruction in the South was one of the main reasons for the shift, turn-of-the-century historian James Ford Rhodes explored the multiple causes of the results in the North:

The Democrats had won a signal victory, obtaining control of the next House of Representatives which would stand Democrats 168, Liberals and Independents 14, Republicans 108 as against the two-thirds Republican majority secured by the election of 1872. Since 1861 the Republicans had controlled the House and now with its loss came a decrease in their majority in the Senate ...}}

Rhodes continues:

The political revolution from 1872 to 1874 was due to the failure of the Southern policy of the Republican party, to the Credit Mobilier and Sanborn contract scandals, to corrupt and inefficient administration in many departments and to the persistent advocacy of Grant by some close friends and hangers-on for a third presidential term. Some among the opposition were influenced by the President's backsliding in the cause of civil service reform, and others by the failure of the Republican party to grapple successfully with the financial question. The depression, following the financial Panic of 1873, and the number of men consequently out of employment weighed in the scale against the party in power. In Ohio, the result was affected by the temperance crusade in the early part of the year. Bands of women of good social standing marched to saloons before which or in which they sang hymns and, kneeling down, prayed that the great evil of drink might be removed. Sympathizing men wrought with them in causing the strict law of the State against the sale of strong liquor to be rigidly enforced. Since Republicans were in the main the instigators of the movement, it alienated from their party a large portion of the German American vote.

Special elections

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Election summaries

DemocraticRepublican
StateTypeTotal
seatsDemocraticRepublicanIndependentSeatsChangeSeatsChangeSeatsChangeAlabamaArkansasCaliforniaConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVermontVirginiaWest VirginiaWisconsinTotal293183
62.5%94105
36.2%934
1.4%4
District
+ 2 at-large864240
District444040
District432120
District432120
At-large111010
District211110
District992020
District191166822
District1385550
District911810
District311210
District1091110
District643220
District5050
District662020
District11554722
District933630
District3030
District643230
District13134040
At-large1010
At-large101110
District321110
District754240
District331781680
District872120
District20137770
At-large111010
District27171210120
District2020
District5050
District1096160
District6600
District3030
District984140
District331010
District831510
House seats by party holding plurality in state

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Net gain in party representation

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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 1874–75, there were still 10 states with earlier election dates, and 3 states with later election dates:

  • Early elections (1874):
    • June 1 Oregon
    • August 6 North Carolina
    • September 1 Vermont
    • September 14 Maine
    • October 7 Georgia
    • October 13 Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, West Virginia
  • Late elections (1875):
    • March 9, 1875 New Hampshire
    • April 5, 1875 Connecticut
    • September 7, 1875 California

Alabama

Arkansas

|- ! | Asa Hodges | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Lucien C. Gause (Democratic) 64.0%
  • William H. Rogers (Republican) 36.0% |- ! | Oliver P. Snyder | | Republican | 1870 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • William F. Slemons (Democratic) 53.7%
  • John M. Clayton (Republican) 46.3% |- ! | William J. Hynes Redistricted from the | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • William W. Wilshire (Democratic) 65.0%
  • William J. Hynes (Republican) 35.0% |- ! | Thomas M. Gunter Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 90.8%
  • Charles H. Lander (Republican) 9.2%

|}

Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

California

Main article: 1875 United States House of Representatives elections in California

|- ! | Charles Clayton | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William Adam Piper (Democratic) 49.1%
  • Ira P. Rankin (Republican) 26.8%
  • John F. Swift (Independent) 24.1%

|- ! | Horace F. Page | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Horace F. Page (Republican) 43.4%
  • Henry Larkin (Democratic) 38.7%
  • Charles A. Tuttle (Independent) 17.8%

|- ! | John K. Luttrell | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John K. Luttrell (Democratic) 46.7%
  • C. B. Denio (Republican) 36.1%
  • Charles F. Reed (Independent) 17.1%

|- ! | Sherman O. Houghton | | Republican | 1871 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Peter D. Wigginton (Democratic) 48.8%
  • Sherman O. Houghton (Republican) 34.6%
  • J. S. Thompson (Independent) 16.7%

|}

Colorado Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut

|- ! | Joseph R. Hawley | | 1872 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George M. Landers (Democratic)
  • Joseph R. Hawley (Republican)
  • Edwin B. Lyon (Prohibition)

|- ! | Stephen Kellogg | | 1869 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James Phelps (Democratic) 50.8%
  • Stephen Kellogg (Republican) 45.9%
  • Calvin S. Harrington (Prohibition) 2.1%

|- ! | Henry H. Starkweather | | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Henry H. Starkweather (Republican) 49.4%
  • Lafayette S. Foster (Democratic) 45.7%
  • Elisha H. Palmer (Prohibition) 3.2%

|- ! | William Barnum | | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • William Barnum (Democratic) 53.8%
  • Robert Hubbard (Republican) 43.3%
  • Dwight M. Hodge (Prohibition) 2.3% |}

Delaware

Florida

Main article: 1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

|- ! | William J. Purman Redistricted from the | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William J. Purman (Republican) 53.0%
  • John Henderson (Democratic) 47.0%

|- ! | Josiah T. Walls Redistricted from the | | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. The election was later successfully challenged. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Josiah T. Walls (Republican) 51.1%
  • Jesse J. Finley (Democratic) 48.9%

|}

Georgia

Idaho Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

|- ! | James Buffinton | | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James Buffinton (Republican) 68.88%
  • Louis Lapham (Democratic) 28.94%
  • Robert Carter Pitman (Independent) 2.19%

|- ! | Benjamin W. Harris | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 59.07%
  • Edward Avery (Democratic) 40.93%

|- ! | William Whiting II | | Republican | 1872 | |Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Henry L. Pierce (Republican) 61.92%
  • Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 38.08%

|- ! | Samuel Hooper | | Republican | 1861 (special) | |Incumbent retired. New member elected after initial result overturned. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Josiah Gardner Abbott (Democratic) 52.93%
  • Rufus S. Frost (Republican) 47.07%

|- ! | Daniel W. Gooch | | Republican | 1872 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Independent gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Nathaniel P. Banks (Independent) 64.92%
  • Daniel W. Gooch (Republican) 35.09%

|- ! | Benjamin Butler | | Republican | 1866 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Charles Perkins Thompson (Democratic) 52.94%
  • Benjamin Butler (Republican) 47.06%

|- ! | Ebenezer R. Hoar | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 54.77%
  • James C. Ayer (Republican) 45.23% |- ! | John M. S. Williams | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • William W. Warren (Democratic) 52.20%
  • John M. S. Williams (Republican) 47.80%

|- ! | George F. Hoar | | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George F. Hoar (Republican) 51.26%
  • Eli Thayer (Democratic) 48.74%

|- ! | Alvah Crocker | | Republican | 1872 (special) | |Incumbent retired. Independent gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Julius Seelye (Independent) 41.79%
  • Charles A. Stevens (Republican) 39.53%
  • Henry C. Hill (Democratic) 18.68%

|- ! | Henry L. Dawes | | Republican | 1856 | |Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senate. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 65.77%
  • Henry Alexander (Republican) 34.23% |}

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

|- ! | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | Albert R. Howe | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • G. Wiley Wells (Ind. Republican) 59.42%
  • Albert R. Howe (Republican) 40.59%

|- ! | Henry W. Barry | | Republican | 1869 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Hernando Money (Democratic) 68.10%
  • Ridgley C. Powers (Republican) 31.90%

|- ! | Jason Niles | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 66.57%
  • Jason Niles (Republican) 33.43%

|- ! | George C. McKee | | Republican | 1869 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 59.91%
  • James Hill (Republican) 40.09%

|- ! | John R. Lynch | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John R. Lynch (Republican) 50.53%
  • Roderick Seal (Democratic) 49.47%

|}

Missouri

Montana Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Nebraska

|- ! | Lorenzo Crounse | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Lorenzo Crounse (Republican) 62.70%
  • James W. Savage (Democratic) 23.26%
  • James W. Davis (Independent) 11.34%
  • James G. Miller (Prohibition) 2.71%

|}

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Oregon Results

|- ! rowspan=2 | | | Incumbent retired. New member elected June 1, 1874. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George A. La Dow (Democratic) 38.06%
  • Richard Williams (Republican) 36.87%
  • Timothy W. Davenport|David Logan (Independent) 25.07%

|- |}

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Main article: 1874 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

|- ! | Joseph Rainey | | Republican | 1870 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Joseph Rainey (Republican) 51.4%
  • Samuel Lee (Ind. Republican) 48.6%

|- ! | Alonzo J. Ransier | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Independent Republican gain. Election was later successfully challenged, declared vacant, and a special election was then held. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Edmund W. M. Mackey (Ind. Republican) 54.1%
  • Charles W. Buttz (Republican) 45.9%

|- ! | Robert B. Elliott | | Republican | 1870 | | Incumbent resigned November 1, 1874, to serve as sheriff. Republican hold | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Solomon L. Hoge (Republican) 56.1%
  • Samuel McGowan (Conservative) 43.9%

|- ! | Alexander S. Wallace | | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Alexander S. Wallace (Republican) 53.2%
  • Joseph B. Kershaw (Conservative) 46.8%

|- ! | Richard H. Cain Redistricted from the | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Robert Smalls (Republican) 79.4%
  • J. P. M. Epping (Ind. Republican) 19.9%
  • Others 0.7%

|}

Tennessee

|- ! | Roderick R. Butler | | Republican | 1867 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William McFarland (Democratic) 55.54%
  • Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 44.46%

|- ! | Jacob M. Thornburgh | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Jacob M. Thornburgh (Republican) 51.54%
  • Alfred Caldwell (Democratic) 48.47%

|- ! | William Crutchfield | | Republican | 1872 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • George G. Dibrell (Democratic) 65.71%
  • D. M. Nelson (Republican) 31.60%
  • William B. Stokes (Independent) 2.70%

|- ! | | New district. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John W. Head (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | John M. Bright Redistricted from the . | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John M. Bright (Democratic) 72.48%
  • William H. Wisener (Republican) 27.16%
  • J. D. Putnam (Independent) 0.36%

|- ! | Horace Harrison Redistricted from the . | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John F. House (Democratic) 62.40%
  • Horace Harrison (Republican) 37.60%

|- ! | Washington C. Whitthorne Redistricted from the . | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 78.13%
  • Theodore H. Gibbs (Republican) 14.32%
  • G. W. Blackburn (Independent Republican) 7.55%

|- ! | John D. C. Atkins Redistricted from the . | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 66.36%
  • T. C. Muse (Republican) 33.64%

|- ! | David A. Nunn Redistricted from the . | | Republican | 1872 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William P. Caldwell (Democratic) 72.05%
  • David A. Nunn (Republican) 27.95%

|- ! | Barbour Lewis Redistricted from the . | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | {{Plainlist |

  • H. Casey Young (Democratic) 60.38%
  • Barbour Lewis (Republican) 39.62%

|}

Texas

Utah Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Vermont

|- ! | Charles W. Willard | | Republican | 1868 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Charles H. Joyce (Republican) 69.4%
  • Homer W. Heaton (Democratic) 18.7%
  • Charles W. Willard (Republican) 11.8%

|- ! | Luke P. Poland | | Republican | 1866 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Republican gain. | nowrap | {{collapsible list|title=First ballot| | Dudley C. Denison (Ind. Republican) 44.7% | Luke P. Poland (Republican) 36.6% | Charles Davenport (Democratic) 12.5% | John B. Mead (Ind. Republican) 4.2% Second ballot{{Plainlist|

  • Dudley C. Denison (Ind. Republican) 58.7%
  • Luke P. Poland (Republican) 29.9%
  • Alexander McLane (Democratic) 11.3%

|- ! | George Hendee | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George Hendee (Republican) 71.3%
  • John Edwards (Democratic) 28.7%

|}

Virginia

|- ! | James Beverley Sener | | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Beverly B. Douglas (Democratic) 50.7%
  • James Beverley Sener (Republican) 49.3%

|- ! | James H. Platt Jr. | | 1869 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John Goode (Democratic) 49.4%
  • James H. Platt Jr. (Republican) 48.9%
  • Robert Norton (Republican) 1.6% |- ! | Charles H. Porter | | 1869 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • Gilbert C. Walker (Democratic) 55.3%
  • Rush Bargess (Republican) 44.5%
  • R. A. Paul (Unknown) 0.2% |- ! | William H. H. Stowell | | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • William H. H. Stowell (Republican) 63.9%
  • William Hodges Mann (Democratic) 35.9%
  • C. H. Porter (Independent) 0.2% |- ! | Christopher Thomas | | 1872 (contest) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • George Cabell (Democratic) 57.1%
  • Christopher Thomas (Republican) 42.9% |- ! | Thomas Whitehead | | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • J. Randolph Tucker (Democratic) 65.2%
  • J. Foote Johnson (Republican) 34.8% |- ! | John T. Harris | | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • John T. Harris (Democratic) 73.6%
  • John F. Lewis (Republican) 25.5%
  • John F. Early (Unknown) 0.5%
  • Charles T. O'Ferrall (Independent) 0.4% |- ! | Eppa Hunton | | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 51.4%
  • James Barbour (Republican) 48.6% |- ! | Rees Bowen | | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • William Terry (Democratic) 48.4%
  • Fayette McMullen (Independent) 40.6%
  • George W. Henderlite (Republican) 10.9% |}

Washington Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

West Virginia

|- ! | John J. Davis | | Independent Democratic | 1870 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Benjamin Wilson (Democratic) 50.33%
  • Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) 49.67%

|- ! | John Hagans | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Charles J. Faulkner (Democratic) 57.51%
  • Alexander Boteler (Republican) 40.32%
  • John Hagans (Independent) 2.17%

|- ! | Frank Hereford | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Frank Hereford (Democratic) 63.59%
  • John Witcher (Republican) 36.41%

|}

Wisconsin

Main article: 1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin

|- ! | Charles G. Williams | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Charles G. Williams (Republican) 56.9%
  • Nicholas D. Fratt (Democratic) 43.1%

|- ! | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | | Republican | 1870 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 50.5%
  • Amasa G. Cook (Democratic) 49.5%

|- ! | J. Allen Barber | | Republican | 1870 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Henry S. Magoon (Republican) 52.7%
  • Charles F. Thompson (Democratic) 47.3%

|- ! | Alexander Mitchell | | Democratic | 1870 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William Pitt Lynde (Democratic) 55.8%
  • Harrison Ludington (Republican) 44.2%

|- ! | Charles A. Eldredge | | Democratic | 1862 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Samuel D. Burchard (Democratic) 61.5%
  • Hiram Barber (Republican) 38.5%

|- ! | Philetus Sawyer | | Republican | 1864 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Alanson M. Kimball (Republican) 50.2%
  • Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 49.8%

|- ! | Jeremiah M. Rusk | | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Jeremiah M. Rusk (Republican) 57.4%
  • David C. Fulton (Democratic) 42.6%

|- ! | Alexander S. McDill | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • George W. Cate (Democratic) 50.0%
  • Alexander S. McDill (Republican) 50.0%

|}

Wyoming Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Non-voting delegates

|- !

|- ! | Moses K. Armstrong | | Democratic | 1870 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Jefferson P. Kidder (Republican) 67.74%
  • Moses K. Armstrong (Democratic) 32.26%

|- ! | Jerome B. Chaffee | | Republican | 1870 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 56.3%
  • Henry P. H. Bromwell (Republican) 44.7%

|- ! | John Hailey | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Independent gain. Result successfully contested. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Stephen S. Fenn (Democratic) 51.02%
  • Thomas W. Bennett (Independent) 48.98%

|- ! | Martin Maginnis | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 55.57%
  • Cornelius Hedges (Republican) 44.43%

|- !

|- !

|- !

|- ! | William R. Steele | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William R. Steele (Democratic) 56.53%
  • Joseph M. Carey (Republican) 43.47%

|}

Notes

References

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  12. "MS - District 06".
  13. "Our Campaigns - NE - District 01 Race - Oct 13, 1874".
  14. "TN - District 01".
  15. "TN - District 02".
  16. "TN - District 03".
  17. "TN - District 04".
  18. "TN - District 05".
  19. "TN - District 06".
  20. "TN - District 07".
  21. "TN - District 08".
  22. "TN - District 09".
  23. "TN - District 10".
  24. "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Results and Statistics".
  25. "Virginia Elections Database » Virginia Election Results and Statistics".
  26. "WV District 01".
  27. "WV District 02".
  28. "WV District 03".
  29. "DK Territorial Delegate".
  30. "Our Campaigns - CO Territorial Delegate - Final Election Race - Nov 03, 1874".
  31. "ID Territorial Delegate".
  32. "MT Territorial Delegate".
  33. "WY Territorial Delegate".
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