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1896 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 55th U.S. Congress

Field	Value
election_name	1896 United States House of Representatives elections
country	United States
flag_year	1896
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1894 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year	1894
next_election	1898 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year	1898
outgoing_members	54th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members	55th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_election	All 357 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats	179
election_date	November 3, 1896
image_size	160x180px
image1	TBReed.jpg
leader1	Thomas Brackett Reed
leaders_seat1
party1	Republican Party (US)
last_election1	254 seats
seats_before1
seats1	206
seat_change1	48
popular_vote1	6,655,919
percentage1	48.77%
swing1	0.50
image2	Joseph Weldon Bailey cph.3b09834.jpg
leader2	Joseph W. Bailey
leaders_seat2
party2	Democratic Party (US)
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seats2	124
seat_change2	31
popular_vote2	5,594,384
percentage2	40.99%
swing2	3.27
party4	Populist Party (US)
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popular_vote4	935,636
percentage4	6.86%
swing4	4.16
party5	Silver Republican Party
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seat_change5	3
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percentage5	1.02%
swing5	New party
party7	Silver Party
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seat_change7
popular_vote7	6,429
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party8	Independent Republican (United States)
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seat_change8	1
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map_image	Elections to the 55th Congress.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results:

title	Speaker
before_election	Thomas Reed
after_election	Thomas Reed
before_party	Republican Party (US)
after_party	Republican Party (US)

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.

Election summaries

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

House seats by party holding plurality in state
("Republican" includes Silver, Silver Republican, and Independent Republican)

| [[File:55 us house changes.png|thumb|500px|

Net gain in party representation
("Republican" includes Silver, Silver Republican, and Independent Republican)

Special elections

|- !

|- ! | 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. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

J. William Stokes (Democratic)

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

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

|- ! | Richard H. Clarke | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Alabama. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George W. Taylor (Democratic) 70.50%
Frank H. Threatt (Republican) 25.38%
Emory C. Stearnes (Populist) 3.84%

|- ! | Jesse F. Stallings | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Jesse F. Stallings (Democratic) 55.94%
Thomas H. Clarke (National Democratic) 25.63%
John C. Fonville (Populist) 18.43%

|- ! | George P. Harrison Jr. | | Democratic | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry D. Clayton Jr. (Democratic) 52.61%
George L. Comer (National Democratic) 25.94%
Emmet C. Jackson (Populist) 21.45%

|- ! | William F. Aldrich | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected after initial results indicated loss to Plowman. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William F. Aldrich (Republican) 49.75%
Thomas S. Plowman (Democratic) 45.59%
Edmund H. Dryer (National Democratic) 4.66%

|- ! | Albert T. Goodwyn | | Populist | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Willis Brewer (Democratic) 60.85%
Albert T. Goodwyn (Populist) 39.15%

|- ! | John H. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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 | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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 | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Joseph Wheeler (Democratic) 56.66%
Oscar W. Hundley (Republican) 42.13%
W. W. Callahan (National Democratic) 1.21%

|- ! | Truman H. Aldrich | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 62.98%
Grattan B. Crowe (Republican) 26.21%
Archibald Lawson (National Democratic) 10.81%

Arkansas

California

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in California

|- ! | John All Barham | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John All Barham (Republican) 49.7%
Fletcher A. Cutler (Democratic) 45.5%
George W. Montieth (Populist) 4.2%
B. F. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.7%

|- ! | Grove L. Johnson | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Marion De Vries (Democratic) 55.5%
Grove L. Johnson (Republican) 42.3%
F. E. Coulter (Prohibition) 2.2%

|- ! | Samuel G. Hilborn | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel G. Hilborn (Republican) 54.0%
Warren B. English (Democratic) 44.0%
John H. Eustice (Socialist Labor) 1.1%
William Shafer (Prohibition) 0.9%

|- ! | James G. Maguire | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James G. Maguire (Democratic) 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 | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 59.5%
Joseph P. Kelly (Democratic) 32.2%
A. H. Kinne (Populist) 4.7%
Henry Daniels (Socialist Labor) 2.3%
T. H. Lawson (Prohibition) 1.2%

|- ! | James McLachlan | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles A. Barlow (Populist) 48.9%
James McLachlan (Republican) 47.6%
Henry Clay Needham (Prohibition) 2.4%
Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.1%

|- ! | William W. Bowers | | Republican | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Curtis H. Castle (Populist) 46.7%
William W. Bowers (Republican) 46.1%
William H. Carlson (Independent) 5.2%
James W. Webb (Prohibition) 2.0%

Colorado

Connecticut

|- ! | E. Stevens Henry | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

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%

|- ! | Nehemiah D. Sperry | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nehemiah D. Sperry (Republican) 59.2%
Austin B. Fuller (Populist) 36.8%
Daniel C. Wood (Democratic) 2.0%
Edwin P. Augur (Prohibition) 0.8%

|- ! | Charles A. Russell | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

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 | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

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

Florida

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

|- ! | Stephen M. Sparkman | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 77.5%
E. K. Nichols (Republican) 14.6%
J. Asakiah Williams (Populist) 6.8%
J. C. Green (Prohibition) 1.1%

|- ! | Charles Merian Cooper | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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

Idaho

|- ! | Edgar Wilson | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired to run for Idaho Supreme Court. Populist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James Gunn (Populist) 47.75%
William Borah (Silver Republican) 31.29%
John T. Morrison (Republican) 20.97%

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

|- ! | Thomas Brackett Reed | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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 | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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 | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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 | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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

Massachusetts

|- ! | Ashley B. Wright | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Ashley B. Wright (Republican) 55.2%
Patrick H. Sheehan (Democratic) 31.0%
John Bascom (Prohibition) 3.6%

|- ! | Frederick H. Gillett | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 71.8%
Thomas A. Fitzgibbon (Democratic) 28.2%

|- ! | Joseph H. Walker | | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Joseph H. Walker (Republican) 72.6%
John O'Gara (Democratic) 27.4%

|- ! | Lewis D. Apsley | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George W. Weymouth (Republican) 69.4%
L. Porter Morse (Democratic) 30.6%

|- ! | William S. Knox | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William S. Knox (Republican) 60.7%
John H. Harrington (Democratic) 39.3%

|- ! | William H. Moody | | Republican | 1895 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William H. Moody (Republican) 72.8%
Eben M. Boynton (Democratic) 27.2%

|- ! | William Emerson Barrett | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Emerson Barrett (Republican) 68.2%
Philip J. Doherty (Democratic) 31.8%

|- ! | Samuel W. McCall | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 74.4%
Frederick H. Jackson (Democratic) 25.6%

|- ! | John F. Fitzgerald | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

|- ! | Harrison H. Atwood | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel J. Barrows (Republican) 50.4%
Bordman Hall (Democratic) 41.9%
William L. Chase (Socialist) 7.7%

|- ! | William F. Draper | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles F. Sprague (Republican) 69.4%
William H. Baker (Democratic) 30.6%

|- ! | Elijah A. Morse | | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William C. Lovering (Republican) 76.9%
Elbridge G. Brown (Democratic) 23.1%

|- ! | John Simpkins | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Simpkins (Republican) 74.7%
James F. Morris (Democratic) 25.3%

Michigan

Minnesota

|- ! | | | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James A. Tawney (Republican) 60.7%
Patrick Fitzpatrick (Democratic/Populist) 37.4%
Herman D. Clark (Prohibition) 1.8%

|- ! | | | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James McCleary (Republican) 57.1%
Frank A. Day (Democratic/Populist) 40.9%
Richard Price (Prohibition) 2.0%

|- ! | | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joel Heatwole (Republican) 55.9%
Harrison J. Peck (Democratic/Populist) 42.3%
Christian T. Laugeson (Prohibition) 1.8%

|- ! | | | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Frederick Stevens (Republican) 62.2%
Francis H. Clark (Democratic/Populist) 36.7%
George S. Innis (Prohibition) 1.1%

|- ! | | | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Loren Fletcher (Republican) 51.8%
Sidney M. Owen (Democratic/Populist) 45.5%
James A. Sanborn (Prohibition) 1.6%
Herbert T. Shaw (Socialist Labor) 1.1%

|- ! | | | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Page Morris (Republican) 50.6%
Charles A. Towne (Independent) 49.4%

|- ! | | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Frank Eddy (Republican) 50.9%
Edwin E. Lommen (Democratic/Populist) 46.8%
Jorgen F. Heiberg (Prohibition) 2.3%

Mississippi

|- ! | John M. Allen | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John M. Allen (Democratic) 86.92%
A. W. Kearley (Populist) 9.05%
William H. McGill (Republican) 4.03%

|- ! | John C. Kyle | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

|- ! | Thomas C. Catchings | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

|- ! | Hernando Money | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

|- ! | John S. Williams | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

|- ! | Walter M. Denny | | Democratic | 1894 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William F. Love (Democratic) 64.25%
A. C. Hathorn (Populist) 25.66%
H. C. Griffin (Republican) 10.09%

|- ! | James G. Spencer | | Democratic | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

Missouri

Montana

|- ! | Charles S. Hartman | | Republican | 1892 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Silver Republican. Silver Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles S. Hartman (Silver Republican) 78.14%
O. F. Goddard (Republican) 21.86%

Nebraska

|- ! | Jesse B. Strode | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jesse B. Strode (Republican) 49.39%
Jefferson H. Broady (Democratic) 48.77%
Charles E. Smith (Prohibition) 1.22%
Hampton E. George (National) 0.62%

|- ! | David H. Mercer | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

David H. Mercer (Republican) 52.31%
Edward R. Duffie (Democratic) 46.77%}} | Charles Watts (Prohibition) 0.71% | George W. Woodbey (National) 0.21%

|- ! | George de Rue Meiklejohn | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Populist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Samuel Maxwell (Populist) 54.76%
R. L. Hammond (Republican) 43.44%
David Brown (Prohibition) 1.22%
Charles M. Griffith (National) 0.59%

|- ! | Eugene J. Hainer | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

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%

|- ! | William E. Andrews | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Populist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Roderick D. Sutherland (Populist) 52.66%
William E. Andrews (Republican) 44.88%
Ransom S. Proudfit (Prohibition) 1.25%}} | Charles W. Preston (Democratic) 0.77% | J. S. Miller (National) 0.44%

|- ! | Omer M. Kem | | Populist | 1890 | | Incumbent retired. Populist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

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%

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

|- ! | Martin N. Johnson | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Martin N. Johnson (Republican) 53.97%
John Burke (Democratic) 45.28%
A. V. Garver (Prohibition) 0.75%

Ohio

|- ! | Charles Phelps Taft | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William B. Shattuc (Republican) 60.8%
Thomas J. Donnelly (Democratic) 39.2%

|- ! | Jacob H. Bromwell | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Jacob H. Bromwell (Republican) 59.0%
David S. Oliver (Democratic) 41.0%

|- ! | Paul J. Sorg | | Democratic | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John L. Brenner (Democratic) 49.8%
Robert M. Nevin (Republican) 49.4% | Joel S. Steward (Populist) 0.6% | Samuel N. Stubbs (National) 0.2%

|- ! | Fernando C. Layton | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George A. Marshall (Democratic) 59.5%
John P. Maclean (Republican) 38.6%
L. M. Kramer (Populist) 1.1%
George W. Mace (National) 0.7%

|- ! | Francis B. De Witt | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

David Meekison (Democratic) 56.0%
Francis B. De Witt (Republican) 42.5%
George N. Rice (Populist) 1.5%

|- ! | George W. Hulick | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Seth W. Brown (Republican) 53.8%
Harry W. Paxton (Democratic) 45.4%
Frank S. Delo (Populist) 0.7%

|- ! | George W. Wilson | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Walter L. Weaver (Republican) 52.5%
Francis M. Hunt (Democratic) 46.8%
R. S. Thomson (National) 0.8%

|- ! | Luther M. Strong | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Archibald Lybrand (Republican) 53.8%
McEldin Dun (Democratic) 46.2%

|- ! | James H. Southard | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James H. Southard (Republican) 53.5%
Stephen Brophy (Democratic) 46.5%

|- ! | Lucien J. Fenton | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lucien J. Fenton (Republican) 57.9%
Timothy S. Hogan (Democratic) 42.1%
Scattering

|- ! | Charles H. Grosvenor | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles H. Grosvenor (Republican) 54.8%
William E. Finck Jr. (Democratic) 44.7%
Lawrence C. Crippen (Populist) 0.4%

|- ! | David K. Watson | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John J. Lentz (Democratic) 49.73%
David K. Watson (Republican) 49.63%}} | Jacob B. Turner (Populist) 0.40% | L. J. Finley (Populist) 0.25%

|- ! | Stephen Ross Harris | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James A. Norton (Democratic) 54.4%
Stephen Ross Harris (Republican) 44.3%}} | John H. Rhodes (Populist) 0.9% | John W. Belser (Populist) 0.5%

|- ! | Winfield S. Kerr | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Winfield S. Kerr (Republican) 52.0%
John B. Coffinberry (Democratic) 47.6%
Robert F. Mosher (National) 0.4%

|- ! | H. Clay Van Voorhis | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

H. Clay Van Voorhis (Republican) 52.5%
James B. Tannehill (Democratic) 46.2%}} | T. H. Padan (Populist) 0.8% | Illion E. Moore (Populist) 0.5%

|- ! | Lorenzo Danford | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lorenzo Danford (Republican) 53.8%
Henry H. McFadden (Democratic) 46.2%

|- ! | Addison S. McClure | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John A. McDowell (Democratic) 54.7%
Addison S. McClure (Republican) 44.3%}} | I. N. Kieffer (Populist) 0.8% | Homer E. Cole (National) 0.2% | Scattering 0.1%

|- ! | Robert W. Tayler | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Robert W. Tayler (Republican) 54.1%
Isaac R. Sherwood (Democratic) 45.0%}} | James L. Swan (Populist) 0.9% | Scattering

|- ! | Stephen A. Northway | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Stephen A. Northway (Republican) 60.3%
William T. Sawyer (Democratic) 39.1%}} | Solon C. Thayer (Populist) 0.6% | Scattering

|- ! | Clifton B. Beach | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Clifton B. Beach (Republican) 52.78%
A. T. Van Tassel (Democratic) 46.01%}} | J. J. Harrison (Populist) 0.54% | Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.51% | William H. Watkins (National) 0.16%

|- ! | Theodore E. Burton | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Theodore E. Burton (Republican) 55.24%
L. A. Russell (Democratic) 43.34%}} | Louis B. Tuckerman (Populist) 0.49% | Walter Gillet (Socialist Labor) 0.44% | E. Jay Pinney (Populist) 0.38% | Thomas P. McDonough (National) 0.11%

Oregon

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

|- ! | Binger Hermann | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thomas H. Tongue (Republican) 40.39%
W. S. Vandenberg (Populist) 40.26%
Jefferson Myers (Democratic) 16.52%
N. C. Christensen (Prohibition) 2.83%

|- ! | William R. Ellis | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

|- ! | George W. Murray | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Elliott (Democratic) 63.7%
George W. Murray (Reorganized Rep.) 33.9%
W. Cecil Cohen (Republican) 2.4%

|- ! | W. Jasper Talbert | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

W. Jasper Talbert (Democratic) 92.4%
B. P. Chatfield (Republican) 7.3%
Others 0.3%

|- ! | Asbury Latimer | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Asbury Latimer (Democratic) 92.0%
A. C. Merreck (Republican) 6.2%
Clarence Gray (Reorganized Rep.) 1.8%

|- ! | Stanyarne Wilson | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Stanyarne Wilson (Democratic) 92.2%
P. S. Suber (Republican) 4.2%
D. T. Bounds (Reorganized Rep.) 3.6%

|- ! | Thomas J. Strait | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thomas J. Strait (Democratic) 91.0%
John F. Jones (Republican) 9.0%

|- ! | John L. McLaurin | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John L. McLaurin (Democratic) 87.7%
J. E. Wilson (Republican) 7.9%
George Henry McKie (Unknown) 4.3%
Others 0.1%

|- ! | 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. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

J. William Stokes (Democratic) 85.6%
T. B. Johnson (Republican) 14.2%
D. A. Perrin (Ind. Republican) 0.2%

South Dakota

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota

John Edward Kelley (Populist) 24.9%
Freeman Knowles (Populist) 24.9%
Robert J. Gamble (Republican) 24.8%
Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 24.6%}} | K. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.4% | M. D. Alexander (Prohibition) 0.4%

Tennessee

|- ! | William C. Anderson | | Republican | 1894 | |Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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%

|- ! | Henry R. Gibson | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry R. Gibson (Republican) 74.33%
W. L. Ledgerwood (Democratic) 24.98%}} | W. C. Murphy (Prohibition) 0.62% | W. M. Oliver (Unknown) 0.08%

|- ! | Foster V. Brown | | Republican | 1894 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John A. Moon (Democratic) 51.89%
W. J. Clift (Republican) 47.15%}} | J. L. Hopkins (Prohibition) 0.60% | W. J. Farris (Populist) 0.35%

|- ! | Benton McMillin | | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Benton McMillin (Democratic) 59.56%
C. H. Whitney (Republican) 40.44%

|- ! | James D. Richardson | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James D. Richardson (Democratic) 58.56%
Sid Houston (Republican) 32.76%
W. E. Erving (Populist) 8.68%

|- ! | Joseph E. Washington | | Democratic | 1886 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John W. Gaines (Democratic) 57.97%
James C. McReynolds (Republican) 39.86%
George A. Gawan (Populist) 2.17%

|- ! | Nicholas N. Cox | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Nicholas N. Cox (Democratic) 55.18%
A. M. Hughes (Republican) 38.41%
J. K. Blackburn (Populist) 6.41%

|- ! | John E. McCall | | Republican | 1894 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 53.45%
John E. McCall (Republican) 42.64%
J. S. Leach (Populist) 3.65%
W. L. Nowell (Prohibition) 0.27%

|- ! | James C. McDearmon | | Democratic | 1892 | |Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Rice A. Pierce (Democratic) 64.11%
J. H. McDowell (Populist) 35.89%

|- ! | Josiah Patterson | | Democratic | 1890 | |Incumbent lost re-election as a National Democrat. Democratic hold. | {{Plainlist |

Edward W. Carmack (Democratic) 48.76%
Josiah Patterson (National Democratic) 47.11%
B. G. West (Populist) 4.13%

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

|- ! | H. Henry Powers | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

H. Henry Powers (Republican) 76.4%
Peter F. McManus (Democratic) 22.5%
Andrew L. Bowen (Populist) 1.0%

|- ! | William W. Grout | | Republican | 1880 1882 (lost) 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William W. Grout (Republican) 80.4%
Henry E. Fitzgerald (Democratic) 18.9%
Thomas J. Aldrich (Populist) 0.6%

Virginia

|- ! | William A. Jones | | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William A. Jones (Democratic) 58.4%
Walter B. Tyler (Republican) 40.5%}} | Edward J. Winder (Prohibition) 0.8% | Samuel D. Shazier (Socialist Labor) 0.3%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

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. | Richard A. Wise (Republican)

|- ! | Tazewell Ellett | | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Lamb (Democratic) 55.5%
L. L. Lewis (Republican) 42.5%}} | Elisha L. Lewis (Republican) 0.8% | William H. Lewis (Republican) 0.6% | John Mitchell (Republican) 0.3% | James O. Atwood (Prohibition) 0.3%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Sydney P. Epes (Democratic) 54.5%
Robert Taylor Thorp (Republican) 43.4%
J. L. Thorp (Republican) 2.1%}}

|- ! | Claude A. Swanson | | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Claude A. Swanson (Democratic) 51.0%
John Robert Brown (Republican) 49.0%

|- ! | Peter J. Otey | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Peter J. Otey (Democratic) 57.0%
Duval Radford (Democratic) 38.7%
J. Hampton Hoge (Republican) 2.8%
Joseph Johnston (Prohibition) 1.5%

|- ! | Smith S. Turner | | 1894 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James Hay (Democratic) 52.1%
Robert J. Walker (Republican) 42.4%}} | J. Samuel Harrisberger (Democratic) 1.1% | John F. Forsyth (Independent) 0.7%

|- ! | Elisha E. Meredith | | 1891 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Franklin Rixey (Democratic) 56.1%
Peter H. McCaull (Republican) 43.2%}} | Joseph N. Pancoast (Prohibition) 0.5% | W. C. Colerran (Unknown) 0.2% | James S. Cowdon (Unknown) 0.1%

|- ! | James A. Walker | | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James A. Walker (Republican) 52.7%
Samuel M. Williams (Democratic) 47.3%

|- ! | Henry St. George Tucker | | 1888 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jacob Yost (Republican) 49.9%
Henry D. Flood (Democratic) 49.8%
C. F. Wanack (Unknown) 0.3%

Washington

J. Hamilton Lewis (Democratic) 28.50%
William Carey Jones (Silver Republican) 28.28%
William H. Doolittle (Republican) 21.11%
Samuel C. Hyde (Republican) 20.97%}} | C. A. Sayler (Prohibition) 0.56% | Martin Olsen (Prohibition) 0.49% | C. E. Mix (National) 0.09%

West Virginia

|- ! | Blackburn B. Dovener | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Blackburn B. Dovener (Republican) 52.69%
W. W. Arnett (Democratic) 46.75%}} | G. W. Grimes (Independent) 0.42% | Thomas M. Stone (Independent) 0.14%

|- ! | Alston G. Dayton | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alston G. Dayton (Republican) 52.31%
William S. Wilson (Democratic) 47.69%

|- ! | James H. Huling | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles Dorr (Republican) 53.26%
Emanuel W. Wilson (Democratic) 46.75%

|- ! | Warren Miller | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Warren Miller (Republican) 51.20%
Walter Pendleton (Democratic) 48.80%

Wisconsin

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

|- ! | Henry Allen Cooper | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 64.1%
Jeremiah L. Mahoney (Democratic) 33.4%
George W. White (Prohibition) 2.5%

|- ! | Edward Sauerhering | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Edward Sauerhering (Republican) 56.5%
William H. Rogers (Democratic) 41.1%
Jesse Meyers (Prohibition) 2.4%

|- ! | Joseph W. Babcock | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Joseph W. Babcock (Republican) 63.8%
Alfred J. Davis (Democratic) 36.2%

|- ! | Theobald Otjen | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Theobald Otjen (Republican) 54.2%
Robert C. Schilling (Democratic) 44.9%
Robert May (Prohibition) 0.9%

|- ! | Samuel S. Barney | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel S. Barney (Republican) 61.0%
George W. Winans (Democratic) 37.8%
Henry Mensing (Socialist Labor) 1.3%

|- ! | Samuel A. Cook | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent declined re-nomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.7%
William F. Gruenewald (Democratic) 41.0%
James E. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.4%

|- ! | Michael Griffin | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Michael Griffin (Republican) 65.8%
Caleb M. Hilliard (Democratic) 32.0%
James H. Moseley (Prohibition) 2.2%

|- ! | Edward S. Minor | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Edward S. Minor (Republican) 60.3%
George W. Cate (Democratic) 38.4%
John W. Evans (Prohibition) 1.3%

|- ! | Alexander Stewart | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Alexander Stewart (Republican) 63.2%
William W. O'Keefe (Democratic) 36.8%

|- ! | John J. Jenkins | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John J. Jenkins (Republican) 65.5%
Frederick H. Remington (Democratic) 34.5%

Wyoming

Main article: 1896 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

|- ! | Frank W. Mondell | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John E. Osborne (Democratic) 49.14%
Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 47.87%
William Brown (Populist) 2.99%

Non-voting delegates

Oklahoma Territory

|- ! | Dennis T. Flynn | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Silver gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James Y. Callahan (Silver) 51.09%
Dennis T. Flynn (Republican) 48.91%

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