1878 and 1879 United States House of Representatives elections

1878 United States House of Representatives elections
	June 3, 1878 – September 3, 1879
	June 3, 1878 – September 3, 1879
All 293 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; 147 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Samuel Randall; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Samuel Randall; Democratic

Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1878 and 1879[lower-alpha 4] for Representatives to the 46th United States Congress. These elections occurred in the middle of President Rutherford B. Hayes's term.

With a sour economy as the nation's pressing issue, both major parties lost seats to the new Greenback Party, which was established to promote the long-term use of paper money as a solution to stop enormous economic fluctuations. The Democratic Party remained the largest party, but lost its majority. However, it allied with several independent politicians and was able to remain in power. Notable freshmen included James B. Weaver, who would later run for president as the Greenback candidate in 1880 and the Populist candidate in 1892. This was the fourth and last recorded House election where both major parties lost seats at the same time.

Election summaries

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141	7	13	132
Democratic	Independent Democratic	GB	Republican

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Republican		Greenback		Independent Democratic
State	Type	Total seats	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	8	7	1	0		1	1	0
Arkansas	District	4	4	1	0		0		0	1
California	District	4	1	1	3	1	0		0
Colorado	At-large	1	0	1	1	1	0		0
Connecticut	District	4	1	2	3	2	0		0
Delaware	At-large	1	1		0		0		0
Florida	District	2	1	1	1	1	0		0
Georgia	District	9	6	2	0		0		3	2
Illinois	District	19	6	2	12	1	1	1	0
Indiana	District	13	6	2	6	3	1	1	0
Iowa	District	9	0		7	2	2	2	0
Kansas	District	3	0		3		0		0
Kentucky	District	10	9	1	0		0		1	1
Louisiana	District	6	6	1	0	1	0		0
Maine	District	5	0		3	2	2	2	0
Maryland	District	6	5	1	1	1	0		0
Massachusetts	District	11	1	1	10	1	0		0
Michigan	District	9	0	1	9	1	0		0
Minnesota	District	3	1	1	2	1	0		0
Mississippi	District	6	6		0		0		0
Missouri	District	13	11	2	0	4	1	1	1	1
Nebraska	At-large	1	0		1		0		0
Nevada	At-large	1	0		1		0		0
New Hampshire	District	3	0	1	3	1	0		0
New Jersey	District	7	3	1	4	1	0		0
New York	District	33	6	9	25	7	0		2	2
North Carolina	District	8	7		0	1	1	1	0
Ohio	District	20	11	3	9	3	0		0
Oregon	At-large	1	1	1	0	1	0		0
Pennsylvania	District	27	8	2	17		2	2	0
Rhode Island	District	2	0		2		0		0
South Carolina	District	5	5	3	0	3	0		0
Tennessee	District	10	9	1	1	1	0		0
Texas	District	6	5	1	0		1	1	0
Vermont	District	3	0		2	1	1	1	0
Virginia	District	9	8		1		0		0
West Virginia	District	3	3		0		0		0
Wisconsin	District	8	3		5		0		0
Total		293	141[1] 48.1%	14	132[1] 45.1%	5	13[1] 4.4%	13	7[1] 2.4%	5

House seats

Democratic			48.12%
Greenback			4.44%
Independent Democratic			2.39%
Republican			45.05%

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+ to 100% Democratic	80+ to 100% Republican
60+ to 80% Democratic	60+ to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

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Net gain in party representation
6+ Democratic gain		6+ Republican gain
3-5 Democratic gain		3-5 Republican gain
1-2 Democratic gain	1-2 Greenback gain	1-2 Republican gain
no net change

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Election dates

In 1845, Congress set a uniform nationwide date for choosing presidential electors.[2] This Act of Congress 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 1878–79, there were still 7 states with earlier election dates, and 1 state with a later election date:

Early elections (1878):
- June 3 Oregon
- September 3 Vermont
- September 9 Maine
- October 7 Indiana
- October 8 Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia
Late election (1879):
- September 3, 1879 California

California's elections were the last time a state held congressional general elections after November.

Alabama

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Alabama 1	James T. Jones	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Thomas H. Herndon (Democratic) 69.10% Warner Bailey (Greenback) 30.90%
Alabama 2	Hilary A. Herbert	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Hilary A. Herbert (Democratic) 56.25% James P. Armstrong (Republican) 43.75%
Alabama 3	Jeremiah N. Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y William J. Samford (Democratic) 88.43% French Strange (Independent) 9.64% William M. Russell (Republican) 1.93%
Alabama 4	Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles M. Shelley (Democratic) 55.38% Jeremiah Haralson (Republican) 42.57% Jonathan H. Henry (Independent) 2.04%
Alabama 5	Robert F. Ligon	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Thomas Williams (Democratic) 70.51% Theodore Nunn (Greenback) 29.49%
Alabama 6	Goldsmith W. Hewitt	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Burwell B. Lewis (Democratic) 70.51% William R. Smith (Independent) 29.49%
Alabama 7	William H. Forney	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William H. Forney (Democratic) 96.57% N. B. Mardis (Independent) 3.43%
Alabama 8	William W. Garth	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y William M. Lowe (Greenback) 55.49% William W. Garth (Democratic) 44.51%

Arkansas

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Arkansas 1	Lucien C. Gause	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 100.0%
Arkansas 2	William F. Slemons	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William F. Slemons (Democratic) 57.20% John G. Bradley (Greenback) 43.80%
Arkansas 3	Jordan E. Cravens	Independent Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected. as a Democrat Democratic gain.	Y Jordan E. Cravens (Democratic) 51.19% Milton L. Rice (Greenback) 48.81%
Arkansas 4	Thomas M. Gunter	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 59.77% J. F. Cunningham (Independent Democratic) 29.42% Byrd Smith (Greenback) 10.80%

California

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
California 1	Horace Davis	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Horace Davis (Republican) 48.41% Clitus Barbour (Workingmen Party) 44.50% Charles R. Summer (Democratic) 7.09%
California 2	Horace F. Page	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Horace F. Page (Republican) 51.87% Thomas J. Clunie (Democratic) 34.38% H. P. Williams (Workingmen Party) 13.75%
California 3	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Campbell P. Berry (Democratic) 50.16% Joseph McKenna (Republican) 49.61% George T. Elliott (Workingmen Party) 0.23%
California 4	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) 40.47% Wallace Leach (Democratic) 31.84% James J. Ayres (Workingmen Party) 27.68%

Colorado

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Colorado at-large	None			New state. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y James B. Belford (Republican) 49.93% Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 41.93% Henry C. Childs (Greenback) 8.14%

Patterson successfully contested the election and was seated March 4, 1877.

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Connecticut 1	George M. Landers	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 52.20% George M. Landers (Democratic) 43.79% Herbert Baker (Greenback) 3.67% Horace Johnson (Prohibition) 0.34%
Connecticut 2	James Phelps	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Phelps (Democratic) 53.19% Benjamin Douglas (Republican) 45.86% Calvin Harrington (Prohibition) 0.95%
Connecticut 3	John T. Wait	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John T. Wait (Republican) 53.75% Charles W. Carter (Republican) 44.06% Elisha Palmer (Prohibition) 2.18%
Connecticut 4	Levi Warner	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Frederick Miles (Republican) 48.70% Frederick W. Bruggerhoff (Republican) 44.63% James S. Taylor (Greenback) 6.38% Ambrose S. Rogers (Prohibition) 0.30%

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Delaware at-large	James Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Edward L. Martin (Democratic) 78.10% John G. Jackson (Greenback) 21.90%

Florida

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Florida 1	Robert H. M. Davidson	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 56.80% Simon B. Conover (Republican) 40.90% Edmund C. Weeks (Independent Republican) 2.29%
Florida 2	Horatio Bisbee, Jr.	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Noble A. Hull (Democratic) 50.03% Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (Republican) 49.97%

In the 2nd district the difference between the two candidates, in the initial returns, was just 22 votes. Bisbee challenged Hull's election, and Bisbee challenged Hull's electionwas eventually awarded the seat on January 22, 1881.

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Georgia 1	Julian Hartridge	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y John C. Nicholls (Democratic) 62.76% S. A. Corker (Republican) 37.24%
Georgia 2	William E. Smith	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William E. Smith (Democratic) 69.05% E. C. Wade (Republican) 30.95%
Georgia 3	Philip Cook	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Philip Cook (Democratic) 100.0%
Georgia 4	Henry R. Harris	Democratic	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Independent Democratic gain.	Y Henry Persons (Independent Democratic) 56.09% Henry R. Harris (Democratic) 42.48% L. J. Milam (Independent) 0.91% J. C. Fuller (Independent) 0.51%
Georgia 5	Milton A. Candler	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Nathaniel J. Hammond (Democratic) 55.64% Reuben Arnold (Greenback) 44.36%
Georgia 6	James H. Blount	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James H. Blount (Democratic) 99.44% Scattering (Independent) 0.56%
Georgia 7	William H. Felton	Independent Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William H. Felton (Independent Democratic) 52.47% G. N. Lester (Democratic) 47.53%
Georgia 8	Alexander H. Stephens	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) 98.30% Scattering (Independent) 1.70%
Georgia 9	Hiram P. Bell	Democratic	1876	Lost re-nomination Independent Democratic gain.	Y Emory Speer (Independent Democratic) 50.51% Joel A. Billups (Democratic) 49.49%

Illinois

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Illinois 1	William Aldrich	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Aldrich (Republican) 51.84% James R. Doolittle (Democratic) 30.41% John McAscliff (Socialist) 9.89% William V. Barr (Greenback) 7.86%
Illinois 2	Carter Harrison, Sr.	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. to run for Mayor Republican gain.	Y George R. Davis (Republican) 49.59% Miles Kehoe (Democratic) 29.29% George A. Schilling (Socialist) 11.85% James Felch (Greenback) 7.67% J. H. Condon (Independent) 1.25% John Sebolski (Independent) 0.35%
Illinois 3	Lorenzo Brentano	Republican	1876	Lost re-nomination Republican hold.	Y Hiram Barber, Jr. (Republican) 53.06% Lambert Tree (Democratic) 29.26% Benjamin Sebley (Independent) 12.78% A. B. Cornell (Greenback) 4.90%
Illinois 4	William Lathrop	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y John C. Sherwin (Republican) 61.79% Jonathan C. Staighton (Democratic) 21.50% Augustus Adams (Greenback) 16.71%
Illinois 5	Horatio C. Burchard	Republican	1869	Lost re-nomination Republican hold.	Y Robert M. A. Hawk (Republican) 53.42% Mortimer D. Hathaway (Democratic) 23.33% John M. King (Greenback) 23.24%
Illinois 6	Thomas J. Henderson	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas J. Henderson (Republican) 52.47% James W. Haney (Greenback) 31.94% Charles Dunham (Democratic) 15.59%
Illinois 7	Philip C. Hayes	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Philip C. Hayes (Republican) 46.54% Alexander Campbell (Greenback) 28.29% W. S. Brooks (Democratic) 25.17%
Illinois 8	Greenbury L. Fort	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Greenbury L. Fort (Republican) 49.72% Chris C. Strawn (Greenback) 29.01% Thomas M. Shaw (Democratic) 21.27%
Illinois 9	Thomas A. Boyd	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas A. Boyd (Republican) 43.76% George A. Wilson (Democratic) 40.68% Aloxr H. Keighan (Greenback) 15.56%
Illinois 10	Benjamin F. Marsh	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Benjamin F. Marsh (Republican) 44.50% Delos P. Phelps (Democratic) 42.33% Alson J. Streeter (Greenback) 13.17%
Illinois 11	Robert M. Knapp	Democratic	1876	Lost re-nomination Democratic hold.	Y James W. Singleton (Democratic) 54.49% James P. Dimmitt (Republican) 31.69% William H. Pogue (Prohibition) 13.82%
Illinois 12	William M. Springer	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William M. Springer (Democratic) 47.69% John Cook (Republican) 34.78% John Mathers (Greenback) 17.53%
Illinois 13	Thomas F. Tipton	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Adlai Stevenson I (Democratic) 53.22% Thomas F. Tipton (Republican) 46.26% L. M. Bickmore (Prohibition) 0.52%
Illinois 14	Joseph G. Cannon	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph G. Cannon (Republican) 46.16% Maldon Jones (Democratic) 38.84% Jesse Harper (Greenback) 15.00%
Illinois 15	John R. Eden	Democratic	1872	Lost re-nomination Greenback gain.	Y Albert P. Forsythe (Greenback) 50.31% Hiram B. Decias (Democratic) 49.69%
Illinois 16	William A. J. Sparks	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William A. J. Sparks (Democratic) 48.75% Basil B. Smith (Republican) 42.18% James Creed (Greenback) 9.07%
Illinois 17	William R. Morrison	Democratic	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William R. Morrison (Democratic) 50.47% John Baker (Republican) 43.04% William E. Moberly (Greenback) 6.48%
Illinois 18	William Hartzell	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y John R. Thomas (Republican) 46.62% N. J. Allen (Democratic) 44.37% S. J. Davis (Greenback) 9.02%
Illinois 19	Richard W. Townshend	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard W. Townshend (Democratic) 53.31% Robert Bell (Republican) 34.64% Seth F. Crews (Greenback) 12.04%

Indiana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Indiana 1	Benoni S. Fuller	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y William Heilman (Republican) 48.66% Thomas E. Garvin (Democratic) 45.77% Thomas F. Debruler (Greenback) 5.57%
Indiana 2	Thomas R. Cobb	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas R. Cobb (Democratic) 55.06% Richard M. Welman (Republican) 38.26% William L. Green (Greenback) 6.69%
Indiana 3	George A. Bicknell	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George A. Bicknell (Democratic) 57.91% Ara E. Long (Republican) 35.99% John F. Willy (Greenback) 6.10%
Indiana 4	Leonidas Sexton	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Jeptha D. New (Democratic) 50.49% Leonidas Sexton (Republican) 48.85% Robert Gregg (Greenback) 0.66%
Indiana 5	Thomas M. Browne	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas M. Browne (Republican) 50.08% William S. Holman (Democratic) 47.03% William C. Jeffries (Greenback) 2.89%
Indiana 6	Milton S. Robinson	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y William R. Myers (Democratic) 47.89% William Grose (Republican) 46.06% Reuben A. Riley (Greenback) 6.05%
Indiana 7	John Hanna	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y Gilbert De La Matyr (Greenback) 51.14% John Hanna (Republican) 48.86%
Indiana 8	Morton C. Hunter	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Abraham J. Hostetler (Democratic) 43.56% Morton C. Hunter (Republican) 40.12% Henry A. White (Greenback) 16.31%
Indiana 9	Michael D. White	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Godlove S. Orth (Republican) 43.73% James McCabe (Democratic) 43.46% Leroy Templeton (Greenback) 12.81%
Indiana 10	William H. Calkins	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William H. Calkins (Republican) 45.16% Morgan H. Weir (Democratic) 39.41% John N. Skinner (Greenback) 15.44%
Indiana 11	James L. Evans	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Calvin Cowgill (Republican) 47.23% David D. Dykeman (Democratic) 39.81% David Moss (Greenback) 12.96%
Indiana 12	Andrew H. Hamilton	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Walpole G. Colerick (Democratic) 63.73% John Studebaker (Democratic) 36.27%
Indiana 13	John H. Baker	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Baker (Republican) 47.20% John B. Stoll (Democratic) 42.04% William C. Williams (Greenback) 10.76%

In the 7th district, Gilbert De La Matyr was also endorsed by the state Democratic Party.

Iowa

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Iowa 1	Joseph C. Stone	Republican	1876	Lost re-nomination Republican hold.	Y Moses A. McCoid (Republican) 48.58% Wesley C. Hobbs (Democratic) 30.38% A. H. Breman (Greenback) 21.05%
Iowa 2	Hiram Price	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Hiram Price (Republican) 49.75% W. F. Brannan (Democratic) 35.47% Jacob Geiger (Greenback) 14.77%
Iowa 3	Theodore W. Burdick	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Thomas Updegraff (Republican) 43.85% Fred O'Donnell (Democratic) 37.52% S. T. Spangler (Greenback) 18.63%
Iowa 4	Nathaniel C. Deering	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Nathaniel C. Deering (Republican) 60.83% Luman H. Weller (Greenback) 20.38% William V. Allen (Greenback) 18.79%
Iowa 5	Rush Clark	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Rush Clark (Republican) 52.78% George Carter (Democratic) 44.63% Timothy Brown (Greenback) 2.59%
Iowa 6	Ezekiel S. Sampson	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y James B. Weaver (Greenback) 53.35% Ezekiel S. Sampson (Republican) 46.65%
Iowa 7	Henry J. B. Cummings	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y Edward H. Gillette (Greenback) 51.45% Henry J. B. Cummings (Republican) 48.55%
Iowa 8	William F. Sapp	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William F. Sapp (Republican) 50.21% George C. Hicks (Greenback) 25.40% John H. Keatley (Democratic) 24.39%
Iowa 9	S. Addison Oliver	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Cyrus C. Carpenter (Republican) 54.91% L. Q. Hoggartt (Greenback) 41.08% Walter Brown (Democratic) 4.00%

In the 6th district, James B. Weaver was also endorsed by the state Democratic Party.

In the 7th district, Edward H. Gillette was also endorsed by the state Democratic Party.

Kansas

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kansas 1	William A. Phillips	Republican	1872	Lost re-nomination Republican hold.	Y John A. Anderson (Republican) 59.61% J. R. McClure (Democratic) 29.20% E. Gale (Greenback) 11.19%
Kansas 2	Dudley C. Haskell	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dudley C. Haskell (Republican) 44.97% C. W. Blair (Democratic) 31.40% P. P. Elder (Greenback) 23.54%
Kansas 3	Thomas Ryan	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Ryan (Republican) 56.83% F. Doser (Greenback) 24.90% J. B. Fugate (Democratic) 18.27%

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Andrew Boone	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Independent Democratic gain.	Y Oscar Turner (Independent Democratic) 42.87% Lawrence S. Trimble (Democratic) 34.97% E. W. Bagby (Republican) 22.15%
Kentucky 2	James A. McKenzie	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James A. McKenzie (Democratic) 61.38% John W. Feighan (Republican) 23.50% Francis M. English (Greenback) 15.12%
Kentucky 3	John W. Caldwell	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John W. Caldwell (Democratic) 46.32% W. Godfrey Hunter (Republican) 42.10% George Wright (Greenback) 11.58%
Kentucky 4	J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y J. Proctor Knott (Democratic) 65.04% J. D. Belden (Republican) 33.48% John W. Lewis (Greenback) 1.48%
Kentucky 5	Albert S. Willis	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Albert S. Willis (Democratic) 40.51% J. Watts Kearney (Democratic) 33.30% Horace Scott (Republican) 24.48% Blanton Duncan (Greenback) 1.70%
Kentucky 6	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John G. Carlisle (Democratic) 75.87% Joseph H. Hermes (Independent) 24.13%
Kentucky 7	Joseph C. S. Blackburn	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph C. S. Blackburn (Democratic) 69.78% George C. Drane (Republican) 28.68% John L. Scott (Independent) 1.54%
Kentucky 8	Milton J. Durham	Democratic	1872	Lost re-nomination Democratic hold.	Y Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (Democratic) 53.80% George Denny (Republican) 46.20%
Kentucky 9	Thomas Turner	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Turner (Democratic) 55.45% John Dills (Republican) 43.15% James G. Carter (Greenback) 1.40%
Kentucky 10	John B. Clarke	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Elijah Phister (Democratic) 65.34% B. F. Bennett (Republican) 23.70% James Kilgore (Greenback) 10.97%

Louisiana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Louisiana 1	Randall L. Gibson	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Randall L. Gibson (Democratic) 63.60% H. C. Castellanos (Republican) 36.40%
Louisiana 2	E. John Ellis	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y E. John Ellis (Democratic) 58.97% E. N. Collom (Greenback) 34.91% Michael Hahn (Republican) 6.12%
Louisiana 3	Joseph H. Acklen	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph H. Acklen (Democratic) 48.77% R. O. Herbert (Republican) 33.89% W. B. Merchant (Independent Democratic) 17.34%
Louisiana 4	Joseph B. Elam	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph B. Elam (Democratic) 89.15% J. M. Wells (Republican) 10.85%
Louisiana 5	J. Smith Young	Democratic	1878	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y J. Floyd King (Democratic) 77.87% J. T. Ludling (Republican) 22.13%
Louisiana 6	Edward W. Robertson	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward W. Robertson (Democratic) 66.14% W. L. Larimore (Independent) 33.86%

Maine

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Maine 1	Thomas B. Reed	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 46.23% Samuel J. Anderson (Democratic) 32.00% Edward H. Gove (Greenback) 21.77%
Maine 2	William P. Frye	Republican	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William P. Frye (Republican) 49.20% Solon Chase (Greenback) 36.46% S. Clifford Belcher (Democratic) 14.34%
Maine 3	Stephen Lindsey	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Stephen Lindsey (Republican) 44.39% William Philbrick (Greenback) 32.60% Franklin Smith (Democratic) 23.01%
Maine 4	Llewellyn Powers	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y George W. Ladd (Greenback) 56.14% Llewellyn Powers (Republican) 43.86%
Maine 5	Eugene Hale	Republican	1868	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y Thompson H. Murch (Greenback) 48.43% Eugene Hale (Republican) 42.28% Joseph H. Martin (Democratic) 9.29%

In the 4th district, George W. Ladd was also endorsed by the state Democratic Party.

Maryland

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Maryland 1	Daniel M. Henry	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Daniel M. Henry (Democratic) 52.49% Samuel A. Graham (Republican) 47.51%
Maryland 2	Charles B. Roberts	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y J. Frederick C. Talbott (Democratic) 66.87% George B. Milligan (Independent Democratic) 24.48% A. P. McCombs (Greenback) 8.66%
Maryland 3	William Kimmel	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Kimmel (Democratic) 70.41% Joseph Thompson (Labor Party) 29.59%
Maryland 4	Thomas Swann	Democratic	1868	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Robert M. McLane (Democratic) 58.98% Jonathan C. Holland (Republican) 35.56% William L. Quigley (Labor Party) 3.34%
Maryland 5	Eli J. Henkle	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Eli J. Henkle (Democratic) 53.97% J. Parran Crane (Republican) 45.20% Eugene B. Calvert (Greenback) 0.84%
Maryland 6	William Walsh	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Milton Urner (Republican) 49.69% George Peter (Democratic) 43.62% Horace Resley (Greenback) 6.69%

In the 4th district, William Quigley was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

Massachusetts

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	William W. Crapo	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William W. Crapo (Republican) 62.32% Matthias Ellis (Democratic) 36.59% Rodney French (Prohibition) 1.09%
Massachusetts 2	Benjamin W. Harris	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 58.75% Edgar E. Dean (Greenback) 22.05% Edward Avery (Democratic) 17.63% Thomas J. Lothrop (Prohibition) 1.58%
Massachusetts 3	Benjamin Dean	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Walbridge A. Field (Republican) 51.03% Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 48.97%
Massachusetts 4	Leopold Morse	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Leopold Morse (Democratic) 60.34% Martin Brimmer (Democratic) 39.66%
Massachusetts 5	Nathaniel P. Banks	Republican	1874	Lost re-nomination Republican hold.	Y Selwyn Z. Bowman (Republican) 58.37% Nathan Clark (Democratic) 41.63%
Massachusetts 6	George B. Loring	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George B. Loring (Republican) 44.52% E. Moody Boynton (Greenback) 44.03% James H. Carleton (Democratic) 11.45%
Massachusetts 7	Benjamin Butler	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. to run for Governor Republican hold.	Y William A. Russell (Republican) 55.23% John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 32.29% Samuel M. Stevens (Greenback) 11.87% James G. Abbott (Prohibition) 0.60%
Massachusetts 8	William Claflin	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Claflin (Republican) 54.41% Isaac Bradford (Democratic) 44.74% George W. Stacey (Prohibition) 0.85%
Massachusetts 9	William W. Rice	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William W. Rice (Republican) 59.02% Eli Thayer (Democratic) 39.78% T. A. Smith (Prohibition) 1.18%
Massachusetts 10	Amasa Norcross	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Amasa Norcross (Republican) 55.54% Wilbur F. Whitney (Greenback) 29.10% James S. Grinnell (Democratic) 15.36%
Massachusetts 11	George D. Robinson	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George D. Robinson (Republican) 51.75% Edward H. Lathrop Butler Democratic 37.86% Jarvis N. Dunham (Democratic) 9.80% Albert C. Woodworth (Independent) 0.60%

In the 5th district, Nathan Clark was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

In the 11th district, Edward H. Lathrop was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

Michigan

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Michigan 1	Alpheus S. Williams	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y John S. Newberry (Republican) 40.85% Alpheus S. Williams (Democratic) 35.37% John Heffron (Greenback) 23.78% Arthur D. Power (Prohibition) 0.22%
Michigan 2	Edwin Willits	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edwin Willits (Republican) 40.85% Ira B. Card (Democratic) 29.71% Levi H. Thomas (Greenback) 24.07% A. H. Lowie (Prohibition) 1.73%
Michigan 3	Jonas H. McGowan	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jonas H. McGowan (Republican) 41.68% John Dawson (Greenback) 35.78% James S. Upton (Democratic) 18.38% Samuel Dickie (Prohibition) 4.16%
Michigan 4	Edwin W. Keightley	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Julius C. Burrows (Republican) 47.14% Andrew J. Eldred (Democratic) 27.06% Thomas R. Sherwood (Greenback) 25.80%
Michigan 5	John W. Stone	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John W. Stone (Republican) 45.77% Charles C. Comstock (Greenback) 43.73% Hiram J. Hoyt (Democratic) 9.93% Dennis Dreskell (Prohibition) 0.57%
Michigan 6	Mark S. Brewer	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mark S. Brewer (Republican) 45.10% Hugh McCurdy (Democratic) 37.99% James I. Meade (Greenback) 15.32% M. M. Burnham (Prohibition) 1.59%
Michigan 7	Omar D. Conger	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Omar D. Conger (Republican) 47.39% William T. Mitchell (Democratic) 35.48% Charles F. Mallory (Greenback) 17.13%
Michigan 8	Charles C. Ellsworth	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Roswell G. Horr (Republican) 39.72% B. M. Thompson (Democratic) 31.70% Herbert M. Hoyt (Greenback) 28.15%
Michigan 9	Jay A. Hubbell	Republican	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jay A. Hubbell (Republican) 53.08% John Powers (Democratic) 26.01% George Parmelee (Greenback) 20.91%

Minnesota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Minnesota 1	Mark H. Dunnell	Republican	1870	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mark H. Dunnell (Republican) 57.48% William Meighan (Democratic) 39.66% George W. Green (Prohibition) 2.86%
Minnesota 2	Horace B. Strait	Republican	1872	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Henry Poehler (Democratic) 50.01% Horace B. Strait (Republican) 47.50% George C. Chamberlain (Greenback) 2.06% Isaac C. Stearns (Prohibition) 0.43%
Minnesota 3	Jacob H. Stewart	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y William D. Washburn (Republican) 53.88% Ignatius L. Donnelly (Democratic) 46.12%

In the 1st district, William Meighan was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

In the 3rd district, Ignatius L. Donnelly was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

Mississippi

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Henry L. Muldrow	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Henry L. Muldrow (Democratic) 59.35% Reuben Davis (Greenback) 40.25% W. D. Frazee (Independent) 0.40%
Mississippi 2	Van H. Manning	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Van H. Manning (Democratic) 52.02% J. H. Amacker (Republican) 44.94% C. H. Allen (Independent) 2.88% Daniel B. Wright (Greenback) 0.16%
Mississippi 3	Hernando Money	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Hernando Money (Democratic) 100.0%
Mississippi 4	Otho R. Singleton	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 100.0%
Mississippi 5	Charles E. Hooker	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 87.53% J. B. Deason (Republican) 12.47%
Mississippi 6	James R. Chalmers	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James R. Chalmers (Democratic) 83.26% E. J. Castello (Republican) 16.74%

Missouri

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Missouri 1	Anthony F. Ittner	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Martin L. Clardy (Democratic) 48.36% Henry Ziegenhein (Republican) 33.26% Henry Eshbaugh (Greenback) 12.69% F. Westermeyer (Socialist) 5.69%
Missouri 2	Nathan Cole	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Erastus Wells (Democratic) 42.70% Nathan Cole (Republican) 41.21% John Hogan (Greenback) 13.31% William Hossfield (Socialist) 2.78%
Missouri 3	Lyne Metcalfe	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Richard G. Frost (Democratic) 45.23% Lyne Metcalfe (Republican) 33.25% H. C. Vandillen (Greenback) 13.83% G. Bartholomeus (Socialist) 7.13%
Missouri 4	Robert A. Hatcher	Democratic	1872	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Lowndes H. Davis (Democratic) 61.35% Sol G. Kitchen (Greenback) 34.79% Charles E. Moss (Republican) 3.86%
Missouri 5	Richard P. Bland	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard P. Bland (Democratic) 56.64% J. J. Ware (Greenback) 40.24% W. C. Mings (Independent) 3.11%
Missouri 6	Charles H. Morgan	Democratic	1874	Lost re-nomination Democratic hold.	Y James R. Waddill (Democratic) 43.99% Charles G. Burton (Republican) 28.77% M. H. Ritchey (Greenback) 27.24%
Missouri 7	Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Alfred M. Lay (Democratic) 51.49% James Boyd (Greenback) 26.75% A. A. Underwood (Republican) 21.77%
Missouri 8	Benjamin J. Franklin	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Independent Democratic gain.	Y Samuel L. Sawyer (Independent Democratic) 48.95% John T. Crisp (Democratic) 44.87% L. G. Jeffers (Greenback) 6.17%
Missouri 9	David Rea	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Greenback gain.	Y Nicholas Ford (Greenback) 51.74% David Rea (Democratic) 48.26%
Missouri 10	Henry M. Pollard	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Gideon F. Rothwell (Democratic) 47.19% Henry M. Pollard (Republican) 34.69% E. J. Broaddus (Greenback) 18.12%
Missouri 11	John B. Clark, Jr.	Democratic	1872	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John B. Clark, Jr. (Democratic) 98.92% Scattering (Independent) 1.08%
Missouri 12	John M. Glover	Democratic	1872	Lost re-nomination Democratic hold.	Y William H. Hatch (Democratic) 45.09% John M. London (Greenback) 38.34% Dan M. Draper (Republican) 16.56%
Missouri 13	Aylett H. Buckner	Democratic	1872	Lost re-nomination Democratic hold.	Y Aylett H. Buckner (Democratic) 59.21% T. J. Fagg (Greenback) 32.57% T. B. Robinson (Independent Government) 8.22%

In the 13th district, T. J. Fagg was also endorsed by the state Republican Party.

Nebraska

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Nebraska at-large	Frank Welch	Republican	1876	Died September 4, 1878 Republican hold.	Y Edward K. Valentine (Republican) 56.58% J. W. Davis (Democratic) 43.42%

In the Xth district District, J. W. Davis was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

Nevada

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Nevada at-large	Thomas Wren	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Rollin M. Daggett (Republican) 51.81% W. E. Deal (Democratic) 48.19%

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Hampshire 1	Frank Jones	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Joshua G. Hall (Republican) 50.57% Herbert F. Norris (Democratic) 40.88% Lafayette Chesley (Greenback) 8.55%
New Hampshire 2	James F. Briggs	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James F. Briggs (Republican) 52.10% Alvah W. Sulloway (Democratic) 39.57% Cyrus A. Sulloway (Greenback) 8.33%
New Hampshire 3	Henry W. Blair	Republican	1874	Elected to the U.S. Senate Republican hold.	Y Evarts W. Farr (Republican) 49.06% Henry O. Kent (Democratic) 44.68% James W. Johnson (Greenback) 6.27%

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Jersey 1	Clement H. Sinnickson	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y George M. Robeson (Republican) 48.11% C. C. Grosscup (Greenback) 31.85% Nathan T. Stratton (Democratic) 20.04%
New Jersey 2	John H. Pugh	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Hezekiah B. Smith (Democratic) 50.59% John H. Pugh (Republican) 47.44% Charles E. Baker (Prohibition) 1.97%
New Jersey 3	Miles Ross	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Miles Ross (Democratic) 44.15% Amos Clark (Republican) 43.06% Washington L. Hope (Greenback) 12.56% James A. Bradley (Prohibition) 0.24%
New Jersey 4	Alvah A. Clark	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Alvah A. Clark (Democratic) 45.05% Frederick A. Potts (Republican) 38.77% George H. Larison (Greenback) 16.18%
New Jersey 5	Augustus W. Cutler	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Charles H. Voorhis (Republican) 44.92% Thomas W. Demarest (Democratic) 41.60% Erastus E. Potter (Greenback) 13.48%
New Jersey 6	Thomas B. Peddie	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y John L. Blake (Republican) 49.72% Andrew Albright (Democratic) 43.19% Francis C. Bliss (Greenback) 7.09%
New Jersey 7	Augustus A. Hardenbergh	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Lewis A. Brigham (Republican) 50.82% Patrick H. Laverty (Democratic) 43.26% J. B. Winant (Greenback) 5.48% C. C. Burr (Independent Democratic) 0.44%

In the 2nd district, Hezekiah B. Smith was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

New York

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New York 1	James W. Covert	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James W. Covert (Democratic) 50.84% James Otis (Republican) 43.44% Samuel J. Crooks (Greenback) 5.27% Egbert T. Smith (Prohibition) 0.45%
New York 2	William D. Veeder	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Independent Democratic gain.	Y Daniel O'Reilly (Independent Democratic) 55.24% Edward C. Litchfield (Democratic) 41.54% Abraham Bennett (Greenback) 3.22%
New York 3	Simeon B. Chittenden	Republican	1874 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Simeon B. Chittenden (Republican) 58.40% Richard H. Huntley (Democratic) 35.10% Joseph P. Jones (Greenback) 3.51% N. McGregor Steele (Prohibition) 3.00%
New York 4	Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Archibald M. Bliss (Democratic) 54.03% William H. Lyon (Republican) 36.28% C. Osborn Ward (Socialist) 3.45% John C. Keelly (Independent Democratic) 3.23% William Hansom (Greenback) 3.01%
New York 5	Nicholas Muller	Democratic	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Nicholas Muller (Tammany Hall Democratic) 52.27% Thomas F. Burke (Republican) 45.98% George Blair (Greenback) 1.55% James E. Kerrigan (Greenback) 0.10% Alexander Frey (Socialist) 0.10%
New York 6	Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	1873 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Samuel S. Cox (Tammany Hall Democratic) 62.44% Maurice S. D'Vries (Republican) 36.22% Isaac Bennett (Socialist) 1.34%
New York 7	Anthony Eickhoff	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Edwin Einstein (Republican) 48.53% Anthony Eickhoff (Democratic) 45.63% John W. Jahelka (Greenback) 5.12% Thomas Green (Independent) 0.72%
New York 8	Anson G. McCook	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Anson G. McCook (Republican) 60.73% Lawrence R. Jerome (Democratic) 35.49% William W. Averill (Independent Greenback) 3.68% Frederick E. Sinner (Socialist) 0.09%
New York 9	Fernando Wood	Democratic	1866	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Fernando Wood (Tammany Hall Democratic) 37.12% John Hardy (Anti-Tammany Democratic) 33.05% Wilson Berryman (Republican) 29.21% Joseph Kunze (Greenback) 0.62%
New York 10	Abram Hewitt	Democratic	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Independent Democratic gain.	Y James O'Brien (Anti-Tammany Democratic) 54.16% Orlando B. Potter (Tammany Hall Democratic) 43.29% John G. Shuck (Independent) 1.54% Garret Nagle (Independent) 1.01%
New York 11	Benjamin A. Willis	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Levi P. Morton (Republican) 65.65% Benjamin A. Willis (Tammany Hall Democratic) 32.92% G. Wallace Bryant (Anti-Tammany Democratic) 1.18%
New York 12	Clarkson Nott Potter	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Alexander Smith (Republican) 49.64% Marcius L. Cobb (Democratic) 39.76% Nicholas Smith (Greenback) 10.60%
New York 13	John H. Ketcham	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Ketcham (Republican) 62.78% Orlando D. Baker (Democratic) 33.39% John V. Doty (Greenback) 2.73% George Potter (Prohibition) 0.85% Aaron J. Stevens (Independent) 0.26%
New York 14	George M. Beebe	Democratic	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y John W. Ferdon (Republican) 44.43% George M. Beebe (Democratic) 42.42% William Voorhis (Greenback) 12.22% Stephen Merritt (Prohibition) 0.93%
New York 15	Stephen L. Mayham	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y William Lounsbery (Democratic) 47.52% George S. Nichols (Republican) 39.75% John R. Erkson (Greenback) 12.24% James H. Coutant (Prohibition) 0.49%
New York 16	Vacant			Democratic incumbent Terence J. Quinn died June 18, 1878. Republican gain'.	Y John Mosher Bailey (Republican) 41.13% Francis H. Woods (Democratic) 40.47% Henry Hilton (Greenback) 18.39%
New York 17	Martin I. Townsend	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Walter A. Wood (Republican) 55.34% Charles E. Patterson (Democratic) 31.86% Richard H. Ferguson (Greenback) 12.80%
New York 18	Andrew Williams	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y John Hammond (Republican) 54.84% John Ross (Democratic) 29.69% Leonard G. McDonald (Greenback) 15.47%
New York 19	Amaziah B. James	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Amaziah B. James (Republican) 70.59% Louis Hasbrouck (Democratic) 29.41%
New York 20	John H. Starin	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Starin (Republican) 56.71% Alexander J. Thomson (Democratic) 34.78% Frederick F. Wendell (Greenback) 8.27% James H. Bronson (Prohibition) 0.24%
New York 21	Solomon Bundy	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y David Wilber (Republican) 48.07% Bryon J. Scofield (Democratic) 31.82% Salmon G. Cone (Greenback) 18.81% Fred T. Jarvis (Prohibition) 1.29%
New York 22	George A. Bagley	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Warner Miller (Republican) 51.39% Levi H. Brown (Democratic) 40.33% Harry Lewis (Greenback) 7.27% Simon P. Gray (Prohibition) 1.00%
New York 23	William J. Bacon	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Cyrus D. Prescott (Republican) 42.95% John T. Spriggs (Democratic) 38.41% James Mitchell (Greenback) 16.61% John W. Meais (Prohibition) 1.98%
New York 24	William H. Baker	Republican	1874	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Joseph Mason (Republican) 50.65% Sebastian Duffy (Democratic) 47.55% Winfield S. Smyth (Prohibition) 1.80%
New York 25	Frank Hiscock	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Frank Hiscock (Republican) 55.96% John M. Weiting (Democratic) 42.83% Lemuel N. Stratton (Prohibition) 1.21%
New York 26	John H. Camp	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Camp (Republican) 53.02% Charles F. Durston (Democratic) 40.55% Martin L. Wolley (Greenback) 6.05% William D. Osborne (Prohibition) 0.38%
New York 27	Elbridge G. Lapham	Republican	1874	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Elbridge G. Lapham (Republican) 54.47% David A. Pierpont (Democratic) 45.42% Thomas H. Howell (Prohibition) 0.11%
New York 28	Jeremiah W. Dwight	Republican	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jeremiah W. Dwight (Republican) 54.47% William L. Mudge (Democratic) 38.72% Epenetus Howe (Greenback) 6.53% Gardine C. Hibbard (Prohibition) 0.73%
New York 29	John N. Hungerford	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y David P. Richardson (Republican) 42.82% Francis G. Babcock (Democratic) 32.75% Ralph Beaumont (Greenback) 24.43%
New York 30	Elizur K. Hart	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y John Van Voorhis (Republican) 43.49% Alexander B. Lamberton (Democratic) 37.55% Nathan G. Brown (Greenback) 10.00% Alphonso A. Hopkins (Prohibition) 8.97%
New York 31	Charles B. Benedict	Democratic	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Richard Crowley (Republican) 56.33% Cyrus E. Davis (Democratic) 39.17% Galen Miller (Greenback) 2.51% Joseph W. Grosvenor (Prohibition) 1.03% James F. Gordon (Independent) 0.96%
New York 32	Daniel N. Lockwood	Democratic	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Ray V. Pierce (Republican) 52.34% Daniel N. Lockwood (Democratic) 44.37% Augustus R. Grote (Prohibition) 3.28%
New York 33	George W. Patterson	Republican	1876	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Henry Van Aernam (Republican) 49.87% Lorenzo Morris (Democratic) 29.55% Silas Vinton (Greenback) 20.58%

In the 2nd district, Daniel O'Reilly was also endorsed by the state Republican Party.

In the 5th district, Thomas Burke was also endorsed by the "Anti-Tammany" faction of the state Democratic Party.

In the 6th district, Samuel S. Cox was endorsed by the state Greenback Party, and Maurice S. D'Vries was endorsed by the "Anti-Tammany" faction of the state Democratic Party.

In the 8th district, Lawrence Jerome was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

In the 10th district, James O'Brien was also endorsed by the state Republican Party. For the purposes of simplicity he is listed as having been elected an Independent Democrat.

In the 23rd district, John Spriggs was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

In the 25th district, John Weiting was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

In the 27th district, David Pierpont was also endorsed by the state Greenback Party.

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Joseph Rainey	Republican	1870 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y John S. Richardson (Democratic) 61.70% Joseph Rainey (Republican) 38.30%
South Carolina 2	Richard H. Cain	Republican	1876	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Michael P. O'Connor (Democratic) 60.94% Edmund W. M. Mackey (Republican) 39.06%
South Carolina 3	D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y D. Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 79.44% J. F. Ensor (Republican) 20.56%
South Carolina 4	John H. Evins	Democratic	1876	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Evins (Democratic) 96.84% Alexander S. Wallace (Republican) 3.16%
South Carolina 5	Robert Smalls	Republican	1874	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y George D. Tillman (Democratic) 71.24% Robert Smalls (Republican) 28.76%

South Carolina was one state rampant with voter fraud, particularly through the use of tissue ballots, thin ballots hidden in the normal ballot, typically 10 to 20 at a time. The almost statewide exclusion of Republicans as Commissioners of Elections, and the ensuing appointment of nearly all Democratic Managers of Elections, allowed to Democratic Managers to perpetrate this scheme. When the votes were counted and more votes than voters were found, the Managers removed and destroyed the Republican ballots resulting in the complete takeover of the state.[3][4][5]

Notes

Dubin (p. 249) counts 140 Democrats, 6 Independent Democrats, 130 Republicans (incl. 1 Independent Republican), and 11 Greenbacks at the start of the 46th United States Congress.
Included 2 Independent Democrats.
Includes 7 Independent Democrats.
In 1879, California held its last regular Congressional election in an odd-numbered year.

References

Martis, pp. 132–133
5 Stat. 721
"NY Times Free Archive" (PDF). The New York Times. November 16, 1878.
"NY Times Free Archive" (PDF). The New York Times. February 5, 1879.
William Ralston Balch (1881). The Life of James Abram Garfield.

Bibliography

Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0871879967.
"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

External links

Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)

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[Dubin-2] Dubin (p. 249) counts 140 Democrats, 6 Independent Democrats, 130 Republicans (incl. 1 Independent Republican), and 11 Greenbacks at the start of the 46th United States Congress.

[3] Included 2 Independent Democrats.

[7IR-4] Includes 7 Independent Democrats.

[5] In 1879, California held its last regular Congressional election in an odd-numbered year.

[Martis-1] Martis, pp. 132–133

[6] 5 Stat. 721

[7] "NY Times Free Archive" (PDF). The New York Times. November 16, 1878.

[8] "NY Times Free Archive" (PDF). The New York Times. February 5, 1879.

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