The 1886 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 2, 1886, with three states holding theirs early between June and September. They occurred in the middle of President Grover Cleveland's first term. Elections were held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 50th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year. As in many midterm elections, the President's party lost seats to the opposition, in this case, Democrats lost seats to Republicans, although a narrow majority was retained. Many of these Republican pickups were in the industrializing Midwest states, where the debate over tariffs, which were advocated by Republicans to protect domestic industry but opposed by Democrats to allow for free agricultural trade, led to political change. The small Labor Party, supported by industrial workers, gained one seat each in Virginia and Wisconsin, while the Greenback Party maintained its one seat in Iowa (James B. Weaver). One Independent was also elected in North Carolina.

Election summaries

There were 2 Labor and 1 Independent members elected, and 1 Greenback member re-elected. The previous election saw just the Greenback elected.

Special elections

! NY's 15th congressional district Moses D. Stivers (Republican) 47.41% Alonzo Wheeler (Prohibition) 3.52% ! WI's 5th congressional district ✅ Thomas R. Hudd (Democratic) 62.1% Charles Luling (Republican) 37.7%

Election dates

In all the states except three, elections were held November 2, 1886. Those three states, with 7 seats among them, held elections:

Alabama

Arkansas

! AR's 1st congressional district ! AR's 2nd congressional district D. D. Leach (Republican) 27.7% Reuben B. Carlee (Agricultural Wheel) 18.0% ! AR's 3rd congressional district J. C. Ray (Republican) 27.0% L. H. Hitt (Greenback) 15.2% ! AR's 4th congressional district Isom P. Langley (Labor) 37.9% ! AR's 5th congressional district

Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

California

! California's 1st congressional district Charles A. Garter (Republican) 47.2% L. W. Simmons (Prohibition) 2.6% ! California's 2nd congressional district J. C. Campbell (Republican) 47% W. O. Clark (Prohibition) 3% ! California's 3rd congressional district Henry C. McPike (Democratic) 44.6% W. W. Smith (Prohibition) 2.4% ! California's 4th congressional district Frank McCoppin (Democratic) 42% Charles A. Sumner (Independent) 9% Robert Thompson (Prohibition) 0.4% ! California's 5th congressional district Frank J. Sullivan (Democratic) 48.4% C. Henderson (Prohibition) 1.4% A. E. Redstone (Independent) 1.4% ! California's 6th congressional district Joseph D. Lynch (Democratic) 47.1% W. A. Harris (Prohibition) 5.6%

Colorado

Connecticut

! CT's 1st congressional district John R. Buck (Republican) 47.2% Samuel W. Hart (Prohibition) 3.2% Henry L. Soper (Labor) 1.2% ! CT's 2nd congressional district Edward C. Lewis (Republican) 44.5% George Mansfield (Labor) 4.2% Edwin P. Augur (Prohibition) 3.4% ! CT's 3rd congressional district Frederick Hyde (Democratic) 45.5% John A. Rockwell (Prohibition) 5.6% ! CT's 4th congressional district Frederick Miles (Republican) 46.9% Edward Manchester (Prohibition) 3.2% S. D. Bingham (Labor) 2.0%

Dakota Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Delaware

Florida

! FL's 1st congressional district C. B. Pendleton (Republican) 33.8% ! FL's 2nd congressional district J. C. Greeley (Republican) 44.9% R. B. Norment (Prohibition) 1.2%

Georgia

Idaho Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

! ME's 1st congressional district William H. Clifford (Democratic) 46.05% Timothy B. Hussey (Prohibition) 2.44% David O. Moulton (Labor) 1.20% ! ME's 2nd congressional district Alonzo Garcelon (Democratic) 35.06% William T. Eustis (Prohibition) 11.59% ! ME's 3rd congressional district Joseph E. Ladd (Democratic) 40.53% Henry H. Harvey (Prohibition) 2.41% ! ME's 4th congressional district John F. Lynch (Democratic) 43.06% Charles S. Pritchard (Prohibition) 2.16%

Maryland

Massachusetts

! Massachusetts's 1st congressional district George T. McLaughlin (Democratic) 35.98% Edward H. Hatfield (Prohibition) 5.28% ! Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district Bushrod Morse (Democratic) 43.94% George W. Dyer (Prohibition) 3.68% ! Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district Ambrose A. Ranney (Republican) 45.29% Eugene H. Clapp (Prohibition) 0.98% ! Massachusetts's 4th congressional district William B. Cutler (Republican) 25.16% Charles G. Wood (Prohibition) 0.64% ! Massachusetts's 5th congressional district Charles L. Randall (Democratic) 40.41% Edward Kendall (Prohibition) 2.24% ! Massachusetts's 6th congressional district Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 47.79% Castelln Norcross (Prohibition) 1.70% ! Massachusetts's 7th congressional district Jonas H. French (Democratic) 40.39% Willard Spaulding (Greenback) 12.67% ! Massachusetts's 8th congressional district John J. Donovan (Democratic) 47.65% Oliver M. Cousens (Prohibition) 2.09% ! Massachusetts's 9th congressional district Frederick D. Ely (Republican) 47.75% Edmund M. Stowe (Prohibition) 3.51% ! Massachusetts's 10th congressional district William W. Rice (Republican) 45.85% William H. Earle (Prohibition) 4.47% ! Massachusetts's 11th congressional district Festus C. Currier (Democratic) 39.93% Gardner A. Watkins (Prohibition) 6.51% ! Massachusetts's 12th congressional district Herbert C. Joyner (Democratic) 45.59% Henry Cutler (Prohibition) 4.85%

Michigan

! MI's 1st congressional district ✅ John Logan Chipman (Democratic) 51.01% Henry A. Robinson (Republican) 46.41% Charles A. Frisbee (Prohibition) 2.57% ! MI's 2nd congressional district Lester H. Salsbury (Dem./Fusion) 44.95% Alfred O. Crozier (Prohibition) 7.11% ! MI's 3rd congressional district Patrick Hankerd (Dem./Fusion) 39.43% Hiram D. Allen (Prohibition) 9.14% ! MI's 4th congressional district Harvey C. Sherwood (Dem./Fusion) 43.73% Jesse S. Boyden (Prohibition) 5.55% ! MI's 5th congressional district ✅ Melbourne H. Ford (Democratic) 46.68% George W. McBride (Republican) 45.56% Edward L. Briggs (Prohibition) 7.76% ! MI's 6th congressional district John H. Fedewa (Democratic) 43.29% Azariah S. Partridge (Prohibition) 8.65% ! MI's 7th congressional district John P. Sanborn (Republican) 45.75% William F. Clark (Prohibition) 5.62% ! MI's 8th congressional district Roswell G. Horr (Republican) 46.54% George W. Abbey (Prohibition) 5.10% ! MI's 9th congressional district Lyman G. Mason (Dem./Fusion) 41.99% Lathrop S. Ellis (Prohibition) 7.08% ! MI's 10th congressional district Henry M. Loud (Republican) 44.04% David A. Ross (Prohibition) 4.60% ! MI's 11th congressional district John Powers (Democratic) 45.31% Theron E. Carpenter (Prohibition) 1.08%

Minnesota

! MN's 1st congressional district John A. Lovely (Republican) 43.6% Daniel H. Roberts (Prohibition) 4.3% ! MN's 2nd congressional district A. H. Bullis (Democratic) 34.6% George J. Day (Prohibition) 5.5% ! MN's 3rd congressional district Benjamin Herbert (Republican) 46.7% Noah Lathrop (Prohibition) 3.0% ! MN's 4th congressional district John Gilfillan (Republican) 44.5% Lyman Denton (Prohibition) 3.1% ! MN's 5th congressional district John Henry Long (Prohibition) 2.7%

Mississippi

! MS's 1st congressional district ✅ John M. Allen (Democratic) 99.15% Scattering 0.85% ! MS's 2nd congressional district James R. Chalmers (Republican) 37.88% ! MS's 3rd congressional district H. F. Simrall (Republican) 34.52% ! MS's 4th congressional district Scattering 3.95% ! MS's 5th congressional district ✅ Chapman L. Anderson (Democratic) 99.37% Scattering 0.63% ! MS's 6th congressional district John R. Lynch (Republican) 31.59% ! MS's 7th congressional district

Missouri

Montana Territory

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Nebraska

! NE's 1st congressional district Church Howe (Republican) 38.40% George Bigelow (Prohibition) 6.72% ! NE's 2nd congressional district William A. McKeighan (Democratic) 39.16% C. S. Harrison (Prohibition) 9.09% Scattering 0.45% ! NE's 3rd congressional district W. H. Webster (Democratic) 40.16% W. J. Olinger (Prohibition) 4.57% Scattering 0.22%

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico Territory

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New York

! NY's 15th congressional district Moses D. Stivers (Republican) 47.13% Alonzo Wheeler (Prohibition) 4.08%

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

! SC's 1st congressional district Others 0.1% ! SC's 2nd congressional district Others 0.4% ! SC's 3rd congressional district Others 0.2% ! SC's 4th congressional district ! SC's 5th congressional district Others 0.1% ! SC's 6th congressional district Others 1.3% ! SC's 7th congressional district Robert Smalls (Republican) 47.8% Others 0.2%

Tennessee

! TN's 1st congressional district ✅ Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 59.95% James White (Democratic) 40.05% ! TN's 2nd congressional district ✅ Leonidas C. Houk (Republican) 67.00% Samuel G. Heiskell (Democratic) 32.92% Will A. McTeer (Unknown) 0.08% ! TN's 3rd congressional district ✅ John R. Neal (Democratic) 50.62% John T. Wilder (Republican) 49.38% ! TN's 4th congressional district ✅ Benton McMillin (Democratic) 61.49% J. J. Turner (Ind. Democratic) 38.51% ! TN's 5th congressional district S. D. Mathew (Republican) 31.08% ! TN's 6th congressional district ✅ Joseph E. Washington (Democratic) 61.81% John H. Nye (Republican) 38.19% ! TN's 7th congressional district ✅ Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 58.82% G. W. Blackburn (Republican) 41.18% ! TN's 8th congressional district ✅ Benjamin A. Enloe (Democratic) 53.47% Samuel W. Hawkins (Republican) 46.53% ! TN's 9th congressional district ✅ Presley T. Glass (Democratic) 58.96% David A. Nunn (Republican) 41.04% ! TN's 10th congressional district Zachary Taylor (Republican) 39.99%

Texas

! TX's 6th congressional district ✅ Joseph "Jo" Abbott (Democratic) 60% J. C. Kirby (Independent) 36.7% A. B. Norton (Republican) 3.3%

Utah Territory

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Vermont

! VT's 1st congressional district Waldo Brigham (Democratic) 26.3% T. H. Brown (Greenback) 0.7% ! VT's 2nd congressional district Harley E. Folsom (Democratic) 30.3% Charles B. Cummings (Greenback) 0.2%

Virginia

! VA's 1st congressional district Thomas Croxton (Democratic) 45.9% ! VA's 2nd congressional district Marshall Parks (Democratic) 39.3% ! VA's 3rd congressional district Edmund Waddill Jr. (Republican) 47.3% ! VA's 4th congressional district Mann Page (Democratic) 29.8% ! VA's 5th congressional district George Cabell (Democratic) 42.9% ! VA's 6th congressional district Samuel Griffin (Democratic) 48.4% ! VA's 7th congressional district John E. Roller (Republican) 48.3% ! VA's 8th congressional district W. C. Elam (Republican) 42.5% ! VA's 9th congressional district R. R. Henry (Democratic) 42.4% ! VA's 10th congressional district James Bumgardner (Democratic) 46.6%

Washington Territory

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West Virginia

! WV's 1st congressional district John Brannon (Democratic) 47.87% L. E. Peters (Prohibition) 0.59% ! WV's 2nd congressional district W. H. Flick (Republican) 49.61% John T. Siler (Prohibition) 0.53% ! WV's 3rd congressional district James H. Brown (Republican) 47.54% J. W. Claypool (Prohibition) 1.89% ! WV's 4th congressional district John H. Hutchinson (Republican) 48.00% William H. Smith (Prohibition) 1.71%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 2, 1886. ! WI's 1st congressional district ✅ Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 46.9% James R. Doolittle (Democratic) 44.9% Edward G. Durant (Prohibition) 8.2% ! WI's 2nd congressional district Republican gain. ✅ Richard W. Guenther (Republican) 55.7% Arthur K. Delaney (Democratic) 40.4% J. L. Ingersoll (Prohibition) 3.9% ! WI's 3rd congressional district ✅ Robert M. La Follette (Republican) 50.3% Hugh J. Gallagher (Democratic) 39.7% Thomas C. Richmond (Prohibition) 9.8% ! WI's 4th congressional district ✅ Henry Smith (Union Labor) 42.5% Thomas H. Brown (Republican) 30.7% John Black (Democratic) 26.2% Z. N. Trask (Prohibition) 0.6% ! WI's 5th congressional district ✅ Thomas R. Hudd (Democratic) 60.6% Gustav Küstermann (Republican) 39.2% ! WI's 6th congressional district Republican hold. ✅ Charles B. Clark (Republican) 54.6% Andrew Haben (Democratic) 39.4% E. D. Kanouse (Prohibition) 6.0% ! WI's 7th congressional district ✅ Ormsby B. Thomas (Republican) 54.2% S. N. Dickenson (Democratic) 38.7% S. B. Loomis (Prohibition) 7.1% ! WI's 8th congressional district ✅ William T. Price (Republican) 66.7% James Bracklin (Democratic) 33.2% ! WI's 9th congressional district ✅ Isaac Stephenson (Republican) 55.8% John Ringle (Democratic) 44.0% Joe Koezer (Prohibition) 0.1%

Wyoming Territory

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Non-voting members

! Arizona Territory At-large ! Dakota Territory At-large ! Idaho Territory At-large John Hailey (Democratic) 48.57% ! Montana Territory At-large Wilbur F. Sanders (Republican) 44.24% ! New Mexico Territory At-large ! Utah Territory At-large ! Washington Territory At-large ! Wyoming Territory At-large H. G. Balch (Democratic) 5.59% T. G. Magee (Democratic) 3.63% Others J. M. Lobban (Democratic) 0.74% L. Kabis (Democratic) 0.49% Others 1.43%