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

Special elections

! VA's 5th congressional district ! SC's 7th congressional district ✅ J. William Stokes (Democratic)

Early election dates

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

Alabama

! Alabama's 1st congressional district ✅ George W. Taylor (Democratic) 70.50% Frank H. Threatt (Republican) 25.38% Emory C. Stearnes (Populist) 3.84% ! Alabama's 2nd congressional district ✅ Jesse F. Stallings (Democratic) 55.94% Thomas H. Clarke (National Democratic) 25.63% John C. Fonville (Populist) 18.43% ! Alabama's 3rd congressional district ✅ Henry D. Clayton Jr. (Democratic) 52.61% George L. Comer (National Democratic) 25.94% Emmet C. Jackson (Populist) 21.45% ! Alabama's 4th congressional district ✅ William F. Aldrich (Republican) 49.75% Thomas S. Plowman (Democratic) 45.59% Edmund H. Dryer (National Democratic) 4.66% ! Alabama's 5th congressional district ✅ Willis Brewer (Democratic) 60.85% Albert T. Goodwyn (Populist) 39.15% ! Alabama's 6th congressional district ✅ John H. Bankhead (Democratic) 55.07% A. S. Van de Graff (National Democratic) 27.05% George S. Youngblood (Populist) 17.88% ! Alabama's 7th congressional district ✅ Milford W. Howard (Populist) 35.79% William I. Bullock (Democratic) 32.66% James J. Curtis (Republican) 28.91% George H. Parker (National Democratic) 2.64% ! Alabama's 8th congressional district ✅ Joseph Wheeler (Democratic) 56.66% Oscar W. Hundley (Republican) 42.13% W. W. Callahan (National Democratic) 1.21% ! Alabama's 9th congressional district ✅ Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 62.98% Grattan B. Crowe (Republican) 26.21% Archibald Lawson (National Democratic) 10.81%

Arkansas

California

! California's 1st congressional district ✅ John All Barham (Republican) 49.7% Fletcher A. Cutler (Democratic) 45.5% George W. Montieth (Populist) 4.2% B. F. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.7% ! California's 2nd congressional district ✅ Marion De Vries (Democratic) 55.5% Grove L. Johnson (Republican) 42.3% F. E. Coulter (Prohibition) 2.2% ! California's 3rd congressional district ✅ Samuel G. Hilborn (Republican) 54.0% Warren B. English (Democratic) 44.0% John H. Eustice (Socialist Labor) 1.1% William Shafer (Prohibition) 0.9% ! California's 4th congressional district ✅ 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% ! California's 5th congressional district ✅ 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% ! California's 6th congressional district ✅ Charles A. Barlow (Populist) 48.9% James McLachlan (Republican) 47.6% Henry Clay Needham (Prohibition) 2.4% Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.1% ! California's 7th congressional district ✅ 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

! Connecticut's 1st congressional district Joseph P. Tuttle (Democratic) 26.2% E. Henry Hyde (Nat. Democratic) 5.1% James I. Bartholomew (Prohibition) 1.2% ! Connecticut's 2nd congressional district Austin B. Fuller (Populist) 36.8% Daniel C. Wood (Democratic) 2.0% Edwin P. Augur (Prohibition) 0.8% ! Connecticut's 3rd congressional district Joseph T. Fanning (Democratic) 32.1% Henry L. Hammond (Nat. Democratic) 2.1% William Ingalls (Prohibition) 1.7% ! Connecticut's 4th congressional district Michael J. Houlihan (Democratic) 32.5% Morris W. Seymour (Nat. Democratic) 2.9% Frederick L. Wooster (Prohibition) 0.9%

Delaware

Florida

! FL's 1st congressional district ✅ Stephen M. Sparkman (Democratic) 77.5% E. K. Nichols (Republican) 14.6% J. Asakiah Williams (Populist) 6.8% J. C. Green (Prohibition) 1.1% ! FL's 2nd congressional district ✅ 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

! Idaho At-large William Borah (Silver Republican) 31.29% John T. Morrison (Republican) 20.97%

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

! Maine's 1st congressional district ✅ Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican) 66.90% Edward W. Staples (Democratic) 30.42% Aaron Clark (Prohibition) 2.09% James E. Campion (Populist) 0.59% ! Maine's 2nd congressional district ✅ Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) 69.21% Arwood Levensaler (Democratic) 26.01% Charles E. Allen (Populist) 3.38% Edward W. Ogier (Prohibition) 1.41% ! Maine's 3rd congressional district ✅ Seth L. Milliken (Republican) 68.20% Melvin S. Holway (Democratic) 26.18% Bradford F. Lancaster (Populist) 3.82% William S. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.80% ! Maine's 4th congressional district ✅ 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

! MA's 1st congressional district ✅ Ashley B. Wright (Republican) 55.2% Patrick H. Sheehan (Democratic) 31.0% John Bascom (Prohibition) 3.6% ! MA's 2nd congressional district ✅ Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 71.8% Thomas A. Fitzgibbon (Democratic) 28.2% ! MA's 3rd congressional district ✅ Joseph H. Walker (Republican) 72.6% John O'Gara (Democratic) 27.4% ! MA's 4th congressional district ✅ George W. Weymouth (Republican) 69.4% L. Porter Morse (Democratic) 30.6% ! MA's 5th congressional district ✅ William S. Knox (Republican) 60.7% John H. Harrington (Democratic) 39.3% ! MA's 6th congressional district ✅ William H. Moody (Republican) 72.8% Eben M. Boynton (Democratic) 27.2% ! MA's 7th congressional district ✅ William Emerson Barrett (Republican) 68.2% Philip J. Doherty (Democratic) 31.8% ! MA's 8th congressional district ✅ Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 74.4% Frederick H. Jackson (Democratic) 25.6% ! MA's 9th congressional district ✅ 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% ! MA's 10th congressional district Bordman Hall (Democratic) 41.9% William L. Chase (Socialist) 7.7% ! MA's 11th congressional district ✅ Charles F. Sprague (Republican) 69.4% William H. Baker (Democratic) 30.6% ! MA's 12th congressional district ✅ William C. Lovering (Republican) 76.9% Elbridge G. Brown (Democratic) 23.1% ! MA's 13th congressional district ✅ John Simpkins (Republican) 74.7% James F. Morris (Democratic) 25.3%

Michigan

Minnesota

! Minnesota's 1st congressional district Patrick Fitzpatrick (Democratic/Populist) 37.4% Herman D. Clark (Prohibition) 1.8% ! Minnesota's 2nd congressional district Frank A. Day (Democratic/Populist) 40.9% Richard Price (Prohibition) 2.0% ! Minnesota's 3rd congressional district Harrison J. Peck (Democratic/Populist) 42.3% Christian T. Laugeson (Prohibition) 1.8% ! Minnesota's 4th congressional district Francis H. Clark (Democratic/Populist) 36.7% George S. Innis (Prohibition) 1.1% ! Minnesota's 5th congressional district Sidney M. Owen (Democratic/Populist) 45.5% James A. Sanborn (Prohibition) 1.6% Herbert T. Shaw (Socialist Labor) 1.1% ! Minnesota's 6th congressional district Charles A. Towne (Independent) 49.4% ! Minnesota's 7th congressional district Edwin E. Lommen (Democratic/Populist) 46.8% Jorgen F. Heiberg (Prohibition) 2.3%

Mississippi

! MS's 1st congressional district ✅ John M. Allen (Democratic) 86.92% A. W. Kearley (Populist) 9.05% William H. McGill (Republican) 4.03% ! MS's 2nd congressional district F. E. Ray (Populist) 14.89% W. D. Miller (National Democratic) 7.88% M. A. Montgomery (Republican) 7.00% ! MS's 3rd congressional district James R. Chalmers (Free Silver Republican) 13.12% C. J. Jones (Hill Republican) 9.10% T. S. Easterling (Lynch Republican) 2.10% ! MS's 4th congressional district R. K. Prewitt (Populist) 25.85% W. D. Frazee (Hill Republican) 2.91% S. S. Matthews (Lynch Republican) 1.35% ! MS's 5th congressional district ✅ 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% ! MS's 6th congressional district A. C. Hathorn (Populist) 25.66% H. C. Griffin (Republican) 10.09% ! MS's 7th congressional district G. M. Cain (Populist) 10.37% J. M. Matthews (Lynch Republican) 2.67% S. A. Beadle (Hill Republican) 2.22%

Missouri

Montana

! Montana At-large O. F. Goddard (Republican) 21.86%

Nebraska

! Nebraska's 1st congressional district Jefferson H. Broady (Democratic) 48.77% Charles E. Smith (Prohibition) 1.22% Hampton E. George (National) 0.62% ! Nebraska's 2nd congressional district Edward R. Duffie (Democratic) 46.77% Others Charles Watts (Prohibition) 0.71% George W. Woodbey (National) 0.21% ! Nebraska's 3rd congressional district R. L. Hammond (Republican) 43.44% David Brown (Prohibition) 1.22% Charles M. Griffith (National) 0.59% ! Nebraska's 4th congressional district Eugene J. Hainer (Republican) 46.42% R. E. Dumphrey (Democratic) 1.72% B. Spurlock (Prohibition) 1.05% William H. Dech (Independent) 0.28% ! Nebraska's 5th congressional district William E. Andrews (Republican) 44.88% Ransom S. Proudfit (Prohibition) 1.25% Others Charles W. Preston (Democratic) 0.77% J. S. Miller (National) 0.44% ! Nebraska's 6th congressional district 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

! ND At-large John Burke (Democratic) 45.28% A. V. Garver (Prohibition) 0.75%

Ohio

! Ohio's 1st congressional district Thomas J. Donnelly (Democratic) 39.2% ! Ohio's 2nd congressional district David S. Oliver (Democratic) 41.0% ! Ohio's 3rd congressional district Robert M. Nevin (Republican) 49.4% Others Joel S. Steward (Populist) 0.6% Samuel N. Stubbs (National) 0.2% ! Ohio's 4th congressional district John P. Maclean (Republican) 38.6% L. M. Kramer (Populist) 1.1% George W. Mace (National) 0.7% ! Ohio's 5th congressional district Francis B. De Witt (Republican) 42.5% George N. Rice (Populist) 1.5% ! Ohio's 6th congressional district Harry W. Paxton (Democratic) 45.4% Frank S. Delo (Populist) 0.7% ! Ohio's 7th congressional district Francis M. Hunt (Democratic) 46.8% R. S. Thomson (National) 0.8% ! Ohio's 8th congressional district McEldin Dun (Democratic) 46.2% ! Ohio's 9th congressional district Stephen Brophy (Democratic) 46.5% ! Ohio's 10th congressional district Timothy S. Hogan (Democratic) 42.1% Scattering <0.1% ! Ohio's 11th congressional district William E. Finck Jr. (Democratic) 44.7% Lawrence C. Crippen (Populist) 0.4% ! Ohio's 12th congressional district David K. Watson (Republican) 49.63% Others Jacob B. Turner (Populist) 0.40% L. J. Finley (Populist) 0.25% ! Ohio's 13th congressional district Stephen Ross Harris (Republican) 44.3% Others John H. Rhodes (Populist) 0.9% John W. Belser (Populist) 0.5% ! Ohio's 14th congressional district John B. Coffinberry (Democratic) 47.6% Robert F. Mosher (National) 0.4% ! Ohio's 15th congressional district James B. Tannehill (Democratic) 46.2% Others T. H. Padan (Populist) 0.8% Illion E. Moore (Populist) 0.5% ! Ohio's 16th congressional district Henry H. McFadden (Democratic) 46.2% ! Ohio's 17th congressional district Addison S. McClure (Republican) 44.3% Others I. N. Kieffer (Populist) 0.8% Homer E. Cole (National) 0.2% Scattering 0.1% ! Ohio's 18th congressional district Isaac R. Sherwood (Democratic) 45.0% Others James L. Swan (Populist) 0.9% Scattering <0.1% ! Ohio's 19th congressional district William T. Sawyer (Democratic) 39.1% Others Solon C. Thayer (Populist) 0.6% Scattering <0.1% ! Ohio's 20th congressional district A. T. Van Tassel (Democratic) 46.01% Others J. J. Harrison (Populist) 0.54% Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.51% William H. Watkins (National) 0.16% ! Ohio's 21st congressional district L. A. Russell (Democratic) 43.34% Others Louis B. Tuckerman (Populist) 0.49% Walter Gillet (Socialist Labor) 0.44% E. Jay Pinney (Populist) 0.38% Thomas P. McDonough (National) 0.11%

Oregon

! Oregon's 1st congressional district ✅ Thomas H. Tongue (Republican) 40.39% W. S. Vandenberg (Populist) 40.26% Jefferson Myers (Democratic) 16.52% N. C. Christensen (Prohibition) 2.83% ! Oregon's 2nd congressional district ✅ 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

! SC's 1st congressional district ✅ William Elliott (Democratic) 63.7% George W. Murray (Reorganized Rep.) 33.9% W. Cecil Cohen (Republican) 2.4% ! SC's 2nd congressional district ✅ W. Jasper Talbert (Democratic) 92.4% B. P. Chatfield (Republican) 7.3% Others 0.3% ! SC's 3rd congressional district ✅ Asbury Latimer (Democratic) 92.0% A. C. Merreck (Republican) 6.2% Clarence Gray (Reorganized Rep.) 1.8% ! SC's 4th congressional district ✅ Stanyarne Wilson (Democratic) 92.2% P. S. Suber (Republican) 4.2% D. T. Bounds (Reorganized Rep.) 3.6% ! SC's 5th congressional district ✅ Thomas J. Strait (Democratic) 91.0% John F. Jones (Republican) 9.0% ! SC's 6th congressional district ✅ John L. McLaurin (Democratic) 87.7% J. E. Wilson (Republican) 7.9% George Henry McKie (Unknown) 4.3% Others 0.1% ! SC's 7th congressional district ✅ J. William Stokes (Democratic) 85.6% T. B. Johnson (Republican) 14.2% D. A. Perrin (Ind. Republican) 0.2%

South Dakota

! rowspan=2 | SD At-large 2 seats on a general ticket ✅ John Edward Kelley (Populist) 24.9% ✅ Freeman Knowles (Populist) 24.9% Robert J. Gamble (Republican) 24.8% Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 24.6% Others K. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.4% M. D. Alexander (Prohibition) 0.4%

Tennessee

! TN's 1st congressional district ✅ 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% ! TN's 2nd congressional district ✅ Henry R. Gibson (Republican) 74.33% W. L. Ledgerwood (Democratic) 24.98% Others W. C. Murphy (Prohibition) 0.62% W. M. Oliver (Unknown) 0.08% ! TN's 3rd congressional district ✅ John A. Moon (Democratic) 51.89% W. J. Clift (Republican) 47.15% Others J. L. Hopkins (Prohibition) 0.60% W. J. Farris (Populist) 0.35% ! TN's 4th congressional district ✅ Benton McMillin (Democratic) 59.56% C. H. Whitney (Republican) 40.44% ! TN's 5th congressional district Sid Houston (Republican) 32.76% W. E. Erving (Populist) 8.68% ! TN's 6th congressional district ✅ John W. Gaines (Democratic) 57.97% James C. McReynolds (Republican) 39.86% George A. Gawan (Populist) 2.17% ! TN's 7th congressional district ✅ Nicholas N. Cox (Democratic) 55.18% A. M. Hughes (Republican) 38.41% J. K. Blackburn (Populist) 6.41% ! TN's 8th congressional district ✅ Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 53.45% John E. McCall (Republican) 42.64% J. S. Leach (Populist) 3.65% W. L. Nowell (Prohibition) 0.27% ! TN's 9th congressional district ✅ Rice A. Pierce (Democratic) 64.11% J. H. McDowell (Populist) 35.89% ! TN's 10th congressional district Josiah Patterson (National Democratic) 47.11% B. G. West (Populist) 4.13%

Texas

Utah

Vermont

! Vermont's 1st congressional district ✅ H. Henry Powers (Republican) 76.4% Peter F. McManus (Democratic) 22.5% Andrew L. Bowen (Populist) 1.0% ! Vermont's 2nd congressional district ✅ William W. Grout (Republican) 80.4% Henry E. Fitzgerald (Democratic) 18.9% Thomas J. Aldrich (Populist) 0.6%

Virginia

! VA's 1st congressional district Walter B. Tyler (Republican) 40.5% Others Edward J. Winder (Prohibition) 0.8% Samuel D. Shazier (Socialist Labor) 0.3% ! rowspan=2 | VA's 2nd congressional district Richard A. Wise (Republican) 42.8% W. M. Whaley (Democratic) 6.1% A. B. Griffin (Prohibition) 0.7% ! VA's 3rd congressional district L. L. Lewis (Republican) 42.5% Others Elisha L. Lewis (Republican) 0.8% William H. Lewis (Republican) 0.6% John Mitchell (Republican) 0.3% James O. Atwood (Prohibition) 0.3% ! rowspan=2 | VA's 4th congressional district Robert Taylor Thorp (Republican) 43.4% J. L. Thorp (Republican) 2.1% ! VA's 5th congressional district John Robert Brown (Republican) 49.0% ! VA's 6th congressional district Duval Radford (Democratic) 38.7% J. Hampton Hoge (Republican) 2.8% Joseph Johnston (Prohibition) 1.5% ! VA's 7th congressional district Robert J. Walker (Republican) 42.4% Others J. Samuel Harrisberger (Democratic) 1.1% John F. Forsyth (Independent) 0.7% ! VA's 8th congressional district Peter H. McCaull (Republican) 43.2% Others Joseph N. Pancoast (Prohibition) 0.5% W. C. Colerran (Unknown) 0.2% James S. Cowdon (Unknown) 0.1% ! VA's 9th congressional district Samuel M. Williams (Democratic) 47.3% ! VA's 10th congressional district Henry D. Flood (Democratic) 49.8% C. F. Wanack (Unknown) 0.3%

Washington

! rowspan= "2"|Washington At-large 2 seats on a general ticket ✅ 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% Others C. A. Sayler (Prohibition) 0.56% Martin Olsen (Prohibition) 0.49% C. E. Mix (National) 0.09%

West Virginia

! West Virginia's 1st congressional district W. W. Arnett (Democratic) 46.75% Others G. W. Grimes (Independent) 0.42% Thomas M. Stone (Independent) 0.14% ! West Virginia's 2nd congressional district William S. Wilson (Democratic) 47.69% ! West Virginia's 3rd congressional district Emanuel W. Wilson (Democratic) 46.75% ! West Virginia's 4th congressional district Walter Pendleton (Democratic) 48.80%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected ten members of congress on Election Day, November 3, 1896. ! WI's 1st congressional district ✅ Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 64.1% Jeremiah L. Mahoney (Democratic) 33.4% George W. White (Prohibition) 2.5% ! WI's 2nd congressional district ✅ Edward Sauerhering (Republican) 56.5% William H. Rogers (Democratic) 41.1% Jesse Meyers (Prohibition) 2.4% ! WI's 3rd congressional district ✅ Joseph W. Babcock (Republican) 63.8% Alfred J. Davis (Democratic) 36.2% ! WI's 4th congressional district ✅ Theobald Otjen (Republican) 54.2% Robert C. Schilling (Democratic) 44.9% Robert May (Prohibition) 0.9% ! WI's 5th congressional district ✅ Samuel S. Barney (Republican) 61.0% George W. Winans (Democratic) 37.8% Henry Mensing (Socialist Labor) 1.3% ! WI's 6th congressional district ✅ James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.7% William F. Gruenewald (Democratic) 41.0% James E. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.4% ! WI's 7th congressional district ✅ Michael Griffin (Republican) 65.8% Caleb M. Hilliard (Democratic) 32.0% James H. Moseley (Prohibition) 2.2% ! WI's 8th congressional district ✅ Edward S. Minor (Republican) 60.3% George W. Cate (Democratic) 38.4% John W. Evans (Prohibition) 1.3% ! WI's 9th congressional district ✅ Alexander Stewart (Republican) 63.2% William W. O'Keefe (Democratic) 36.8% ! WI's 10th congressional district ✅ John J. Jenkins (Republican) 65.5% Frederick H. Remington (Democratic) 34.5%

Wyoming

! Wyoming At-large Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 47.87% William Brown (Populist) 2.99%

Non-voting delegates

Oklahoma Territory

! Oklahoma Territory At-large ✅ James Y. Callahan (Silver) 51.09% Dennis T. Flynn (Republican) 48.91%