The 1898 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 8, 1898, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They were held during the middle of President William McKinley's first term. Elections were held for 357 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 56th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year. As in many midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats, but was able to hold a majority over the Democratic Party. The Populist Party also lost many seats, as their movement began to decline. This was likely because many Populists rallied behind William Jennings Bryan's increasingly powerful branch of the Democratic Party, which built the rural economic issues advocated by Populists into their platform. As a result, the Democrats won a number of Western seats as well many in the Mid-Atlantic.

Election summaries

The previous elections of 1896 saw the election of 24 Populists, 2 Silver Republicans, and a Silver Party member.

Special elections

} ! MS's 2nd congressional district Z. M. Stephens (Democratic) 42.17% Leland L. Pearsons (Democratic) 11.19% ! OH's 19th congressional district ! PA's 23rd congressional district ! VA's 2nd congressional district ! VA's 4th congressional district ! MS's 6th congressional district !MA's 15th congressional district Charles S. Randall (Ind. Republican) 18.17% Walter P. J. Skahan (Socialist Labor) 10.95% Charles T. Luce (Democratic) 7.84%

Election dates

All the states held their elections November 8, 1898, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them:

Alabama

Arkansas

California

! California's 1st congressional district Emmet Seawell (Democratic) 38.9% ! California's 2nd congressional district Frank D. Ryan (Republican) 44.7% ! California's 3rd congressional district John Aubrey Jones (Democratic) 39.1% Thomas F. Burns (Socialist Labor) 3.6% ! California's 4th congressional district James H. Barry (Democratic) 44.1% W. J. Martin (Socialist Labor) 3.7% Joseph P. Kelly (Ind. Democratic) 2.2% ! California's 5th congressional district William Craig (Democratic) 44.3% E. T. Kingsley (Socialist Labor) 3.9% ! California's 6th congressional district Charles A. Barlow (Populist) 44.9% James T. Van Ransselear (Socialist Labor) 2.5% ! California's 7th congressional district Curtis H. Castle (Populist) 49.9%

Colorado

Connecticut

! Connecticut's 1st congressional district Robert J. Vance (Democratic) 39.9% Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition) 1.2% ! Connecticut's 2nd congressional district James H. Webb (Democratic) 45.2% Milton R. Kerr (Prohibition) 0.7% ! Connecticut's 3rd congressional district Charles F. Thayer (Democratic) 40.4% Stephen Crane (Prohibition) 1.5% ! Connecticut's 4th congressional district Charles P. Lyman (Democratic) 42.0% Charles L. Beach (Prohibition) 0.7%

Delaware

Florida

! FL's 1st congressional district E. R. Gunby (Republican) 15.8% ! FL's 2nd congressional district H. L. Anderson (Republican) 28.2%

Georgia

Idaho

! Idaho At-large Weldon B. Heyburn (Republican) 33.40% James Gunn (Populist) 19.00% William J. Boone (Prohibition) 2.34%

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

! MA's 1st congressional district ✅ George P. Lawrence (Republican) 58.0% Charles P. Davis (Democratic) 35.5% Edward A. Buckland (Socialist Labor) 6.5% ! MA's 2nd congressional district ✅ Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 60.3% Robert E. Bisbee (Democratic) 36.5% George H. Wrenn (Socialist Labor) 3.2% ! MA's 3rd congressional district ✅ John R. Thayer (Democratic) 50.4% Joseph H. Walker (Republican) 49.6% ! MA's 4th congressional district ✅ George W. Weymouth (Republican) 62.9% L. Porter Morse (Democratic) 37.1% ! MA's 5th congressional district ✅ William S. Knox (Republican) 51.8% Joseph J. Flynn (Democratic) 48.2% ! MA's 6th congressional district ✅ William H. Moody (Republican) 64.5% E. Moody Boynton (Democratic) 28.9% Albert L. Gillen (Social Democratic) 6.6% ! MA's 7th congressional district ✅ Ernest W. Roberts (Republican) 55.8% Walter L. Ramsdell (Democratic) 41.6% Joseph Malloney (Socialist Labor) 2.6% ! MA's 8th congressional district ✅ Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 70.0% George A. Perkins (Democratic) 27.2% William E. Stacey (Socialist Labor) 2.8% ! MA's 9th congressional district ✅ John F. Fitzgerald (Democratic) 48.7% Franz H. Krebs Jr. (Republican) 25.8% James A. Gallivan (Ind. Democratic) 23.6% Florentine K. Bradman (Citizens Republican) 1.9% ! MA's 10th congressional district Samuel J. Barrows (Republican) 44.8% ! MA's 11th congressional district ✅ Charles F. Sprague (Republican) 61.3% William H. Baker (Democratic) 38.6% ! MA's 12th congressional district ✅ William C. Lovering (Republican) 65.9% Philip E. Brady (Democratic) 30.0% Jeremiah O'Fihelly (Socialist Labor) 4.1% ! MA's 13th congressional district ✅ William S. Greene (Republican) 68.65% Charles T. Luce (Democratic) 24.82% Thomas Stevenson (Socialist Labor) 6.51% Others 0.01%

Michigan

Minnesota

! Minnesota's 1st congressional district Milo White (Democratic/Populist) 37.3% Clarence Wedge (Prohibition) 3.4% ! Minnesota's 2nd congressional district David H. Evans (Democratic/Populist) 39.6% Thadeus Grout (Prohibition) 3.4% ! Minnesota's 3rd congressional district Charles Hinds (Democratic/Populist) 38.9% John R. Lowe (Prohibition) 4.3% ! Minnesota's 4th congressional district John W. Willis (Democratic) 39.3% Henry Carling (Socialist Labor) 2.6% N. S. Beardsley (Ind. Populist) 2.4% Newton Bray (Prohibition) 1.6% ! Minnesota's 5th congressional district Thomas J. Caton (Democratic/Populist) 38.1% Adolph Hirschfield (Socialist Labor) 2.7% Charles M. Way (Prohibition) 2.6% Edward Blackburn (Independent) 1.2% ! Minnesota's 6th congressional district Charles A. Towne (Independent) 49.0% Edward Kriz (Socialist Labor) 0.9% ! Minnesota's 7th congressional district Peter M. Ringdal (Democratic/Populist) 43.1% Engebret E. Lobeck (Prohibition) 4.4%

Mississippi

! MS's 1st congressional district ✅ John M. Allen (Democratic) 100% ! MS's 2nd congressional district C. M. Haynie (Populist) 5.26% S. M. Howry (Republican) 1.83% ! MS's 3rd congressional district C. J. Jones (Colored Republican) 14.93% ! MS's 4th congressional district Ralph Brewer (Populist) 22.92% ! MS's 5th congressional district ✅ John S. Williams (Democratic) 97.02% S. R. Pitts (Republican) 2.79% J. E. Everett (Independent) 0.20% ! MS's 6th congressional district M. M. Evans (Ind. Democratic) 22.82% A. C. Hathorn (Populist) 16.39% H. C. Turley (Republican) 7.01% ! MS's 7th congressional district T. B. Yellowley (Republican) 4.75% E. F. Brennan (Republican) 4.30%

Missouri

Montana

! Montana At-large Thomas C. Marshall (Republican) 29.79% Thomas S. Hogan (Silver Republican) 23.31%

Nebraska

! Nebraska's 1st congressional district James Manahan (Democratic) 45.96% Fred Herman (Unknown) 0.16% ! Nebraska's 2nd congressional district Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic) 47.98% ! Nebraska's 3rd congressional district W. F. Norris (Republican) 48.07% ! Nebraska's 4th congressional district Edmund H. Hinshaw (Republican) 49.29% ! Nebraska's 5th congressional district Clarendon E. Adams (Republican) 48.64% ! Nebraska's 6th congressional district Norris Brown (Republican) 46.51%

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

! ND At-large H. M. Creel (Fusion) 39.11%

Ohio

Oregon

! Oregon's 1st congressional district ✅ Thomas H. Tongue (Republican) 48.96% R. M. Veatch (Fusion) 44.28% J. L. Hill (Populist) 4.21% L. H. Pederson (Prohibition) 2.56% ! Oregon's 2nd congressional district ✅ Malcolm A. Moody (Republican) 54.15% C. M. Donaldson (Fusion) 37.22% H. E. Courtney (Populist) 5.78% G. W. Ingalls (Prohibition) 2.85%

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

! SC's 1st congressional district George W. Murray (Republican) 33.5% ! SC's 2nd congressional district B. P. Chatfield (Republican) 2.9% Others 0.1% ! SC's 3rd congressional district John R. Tolbert (Republican) 3.3% Others 0.1% ! SC's 4th congressional district P. S. Suber (Republican) 3.6% ! SC's 5th congressional district ! SC's 6th congressional district J. H. Evans (Republican) 3.1% ! SC's 7th congressional district James Weston (Republican) 10.2%

South Dakota

! rowspan=2 | SD At-large (2 seats) ✅ Charles H. Burke (Republican) 25.7% John Edward Kelley (Populist) 22.9% Freeman Knowles (Populist) 22.8% Others A. Jamison (Prohibition) 0.6% M. D. Alexander (Prohibition) 0.6%

Tennessee

! TN's 1st congressional district ✅ Walter P. Brownlow (Republican) 54.96% Hugh H. Guckenour (Democratic) 44.12% R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 0.92% ! TN's 2nd congressional district ✅ Henry R. Gibson (Republican) 66.34% John M. Davis (Democratic) 33.07% [FNU] Jones (Unknown) 0.59% ! TN's 3rd congressional district ✅ John A. Moon (Democratic) 58.87% Gus Cate (Republican) 40.62% W. A. Wetmore (Populist) 0.51% ! TN's 4th congressional district ✅ Charles E. Snodgrass (Democratic) 62.29% George H. Morgan (Republican) 37.72% ! TN's 5th congressional district W. Y. Elliott (Republican) 30.48% ! TN's 6th congressional district ✅ John W. Gaines (Democratic) 78.78% J. C. Napier (Republican) 14.26% N. P. Gill (Prohibition) 6.97% ! TN's 7th congressional district ✅ Nicholas N. Cox (Democratic) 70.28% J. A. Cunningham (Independent) 29.72% ! TN's 8th congressional district ✅ Thetus W. Sims (Democratic) 60.21% W. F. Hinkle (Republican) 36.86% T. J. Brooks (Populist) 2.94% ! TN's 9th congressional district ✅ Rice A. Pierce (Democratic) 76.89% Isaac Revelle (Republican) 21.27% E. F. Falley (Prohibition) 1.84% ! TN's 10th congressional district J. W. Vernon (Republican) 18.12% J. T. Brooks (Populist) 0.42%

Texas

Utah

Vermont

! Vermont's 1st congressional district ✅ H. Henry Powers (Republican) 71.7% Herbert F. Brigham (Democratic) 28.3% ! Vermont's 2nd congressional district ✅ William W. Grout (Republican) 74.9% C. A. G. Jackson (Democratic) 24.9% Lavant M. Read (Republican) 0.2%

Virginia

! VA's 1st congressional district Joseph A. Bristow (Republican) 31.8% H. L. Crockett (Prohibition) 0.8% ! rowspan=2 | VA's 2nd congressional district Richard A. Wise (Republican) 28.4% William S. Holland (Republican) 15.8% ! VA's 3rd congressional district Otis H. Russell (Republican) 18.8% Benjamin B. Weisiger (Republican) 11.1% Others John J. Quantz (Unknown) 0.6% Allie Dillard (Unknown) 0.4% ! VA's 4th congressional district Robert Taylor Thorp (Republican) 39.2% Others Booker Ellis (Republican) 1.7% Thomas L. Jones (Republican) 1.3% J. H. Beran (Unknown) 0.3% ! VA's 5th congressional district Edmund Parr (Republican) 41.8% Others R. A. Bennett (Prohibition) 0.8% R. O. Martin (Republican) 0.2% C. T. Seay (Unknown) 0.2% ! VA's 6th congressional district Daniel Butler (Republican) 15.8% Charles A. Heermans (Republican) 14.4% Ira W. Kimmell (Unknown) 2.4% D. G. Revere (Unknown) 0.5% ! VA's 7th congressional district D. C. O'Flaherty (Democratic) 22.9% ! VA's 8th congressional district Edward Hughes (Independent) 8.5% Others J. P. Johnson (Prohibition) 1.9% John Underwood (Republican) 0.9% ! VA's 9th congressional district James A. Walker (Republican) 48.8% Others Thaddeus E. Harris (Independent) 0.2% John W. Watkins (Unknown) 0.2% ! VA's 10th congressional district Robert T. Hubard (Republican) 43.4% Frank Smith (Independent) 0.3%

Washington

West Virginia

! West Virginia's 1st congressional district J. V. Blair (Democratic) 47.29% Others W. A. Williams (Independent) 0.63% J. B. Arnold (Independent) 0.17% ! West Virginia's 2nd congressional district John T. McGraw (Democratic) 48.98% George Morrow (Populist) 0.69% ! West Virginia's 3rd congressional district William S. Edwards (Republican) 48.93% J. W. Davis (Populist) 0.45% ! West Virginia's 4th congressional district George I. Neal (Democratic) 48.79% Oliver Gorrell (Populist) 0.37%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected ten members of congress on Election Day, November 8, 1898. ! WI's 1st congressional district ✅ Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 61.5% Clinton Babbitt (Democratic) 35.4% John C. Huffman (Prohibition) 3.1% ! WI's 2nd congressional district Republican hold. ✅ Herman Dahle (Republican) 50.4% James E. Jones (Democratic) 47.0% Jabez B. Smith (Prohibition) 2.6% ! WI's 3rd congressional district ✅ Joseph W. Babcock (Republican) 59.5% Thomas L. Cleary (Democratic) 37.3% Richard B. Griggs (Prohibition) 3.2% ! WI's 4th congressional district ✅ Theobald Otjen (Republican) 47.3% Joseph G. Donnelly (Democratic) 41.7% Robert C. Schilling (Populist) 6.6% Louis A. Arnold (Social Democratic) 3.0% John Moser (Socialist Labor) 1.5% ! WI's 5th congressional district ✅ Samuel S. Barney (Republican) 51.8% Charles E. Armin (Democratic) 40.2% George Eckelman (Social Democratic) 3.3% William P. Rubin (Populist) 3.0% Albert F. Hintz (Socialist Labor) 1.0% William R. Nethercut (Prohibition) 0.7% ! WI's 6th congressional district ✅ James H. Davidson (Republican) 53.6% Frank C. Stewart (Democratic) 44.4% William H. Clark (Prohibition) 2.0% ! WI's 7th congressional district Republican hold. ✅ John J. Esch (Republican) 64.7% John F. Doherty (Democratic) 32.6% Luther W. Wood (Prohibition) 2.8% ! WI's 8th congressional district ✅ Edward S. Minor (Republican) 54.2% Philip Sheridan (Democratic) 43.8% John W. Evans (Prohibition) 2.0% ! WI's 9th congressional district ✅ Alexander Stewart (Republican) 58.1% Wells M. Ruggles (Democratic) 40.1% Edwin Kerswill (Prohibition) 1.8% ! WI's 10th congressional district ✅ John J. Jenkins (Republican) 63.1% John R. Mathews (Democratic) 30.3% William B. Hopkins (Prohibition) 3.5% Carl Pieper (Populist) 3.1%

Wyoming

! Wyoming At-large Constantine P. Arnold (Democratic) 43.04% William Brown (Populist) 2.25%

Non-voting delegates

! Arizona Territory At-large ! New Mexico Territory At-large ! Oklahoma Territory At-large