1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida explained

Election Name:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1896
Country:Florida
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1894
Previous Year:1894
Next Election:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1898
Next Year:1898
Seats For Election:Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
Election Date:November 3, 1896
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election1:2
Seats1:2
Popular Vote1:30,355[1]
Percentage1:71.7%
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Last Election2:0
Seats2:0
Popular Vote2:9,431
Percentage2:22.3%
Party3:Populist Party (United States)
Last Election3:0
Seats3:0
Popular Vote3:2,163
Percentage3:5.1%
Flag Year:1868

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held November 3, 1896 for two seats in the 55th Congress. These elections were held at the same time as the 1896 Presidential election and the election for Governor.

There were a total of five different parties running, including a short-lived breakaway faction of the Democratic Party known as the National Democratic Party.

Background

The previous two elections had involved only the Democratic and People's Parties. The Republicans returned to Floridian congressional elections in this race, as did the Prohibition Party, which had last run a candidate for Congress in Florida in 1886.

Election results

Charles Merian Cooper (D) of the did not run for renomination.

1896 United States House election results
District colspan="3" Democratic colspan="3" National Democratic[2] colspan="3" Republican colspan="3" Populist colspan="3" Prohibition
[3] Stephen M. Sparkman (I)14,82377.5%E. K. Nichols[4] 2,79714.6%J. Asakiah Williams1,3086.8%J. C. Green2011.1%
[5] Robert Wyche Davis14,37661.9%Daniel G. Ambler1,1565.0%Joseph N. Stripling6,63428.6%William R. Peterson8553.7%M. E. Spencer1950.8%

See also

References

  1. Including National Democrats
  2. Also known as the "Gold Democrats"
  3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288005 District 1 results
  4. Source did not give full name
  5. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288006 District 2 results