| Election Name: | 1898 United States House of Representatives elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1896 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1896 United States House of Representatives elections |
| Previous Year: | 1896 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States House of Representatives elections |
| Next Year: | 1900 |
| Majority Seats: | 179 |
| Election Date: | June 6, September 6, September 12, and November 8, 1898 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Image1: | Colonel David B. Henderson - History of Iowa.jpg |
| Leader Since1: | March 4, 1899 |
| Last Election1: | 206 seats |
| Seats1: | 187 |
| Seat Change1: | 19 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,305,230 |
| Percentage1: | 48.55% |
| Swing1: | 0.22% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Leader Since2: | March 4, 1899 |
| Last Election2: | 124 seats |
| Seats2: | 161 |
| Seat Change2: | 37 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,828,592 |
| Percentage2: | 44.18% |
| Swing2: | 3.19% |
| Party4: | Populist Party (US) |
| Last Election4: | 22 |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 17 |
| Popular Vote4: | 463,059 |
| Percentage4: | 4.24% |
| Swing4: | 2.62% |
| Party5: | Silver Republican Party |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 60,805 |
| Percentage5: | 0.56% |
| Swing5: | 0.46% |
| Party7: | Silver Party |
| Last Election7: | 1 |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 5,766 |
| Percentage7: | 0.05% |
| Party8: | Independent (US) |
| Last Election8: | 1 |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Popular Vote8: | 96,537 |
| Percentage8: | 0.88% |
| Swing8: | 0.31% |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
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.
| 161 | 9 | 187 | |
| Democratic | Republican |
| State | Type | Total seats | Democratic | Populist | Republican | Silver/ Silver Rep. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | District | 9 | 8 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Arkansas | District | 6 | 6 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| California | District | 7 | 1 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 6 | data-sort-value=3 | 3 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| Colorado | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Connecticut | District | 4 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 4 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Delaware | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Florida | District | 2 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Georgia | District | 11 | 11 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Idaho | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | |||||||
| Illinois | District | 22 | 8 | data-sort-value=3 | 3 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 14 | data-sort-value=-3 | 3 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Indiana | District | 13 | 4 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 9 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Iowa | District | 11 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 11 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Kansas | District +at-large | 8 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=-5 | 5 | 7 | data-sort-value=5 | 5 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Kentucky | District | 11 | 9 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Louisiana | District | 6 | 6 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Maine | District | 4 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 4 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Maryland | District | 6 | 2 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 4 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Massachusetts | District | 13 | 3 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 10 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Michigan | District | 12 | 0 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 12 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Minnesota | District | 7 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 7 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | District | 7 | 7 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Missouri | District | 15 | 12 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 3 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Montana | At-large | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | |||||||
| Nebraska | District | 6 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 3 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| New Hampshire | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| New Jersey | District | 8 | 2 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 6 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| New York | District | 34 | 18 | data-sort-value=1 | 12 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 16 | data-sort-value=-1 | 12 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| North Carolina | District | 9 | 5 | data-sort-value=4 | 4 | 1 | data-sort-value=-4 | 4 | 3 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | ||||||
| North Dakota | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Ohio | District | 21 | 6 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 15 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Oregon | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | District +2 at-large | 30 | 10 | data-sort-value=7 | 7 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 20 | data-sort-value=-7 | 7 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Rhode Island | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| South Carolina | District | 7 | 7 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| South Dakota | At-large | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=-2 | 2 | 2 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Tennessee | District | 10 | 8 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Texas | District | 13 | 12 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Utah | At-large | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Vermont | District | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Virginia | District | 10 | 10 | data-sort-value=4 | 4 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=-4 | 4 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Washington | At-large | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 2 | data-sort-value=2 | 2 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | ||||||
| West Virginia | District | 4 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 3 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Wisconsin | District | 10 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 10 | data-sort-value=0 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||||
| Wyoming | At-large | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=-1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | 1 | data-sort-value=1 | 1 | 0 | data-sort-value=0 | |||||||
| Total | 357 | 161 | 37 | 6 | 16 | 187 | 20 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
The previous elections of 1896 saw the election of 24 Populists, 2 Silver Republicans, and a Silver Party member.
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|-! | William V. Sullivan| | Democratic| 1896| | Incumbent resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
New member elected July 5, 1898.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
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|-! | William F. Love| | Democratic| 1896| | Incumbent died October 16, 1898.
New member elected November 29, 1898.
Democratic hold.| nowrap | |-!| John Simpkins| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap | |}
All the states held their elections November 8, 1898, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them:
See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama.
See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas.
See main article: 1898 United States House of Representatives elections in California.
See also: List of United States representatives from California.
}
|-! | John All Barham| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Marion De Vries| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Samuel G. Hilborn| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | James G. Maguire| | Democratic| 1892| | Incumbent retired to run for California Governor.
New member elected.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Eugene F. Loud| | Republican| 1890| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles A. Barlow| | Populist| 1900| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Curtis H. Castle| | Populist| 1896| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Colorado.
See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut.
See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware.
See main article: 1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida.
See also: List of United States representatives from Florida.
|-! | Stephen M. Sparkman| | Democratic| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Robert Wyche Davis| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia.
See also: List of United States representatives from Idaho.
|-! | James Gunn| | Populist| 1896| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Silver Republican gain.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois.
See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana.
See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa.
See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas.
See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky.
See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana.
See also: List of United States representatives from Maine.
See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland.
See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts.
|-! | George P. Lawrence| | Republican| 1897 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Frederick H. Gillett| | Republican| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Joseph H. Walker| | Republican| 1888| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | George W. Weymouth| | Republican| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William S. Knox| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William H. Moody| | Republican| 1895 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William Emerson Barrett| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Samuel W. McCall| | Republican| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John F. Fitzgerald| | Democratic| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Samuel J. Barrows| | Republican| 1896| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles F. Sprague| | Republican| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William C. Lovering| | Republican| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William S. Greene| | Republican| 1898 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan.
See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota.
See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi.
|-! | John M. Allen| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Thomas Spight| | Democratic| 1898 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Thomas C. Catchings| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Andrew F. Fox| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John S. Williams| | Democratic| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | colspan=3 | Vacant (incumbent died October 16, 1898)| | New member elected.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | Patrick Henry| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri.
See also: List of United States representatives from Montana.
|-! | Charles S. Hartman| | Silver Republican| 1892| |Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Nebraska.
|-! | Jesse B. Strode| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|-! | David H. Mercer| | Republican| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Samuel Maxwell| | Populist| 1896| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | William L. Stark| | Populist| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Roderick Dhu Sutherland| | Populist| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | William L. Greene| | Populist| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Nevada.
See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire.
See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey.
See also: List of United States representatives from New York.
See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina.
See also: List of United States representatives from North Dakota.
|-! | Martin N. Johnson| | Republican| 1890| | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio.
See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon. |-! | Thomas H. Tongue| | Republican| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap | |-! | William R. Ellis| | Republican| 1892| | Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania.
See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island.
See main article: 1898 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.
See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina.
|-! | William Elliott| | Democratic| 1886
1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | W. Jasper Talbert| | Democratic| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Asbury Latimer| | Democratic| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Stanyarne Wilson| | Democratic| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Thomas J. Strait| | Democratic| 1892| | Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | James Norton| | Democratic| 1897 (special)| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | J. William Stokes| | Democratic| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from South Dakota.
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| John Edward Kelley| | Populist| 1896| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.| rowspan=2 nowrap |
|-| Freeman Knowles| | Populist| 1896| | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee.
|-! | Walter P. Brownlow| | Republican| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Henry R. Gibson| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John A. Moon| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Benton McMillin| | Democratic| 1878| |Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.| nowrap |
|-! | James D. Richardson| | Democratic| 1884| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John W. Gaines| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Nicholas N. Cox| | Democratic| 1890| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Thetus W. Sims| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Rice A. Pierce| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Edward W. Carmack| | Democratic| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.|
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Texas.
See also: List of United States representatives from Utah.
See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont.
See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia.
See also: List of United States representatives from Washington.
See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia.
|-! | Blackburn B. Dovener| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Alston G. Dayton| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Charles Dorr| | Republican| 1896| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.| nowrap |
|-! | Warren Miller| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.| nowrap |
|}
See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin. Wisconsin elected ten members of congress on Election Day, November 8, 1898.[1] [2]
|-! | Henry Allen Cooper| | Republican| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Edward Sauerhering| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold. | nowrap |
|-! | Joseph W. Babcock| | Republican| 1892| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Theobald Otjen| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Samuel S. Barney| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | James H. Davidson| | Republican| 1896| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Michael Griffin| | Republican| 1894| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold. | nowrap |
|-! | Edward S. Minor| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | Alexander Stewart| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|-! | John J. Jenkins| | Republican| 1894| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |
|}
See main article: 1898 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming.
See also: List of United States representatives from Wyoming.
|-! | John E. Osborne| | Democratic| 1896| | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|}
See also: Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
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|-! | James Y. Callahan| | Free Silver| 1896| | Incumbent retired.
New delegate elected.
Republican gain.| nowrap |
|}