1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida explained

Election Name:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1898
Country:Florida
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1896
Previous Year:1896
Next Election:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1900
Next Year:1900
Seats For Election:Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
Election Date:November 8, 1898
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election1:2
Seats1:2
Popular Vote1:25,656
Percentage1:77.8%
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Last Election2:0
Seats2:0
Popular Vote2:7,316
Percentage2:22.2%
Flag Year:1868

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for two seats in the 56th Congress were held November 8, 1898

Background

The previous election year had seen a total of five parties contesting Florida's two seats, including the Republican Party, which had been absent in 1892 and 1894. Both seats were won by the Democratic incumbents by a large majority. The previous three elections had seen Populist candidates as well, but, mirroring the national decline of that party, there were no Populist candidates in 1896.

Election results

1898 United States House election results
District colspan="3" Democratic colspan="3" Republican
[1] Stephen M. Sparkman (I)13,50684.2%E. R. Gunby[2] 2,54315.8%
[3] Robert Wyche Davis (I)12,15071.8%H. L. Anderson4,77328.2%

See also

References

  1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288007 District 1 results
  2. Full name not given in source
  3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288008 District 2 results