1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida explained

Election Name:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1894
Country:Florida
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1892
Previous Year:1892
Next Election:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1896
Next Year:1896
Seats For Election:Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
Election Date:November 6, 1894
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election1:2
Seats1:2
Popular Vote1:21,626
Percentage1:82.9%
Party2:Populist Party (United States)
Last Election2:0
Seats2:0
Popular Vote2:4,469
Percentage2:17.1%
Flag Year:1868

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held on November 6, 1894, for two seats in the 54th Congress.

Background

In the previous election, the Republican Party had not run any candidates in Florida, with the Democratic Party having been dominant in the state since 1884. A new party, the People's Party, also known as Populist Party, ran its first candidate that year as the only opposition to the Democrats. The Populists would continue to be the only opposition party to the Democrats in Florida's congressional elections in 1894 as well.

Election results

Stephen Mallory, Jr. did not seek renomination in the 1st district.

1894 United States House election results
District colspan="3" Democratic colspan="3" Populist
[1] Stephen M. Sparkman12,39785.3%D. L. McKinnon[2] 2,13514.7%
[3] Charles Merian Cooper (I)9,22979.8%Montholom Atkinson2,33420.2%

See also

References

  1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288003 District 1 results
  2. Source did not have full name
  3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288004 District 2 results