• Source: 1898 United States House of Representatives elections

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






Election dates


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

June 6: Oregon
September 6: Vermont
September 12: Maine




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Georgia






Idaho






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Kentucky






Louisiana






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Michigan






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Mississippi






Missouri






Montana






Nebraska






Nevada






New Hampshire






New Jersey






New York






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North Dakota






Ohio






Oregon






Pennsylvania






Rhode Island






South Carolina






South Dakota






Tennessee






Texas






Utah






Vermont






Virginia






Washington






West Virginia






Wisconsin



Wisconsin elected ten members of congress on Election Day, November 8, 1898.




Wyoming






Non-voting delegates






See also


1898 United States elections
1898–99 United States Senate elections
55th United States Congress
56th United States Congress




Notes






References






Bibliography


Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0871879967.
"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.




External links


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