1880 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 47th U.S. Congress
1880 United States House of Representatives elections
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June 1, 1880 – November 2, 1880
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All 293 seats in the United States House of Representatives 147 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Joseph Keifer
Samuel Randall
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader's seat
Ohio 4th
Pennsylvania 3rd
Last election
132 seats
141 seats
Seats won
151[1][a]
128[1][a]
Seat change
19
13
Popular vote
4,080,609
4,330,113
Percentage
44.94%
47.68%
Swing
5.38%
3.48%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Greenback
Readjuster
Last election
13 seats
0 seats
Seats won
10[1][a]
2[2]
Seat change
3
2
Popular vote
504,097
56,058
Percentage
5.55%
0.62%
Swing
6.74%
New
Fifth party
Party
Independent
Last election
7 seats[b]
Seats won
2[c]
Seat change
5
Popular vote
99,511
Percentage
1.10%
Swing
1.65%
Results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold Independent gain Independent hold Greenback gain Greenback hold Readjuster gain
Speaker before election
Samuel Randall
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Joseph Keifer
Republican
The 1880 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 2, 1880, with five states holding theirs early between June and October. They coincided with the 1880 presidential election which was won by James A. Garfield, who was a member of the House at the time. Elections were held for 293 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 47th United States Congress. This was the first time that every state held their regular House elections on or before Election Day. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
Issues such as Civil War loyalties, tariffs, graft and corruption dominated the year's elections, though none became substantive a national issue. The economy was growing stronger after emerging from a long Depression. It was in this political environment that Garfield's Republican Party gained 19 seats and regained control of the House from the Democratic Party. The Greenback Party, an emerging party of workers and farmers, also lost seats in these elections, after gaining more than a dozen two years earlier.[3][4]
^ abcMartis 1989, pp. 134–135
^Martis 1989, pp. 136–137.
^Kennedy, Robert C. "A Midsummer-Night's Dream Nomination". The Learning Network: The New York Times on the web. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
^Hartman, Dorothy W. "Politics of the 1870s and 1880s". connerprairie.org. Fishers, Indiana: Conner Prairie. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
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