1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 1, 1874, and September 7, 1875. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 44th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1875. Elections were held for all 292 seats, representing 37 states.

These elections were held in the middle of President Ulysses S. Grant's second term with a deep economic depression underway. It was an important turning point, as the Republicans lost heavily and the Democrats gained control of the House. It signaled the imminent end of Reconstruction, which Democrats opposed. Historians emphasize the factors of economic depression and attacks on the Grant administration for corruption as key factors in the vote.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

With the election following the Panic of 1873, Grant's Republican Party was crushed in the elections, losing their majority and almost half their seats to the Democratic Party. This was the first period of Democratic control since the prewar era. The economic crisis and the inability of Grant to find a solution led to his party's defeat. This was the second-largest swing in the history of the House (only behind the 1894 elections), and is the largest House loss in the history of the Republican Party.

In the south, the Democrats continued their systematic destruction of the Republican coalition. In the South, Scalawags moved into the Democratic Party. The Democratic landslide signaled the imminent end of Reconstruction, which Democrats opposed and a realignment of the Republican coalition that had dominated American politics since the late 1850s.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

While the ongoing end of Reconstruction in the South was one of the main reasons for the shift, turn-of-the-century historian James Ford Rhodes explored the multiple causes of the results in the North:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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In the fall elections of 1874 the issue was clearly defined: Did the Republican President Ulysses S. Grant and Congress deserve the confidence of the country? and the answer was unmistakably No ...

The Democrats had won a signal victory, obtaining control of the next House of Representatives which would stand Democrats 168, Liberals and Independents 14, Republicans 108 as against the two-thirds Republican majority secured by the election of 1872. Since 1861 the Republicans had controlled the House and now with its loss came a decrease in their majority in the Senate ...{{#if:|

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Rhodes continues:

The political revolution from 1872 to 1874 was due to the failure of the Southern policy of the Republican party, to the Credit Mobilier and Sanborn contract scandals, to corrupt and inefficient administration in many departments and to the persistent advocacy of Grant by some close friends and hangers-on for a third presidential term. Some among the opposition were influenced by the President's backsliding in the cause of civil service reform, and others by the failure of the Republican party to grapple successfully with the financial question. The depression, following the financial Panic of 1873, and the number of men consequently out of employment weighed in the scale against the party in power. In Ohio, the result was affected by the temperance crusade in the early part of the year. Bands of women of good social standing marched to saloons before which or in which they sang hymns and, kneeling down, prayed that the great evil of drink might be removed. Sympathizing men wrought with them in causing the strict law of the State against the sale of strong liquor to be rigidly enforced. Since Republicans were in the main the instigators of the movement, it alienated from their party a large portion of the German American vote.

Special elections

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Election summaries

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Alabama District
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8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 4 Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 4 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Arkansas District 4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 4 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 4 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
CaliforniaTemplate:Efn District 4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
ConnecticutTemplate:Efn District 4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Delaware At-large 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Florida District 2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
GeorgiaTemplate:Efn District 9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 9Template:Efn Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Illinois District 19 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 6 Template:Party shading/Republican | 6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 8 Template:Party shading/Independent | 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Increase 2
IndianaTemplate:Efn District 13 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 5 Template:Party shading/Republican | 5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 5 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
IowaTemplate:Efn District 9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 8 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Kansas District 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Kentucky District 10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Louisiana District 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 3 Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
MaineTemplate:Efn District 5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Maryland District 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Massachusetts District 11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 5 Template:Party shading/Republican | 4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 7 Template:Party shading/Independent | 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Increase 2
Michigan District 9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 3 Template:Party shading/Republican | 6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 3 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Minnesota District 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Mississippi District 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 3 Template:Party shading/Republican | 2Template:Efn Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 3 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Missouri District 13 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 13 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 4 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 4 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
NebraskaTemplate:Efn At-large 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Nevada At-large 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
New HampshireTemplate:Efn District 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
New Jersey District 7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 4 Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 4 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
New York District 33 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 17 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 8 Template:Party shading/Republican | 16Template:Efn Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 8 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
North CarolinaTemplate:Efn District 8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 2 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
OhioTemplate:Efn District 20 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 13 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 7 Template:Party shading/Republican | 7 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 7 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
OregonTemplate:Efn At-large 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Pennsylvania District 27 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 17 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 12 Template:Party shading/Republican | 10 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 12 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Rhode Island District 2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
South Carolina District 5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Tennessee District 10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 6 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 6 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Texas District 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
VermontTemplate:Efn District 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 0 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Republican | 3Template:Efn Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Steady Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Virginia District 9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 4 Template:Party shading/Republican | 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 4 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
West VirginiaTemplate:Efn District 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 0 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
Wisconsin District 8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 1 Template:Party shading/Independent | 0 Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Steady
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Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase 94 Template:Party shading/Republican | 105Template:Efn
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Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 93 Template:Party shading/Independent | 4
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Election dates

In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform nationwide date for choosing Presidential electors.<ref>Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721.</ref> This law did not affect election dates for Congress, which remained within the jurisdiction of State governments, but over time, the states moved their congressional elections to this date as well. In 1874–75, there were still 10 states with earlier election dates, and 3 states with later election dates:

Alabama

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Arkansas

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Template:USCongressElectionTableHead |- ! Template:Ushr | Asa Hodges | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Oliver P. Snyder | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | William J. Hynes
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Thomas M. Gunter
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872Template:Efn | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

California

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|- ! Template:Ushr | Charles Clayton | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic| Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Horace F. Page | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | John K. Luttrell | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Sherman O. Houghton | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1871 | Template:Party shading/Democratic| Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Colorado Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut

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|- ! Template:Ushr | Joseph R. Hawley | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1872 (special) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Stephen Kellogg | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1869 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Henry H. Starkweather | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | William Barnum | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Text | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |}

Delaware

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Florida

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|- ! Template:Ushr | William J. Purman
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Josiah T. Walls
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected.
The election was later successfully challenged. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Georgia

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Idaho Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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|- ! Template:Ushr | James Buffinton | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Benjamin W. Harris | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | William Whiting II | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold |Incumbent retired.
Republican hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Samuel Hooper | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1861 (special) | Template:Party shading/Democratic |Incumbent retired.
New member elected after initial result overturned.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Daniel W. Gooch | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Independent |Incumbent lost re-election.
Independent gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Benjamin Butler | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1866 | Template:Party shading/Democratic |Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Ebenezer R. Hoar | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | John M. S. Williams | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | George F. Hoar | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Alvah Crocker | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 (special) | Template:Party shading/Independent |Incumbent retired.
Independent gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Henry L. Dawes | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1856 | Template:Party shading/Democratic |Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |}

Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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|- ! Template:Ushr | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Albert R. Howe | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Independent Republican | Incumbent lost re-election.
Independent Republican gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Henry W. Barry | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1869 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Jason Niles | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | George C. McKee | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1869 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | John R. Lynch | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Missouri

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Montana Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Nebraska

Template:See also Template:USCongressElectionTableHead |- ! Template:Ushr | Lorenzo Crounse | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York

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North Carolina

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Ohio

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Oregon

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Oregon Results

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|- ! rowspan=2 | Template:Ushr | rowspan=2 | James Nesmith | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 | 1873 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired.
New member elected June 1, 1874.
Democratic hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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|- ! Template:Ushr | Joseph Rainey | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | [[1870 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election|1870 Template:Small]] | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Alonzo J. Ransier | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Independent Republican | Incumbent retired.
Independent Republican gain.
Election was later successfully challenged, declared vacant, and a special election was then held. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Robert B. Elliott | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent resigned November 1, 1874, to serve as sheriff.
Republican hold | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Alexander S. Wallace | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Richard H. Cain
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Tennessee

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|- ! Template:Ushr | Roderick R. Butler | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1867 | Template:Party shading/Democratic |Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Jacob M. Thornburgh | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | William Crutchfield | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic |Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | colspan=3 | None (new district) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | New district.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | John M. Bright
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Horace Harrison
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Washington C. Whitthorne
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | John D. C. Atkins
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | David A. Nunn
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic |Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Barbour Lewis
Template:Small | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | Template:Plainlist

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Texas

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Utah Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Vermont

Template:See also Template:USCongressElectionTableHead |- ! Template:Ushr | Charles W. Willard | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1868 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Luke P. Poland | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1866 | Template:Party shading/Independent Republican | Incumbent lost re-election.
Independent Republican gain. | nowrap | Template:Collapsible list Second ballotTemplate:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | George Hendee | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

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Virginia

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|- ! Template:Ushr | James Beverley Sener | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | James H. Platt Jr. | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1869 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Charles H. Porter | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1869 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | William H. H. Stowell | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Christopher Thomas | Template:Party shading/Republican/Text | 1872 (contest) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Thomas Whitehead | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Text | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | John T. Harris | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Text | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Eppa Hunton | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Text | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |- ! Template:Ushr | Rees Bowen | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Text | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist |}

Washington Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

West Virginia

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|- ! Template:Ushr | John J. Davis | Template:Party shading/Independent Democratic | Independent
Democratic | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | John Hagans | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Frank Hereford | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|}

Wisconsin

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|- ! Template:Ushr | Charles G. Williams | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | J. Allen Barber | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Alexander Mitchell | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Charles A. Eldredge | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1862 | Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Philetus Sawyer | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1864 | Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Republican hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Jeremiah M. Rusk | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Alexander S. McDill | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Democratic| Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|}

Wyoming Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Non-voting delegates

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|- ! Template:Ushr

|- ! Template:Ushr | Moses K. Armstrong | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Jerome B. Chaffee | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | 1870 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | John Hailey | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872 | Template:Party shading/Hold | Incumbent retired.
Independent gain.
Result successfully contested.
Democratic hold. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr | Martin Maginnis | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|- ! Template:Ushr

|- ! Template:Ushr

|- ! Template:Ushr

|- ! Template:Ushr | William R. Steele | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | Template:Plainlist

|}

See also

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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