1902 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1902 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1902, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt's first term, about a year after the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901. Elections were held for 386 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 58th United States Congress.

1902 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1900 June 2, September 12, September 18, and November 4, 1902[a] 1904 →

All 386 seats in the United States House of Representatives
194 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joseph Cannon John Sharp Williams
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since March 4, 1903 March 4, 1903
Leader's seat Illinois 18th Mississippi 8th
Last election 200 seats 151 seats
Seats before 198 seats[b] 152 seats[c]
Seats won 206[1][2][d] 176[1][2]
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 25
Popular vote 5,470,468 4,942,208
Percentage 49.81% 45.00%
Swing Decrease 0.84% Increase 0.55%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Populist
Last election 0 seats 5 seats
Seats before 0 seats 5 seats
Seats won 4 [d][e] 0
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 5
Popular vote 61,629 151,192
Percentage 0.56% 1.38%
Swing Increase 0.23% Decrease 0.97%

Speaker before election

David Henderson
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joseph Cannon
Republican

Due to the increased size of the House and the reapportionment that resulted from the 1900 U.S. census, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party both gained seats simultaneously, which has not occurred in any elections since. The Democrats increased their share of the House, but not by enough to regain control.

With a stable economy and no cornerstone issue, Democratic gains can mostly be linked to the effects of redistricting. Many of the new seats were in areas with high numbers of immigrants (mostly Eastern and Southern European industrial workers, and Northern European farmers), with new immigrants tending to vote Democrat. The Populist Party disappeared from the House, with its supporters almost unanimously switching to the Democratic Party.[citation needed]

This election marked the third and most recent time in American history where the incumbent president's party gained House seats in a midterm election while still losing seats in the Senate, the first two being in 1814 and 1822.

Election summaries

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29 new seats were added in reapportionment following the 1900 census.[3] No states lost seats, 16 had no change in apportionment, 14 gained 1 seat, 3 gained 2 seats, and 3 gained 3 seats. Two of the states that gained representation elected the new seat at-large.

176 3 207
Democratic IR Republican
State Type Total seats Democratic Republican
Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change
Alabama Districts 9   9   0  
Arkansas Districts 7   1 7   1 0  
California Districts 8   1 3   3 5   2
Colorado District
+at-large[f]
3[g]   1 0   3   2[h]
Connecticut District
+at-large[f]
5   1 0   5   1
Delaware At-large 1   1   1 0   1
Florida Districts 3   1 3   1 0  
Georgia Districts 11   11   0  
Idaho At-large 1[g]   0   1   1
Illinois Districts 25   3 8   3 17   6
Indiana Districts 13   4   9  
Iowa Districts 11   1   1 10   1
Kansas District
+at-large
8   0   1 8   1
Kentucky Districts 11   10   1 1   1
Louisiana Districts 7   1 7   1 0  
Maine[i] Districts 4   0   4  
Maryland Districts 6   2   2 4   2
Massachusetts Districts 14   1 4   1 10  
Michigan Districts 12   1   1 11   1
Minnesota Districts 9   2 1   1 8   1
Mississippi Districts 8   1 8   1 0  
Missouri Districts 16   1 15   3 1   2
Montana At-large 1[g]   0   1   1
Nebraska Districts 6[j]   1   1 5   3
Nevada At-large 1   1   0  
New Hampshire Districts 2   0   2  
New Jersey Districts 10   2 3   1 7   1
New York Districts 37   3 17   4 20   1
North Carolina Districts 10   1 10   3 0   2
North Dakota At-large 2   1 0   2   1
Ohio Districts 21   4   17  
Oregon[i] Districts 2   0   2  
Pennsylvania District[k] 32   2 3   1 29[d]   3
Rhode Island Districts 2   1   1 1   1
South Carolina Districts 7   7   0  
South Dakota At-large 2   0   2  
Tennessee Districts 10   8   2  
Texas Districts 16   3 16   3 0  
Utah At-large 1   0   1  
Vermont[i] Districts 2   0   2  
Virginia Districts 10   9   1 1   1
Washington At-large 3   1 0   3   1
West Virginia Districts 5   1 0   5   1
Wisconsin Districts 11   1 1   1 10  
Wyoming At-large 1   0   1  
Total 386   29 176
45.6%
  25 210[d]
54.4%
  9
Popular vote
Democratic
45.00%
Independent
0.56%
Populist
1.38%
Republican
49.81%
Others
3.25%
House seats
Democratic
45.60%
Independent
1.04%
Republican
53.37%

The previous election had 5 Populists, but the party completely disappeared from the U.S. House in the 1902 elections.

 
House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% to 100% Democratic
  80+% to 100% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican
 
Net gain in party representation
  6+ Democratic gain
  6+ Republican gain
  3-5 Democratic gain
  3-5 Republican gain
  1-2 Democratic gain
  1-2 Republican gain
  no net change

Special elections

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New York 7 Nicholas Muller Democratic 1876 (retired)
1882 (retired)
1898
Incumbent resigned November 2, 1901.
Republican gain.
Others
  • John G. Bennett (Independent) 1.25%
  • Fritz Linsinger (Ind. Democratic) 0.88%
  • Isaac Ward (Social Democratic) 0.69%
Pennsylvania 17 Rufus K. Polk Democratic 1898 Incumbent died March 5, 1902.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 3 John S. Rhea Democratic 1896 Election successfully contested.
New member seated March 25, 1902.
Republican gain.
Massachusetts 6 William Henry Moody Republican 1894 Incumbent resigned May 1, 1902 to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 52.14%
  • Samuel Roads Jr. (Democratic) 38.02%
  • George E. Littlefield (Socialist) 8.73%
  • Willard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.10%
  • Others 0.01%
Missouri 12 James Joseph Butler Democratic 1901 Seat declared vacant.
Incumbent re-elected November 4, 1902 to finish his term.
Special election later successfully contested by George C. R. Wagoner.
New York 10 Amos J. Cummings Democratic 1886 Incumbent died May 2, 1902.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Democratic hold.
Winner not elected to full term; see below.
Virginia 6 Nicholas Muller Democratic 1894 Incumbent died May 4, 1902.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Democratic hold.
Winner also elected to full term; see below.
New Jersey 4 Joshua S. Salmon Democratic 1898 Incumbent died May 6, 1902.
New member elected June 18, 1902.
Democratic hold.
Texas 3 Reese C. De Graffenreid Democratic 1896 Incumbent died August 29, 1902.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Democratic hold.
New York 26 George W. Ray Republican 1882 Incumbent resigned September 11, 1902.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Republican hold.
Texas 4 John L. Sheppard Democratic 1898 Incumbent died October 11, 1902.
New member elected November 15, 1902.
Democratic hold.
  •  Y Morris Sheppard (Democratic) 86.29%
  • Frank Lee (Republican) 13.71%
Connecticut 3 Charles A. Russell Republican 1886 Incumbent died October 23, 1902.
New member elected November 4, 1902.
Republican hold.

Election dates

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All the states held their elections November 4, 1902, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them:

Alabama

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Arizona Territory

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Arkansas

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California

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
California 1 Samuel D. Woods
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 1900 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  •  Y James Gillett (Republican) 50.5%
  • Thomas S. Ford (Democratic) 46.7%
  • M. E. Shore (Socialist) 1.9%
  • W. O. Clark (Prohibition) 0.9%
California 2 Frank Coombs
Redistricted from the 1st district
Republican 1900 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  •  Y Theodore A. Bell (Democratic) 49.2%
  • Frank Coombs (Republican) 48.3%
  • G. H. Rogers (Socialist) 1.7%
  • W. P. Fassett (Prohibition) 0.8%
California 3 Victor H. Metcalf Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Victor H. Metcalf (Republican) 66.2%
  • Calvin B. White (Democratic) 27.7%
  • M. W. Wilkins (Socialist) 5%
  • T. H. Montgomery (Prohibition) 1.1%
California 4 Julius Kahn Republican 1898 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  •  Y Edward J. Livernash (Democratic) 49.2%
  • Julius Kahn (Republican) 48.7%
  • William Costley (Socialist) 1.9%
  • Joseph Rowell (Prohibition) 0.2%
California 5 Eugene F. Loud Republican 1890 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  •  Y William J. Wynn (Democratic) 56.5%
  • Eugene F. Loud (Republican) 41.2%
  • Joseph Lawrence (Socialist) 1.5%
  • Frank W. Caton (Prohibition) 0.7%
California 6 James C. Needham
Redistricted from the 7th district
Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y James C. Needham (Republican) 53.5%
  • Gaston N. Ashe (Democratic) 42.5%
  • J. L. Cobb (Socialist) 2.5%
  • L. C. Jolley (Prohibition) 1.4%
California 7 James McLachlan
Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y James McLachlan (Republican) 64.8%
  • Carl A. Johnson (Democratic) 27%
  • George H. Hewes (Socialist) 4.2%
  • Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition) 4%
California 8 None (New district) New district.
Republican gain.
  •  Y Milton J. Daniels (Republican) 51.9%
  • W. E. Smythe (Democratic) 40.8%
  • Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 5.4%
  • Ellsworth Leonardson (Prohibition) 2%

Colorado

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[5]
Colorado 1 John F. Shafroth Fusion 1894 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Colorado 2 John C. Bell Populist 1892 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
  •  Y Herschel M. Hogg (Republican) 47.6%
  • John C. Bell (Fusion) 45.3%
  • Wyatt F. Farrar (Socialist) 5.0%
  • J. B. Lister (Prohibition) 2.0%
Colorado at-large None (new seat) New seat.
Republican gain.

Connecticut

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[4]
Connecticut 1 E. Stevens Henry Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y E. Stevens Henry (Republican) 52.4%
  • William F. O'Neil (Democratic) 44.4%
Others
  • Robert W. Jamieson (Socialist) 1.8%
  • Edward E. Agard (Prohibition) 1.0%
  • Joseph S. Powell (Soc. Labor) 0.4%
Connecticut 2 Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Cornelius Mahoney (Socialist) 2.6%
  • Joseph Colbassani (Soc. Labor) 0.9%
  • Frederic C. Bradley (Prohibition) 0.7%
Connecticut 3 Frank B. Brandegee Republican 1902 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Charles M. Reed (Prohibition) 1.5%
  • Henry Dorkin (Socialist) 0.5%
  • Simon J. Coffey (Soc. Labor) 0.2%
Connecticut 4 Ebenezer J. Hill Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Ebenezer J. Hill (Republican) 54.0%
  • William D. Bishop (Democratic) 44.2%
Others
  • George W. Scott (Socialist) 0.9%
  • Abel S. Beardsley (Prohibition) 0.7%
  • Emil Singuald (Soc. Labor) 0.2%
Connecticut at-large None (new seat) New seat.
Republican gain.
  •  Y George L. Lilley (Republican) 52.6%
  • Homer S. Cummings (Democratic) 44.4%
Others
  • George A. Sweetland (Socialist) 1.7%
  • Frederick Platt (Prohibition) 0.9%
  • Robert J. Kirkpatrick (Soc. Labor) 0.5%

Delaware

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Florida

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Florida 1 Stephen M. Sparkman Democratic 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 2 Robert Wyche Davis Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 3 None (New district) New district.
Democratic gain.

Georgia

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Hawaii Territory

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Idaho

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Idaho at-large Thomas L. Glenn Populist 1900 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.

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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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1 William H. Jackson Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y William H. Jackson (Republican) 50.6%
  • James E. Ellegood (Democratic) 45.5%
  • R. J. McAllen (Prohibition) 3.9%
Maryland 2 Albert Blakeney Republican 1900 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Maryland 3 Frank C. Wachter Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Frank C. Wachter (Republican) 48.8%
  • Lee S. Meyer (Democratic) 48.2%
  • B. F. Lewis (Prohibition) 1.4%
  • F. Mareck (Socialist) 1.6%
Maryland 4 Charles R. Schirm Republican 1900 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Maryland 5 Sydney E. Mudd I Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Sydney E. Mudd I (Republican) 56.9%
  • Benjamin H. Camalier (Democratic) 41.3%
  • Samuel R. Neave (Prohibition) 1.8%
Maryland 6 George A. Pearre Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected
  •  Y George A. Pearre (Republican) 53.0%
  • C. F. Kenneweg (Democratic) 42.8%
  • J. A. Hopkins (Prohibition) 3.1%

Massachusetts

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1 George P. Lawrence Republican 1897 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y George P. Lawrence (Republican) 54.0%
  • Henry M. Fern (Democratic) 38.1%
  • Theodore Koehler (Socialist) 4.8%
  • John Bascom (Prohibition) 3.1%
Massachusetts 2 Frederick H. Gillett Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Frederick H. Gillett (Republican) 58.0%
  • Arthur F. Nutting (Democratic) 28.9%
  • George H. Wrenn (Socialist) 11.5%
  • Lucius E. Parsons (Prohibition) 1.6%
Massachusetts 3 John R. Thayer Democratic 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 4 Charles Q. Tirrell Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 5 William S. Knox Republican 1894 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Butler Ames (Republican) 48.4%
  • John T. Sparks (Democratic) 45.3%
  • James A. Wilkenson (Socialist) 4.2%
  • William S. Searle (Prohibition) 1.2%
  • Joseph Youngjohns (Socialist Labor) 0.9%
Massachusetts 6 Vacant Incumbent resigned May 1, 1902 to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 51.4%
  • Samuel Roads Jr. (Democratic) 39.0%
  • George E. Littlefield (Socialist) 8.5%
  • Willard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.1%
Massachusetts 7 Ernest W. Roberts Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Ernest W. Roberts (Republican) 54.3%
  • Arthur Lyman (Democratic) 31.2%
  • William B. Turner (Socialist) 9.7%
  • Frank B. Jordan (Socialist Labor) 2.8%
  • George M. Butterick (Prohibition) 2.0%
Massachusetts 8 Samuel W. McCall Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 57.6%
  • Grenville MacFarland (Democratic) 33.9%
  • Charles W. White (Socialist) 6.2%
  • Charles A. Johnson (Socialist Labor) 2.3%
Massachusetts 9 Joseph A. Conry Democratic 1900 Incumbent lost re-election.
Citizens Democratic gain.
  •  Y John A. Keliher (Citizens Democratic) 38.1%
  • Joseph A. Conry (Democratic) 37.2%
  • Charles T. Witt (Republican) 18.8%
  • James J. McVey (Socialist) 5.8%
Massachusetts 10 Henry F. Naphen Democratic 1898 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  •  Y William S. McNary (Democratic) 54.1%
  • William W. Towle (Republican) 35.1%
  • John W. Sherman (Socialist) 10.8%
Massachusetts 11 None (New district) New district.
Democratic gain.
Massachusetts 12 Samuel L. Powers Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Samuel L. Powers (Republican) 52.6%
  • Frederic Jessup Stimson (Democratic) 36.6%
  • J. Frank Hayward (Socialist) 9.5%
  • Napoleon B. Johnson (Prohibition) 1.4%
Massachusetts 13 William S. Greene Republican 1898 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y William S. Greene (Republican) 67.9%
  • Charles T. Luce (Democratic) 26.2%
  • Elijah Humphries (Prohibition) 5.9%
Massachusetts 14 William C. Lovering Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y William C. Lovering (Republican) 57.3%
  • Charles A. Gilday (Democratic) 21.7%
  • Isaac W. Skinner (Socialist) 17.1%
  • Charles B. Gaffney (Prohibition) 2.0%
  • Jeremiah Devine (Socialist Labor) 1.8%

Michigan

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Minnesota

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[7]
Minnesota 1 James A. Tawney Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y James A. Tawney (Republican) 60.9%
  • Peter McGovern (Democratic) 39.1%
Minnesota 2 James McCleary Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y James McCleary (Republican) 63.3%
  • Charles N. Andrews (Democratic) 36.7%
Minnesota 3 Joel Heatwole Republican 1894 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Charles Russell Davis (Republican) 58.9%
  • Charles C. Kolars (Democratic) 38.8%
  • Charles Blood (Prohibition) 2.3%
Minnesota 4 Frederick Stevens Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 5 Loren Fletcher Republican 1892 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Martin Hanson (Socialist Labor) 1.1%
  • George D. Haggard (Prohibition) 0.9%
  • Spencer Holman (Social Democratic) 0.6%
  • Alnson H. Nelson (Populist) 0.2%
Minnesota 6 Page Morris Republican 1896 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Clarence Buckman (Republican) 56.6%
  • Julian A. DuBois (Democratic) 43.4%
Minnesota 7 Frank Eddy Republican 1894 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Andrew Volstead (Republican) 78.5%
  • August O. Forsberg (Populist) 20.4%
  • Knut Johnson (Prohibition) 1.1%
Minnesota 8 None (new district) New seat.
Republican gain.
  •  Y J. Adam Bede (Republican) 60.8%
  • Marcus L. Fay (Democratic) 37.0%
  • Vincent Koneczny (Socialist Labor) 2.2%
Minnesota 9 None (new district) New seat.
Republican gain.
  •  Y Halvor Steenerson (Republican) 61.4%
  • Nels T. Moen (Populist) 23.1%
  • Alexander McKinnon (Democratic) 15.5%

Mississippi

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Mississippi 1 Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 2 Thomas Spight Democratic 1898 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 3 Pat Henry Democratic 1900 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Mississippi 4 Andrew F. Fox Democratic 1896 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Mississippi 5 None (New district) New district.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 6 None (New district) New district.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 7 Charles E. Hooker Democratic 1900 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
Frank A. McLain
Redistricted from the 6th district.
Democratic 1898 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 8 John S. Williams
Redistricted from the 5th district.
Democratic 1892 Incumbent re-elected.

Missouri

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Montana

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
Montana at-large Caldwell Edwards Populist 1900 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  •  Y Joseph M. Dixon (Republican) 46.18%
  • John M. Evans (Democratic) 36.68%
  • Martin Dee (Labor) 11.26%
  • George B. Sproule (Socialist) 5.87%

Nebraska

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Nebraska 1 Elmer Burkett Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Elmer Burkett (Republican) 56.86%
  • Howard H. Hanks (Democratic) 39.90%
  • Thomas B. Fraser (Prohibition) 1.99%
  • Christ Christensen (Socialist) 1.25%[17]
Nebraska 2 David H. Mercer Republican 1892 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Nebraska 3 John S. Robinson Democratic 1898 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Nebraska 4 William L. Stark Populist 1896 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Nebraska 5 Ashton C. Shallenberger Democratic 1900 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Nebraska 6 William Neville Populist 1899 (special) Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  •  Y Moses Kinkaid (Republican) 52.48%
  • Patrick H. Barry (Democratic) 43.99%
  • C. F. Swander (Prohibition) 2.07%
  • J. C. Wisely (Socialist) 1.46%[22]

Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico Territory

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[23]
North Dakota at-large
2 seats on a general ticket
Thomas F. Marshall Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Thomas F. Marshall (Republican) 34.29%
  •  Y Burleigh F. Spalding (Republican) 34.16%
  • Lars A. Ueland (Democratic) 15.35%
  • Verner E. Lovell (Democratic) 14.96%
  • Royal F. King (Socialist) 1.24%
None (new seat) New seat.
Republican gain.

Ohio

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Oklahoma Territory

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Oregon

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[24]
Oregon 1 Thomas H. Tongue Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected, but died before next term began.
  •  Y Thomas H. Tongue (Republican) 52.9%
  • J. K. Weatherford (Democratic) 36.4%
  • Benjamin Franklin Ramp (Socialist) 5.8%
  • Hiram Gould (Prohibition) 4.9%
Oregon 2 Malcolm A. Moody Republican 1898 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  •  Y John N. Williamson (Republican) 53.5%
  • W. F. Butcher (Democratic) 35.7%
  • Diedrich T. Gerdes (Socialist) 6.3%
  • F. R. Spaulding (Prohibition) 4.5%

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
South Carolina 1 William Elliott Democratic 1886
1896
Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
South Carolina 2 W. Jasper Talbert Democratic 1892 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of South Carolina.
Democratic hold.
  •  Y George W. Croft (Democratic) 94.9%
  • W. S. Dixon (Republican) 5.0%
  • Others 0.1%
South Carolina 3 Asbury Latimer Democratic 1892 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.
  •  Y Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 98.9%
  • John Scott (Republican) 1.1%
South Carolina 4 Joseph T. Johnson Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 David E. Finley Democratic 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y David E. Finley (Democratic) 99.3%
  • C. P. T. White (Republican) 0.7%
South Carolina 6 Robert B. Scarborough Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 7 A. Frank Lever Democratic 1901 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y A. Frank Lever (Democratic) 96.2%
  • Alexander D. Dantzler (Republican) 3.8%

South Dakota

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[25]
South Dakota at-large
(2 seats elected on a general ticket)
Charles H. Burke Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Eben Martin (Republican) 32.62%
  •  Y Charles H. Burke (Republican) 32.52%
  • John R. Wilson (Democratic) 14.21%
  • F. C. Robinson (Democratic) 14.01%
  • Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 1.84%
  • Walter Price (Socialist) 1.71%
  • J. W. Kelley (Prohibition) 1.56%
  • W. W. Smith (Prohibition) 1.52%
Eben Martin Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.

Tennessee

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Tennessee 1 Walter P. Brownlow Republican 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 2 Henry R. Gibson Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 3 John A. Moon Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y John A. Moon (Democratic) 97.63%
  • Frank Janeway (Ind. Republican) 2.37%[28]
Tennessee 4 Charles E. Snodgrass Democratic 1898 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Tennessee 5 James D. Richardson Democratic 1884 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 6 John W. Gaines Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7 Lemuel P. Padgett Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 8 Thetus W. Sims Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 9 Rice A. Pierce Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 10 Malcolm R. Patterson Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Malcolm R. Patterson (Democratic) 83.18%
  • Thomas C. Phelan (Republican) 15.86%
  • L. B. Eaton (Republican) 0.96%[35]

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Utah

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Vermont

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[36]
Vermont 1 David J. Foster Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y David J. Foster (Republican) 75.6%
  • J. Walter Lyons (Democratic) 20.1%
  • Henry M. Seely (Prohibition) 4.2%
Vermont 2 Kittredge Haskins Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Kittredge Haskins (Republican) 77.1%
  • Harris Miller (Democratic) 18.0%
  • Sherburne L. Swasey (Prohibition) 4.9%

Virginia

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[37]
Virginia 1 William A. Jones Democratic 1890 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y William A. Jones (Democratic) 72.8%
  • Malcolm A. Coles (Republican) 27.2%
Virginia 2 Harry L. Maynard Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Lewis A. Hall (Socialist) 1.0%
  • P. A. Wiggins (Socialist) 0.4%
Virginia 3 John Lamb Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y John Lamb (Democratic) 81.1%
  • B. W. Edwards (Republican) 14.8%
  • William E. Talley (Republican) 3.2%
Others
  • John J. Quantz (Socialist Labor) 0.5%
  • T. A. Hollins (Socialist) 0.3%
  • Philip Harris (Republican) 0.1%
Virginia 4 Francis R. Lassiter Democratic 1900 (special) Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  •  Y Robert G. Southall (Democratic) 90.2%
  • R. T. Vaughan (Independent) 8.0%
  • Thomas A. Jones (Republican) 1.8%
Virginia 5 Claude A. Swanson Democratic 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Claude A. Swanson (Democratic) 60.8%
  • Beverly A. Davis (Republican) 37.6%
  • Dan Dickerson (Prohibition) 1.6%
Virginia 6 Carter Glass Democratic 1901 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Carter Glass (Democratic) 79.4%
  • Aaron Graham (Republican) 17.7%
Others
  • James S. Cowden (Republican) 1.7%
  • H. D. McTier (Socialist Labor) 1.1%
Virginia 7 James Hay Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y James Hay (Democratic) 64.7%
  • Samuel J. Hoffman (Republican) 35.3%
Virginia 8 John Franklin Rixey Democratic 1896 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 9 William F. Rhea Democratic 1898 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Virginia 10 Henry D. Flood Democratic 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Henry D. Flood (Democratic) 68.3%
  • James Lyons (Republican) 31.7%

Washington

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Washington at-large
(3 seats elected on a general ticket)
Wesley L. Jones Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • David D. Burgess (Socialist) 1.56%
  • J. H. Scurlock (Socialist) 1.55%
  • George W. Scott (Socialist) 1.50%
  • O. L. Fowler (Prohibition) 0.60%
  • W. J. McKean (Prohibition) 0.60%
  • Ambrose H. Sherwood (Prohibition) 0.59%
  • William McCormick (Socialist Labor) 0.28%
  • Jense C. Martin (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
Francis W. Cushman Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
None (new seat) New seat.
Republican gain.

West Virginia

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
West Virginia 1 Blackburn B. Dovener Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Blackburn B. Dovener (Republican) 52.05%
  • Owen S. McKinney (Democratic) 44.12%
  • G. W. Kinney (Prohibition) 3.83%[39]
West Virginia 2 Alston G. Dayton Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Alston G. Dayton (Republican) 51.01%
  • John T. McGraw (Democratic) 47.45%
  • R. M. Stricker (Prohibition) 1.54%[40]
West Virginia 3 Joseph H. Gaines Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Joseph H. Gaines (Republican) 52.96%
  • James H. Miller (Democratic) 45.65%
  • Squire Halstead (Prohibition) 1.39%[41]
West Virginia 4 None (New district) New district.
Republican gain.
  •  Y Harry C. Woodyard (Republican) 52.01%
  • W. N. Chancellor (Democratic) 46.06%
  • George R. Brown (Prohibition) 1.93%[42]
West Virginia 5 James A. Hughes
Redistricted from the 4th district
Republican 1900 Incumbent re-elected.

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin elected eleven members of congress on Election Day, November 4, 1902.[44][45] This was Wisconsin's first election with eleven congressional seats, up from ten in the previous term.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Wisconsin 1 Henry Allen Cooper Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) 60.7%
  • Lewis C. Baker (Democratic) 36.0%
  • Thomas W. North (Prohibition) 3.3%
Wisconsin 2 Herman Dahle Republican 1898 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Henry Cullen Adams (Republican) 52.8%
  • John J. Wood (Democratic) 43.6%
  • Charles F. Cronk (Prohibition) 3.6%
Wisconsin 3 Joseph W. Babcock Republican 1892 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Joseph W. Babcock (Republican) 60.8%
  • Jackson Silbaugh (Democratic) 35.0%
  • Edward Owens (Prohibition) 4.2%
Wisconsin 4 Theobald Otjen Republican 1894 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Theobald Otjen (Republican) 44.1%
  • John F. Donovan (Democratic) 39.3%
  • Herman W. Bisborins (Social Dem.) 15.1%
  • Lyle B. Walker (Prohibition) 1.1%
  • Frank R. Wilke (Socialist Labor) 0.4%
Wisconsin 5 Samuel S. Barney Republican 1894 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  •  Y William H. Stafford (Republican) 45.8%
  • Henry Smith (Democratic) 33.6%
  • Henry C. Berger (Social Dem.) 18.5%
  • Winfield D. Cox (Prohibition) 1.4%
  • Charles M. Minkley (Socialist Labor) 0.6%
Wisconsin 6 James H. Davidson Republican 1896 Incumbent redistricted to 8th district.
Democratic gain.
Wisconsin 7 John J. Esch Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y John J. Esch (Republican) 64.5%
  • William Cernahan (Democratic) 32.3%
  • Frank R. Sebenthal (Prohibition) 3.2%
Wisconsin 8 Edward S. Minor Republican 1894 Incumbent redistricted to 9th district.
Republican hold.
  •  Y James H. Davidson (Republican) 57.8%
  • Thomas H. Patterson (Democratic) 37.4%
  • Joseph Matthews (Prohibition) 2.4%
  • Charles C. Fraim (Social Dem.) 2.4%
Wisconsin 9 Webster E. Brown Republican 1900 Incumbent redistricted to 10th district.
Republican hold.
Wisconsin 10 John J. Jenkins Republican 1894 Incumbent redistricted to 11th district.
Republican hold.
  •  Y Webster E. Brown (Republican) 55.6%
  • Burt Williams (Democratic) 42.5%
  • William D. Badger (Prohibition) 1.9%
Wisconsin 11 None (new seat) New seat.
Republican gain.
  •  Y John J. Jenkins (Republican) 67.4%
  • Joseph A. Rene (Democratic) 28.8%
  • Moses Y. Cliff (Prohibition) 3.8%

Wyoming

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[46]
Wyoming at-large Frank W. Mondell Republican 1898 Incumbent re-elected.
  •  Y Frank W. Mondell (Republican) 64.00%
  • Charles P. Clemmons (Democratic) 36.00%

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District Incumbent This race
Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
Arizona Territory at-large Marcus A. Smith Democratic 1900 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  •  Y John F. Wilson (Democratic) 49.27%
  • Joseph E. Morrison (Republican) 47.00%
  • (FNU) Neissl (Socialist) 2.60%
  • O. Gibson (Prohibition) 1.14%[47]
Hawaii Territory at-large Robert Wilcox Home Rule 1900 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
New Mexico Territory at-large
Oklahoma Territory at-large Dennis T. Flynn Republican 1892
1894 (lost)
1898
Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Regulars only, not including specials
  2. ^ Includes five vacancies.
  3. ^ Includes 6 vacancies.
  4. ^ a b c d Includes 3 Independent Republicans.
  5. ^ Includes 1 "Anti-Machine" candidate.
  6. ^ a b Additional seat elected at-large due to Colorado delaying redistricting.
  7. ^ a b c Election of 1900 saw the election of 1 Populist.
  8. ^ There was one member of the Silver Republican Party faction elected in 1900, John F. Shafroth. Shafroth attempted to get elected as a Democrat in 1902, but his election was contested and overturned.
  9. ^ a b c Elections held early.
  10. ^ Election of 1900 saw the election of 2 Populists in Nebraska.
  11. ^ At-large seats eliminated in redistricting.

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