1884 United States House of Representatives elections
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The 1884 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1884, with four states holding theirs early between June and October. They coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland. Elections were held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 49th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
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In spite of Cleveland's victory, the opposition Republican Party gained back some of the seats lost in 1882, but the Democratic Party retained a majority in the House. Republicans were able to make these slight gains by connecting their pro-business and industry message with progress. The Democrats were also hindered by the Panic of 1884, but were not greatly affected by it since the depression ended quickly.
Election summaries
| 183 | 1 | 141 |
| Democratic | [e] | Republican |
| State | Type | Total seats | Democratic | Republican | Others | |||
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| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | |||
| Alabama | District | 8 | 8 |  | 0 | | 0 | |
| Arkansas | District[f] | 5 | 5 | | 0 | | 0 | |
| California | District[f] | 6 | 1 |  5 | 5 |  5 | 0 | |
| Colorado | At-large | 1 | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| Connecticut | District | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Delaware | At-large | 1 | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | |
| Florida | District | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Georgia | District[f] | 10 | 10 | | 0 | | 0 | |
| Illinois | District | 20 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Indiana | District | 13 | 9 | | 4 | | 0 | |
| Iowa | District | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1[g] | |
| Kansas | District[f] | 7 | 0 | | 7 | | 0 | |
| Kentucky | District | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Louisiana | District | 6 | 5 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| Maine[h] | District[i] | 4 | 0 | | 4 | | 0 | |
| Maryland | District | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Massachusetts | District | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michigan | District | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Minnesota | District | 5 | 0 | | 5 | | 0 | |
| Mississippi | District | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[j] |
| Missouri | District | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nebraska | District | 3 | 0 | | 3 | | 0 | |
| Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | District | 2 | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | |
| New Jersey | District | 7 | 3 | | 4 | | 0 | |
| New York | District[f] | 34 | 17[d] | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| North Carolina | District[f] | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ohio[h] | District | 21 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Oregon[h] | At-large | 1 | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| Pennsylvania | District + at-large | 28 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1[g] |
| Rhode Island | District | 2 | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | |
| South Carolina | District | 7 | 6 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| Tennessee | District | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Texas | District | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 1[j] |
| Vermont[h] | District | 2 | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | |
| Virginia | District[f] | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[k] |
| West Virginia | District | 4 | 3 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| Wisconsin | District | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 325 | 183[1][d] 56.3% | 12 | 141[1] 43.4% | 19 | 1[1] 0.6% | 7 | |
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Early election dates
In 1884, four states, with 28 seats among them, held elections early:
Special elections
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Arkansas 3 | James K. Jones | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent resigned February 19, 1885. New member elected September 7, 1885. Democratic hold |
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| South Carolina 7 | Edmund W. M. Mackey | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent died January 27, 1884. New member elected March 18, 1884. Republican hold. |
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| Iowa 7 | |||||
| Indiana 13 | William H. Calkins | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent resigned October 20, 1884. New member elected November 4, 1884. Anti-Monopoly gain. Successor had not been a candidate for the next term; see below. |
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| South Carolina 4 | John H. Evins | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent died October 20, 1884. New member elected November 12, 1884. Democratic hold. Successor had not been a candidate for the next term; see below. |
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| Kansas 2 | |||||
Alabama
Arkansas
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Arkansas 1 | Poindexter Dunn | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Arkansas 2 | Clifton R. Breckinridge Redistricted from at-large district. | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Arkansas 3 | James K. Jones Redistricted from 2nd district. | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Arkansas 4 | John H. Rogers Redistricted from 3rd district. | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Arkansas 5 | Samuel W. Peel Redistricted from 4th district. | Democratic | 1882 | New seat. Incumbent re-elected. |
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California
Two new districts were created for the seats gained in the 1882 reapportionment, eliminating the at-large district that had been created for them.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| California 1 | Barclay Henley Redistricted from the 2nd district | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| California 2 | Charles A. Sumner Redistricted from the at-large district | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain |
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| California 3 | John R. Glascock Redistricted from the at-large district | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain |
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| California 4 | William Rosecrans Redistricted from the 1st district | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain |
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| California 5 | Pleasant B. Tully Redistricted from the 4th district | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain |
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| California 6 | None (District created) | New seat Republican gain |
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Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Florida 1 | Robert H. M. Davidson | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Florida 2 | Horatio Bisbee Jr. | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain |
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Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Maine 1 | Thomas B. Reed Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Maine 2 | Nelson Dingley Jr. Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1881 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Maine 3 | Seth L. Milliken Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Maine 4 | Charles A. Boutelle Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland
Massachusetts
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Massachusetts 1 | Robert T. Davis | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 2 | John Davis Long | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 3 | Ambrose A. Ranney | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 4 | Patrick A. Collins | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 5 | Leopold Morse | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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| Massachusetts 6 | Henry B. Lovering | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 7 | Eben F. Stone | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 8 | William A. Russell | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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| Massachusetts 9 | Theodore Lyman III | Independent Republican | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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| Massachusetts 10 | William W. Rice | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 11 | William Whiting II | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 12 | Francis W. Rockwell | Republican | Jan. 1884 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Mississippi 1 | Henry L. Muldrow | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent retired to become First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Mississippi 2 | James R. Chalmers | Independent | 1882[l] | Incumbent lost re-election as a Republican. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| Mississippi 3 | Elza Jeffords | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| Mississippi 4 | Hernando Money | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Mississippi 5 | Otho R. Singleton | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Mississippi 6 | Henry S. Van Eaton | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Mississippi 7 | Ethelbert Barksdale | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Missouri
Nebraska
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Nebraska 1 | Archibald J. Weaver | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Nebraska 2 | James Laird | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Nebraska 3 | Edward K. Valentine | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| South Carolina 1 | Samuel Dibble | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| South Carolina 2 | George D. Tillman | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| South Carolina 3 | D. Wyatt Aiken | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| South Carolina 4 | John H. Evins | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent died October 20, 1884. New member elected. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the current term. |
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| South Carolina 5 | John J. Hemphill | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| South Carolina 6 | George W. Dargan | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| South Carolina 7 | Robert Smalls | Republican | 1884 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Tennessee 1 | Augustus H. Pettibone | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 2 | Leonidas C. Houk | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 3 | George G. Dibrell | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Tennessee 4 | Benton McMillin | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 5 | Richard Warner | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Tennessee 6 | Andrew J. Caldwell | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 7 | John G. Ballentine | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 8 | John M. Taylor | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 9 | Rice A. Pierce | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Tennessee 10 | H. Casey Young | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| West Virginia 1 | Nathan Goff Jr. | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| West Virginia 2 | William L. Wilson | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| West Virginia 3 | Charles P. Snyder | Democratic | 1883 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| West Virginia 4 | Eustace Gibson | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 4, 1884.[30][31]
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Wisconsin 1 | John Winans | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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| Wisconsin 2 | Daniel H. Sumner | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Wisconsin 3 | Burr W. Jones | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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| Wisconsin 4 | Peter V. Deuster | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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| Wisconsin 5 | Joseph Rankin | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 6 | Richard W. Guenther | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 7 | Gilbert M. Woodward | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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| Wisconsin 8 | William T. Price | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 9 | Isaac Stephenson | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Non-voting delegates
Idaho Territory
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Idaho Territory at-large | Theodore F. Singiser | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent lost re-election. New delegate elected. Democratic gain. |
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Montana Territory
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Montana Territory at-large | Martin Maginnis | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent retired. New delegate elected. Democratic hold. |
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Wyoming Territory
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Wyoming Territory at-large | Morton E. Post | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent retired. New delegate elected. Republican gain. |
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See also
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
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)
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