# 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 4, 1872, and April 7, 1873. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 43rd United States Congress convened on December 1, 1873. They coincided with the re-election of United States President Ulysses S. Grant. The congressional reapportionment based on the 1870 United States census increased the number of House seats to 292.
Grant's Republican Party increased its majority greatly, partly at the expense of the opposition Democratic Party and partly by adding 49 new seats to the House. The proindustry outlook of the Republicans appealed to many Northern voters, especially as the post-war economy exploded, and this allowed the party to flourish as the Industrial Revolution grew more widespread. The Republicans also benefited from a continuing association with victory in the American Civil War, as well as disarray amongst Democratic leadership.

## Election summaries

Following the 1870 census, the House was reapportioned, initially adding 40 seats, followed by a subsequent amendment to the apportionment act adding another seat to 9 states, resulting in a total increase of 49 seats. No states lost seats, 10 states had no change, 13 states gained 1 seat each, 9 states gained 2 seats, 3 states gained 3 seats, 1 state gained 4 seats, and 1 state gained 5 seats. Prior to the supplemental act, two states (New Hampshire and Vermont) had each lost 1 seat. This was the first reapportionment after the repeal of the three-fifths compromise by the 14th Amendment.
This would prove the last time until 1966 that a Republican won a House seat in Arkansas.
| 89 | 203 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| State | Type | Total seats | Total seats | Democratic | Democratic | Republican | Republican |
| State | Type | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change |
| Alabama | District + 2 at-large | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Arkansas | District + at-large | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| California | District | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connecticut | District | 4 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| Delaware | At-large | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Florida | At-large | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 1 |
| Georgia | District | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Illinois | District | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
| Indiana | District + 3 at-large | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Iowa | District | 9 | 3 | 0 | | 9 | 3 |
| Kansas | At-large | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | 2 |
| Kentucky | District | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Louisiana | District + 1 at-large | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | 1 |
| Maine | District | 5 | | 0 | | 5 | |
| Maryland | District | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | District | 11 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | 1 |
| Michigan | District | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Minnesota | District | 3 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | 1 |
| Mississippi | District | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Missouri | District | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Nebraska | At-large | 1 | | 0 | | 1 | |
| Nevada | At-large | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | District | 3 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| New Jersey | District | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| New York | District + 1 at-large | 33 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 9 |
| North Carolina | District | 8 | 1 | 5 | | 3 | 1 |
| Ohio | District | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |
| Oregon | At-large | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | District + 3 at-large | 27 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 9 |
| Rhode Island | District | 2 | | 0 | | 2 | |
| South Carolina | District + 1 at-large | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | 1 |
| Tennessee | District + 1 at-large | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Texas | District + 2 at-large | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Vermont | District | 3 | | 0 | | 3 | |
| Virginia | District | 9 | 1 | 5 | | 4 | 1 |
| West Virginia | District | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| Wisconsin | District | 8 | 2 | 2 | | 6 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 292 | 49 | 89 30.5% | 13 | 203 69.5% | 62 30.5% |
Popular vote
Republican
52.85%
Democratic
41.76%
Lib. Republican
4.08%
Conservative
1.87%
Independent
2.25%
Others
0.00% :
House seats
Republican
67.92%
Democratic
29.01%
Lib. Republican
1.37%
Conservative
1.37%
Independent
0.34% :

## Election dates

In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform nationwide date for choosing Presidential electors. 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 1872–73, there were still 9 states with earlier election dates, and 2 states with later election dates:
* Early elections (1872):
** June 4 Oregon
** August 1 North Carolina
** August 27 West Virginia
** September 3 Vermont
** September 9 Maine
** October 8 Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania
* Late elections (1873):
** March 11, 1873 New Hampshire
** April 7, 1873 Connecticut

## Special elections

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Connecticut 1 | Julius L. Strong | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent died September 7, 1872. New member elected November 5, 1872. Republican hold. | ▌Y Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 51.2% ▌William W. Eaton (Democratic) 48.8% |
* Georgia 8: 1873
* Louisiana 4: 1872
* Louisiana 4: 1873
* Massachusetts 3: 1873
* Oregon at-large: 1873
* Pennsylvania 13: 1872

## Alabama

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Alabama 1 | Benjamin S. Turner | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Liberal Republican gain. | ▌YFrederick George Bromberg (Liberal Republican) 43.59% ▌ Benjamin S. Turner (Republican) 36.79% ▌ Philip Joseph (Independent Republican) 19.62% |
| Alabama 2 | Charles W. Buckley | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y James T. Rapier (Republican) 54.46% ▌William Calvin Oates (Democratic) 45.54% |
| Alabama 3 | William Anderson Handley | Democratic | 1868 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌YCharles Pelham (Republican) 51.00% ▌William Anderson Handley (Democratic) 49.00% |
| Alabama 4 | Charles Hays | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles Hays (Republican) 59.02% ▌ William R. Smith (Democratic) 40.99% |
| Alabama 5 | Peter M. Dox | Democratic | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y John Henry Caldwell (Democratic) 62.62% ▌ Green D. Campbell (Republican) 37.38% |
| Alabama 6 | Joseph Humphrey Sloss | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Joseph Humphrey Sloss (Democratic) 66.91% ▌ Joel T. Parrish (Republican) 33.09% |
| Alabama at-large 2 seats on a general ticket | None (New seat) | None (New seat) | None (New seat) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Alexander White (Republican) 26.20% ▌Y Charles Christopher Sheats (Republican) 26.17% ▌ Alpheus S. Bailey (Democratic) 23.85% ▌ John J. Jolly (Democratic) 23.78% |
| Alabama at-large 2 seats on a general ticket | None (New seat) | None (New seat) | None (New seat) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Alexander White (Republican) 26.20% ▌Y Charles Christopher Sheats (Republican) 26.17% ▌ Alpheus S. Bailey (Democratic) 23.85% ▌ John J. Jolly (Democratic) 23.78% |

## Arkansas

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Arkansas 1 | James M. Hanks | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | ▌Lucien C. Gause (Democratic) 54.1% ▌Y Asa Hodges (Republican) 46.0% |
| Arkansas 2 | Oliver P. Snyder | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Oliver P. Snyder (Republican) 47.2% ▌Marcus L. Bell (Democratic) 52.8% |
| Arkansas 3 | Thomas Boles | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 56.6% ▌Y William W. Wilshire (Republican) 43.4% |
| Arkansas at-large | None | None | None | Vacant since 32nd Congress (Civil War and Reconstruction) Liberal Republican gain. | ▌Y William J. Hynes (Liberal Republican) 50.0% ▌J. M. Bradley (Republican) 49.4% |

## California

A new seat was added, following the 1870 U.S. census, bringing the delegation up from three to four Representatives.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| California 1 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Charles Clayton (Republican) 52.3% ▌William A. Piper (Democratic) 47.7% |
| California 2 | Aaron A. Sargent | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Horace F. Page (Republican) 51.8% ▌Paschal Coggins (Democratic) 48.2% |
| California 3 | John M. Coghlan | Republican | 1871 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y John K. Luttrell (Democratic) 51.7% ▌John M. Coghlan (Republican) 48.3% |
| California 4 | Sherman O. Houghton Redistricted from the 1st district | Republican | 1871 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Sherman O. Houghton (Republican) 53.6% ▌E. J. C. Kewen (Democratic) 46.4% |

## Connecticut

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Connecticut 1 | Joseph R. Hawley | Republican | 1872 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Julius L. Strong (Republican) 50.4% ▌Simon B. Kendall (Democratic) 49.4% |
| Connecticut 2 | Stephen Kellogg | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Stephen Kellogg (Republican) 50.1% ▌James E. English (Democratic) 47.8% ▌Arthur B. Caleff (Prohibition) 2.0% |
| Connecticut 3 | Henry H. Starkweather | Republican | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Henry H. Starkweather (Republican) 53.4% ▌James A. Bill (Democratic) 41.3% ▌Elisha H. Palmer (Prohibition) 5.3% |
| Connecticut 4 | William Barnum | Democratic | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William Barnum (Democratic) 52.9% ▌William T. Minor (Republican) 45.5% ▌William W. Perkins (Prohibition) 1.6% |

## Delaware

The election was held November 5, 1872.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Delaware at-large | Benjamin T. Biggs | Democratic | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | ▌Y James R. Lofland (Republican) 50.8% ▌Eustis Wright (Democratic) 49.2% |

## Florida

Florida gained a second seat after the 1870 census, but delayed districting until 1874, electing both Representatives at-large for this election.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Florida at-large 2 seats on a general ticket | Josiah T. Walls | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William J. Purman (Republican) 26.3% ▌Y Josiah T. Walls (Republican) 26.2% ▌Silas L. Niblack (Democratic) 23.8% ▌Charles W. Jones (Democratic) 23.7% |
| Florida at-large 2 seats on a general ticket | None (New seat) | None (New seat) | None (New seat) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y William J. Purman (Republican) 26.3% ▌Y Josiah T. Walls (Republican) 26.2% ▌Silas L. Niblack (Democratic) 23.8% ▌Charles W. Jones (Democratic) 23.7% |

## Louisiana

In the newly formed at-large district, George A. Sheridan (Liberal Republican) beat P. B. S. Pinchback (Republican), the first black Governor of Louisiana. Pinchback challenged the election and it was settled in February 1875, in Sheridan's favor, only one month before the end of the Congress.

## Mississippi

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Mississippi 1 | George E. Harris | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Democratic) 66.15% ▌R. W. Flournoy (Republican) 33.86% |
| Mississippi 2 | Joseph L. Morphis | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | ▌Y Albert R. Howe (Republican) 63.94% ▌William A. Alcorn (Democratic) 35.42% Scattering 0.64% |
| Mississippi 3 | Henry W. Barry | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Henry W. Barry (Republican) 69.14% ▌W. S. Bolling (Democratic) 29.59% Scattering 1.27% |
| Mississippi 4 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New district. Republican gain. | ▌Y Jason Niles (Republican) 83.38% ▌S. T. Oldham (Unknown) 11.87% ▌[FNU] Harmon (Unknown) 4.18% ▌W. B. Shelby (Unknown) 0.57% |
| Mississippi 5 | Legrand W. Perce | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent retired. Republican loss. | ▌Y George C. McKee (Republican) 64.73% ▌W. B. Shelby (Democratic) 35.27% |
| Mississippi 5 | George C. McKee Redistricted from the 4th district. | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y George C. McKee (Republican) 64.73% ▌W. B. Shelby (Democratic) 35.27% |
| Mississippi 6 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New district. Republican gain. | ▌Y John R. Lynch (Republican) 64.16% ▌Hiram Cassidy (Democratic) 35.84% |

## Nebraska

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Nebraska at-large | John Taffe | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Lorenzo Crounse (Republican) 62.19% ▌Jesse F. Warner (Democratic) 37.81% |

## Nevada

The election was held November 5, 1872.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Nevada at-large | Charles West Kendall | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles West Kendall (Democratic) 52.34% ▌C.C. Goodwin (Republican) 47.66% |

## New Hampshire

Elections were held March 11, 1873, After the March 4th beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| New Hampshire 1 | Ellery Albee Hibbard | Democratic | 1871 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y William B. Small (Republican) 49.87% ▌ Ellery Albee Hibbard (Democratic) 48.31% Albert Comings (Temperance) 1.83% |
| New Hampshire 2 | Samuel Newell Bell | Democratic | 1871 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y Austin F. Pike (Republican) 49.31% ▌ Samuel Newell Bell (Democratic) 49.28% Josiah M. Fletcher (Temperance) 1.42% |
| New Hampshire 3 | Hosea W. Parker | Democratic | 1871 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Hosea W. Parker (Democratic) 49.92% ▌ Simon G. Griffin (Republican) 48.34% Anthony Hardy (Liberal) 0.87% Josiah M. Fletcher (Temperance) 0.87% |

## New Jersey

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| New Jersey 1 | John W. Hazelton | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John W. Hazelton (Republican) 63.12% ▌Oscar A. Clute (Democratic) 36.88% |
| New Jersey 2 | Samuel C. Forker | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y Samuel A. Dobbins (Republican) 54.63% ▌ Samuel C. Forker (Democratic) 45.37% |
| New Jersey 3 | John T. Bird | Democratic | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | ▌Y Amos Clark Jr. (Republican) 53.97% ▌John H. Patterson (Democratic) 46.03% |
| New Jersey 4 | John Hill | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Robert Hamilton (Democratic) 55.24% ▌ Frederic A. Potts (Republican) 44.76% |
| New Jersey 5 | George A. Halsey | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y William Walter Phelps (Republican) 55.98% ▌A. B. Woodruff (Democratic) 44.02% |
| New Jersey 6 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Marcus Lawrence Ward (Republican) 60.69% ▌John M. Randall (Democratic) 39.31% |
| New Jersey 7 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Isaac W. Scudder (Republican) 53.26% ▌Noah D. Taylor (Democratic) 46.74% |

## Ohio

After redistricting and eleven retirements, only four of the nineteen incumbents were re-elected.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Ohio 1 | Ozro J. Dodds | Democratic | 1872 (special) | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Milton Sayler (Democratic) 58.4% ▌Benjamin Eggleston (Republican) 41.6% |
| Ohio 2 | Job E. Stevenson | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Liberal Republican gain. | ▌Y Henry B. Banning (Liberal Republican) 53.7% ▌Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) 46.3% |
| Ohio 3 | Lewis D. Campbell | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | ▌Y John Quincy Smith (Republican) 52.1% ▌James W. Sohn (Democratic) 47.9% |
| Ohio 4 | John F. McKinney | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | ▌Y Lewis B. Gunckel (Republican) 53.1% ▌John J. Winans (Democratic) 46.9% |
| Ohio 5 | Charles N. Lamison | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles N. Lamison (Democratic) 60.3% ▌Samuel Lybrand (Republican) 39.7% |
| Ohio 6 | John Armstrong Smith | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Isaac R. Sherwood (Republican) 51.5% ▌Frank H. Hurd (Democratic) 48.5% |
| Ohio 7 | Samuel Shellabarger | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican loss. | ▌Y Lawrence T. Neal (Democratic) 52.5% ▌John Thomas Wilson (Republican) 47.5% |
| Ohio 7 | John Thomas Wilson Redistricted from the 11th district | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Lawrence T. Neal (Democratic) 52.5% ▌John Thomas Wilson (Republican) 47.5% |
| Ohio 8 | John Beatty | Republican | 1868 (special) | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y William Lawrence (Republican) 57.9% ▌John P. Musson (Democratic) 42.1% |
| Ohio 9 | George W. Morgan Redistricted from the 13th district | Democratic | 1868 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y James W. Robinson (Republican) 50.8% ▌George W. Morgan (Democratic) 49.2% |
| Ohio 10 | Charles Foster Redistricted from the 9th district | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles Foster (Republican) 51.2% ▌Rush R. Sloane (Democratic) 48.8% |
| Ohio 10 | Erasmus D. Peck | Republican | 1870 (special) | Incumbent retired. Republican loss. | ▌Y Charles Foster (Republican) 51.2% ▌Rush R. Sloane (Democratic) 48.8% |
| Ohio 11 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Hezekiah S. Bundy (Republican) 56.2% ▌Samuel P. Nash (Democratic) 43.8% |
| Ohio 12 | Philadelph Van Trump | Democratic | 1866 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Hugh J. Jewett (Democratic) 58.8% ▌James Taylor (Republican) 41.2% |
| Ohio 13 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Milton I. Southard (Democratic) 54.5% ▌Lucius P. Marsh (Republican) 45.5% |
| Ohio 14 | James Monroe | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y John Berry (Democratic) 57.9% ▌Thomas E. Douglas (Republican) 42.1% |
| Ohio 15 | William P. Sprague | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William P. Sprague (Republican) 52.0% ▌Richard R. Hudson (Democratic) 48.0% |
| Ohio 16 | John Bingham | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold. | ▌Y Lorenzo Danford (Republican) 56.5% ▌Christian L. Poorman (Democratic) 43.5% |
| Ohio 17 | Jacob A. Ambler | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Laurin D. Woodworth (Republican) 54.0% ▌Richard Brown (Democratic) 46.0% |
| Ohio 18 | William H. Upson | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y James Monroe (Republican) 58.7% ▌Norton Strange Townshend (Democratic) 41.3% |
| Ohio 19 | James A. Garfield | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y James A. Garfield (Republican) 69.9% ▌Milton Sutliff (Democratic) 30.1% |
| Ohio 20 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Richard C. Parsons (Republican) 55.8% ▌Selah Chamberlain (Democratic) 44.2% |

## Tennessee

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Tennessee at-large | Horace Maynard Redistricted from the 2nd district | Republican | 1865 | New district. Republican gain. | ▌Y Horace Maynard (Republican) 43.95% ▌Benjamin F. Cheatham (Democratic) 35.45% ▌Andrew Johnson (Independent) 20.61% |
| Tennessee 1 | Roderick R. Butler | Republican | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 56.73% ▌William B. Carter (Democratic) 43.27% |
| Tennessee 2 | Abraham E. Garrett Redistricted from the 3rd district | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. Republican gain. | ▌Y Jacob M. Thornburgh (Republican) 55.70% ▌Alfred Caldwell (Democratic) 30.05% ▌Abraham E. Garrett (Independent) 14.25% |
| Tennessee 3 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y William Crutchfield (Republican) 52.85% ▌David M. Key (Democratic) 47.16% |
| Tennessee 4 | John M. Bright | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John M. Bright (Democratic) 69.81% ▌John P. Steele (Republican) 30.19% |
| Tennessee 5 | Edward I. Golladay | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y Horace Harrison (Republican) 42.07% ▌Edward I. Golladay (Democratic) 34.10% ▌William B. Brien (Independent) 23.83% |
| Tennessee 6 | Washington C. Whitthorne | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 53.89% ▌Theodore H. Gibbs (Republican) 40.74% ▌Jonathan Morris (Independent) 5.37% |
| Tennessee 7 | Robert P. Caldwell | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | ▌Y John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 55.63% ▌W. W. Murray (Republican) 37.70% ▌W. E. Travis (Democratic) 6.67% |
| Tennessee 8 | William W. Vaughan | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | ▌Y David A. Nunn (Republican) 37.90% ▌A. W. Campbell (Democratic) 29.83% ▌William P. Caldwell (Democratic) 22.38% ▌T. H. Bell (Democratic) 9.89% |
| Tennessee 9 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Barbour Lewis (Republican) 56.67% ▌L. C. Haines (Democratic) 43.33% |

## Vermont

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Vermont 1 | Charles W. Willard | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles W. Willard (Republican) 79.5% ▌Homer W. Heaton (Democratic) 20.4% |
| Vermont 2 | Luke P. Poland | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent re-elected | ▌Y Luke P. Poland (Republican) 65.5% ▌Benjamin H. Steele (Republican) 17.3% ▌Jerome W. Pierce (Democratic) 15.1% |
| Vermont 3 | Worthington C. Smith | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y George Hendee (Republican) 77.7% ▌Henry Adams (Democratic) 21.7% |

## Virginia

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Virginia 1 | John Critcher | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss. | ▌Y James Beverley Sener (Republican) 50.9% ▌Elliott M. Braxton (Democratic) 49.1% |
| Virginia 1 | Elliott M. Braxton Redistricted from the 7th district | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y James Beverley Sener (Republican) 50.9% ▌Elliott M. Braxton (Democratic) 49.1% |
| Virginia 2 | James H. Platt Jr. | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y James H. Platt Jr. (Republican) 60.1% ▌Baker R. Lee (Conservative) 39.9% |
| Virginia 3 | Charles H. Porter | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y J. Ambler Smith (Republican) 51.1% ▌George D. Wise (Democratic) 48.9% |
| Virginia 4 | William H. H. Stowell | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William H. H. Stowell (Republican) 65.6% ▌Philip W. McKinney (Conservative) 34.4% |
| Virginia 5 | Richard T. W. Duke | Conservative | 1870 (special) | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Alexander Davis (Democratic) 65.6% ▌Christopher Thomas (Conservative) 100% |
| Virginia 6 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Thomas Whitehead (Democratic) 51.4% ▌J. Foote Johnson (Independent) 48.6% |
| Virginia 7 | John T. Harris Redistricted from the 6th district | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John T. Harris (Democratic) 61.8% ▌Charles T. O'Ferrall (Independent) 38.2% |
| Virginia 8 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 56.2% ▌Edward Daniels (Republican) 43.8% |
| Virginia 9 | William Terry Redistricted from the 8th district | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Rees Bowen (Democratic) 66.1% ▌Robert W. Hughes (Republican) 33.9% |

## West Virginia

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| West Virginia 1 | John J. Davis | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected as an Independent Democrat. Independent Democratic gain. | ▌Y John J. Davis (Ind. Democratic) 50.79% ▌Benjamin Wilson (Democratic) 49.22% |
| West Virginia 2 | James McGrew | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y John Hagans (Republican) 82.40% ▌Arthur R. Boeteler (Republican) 9.27% ▌W. H. Lanon (Independent) 6.11% ▌J. B. Walker (Independent) 1.89% ▌O. P. Downey (Independent) 0.34% |
| West Virginia 3 | Frank Hereford | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Frank Hereford (Democratic) 80.80% ▌J. B. Walker (Republican) 19.20% |

## Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eight members of congress on Election Day, November 5, 1872. Two seats were newly added in reapportionment after the 1870 census.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Wisconsin 1 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Charles G. Williams (Republican) 62.5% ▌Ithamar Sloan (Liberal Republican) 37.5% |
| Wisconsin 2 | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Gerry Whiting Hazelton (Republican) 53.2% ▌George Baldwin Smith (Democratic) 46.8% |
| Wisconsin 3 | J. Allen Barber | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y J. Allen Barber (Republican) 58.2% ▌Allen Warden (Liberal Republican) 41.8% |
| Wisconsin 4 | Alexander Mitchell Redistricted from the 1st district | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Alexander Mitchell (Democratic) 65.1% ▌Frederick C. Winkler (Republican) 34.9% |
| Wisconsin 5 | Charles A. Eldredge Redistricted from the 4th district | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles A. Eldredge (Democratic) 55.5% ▌Henry Baetz (Republican) 44.5% |
| Wisconsin 6 | Philetus Sawyer Redistricted from the 5th district | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Philetus Sawyer (Republican) 56.1% ▌Myron P. Lindsley (Democratic) 43.9% |
| Wisconsin 7 | Jeremiah M. Rusk Redistricted from the 6th district | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Jeremiah M. Rusk (Republican) 65.4% ▌Stephen Marston (Liberal Republican) 34.6% |
| Wisconsin 8 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New seat. Republican gain. | ▌Y Alexander S. McDill (Republican) 59.7% ▌William Carson (Democratic) 40.3% |

## Non-voting delegates

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Colorado Territory at-large | Jerome B. Chaffee | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Jerome B. Chaffee (Republican) [data missing] |
| Dakota Territory at-large | Moses K. Armstrong | Independent Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Moses K. Armstrong (Democratic) 42.81% ▌Gideon C. Moody (Republican) 34.86% ▌Wilmot Brookings (Republican) 22.33% |
| Idaho Territory at-large | Samuel A. Merritt | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | ▌Y John Hailey (Democratic) 62% ▌J. W. Houston (Republican) 38% |
| Montana Territory at-large | William H. Clagett | Republican | 1871 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 51.83% ▌William H. Clagett (Republican) 48.17% |
| Wyoming Territory at-large | William T. Jones | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y William R. Steele (Democratic) 51.83% ▌William T. Jones (Republican) 46.23% |