# 1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections

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.
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.
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:
   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 ...
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

* South Carolina 3: 1874
* Pennsylvania 23: 1874
* Massachusetts 1: 1875
* Oregon at-large: 1875
* Maine 4: 1875

## Election summaries

| 182 | 8 | 103 |
| Democratic | | Republican |
| State | Type | Total seats | Democratic | Democratic | Republican | Republican | Independent | Independent |
| State | Type | Total seats | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change |
| Alabama | District + 2 at-large | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Arkansas | District | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| California | District | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Connecticut | District | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Delaware | At-large | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Florida | District | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Georgia | District | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Illinois | District | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Indiana | District | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Iowa | District | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kansas | District | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kentucky | District | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Louisiana | District | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Maine | District | 5 | 0 | | 5 | | 0 | |
| Maryland | District | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Massachusetts | District | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Michigan | District | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota | District | 3 | 0 | | 3 | | 0 | |
| Mississippi | District | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Missouri | District | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Nebraska | At-large | 1 | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | |
| Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | District | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Jersey | District | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York | District | 33 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | |
| North Carolina | District | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ohio | District | 20 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Oregon | At-large | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pennsylvania | District | 27 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 0 | |
| Rhode Island | District | 2 | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | |
| South Carolina | District | 5 | 0 | | 5 | | 0 | |
| Tennessee | District | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Texas | District | 6 | 6 | | 0 | | 0 | |
| Vermont | District | 3 | 0 | | 3 | | 0 | |
| Virginia | District | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| West Virginia | District | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wisconsin | District | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | 293 | 183 62.5% | 94 | 105 36.2% | 93 | 4 1.4% | 4 |
Popular vote
Democratic
49.12%
Republican
44.38%
Anti-Monopoly
1.28%
Reform
0.15%
Independent
4.44%
Others
0.63% :
House seats
Democratic
61.43%
Republican
35.15%
Anti-Monopoly
0.34%
Reform
0.34%
Independent
2.74% :
| House seats by party holding plurality in state  80+% Democratic  80+% 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 |

## 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 1874–75, there were still 10 states with earlier election dates, and 3 states with later election dates:
* Early elections (1874):
** June 1 Oregon
** August 6 North Carolina
** September 1 Vermont
** September 14 Maine
** October 7 Georgia
** October 13 Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, West Virginia
* Late elections (1875):
** March 9, 1875 New Hampshire
** April 5, 1875 Connecticut
** September 7, 1875 California

## Arkansas

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Arkansas 1 | Asa Hodges | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Lucien C. Gause (Democratic) 64.0% ▌William H. Rogers (Republican) 36.0% |
| Arkansas 2 | Oliver P. Snyder | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y William F. Slemons (Democratic) 53.7% ▌John M. Clayton (Republican) 46.3% |
| Arkansas 3 | William J. Hynes Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y William W. Wilshire (Democratic) 65.0% ▌William J. Hynes (Republican) 35.0% |
| Arkansas 4 | Thomas M. Gunter Redistricted from the 3rd district | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 90.8% ▌Charles H. Lander (Republican) 9.2% |

## Arizona Territory

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## California

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| California 1 | Charles Clayton | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y William Adam Piper (Democratic) 49.1% ▌Ira P. Rankin (Republican) 26.8% ▌John F. Swift (Independent) 24.1% |
| California 2 | Horace F. Page | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Horace F. Page (Republican) 43.4% ▌Henry Larkin (Democratic) 38.7% ▌Charles A. Tuttle (Independent) 17.8% |
| California 3 | John K. Luttrell | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John K. Luttrell (Democratic) 46.7% ▌C. B. Denio (Republican) 36.1% ▌Charles F. Reed (Independent) 17.1% |
| California 4 | Sherman O. Houghton | Republican | 1871 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Peter D. Wigginton (Democratic) 48.8% ▌Sherman O. Houghton (Republican) 34.6% ▌J. S. Thompson (Independent) 16.7% |

## Colorado Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## 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 lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y George M. Landers (Democratic) ▌Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) ▌Edwin B. Lyon (Prohibition) |
| Connecticut 2 | Stephen Kellogg | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y James Phelps (Democratic) 50.8% ▌Stephen Kellogg (Republican) 45.9% ▌Calvin S. Harrington (Prohibition) 2.1% |
| Connecticut 3 | Henry H. Starkweather | Republican | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected | ▌Y Henry H. Starkweather (Republican) 49.4% ▌Lafayette S. Foster (Democratic) 45.7% ▌Elisha H. Palmer (Prohibition) 3.2% |
| Connecticut 4 | William Barnum | Democratic | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William Barnum (Democratic) 53.8% ▌Robert Hubbard (Republican) 43.3% ▌Dwight M. Hodge (Prohibition) 2.3% |

## Florida

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Florida 1 | William J. Purman Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William J. Purman (Republican) 53.0% ▌John Henderson (Democratic) 47.0% |
| Florida 2 | Josiah T. Walls Redistricted from the at-large district | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. The election was later successfully challenged. | ▌Y Josiah T. Walls (Republican) 51.1% ▌Jesse J. Finley (Democratic) 48.9% |

## Idaho Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## Massachusetts

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Massachusetts 1 | James Buffinton | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y James Buffinton (Republican) 68.88% ▌Louis Lapham (Democratic) 28.94% ▌Robert Carter Pitman (Independent) 2.19% |
| Massachusetts 2 | Benjamin W. Harris | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 59.07% ▌Edward Avery (Democratic) 40.93% |
| Massachusetts 3 | William Whiting II | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Henry L. Pierce (Republican) 61.92% ▌Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 38.08% |
| Massachusetts 4 | Samuel Hooper | Republican | 1861 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected after initial result overturned. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Josiah Gardner Abbott (Democratic) 52.93% ▌Rufus S. Frost (Republican) 47.07% |
| Massachusetts 5 | Daniel W. Gooch | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent gain. | ▌Y Nathaniel P. Banks (Independent) 64.92% ▌Daniel W. Gooch (Republican) 35.09% |
| Massachusetts 6 | Benjamin Butler | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Charles Perkins Thompson (Democratic) 52.94% ▌Benjamin Butler (Republican) 47.06% |
| Massachusetts 7 | Ebenezer R. Hoar | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 54.77% ▌James C. Ayer (Republican) 45.23% |
| Massachusetts 8 | John M. S. Williams | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y William W. Warren (Democratic) 52.20% ▌John M. S. Williams (Republican) 47.80% |
| Massachusetts 9 | George F. Hoar | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y George F. Hoar (Republican) 51.26% ▌Eli Thayer (Democratic) 48.74% |
| Massachusetts 10 | Alvah Crocker | Republican | 1872 (special) | Incumbent retired. Independent gain. | ▌Y Julius Seelye (Independent) 41.79% ▌Charles A. Stevens (Republican) 39.53% ▌Henry C. Hill (Democratic) 18.68% |
| Massachusetts 11 | Henry L. Dawes | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senate. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 65.77% ▌Henry Alexander (Republican) 34.23% |

## Mississippi

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Mississippi 1 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Democratic) 100% |
| Mississippi 2 | Albert R. Howe | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Republican gain. | ▌Y G. Wiley Wells (Ind. Republican) 59.42% ▌Albert R. Howe (Republican) 40.59% |
| Mississippi 3 | Henry W. Barry | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Hernando Money (Democratic) 68.10% ▌Ridgley C. Powers (Republican) 31.90% |
| Mississippi 4 | Jason Niles | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 66.57% ▌Jason Niles (Republican) 33.43% |
| Mississippi 5 | George C. McKee | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 59.91% ▌James Hill (Republican) 40.09% |
| Mississippi 6 | John R. Lynch | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John R. Lynch (Republican) 50.53% ▌Roderick Seal (Democratic) 49.47% |

## Montana Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## Nebraska

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Nebraska at-large | Lorenzo Crounse | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Lorenzo Crounse (Republican) 62.70% ▌James W. Savage (Democratic) 23.26% ▌James W. Davis (Independent) 11.34% ▌James G. Miller (Prohibition) 2.71% |

## New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## South Carolina

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| South Carolina 1 | Joseph Rainey | Republican | 1870 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Joseph Rainey (Republican) 51.4% ▌Samuel Lee (Ind. Republican) 48.6% |
| South Carolina 2 | Alonzo J. Ransier | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Independent Republican gain. Election was later successfully challenged, declared vacant, and a special election was then held. | ▌Y Edmund W. M. Mackey (Ind. Republican) 54.1% ▌Charles W. Buttz (Republican) 45.9% |
| South Carolina 3 | Robert B. Elliott | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent resigned November 1, 1874, to serve as sheriff. Republican hold | ▌Y Solomon L. Hoge (Republican) 56.1% ▌Samuel McGowan (Conservative) 43.9% |
| South Carolina 4 | Alexander S. Wallace | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Alexander S. Wallace (Republican) 53.2% ▌Joseph B. Kershaw (Conservative) 46.8% |
| South Carolina 5 | Richard H. Cain Redistricted from the at-large seat | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Robert Smalls (Republican) 79.4% ▌J. P. M. Epping (Ind. Republican) 19.9% Others 0.7% |

## Tennessee

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Tennessee 1 | Roderick R. Butler | Republican | 1867 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y William McFarland (Democratic) 55.54% ▌Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 44.46% |
| Tennessee 2 | Jacob M. Thornburgh | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Jacob M. Thornburgh (Republican) 51.54% ▌Alfred Caldwell (Democratic) 48.47% |
| Tennessee 3 | William Crutchfield | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y George G. Dibrell (Democratic) 65.71% ▌D. M. Nelson (Republican) 31.60% ▌William B. Stokes (Independent) 2.70% |
| Tennessee 4 | None (new district) | None (new district) | None (new district) | New district. Democratic gain. | ▌Y John W. Head (Democratic) 100% |
| Tennessee 5 | John M. Bright Redistricted from the 4th district. | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John M. Bright (Democratic) 72.48% ▌William H. Wisener (Republican) 27.16% ▌J. D. Putnam (Independent) 0.36% |
| Tennessee 6 | Horace Harrison Redistricted from the 5th district. | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y John F. House (Democratic) 62.40% ▌Horace Harrison (Republican) 37.60% |
| Tennessee 7 | Washington C. Whitthorne Redistricted from the 7th district. | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 78.13% ▌Theodore H. Gibbs (Republican) 14.32% ▌G. W. Blackburn (Independent Republican) 7.55% |
| Tennessee 8 | John D. C. Atkins Redistricted from the 7th district. | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 66.36% ▌T. C. Muse (Republican) 33.64% |
| Tennessee 9 | David A. Nunn Redistricted from the 8th district. | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌ Y William P. Caldwell (Democratic) 72.05% ▌David A. Nunn (Republican) 27.95% |
| Tennessee 10 | Barbour Lewis Redistricted from the 9th district. | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌ Y H. Casey Young (Democratic) 60.38% ▌Barbour Lewis (Republican) 39.62% |

## Utah Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## Vermont

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Vermont 1 | Charles W. Willard | Republican | 1868 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican hold. | ▌Y Charles H. Joyce (Republican) 69.4% ▌Homer W. Heaton (Democratic) 18.7% ▌Charles W. Willard (Republican) 11.8% |
| Vermont 2 | Luke P. Poland | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Republican gain. | First ballot ▌Dudley C. Denison (Ind. Republican) 44.7% ▌Luke P. Poland (Republican) 36.6% ▌Charles Davenport (Democratic) 12.5% ▌John B. Mead (Ind. Republican) 4.2% Second ballot ▌Y Dudley C. Denison (Ind. Republican) 58.7% ▌Luke P. Poland (Republican) 29.9% ▌Alexander McLane (Democratic) 11.3% |
| Vermont 3 | George Hendee | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y George Hendee (Republican) 71.3% ▌John Edwards (Democratic) 28.7% |

## Virginia

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Virginia 1 | James Beverley Sener | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Beverly B. Douglas (Democratic) 50.7% ▌James Beverley Sener (Republican) 49.3% |
| Virginia 2 | James H. Platt Jr. | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y John Goode (Democratic) 49.4% ▌James H. Platt Jr. (Republican) 48.9% ▌Robert Norton (Republican) 1.6% |
| Virginia 3 | Charles H. Porter | Republican | 1869 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Gilbert C. Walker (Democratic) 55.3% ▌Rush Bargess (Republican) 44.5% ▌R. A. Paul (Unknown) 0.2% |
| Virginia 4 | William H. H. Stowell | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William H. H. Stowell (Republican) 63.9% ▌William Hodges Mann (Democratic) 35.9% ▌C. H. Porter (Independent) 0.2% |
| Virginia 5 | Christopher Thomas | Republican | 1872 (contest) | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y George Cabell (Democratic) 57.1% ▌Christopher Thomas (Republican) 42.9% |
| Virginia 6 | Thomas Whitehead | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y J. Randolph Tucker (Democratic) 65.2% ▌J. Foote Johnson (Republican) 34.8% |
| Virginia 7 | John T. Harris | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John T. Harris (Democratic) 73.6% ▌John F. Lewis (Republican) 25.5% ▌John F. Early (Unknown) 0.5% ▌Charles T. O'Ferrall (Independent) 0.4% |
| Virginia 8 | Eppa Hunton | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 51.4% ▌James Barbour (Republican) 48.6% |
| Virginia 9 | Rees Bowen | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y William Terry (Democratic) 48.4% ▌Fayette McMullen (Independent) 40.6% ▌George W. Henderlite (Republican) 10.9% |

## Washington Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## West Virginia

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| West Virginia 1 | John J. Davis | Independent Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Benjamin Wilson (Democratic) 50.33% ▌Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) 49.67% |
| West Virginia 2 | John Hagans | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Charles J. Faulkner (Democratic) 57.51% ▌Alexander Boteler (Republican) 40.32% ▌John Hagans (Independent) 2.17% |
| West Virginia 3 | Frank Hereford | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Frank Hereford (Democratic) 63.59% ▌John Witcher (Republican) 36.41% |

## Wisconsin

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Wisconsin 1 | Charles G. Williams | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Charles G. Williams (Republican) 56.9% ▌Nicholas D. Fratt (Democratic) 43.1% |
| Wisconsin 2 | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 50.5% ▌Amasa G. Cook (Democratic) 49.5% |
| Wisconsin 3 | J. Allen Barber | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Henry S. Magoon (Republican) 52.7% ▌Charles F. Thompson (Democratic) 47.3% |
| Wisconsin 4 | Alexander Mitchell | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y William Pitt Lynde (Democratic) 55.8% ▌Harrison Ludington (Republican) 44.2% |
| Wisconsin 5 | Charles A. Eldredge | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Samuel D. Burchard (Democratic) 61.5% ▌Hiram Barber (Republican) 38.5% |
| Wisconsin 6 | Philetus Sawyer | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | ▌Y Alanson M. Kimball (Republican) 50.2% ▌Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 49.8% |
| Wisconsin 7 | Jeremiah M. Rusk | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Jeremiah M. Rusk (Republican) 57.4% ▌David C. Fulton (Democratic) 42.6% |
| Wisconsin 8 | Alexander S. McDill | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | ▌Y George W. Cate (Democratic) 50.0% ▌Alexander S. McDill (Republican) 50.0% |

## Wyoming Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

## Non-voting delegates

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| District | Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Arizona Territory at-large |
| Dakota Territory at-large | Moses K. Armstrong | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y Jefferson P. Kidder (Republican) 67.74% ▌Moses K. Armstrong (Democratic) 32.26% |
| Colorado Territory at-large | Jerome B. Chaffee | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 56.3% ▌Henry P. H. Bromwell (Republican) 44.7% |
| Idaho Territory at-large | John Hailey | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent retired. Independent gain. Result successfully contested. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Stephen S. Fenn (Democratic) 51.02% ▌Thomas W. Bennett (Independent) 48.98% |
| Montana Territory at-large | Martin Maginnis | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 55.57% ▌Cornelius Hedges (Republican) 44.43% |
| New Mexico Territory at-large |
| Utah Territory at-large |
| Washington Territory at-large |
| Wyoming Territory at-large | William R. Steele | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William R. Steele (Democratic) 56.53% ▌Joseph M. Carey (Republican) 43.47% |