1882 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1882 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1882. California gained two seats as a result of the 1880 census, which were at-large districts for this election, becoming the new 3rd and 6th districts in 1884. Democrats won both at-large seats. Of California's existing districts, Democrats won both Republican-held districts.
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All 6 California seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Election results by district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overview
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 262,366 | 53.3% | 6 | +4 | |
| Republican | 219,054 | 44.5% | 0 | -2 | |
| Prohibition | 8,423 | 1.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Greenback | 3,130 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 492,618 | 100.0% | 6 | +2 | |
Delegation composition
edit| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 2 | |
| Republican-Held | 2 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 6 | |
Results
editDistrict 1
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | William Rosecrans (incumbent) | 22,733 | 59.5 | |
| Republican | Paul Neumann | 14,847 | 38.8 | |
| Prohibition | James M. Shafter | 580 | 1.5 | |
| Greenback | H. S. Fitch | 67 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 38,227 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Democratic | James Budd | 20,229 | 50.5 | |||
| Republican | Horace F. Page (incumbent) | 19,246 | 48.1 | |||
| Prohibition | J. L. Coles | 478 | 1.2 | |||
| Greenback | F. Woodward | 78 | 0.2 | |||
| Total votes | 40,031 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 3
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Barclay Henley | 21,807 | 51.3 | |
| Republican | John J. De Haven | 19,473 | 45.8 | |
| Prohibition | H. S. Graves | 862 | 2.0 | |
| Greenback | W. Howe | 401 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 42,543 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Democratic | Pleasant B. Tully | 23,105 | 54.4 | |||
| Republican | George Lemuel Woods | 18,387 | 43.3 | |||
| Prohibition | M. V. Wright | 650 | 1.5 | |||
| Greenback | Isaac Kinley | 355 | 0.8 | |||
| Total votes | 42,497 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Districts at-large
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | John R. Glascock | 87,259 | 26.5 | |
| Democratic | Charles A. Sumner | 87,233 | 26.5 | |
| Republican | W. W. Morrow | 73,647 | 22.4 | |
| Republican | Henry Edgerton | 73,454 | 22.3 | |
| Prohibition | A. B. Hotchkiss | 2,776 | 0.8 | |
| Prohibition | J. Yarnell | 2,722 | 0.8 | |
| Greenback | Warren Chase | 1,139 | 0.3 | |
| Greenback | S. Maybell | 1,090 | 0.3 | |
| Total votes | 329,320 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
See also
editReferences
editSources
edit- Dubin, Michael J. (1998). United States Congressional elections, 1788-1997 : the official results of the elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1998.