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.

1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1870 & 1871 November 5, 1872 1874 & 1875 →
All 292 seats in the United States House of Representatives 147 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader James G. Blaine Fernando Wood Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Maine 3rd New York 10th Last election 138 seats 94 seats Seats won 199 84 Seat change 61 9 Popular vote 3,561,090 2,813,934 Percentage 51.40% 40.62% Swing 3.26pp 2.77pp   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Republican Conservative Last election 2 seats 10 seats Seats won 4 4 Seat change 2 6 Popular vote 274,693 126,329 Percentage 3.97% 1.82% Swing 3.07% 1.05pp   Fifth party   Party Independent Last election 1 seat Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 151,757 Percentage 2.19% Swing 0.45pp
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Conservative hold      Conservative gain      Liberal Republican gain      Independent Gain
Speaker before election James G. Blaine Republican Elected Speaker James G. Blaine Republican

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.

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89	203
Democratic	Republican

State	Type	Total seats		Democratic		Republican
		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		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			This race
	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			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Benjamin S. Turner	Republican	1870	Incumbent lost re-election. Liberal Republican gain.	▌Y Frederick G. 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.	▌Y Charles 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)			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%
	None (New seat)			New seat. Republican gain.

Arkansas

District	Incumbent			This race
	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			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			This race
	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	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			This race
	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

Delaware election

← 1870 November 5, 1872 1874 →

Nominee James R. Lofland Eustis Wright Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 11,378 11,023 Percentage 50.79% 49.21%

County results Lofland:      50–60% Wright:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Benjamin T. Biggs Democratic Elected U.S. Representative James R. Lofland Republican

The election was held November 5, 1872.

District	Incumbent			This race
	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			This race
	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%
	None (New seat)			New seat. Republican gain.

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

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.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

District	Incumbent			This race
	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)			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%
	George C. McKee Redistricted from the 4th district.	Republican	1869	Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 6	None (new district)			New district. Republican gain.	▌Y John R. Lynch (Republican) 64.16% ▌Hiram Cassidy (Democratic) 35.84%

Missouri

Nebraska

District	Incumbent			This race
	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			This race
	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			This race
	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			This race
	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)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Marcus Lawrence Ward (Republican) 60.69% ▌John M. Randall (Democratic) 39.31%
New Jersey 7	None (new district)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Isaac W. Scudder (Republican) 53.26% ▌Noah D. Taylor (Democratic) 46.74%

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

After redistricting and eleven retirements, only four of the nineteen incumbents were re-elected.

District	Incumbent			This race
	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%
	John Thomas Wilson Redistricted from the 11th district	Republican	1866	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.
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%
	Erasmus D. Peck	Republican	1870 (special)	Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
Ohio 11	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)			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)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Richard C. Parsons (Republican) 55.8% ▌Selah Chamberlain (Democratic) 44.2%

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

District	Incumbent			This race
	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)			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)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Barbour Lewis (Republican) 56.67% ▌L. C. Haines (Democratic) 43.33%

Texas

Vermont

District	Incumbent			This race
	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			This race
	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%
	Elliott M. Braxton Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1870	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.
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)			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)			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			This race
	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			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	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)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Alexander S. McDill (Republican) 59.7% ▌William Carson (Democratic) 40.3%

Non-voting delegates

District	Incumbent			This race
	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%

See also

• 1872 United States elections
  • 1872 United States presidential election
  • 1872–73 United States Senate elections
• 42nd United States Congress
• 43rd United States Congress

Bibliography

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• 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.