1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1878
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  1876 November 5, 1878 1880  

Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election11
Seats won2 [1] 0 [1]
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote21,16918,693
Percentage53.1%46.9%

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held November 5, 1878 for the 46th Congress.

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Background

For the first few post-Reconstruction elections in Florida, the Republicans dominated Congressional elections. The previous election was the first election in which a Democrat won on the initial results (a Republican victory was successfully contested by a Democrat after the 1870 and 1874 elections). Going into the election, Florida's delegation was split between one Republican and one Democrat.

Election results

1878 United States House election results
District Democratic Republican Independent Republican
1st [2] Robert H. M. Davidson (I)11,52956.8% Simon B. Conover [3] 8,60140.9%Edmund C. Weeks4642.3%
2nd [4] Noble A. Hull 9,64050.0% Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (I)9,62850.0%

Contested election

As in the 1874 and 1876 elections, the results in the 2nd district were successfully contested. This time, Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R) successfully challenged the election of Noble A. Hull (D), and was declared with victor with a vote of 11,194 - 10,844, [5] serving in House January 22 - March 3, 1881

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References

  1. 1 2 Democratic victor successfully challenged in 2nd district
  2. District 1 results
  3. Senator
  4. District 2 results
  5. Recount