1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1898

←  1896 November 8, 1898 1900  →
Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 25,656 7,316 Percentage 77.8% 22.2%

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for two seats in the 56th Congress were held November 8, 1898

Background

The previous election year had seen a total of five parties contesting Florida's two seats, including the Republican Party, which had been absent in 1892 and 1894. Both seats were won by the Democratic incumbents by a large majority. The previous three elections had seen Populist candidates as well, but, mirroring the national decline of that party, there were no Populist candidates in 1896.

Election results

1898 United States House election results

District	Democratic			Republican
1st [1]	Stephen M. Sparkman (I)	13,506	84.2%	E. R. Gunby [2]	2,543	15.8%
2nd [3]	Robert Wyche Davis (I)	12,150	71.8%	H. L. Anderson [2]	4,773	28.2%

See also

• 1898 United States House of Representatives elections

References

1. District 1 results
2. Full name not given in source
3. District 2 results