The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1884 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 4, 1884. Republicans won both newly created districts and three of the four existing 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 edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1884 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 97,334 | 49.8% | 5 | +5 | |
Democratic | 95,192 | 48.7% | 1 | -5 | |
Prohibition | 2,269 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Populist | 633 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 195,428 | 100.0% | 6 | — |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 6 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 5 | |
Democratic-Held | 1 |
Results edit
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barclay Henley | 16,461 | 49.7 | |
Republican | Thomas L. Carothers | 16,316 | 49.3 | |
Prohibition | C. C. Bateman | 321 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 33,098 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | James A. Louttit | 18,327 | 49.4 | |||
Democratic | Charles A. Sumner (incumbent) | 18,208 | 49.1 | |||
Prohibition | Joshua B. Webster | 558 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 37,093 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Joseph McKenna | 17,435 | 55.8 | ||
Democratic | John R. Glascock (incumbent) | 13,197 | 42.3 | ||
Prohibition | Joshua B. Wills | 322 | 1.0 | ||
Populist | A. B. Burns | 273 | 0.9 | ||
Total votes | 31,227 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | William W. Morrow | 15,083 | 58.8 | |||
Democratic | R. P. Hastings | 10,422 | 40.6 | |||
Populist | H. S. Fitch | 123 | 0.5 | |||
Prohibition | George Herman Babcock | 15 | 0.1 | |||
Total votes | 25,643 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Charles N. Felton | 17,014 | 51.7 | |||
Democratic | Frank J. Sullivan | 15,676 | 47.6 | |||
Prohibition | William Crowhurst | 232 | 0.7 | |||
Total votes | 32,922 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Henry Markham | 17,397 | 49.1 | ||
Democratic | R. A. Del Valle | 16,990 | 47.9 | ||
Prohibition | Will D. Gould | 821 | 2.3 | ||
Populist | Isaac Kinley | 237 | 0.7 | ||
Total votes | 35,445 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |