The 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held November 2, 1886 for the 50th Congress.
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Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
The previous elections had solidified Democratic domination of Florida's congressional delegation. Florida would be represented entirely by Democrats in both houses of Congress until 1954
Election results edit
Both incumbents ran successfully for re-election. This election marked the first appearance of the Prohibition Party in Florida's congressional elections.
District | Democratic | Republican | Prohibition | ||||||
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1st[1] | Robert H. M. Davidson (I) | 14,493 | 66.2% | C. B. Pendleton[2] | 7,389 | 33.8% | |||
2nd[3] | Charles Dougherty (I) | 18,890 | 53.9% | J. C. Greeley[2] | 15,763 | 44.9% | R. B. Norment[2] | 420 | 1.2% |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ District 1 results
- ^ a b c Source does not give full name
- ^ District 2 results