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
editUnited 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
editPre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 6 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 5 | |
Democratic-Held | 1 |
Results
editDistrict 1
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 2
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 3
editParty | 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 | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 4
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 5
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 6
editParty | 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 | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |