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| United States House of Representatives elections, 1898 | ||||
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| All 357 seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||
| Majority party | Minority party | |||
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| Leader | David Henderson | James Hay | ||
| Party | Republican | Democratic | ||
| Leader's seat | Iowa-3rd | Virginia-7th | ||
| Last election | 206 seats | 124 seats | ||
| Seats won | 187 | 161 | ||
| Seat change | -19 | +37 | ||
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Incumbent Speaker Speaker-elect |
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The U.S. House election, 1898 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1898 which occurred in the middle of President William McKinley's first term.
As in many midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats, but was able to hold a majority over the Democratic Party. The Populist Party also lost many seats, as their movement began to decline. Many Populists rallied behind William Jennings Bryan's increasingly powerful branch of the Democratic Party, which built the rural economic issues advocated by Populists into their platform. As a result, the Democrats won a number of Western seats as well many in the Mid-Atlantic.
| Party | Total seats (change) | Seat percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 187 | -19 | 52.3% |
| Democratic Party | 161 | +37 | 45.0% |
| Populist Party | 5 | -17 | 1.4% |
| Silver Republican Party | 2 | -1 | 0.4% |
| Silver Party | 1 | +0 | 0.2% |
| Independent | 1 | +0 | 0.2% |
| Totals | 357 | +0 | 100.0% |
| 80.1-100% Republican | 80.1-100% Democratic |
| 60.1-80% Republican | 60.1-80% Democratic |
| 80.1-100% Populist | |
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
| 6+ Republican gain | 6+ Democratic gain |
| 3-5 Republican gain | 3-5 Democratic gain |
| 1-2 Republican gain | 1-2 Democratic gain |
| no net change | 1-2 Populist gain |
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | Opponent |
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| California 1 | John All Barham | Republican |
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Running | John
All Barham (R) 61.1% Emmet Seawell (D) 38.9% |
| California 2 | Marion De Vries | Democratic |
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Running | Marion De Vries (D)
55.3% Frank D. Ryan (R) 44.7% |
| California 3 | Samuel G. Hilborn | Republican |
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Defeated in primary | Victor H. Metcalf (R)
57.3% John Aubrey Jones (D) 39.1% Thomas F. Burns (SL) 3.6% |
| California 4 | James G. Maguire | Democratic |
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Running for governor | Julius
Kahn (R) 50% James H. Barry (D) 44.1% W. J. Martin (SL) 3.7% Joseph P. Kelly (I) (D) 2.2% |
| California 5 | Eugene F. Loud | Republican |
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Running | Eugene
F. Loud (R) 51.8% William Craig (D) 44.3% E. T. Kingsley (SL) 3.9% |
| California 6 | Charles A. Barlow | Populist |
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Running | Russell J. Waters (R)
52.6% Charles A. Barlow (Pop.) 44.9% James T. Van Ransselear (SL) 2.5% |
| California 7 | Curtis H. Castle | Populist |
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Running | James C. Needham (R)
50.1% Curtis H. Castle (Pop.) 49.9% |
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