1898 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 357 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives 179 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David Henderson James Richardson Party Republican Democratic Leader since March 4, 1899 March 4, 1899 Leader's seat Iowa 3rd Tennessee 5th Last election 206 seats 124 seats Seats won 187[1] 161[1] Seat change 19 37 Popular vote 5,305,230 4,828,592 Percentage 48.55% 44.18% Swing 0.22pp 3.19pp   Third party Fourth party   Party Populist Silver Republican Last election 22 2 Seats won 5[1] 2[1] Seat change 17 Popular vote 463,059 60,805 Percentage 4.24% 0.56% Swing 2.62pp 0.46pp   Fifth party Sixth party   Party Silver Independent Last election 1 1 Seats won 1[1] 1[b] Seat change Popular vote 5,766 96,537 Percentage 0.05% 0.88% Swing 0.31pp
Speaker before election Thomas Reed Republican ElectedSpeaker David Henderson Republican

The1898 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 8, 1898, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They were held during the middle ofPresidentWilliam McKinley's first term. Elections were held for 357 seats of theUnited States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the56th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

As in many midterm elections, the President'sRepublican Party lost seats, but was able to hold a majority over theDemocratic Party. ThePopulist Party also lost many seats, as their movement began to decline. This was likely because many Populists rallied behindWilliam 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 theMid-Atlantic.

State	Type	Total seats	Democratic		Populist		Republican		Silver/ Silver Rep.
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Alabama	District	9	8	1	0	1	1		0
Arkansas	District	6	6		0		0		0
California	District	7	1	1	0	2	6	3	0
Colorado	District	2	0		1		0		1[d]
Connecticut	District	4	0		0		4		0
Delaware	At-large	1	0	1	0		1	1	0
Florida	District	2	2		0		0		0
Georgia	District	11	11		0		0		0
Idaho	At-large	1	0		0	1	0		1[d]	1
Illinois	District	22	8	3	0		14	3	0
Indiana	District	13	4		0		9		0
Iowa	District	11	0		0		11		0
Kansas	District +at-large	8	0		1	5	7	5	0
Kentucky	District	11	9	2	0		2	2	0
Louisiana	District	6	6		0		0		0
Maine	District	4	0		0		4		0
Maryland	District	6	2	2	0		4	2	0
Massachusetts	District	13	3	2	0		10	2	0
Michigan	District	12	0	2	0		12	2	0
Minnesota	District	7	0		0		7		0
Mississippi	District	7	7		0		0		0
Missouri	District	15	12		0		3		0
Montana	At-large	1	1	1	0		0		0	1
Nebraska	District	6	1	1	3	1	2		0
Nevada	At-large	1	0		0		0		1
New Hampshire	District	2	0		0		2		0
New Jersey	District	8	2	2	0		6	2	0
New York	District	34	18	12	0		16	12	0
North Carolina	District	9	5	4	1[e]	4	3	1	0
North Dakota	At-large	1	0		0		1		0
Ohio	District	21	6		0		15		0
Oregon	District	2	0		0		2		0
Pennsylvania	District +2 at-large	30	10	7	0		20	7	0
Rhode Island	District	2	0		0		2		0
South Carolina	District	7	7		0		0		0
South Dakota	At-large	2	0		0	2	2	2	0
Tennessee	District	10	8		0		2		0
Texas	District	13	12		0		1		0
Utah	At-large	1	1		0		0		0
Vermont	District	2	0		0		2		0
Virginia	District	10	10	4	0		0	4	0
Washington	At-large	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	1
West Virginia	District	4	1	1	0		3	1	0
Wisconsin	District	10	0		0		10		0
Wyoming	At-large	1	0	1	0		1	1	0
Total		357	161 45.1%	37	6[e] 1.7%	16	187 52.4%	20	3[f] 0.8%	1

The previous elections of 1896 saw the election of 24 Populists, 2 Silver Republicans, and a Silver Party member.

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All the states held their elections November 8, 1898, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them:

• June 6:Oregon
• September 6:Vermont
• September 12:Maine

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[37]
Virginia 1	William A. Jones	Democratic	1890	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YWilliam A. Jones (Democratic) 66.5% ▌Joseph A. Bristow (Republican) 31.8% ▌H. L. Crockett (Prohibition) 0.8%
Virginia 2	Richard A. Wise	Republican	1896(contest)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌YWilliam A. Young (Democratic) 55.8% ▌Richard A. Wise (Republican) 28.4% ▌William S. Holland (Republican) 15.8%
				Election successfully challenged. Republican gain.	▌YRichard A. Wise (Republican)
Virginia 3	John Lamb	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJohn Lamb (Democratic) 69.1% ▌Otis H. Russell (Republican) 18.8% ▌Benjamin B. Weisiger (Republican) 11.1% Others ▌John J. Quantz (Unknown) 0.6% ▌Allie Dillard (Unknown) 0.4%
Virginia 4	Robert Taylor Thorp	Republican	1894(contest) 1896(contest)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌YSydney P. Epes (Democratic) 57.5% ▌Robert Taylor Thorp (Republican) 39.2% Others ▌Booker Ellis (Republican) 1.7% ▌Thomas L. Jones (Republican) 1.3% ▌J. H. Beran (Unknown) 0.3%
Virginia 5	Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	1892	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YClaude A. Swanson (Democratic) 57.0% ▌Edmund Parr (Republican) 41.8% Others ▌R. A. Bennett (Prohibition) 0.8% ▌R. O. Martin (Republican) 0.2% ▌C. T. Seay (Unknown) 0.2%
Virginia 6	Peter J. Otey	Democratic	1894	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YPeter J. Otey (Democratic) 66.9% ▌Daniel Butler (Republican) 15.8% ▌Charles A. Heermans (Republican) 14.4% ▌Ira W. Kimmell (Unknown) 2.4% ▌D. G. Revere (Unknown) 0.5%
Virginia 7	James Hay	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJames Hay (Democratic) 77.1% ▌D. C. O'Flaherty (Democratic) 22.9%
Virginia 8	John Franklin Rixey	Democratic	1896	Incumbent re-elected.	▌YJohn Franklin Rixey (Democratic) 88.8% ▌Edward Hughes (Independent) 8.5% Others ▌J. P. Johnson (Prohibition) 1.9% ▌John Underwood (Republican) 0.9%
Virginia 9	James A. Walker	Republican	1892	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌YWilliam F. Rhea (Democratic) 51.0% ▌James A. Walker (Republican) 48.8% Others ▌Thaddeus E. Harris (Independent) 0.2% ▌John W. Watkins (Unknown) 0.2%
Virginia 10	Jacob Yost	Republican	1896	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌YJulian M. Quarles (Democratic) 56.3% ▌Robert T. Hubard (Republican) 43.4% ▌Frank Smith (Independent) 0.3%

Wisconsin elected ten members of congress on Election Day, November 8, 1898.^[42][43]

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