1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held November 5, 1878 for the 46th Congress.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1878

November 5, 1878
Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party Democratic Republican Last election 1 1 Seats won 2[1] 0[1] Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 21,169 18,693 Percentage 53.1% 46.9%

Background

For the first few post-Reconstruction elections in Florida, the Republicans dominated Congressional elections. The previous election was the first election in which a Democrat won on the initial results (a Republican victory was successfully contested by a Democrat after the 1870 and 1874 elections). Going into the election, Florida's delegation was split between one Republican and one Democrat.

Election results

1878 United States House election results

District	Democratic			Republican			Independent Republican
1st[2]	Robert H. M. Davidson (I)	11,529	56.8%	Simon B. Conover[3]	8,601	40.9%	Edmund C. Weeks	464	2.3%
2nd[4]	Noble A. Hull	9,640	50.0%	Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (I)	9,628	50.0%

Contested election

As in the 1874 and 1876 elections, the results in the 2nd district were successfully contested. This time, Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R) successfully challenged the election of Noble A. Hull (D), and was declared with victor with a vote of 11,194 - 10,844,[5] serving in House January 22 - March 3, 1881

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1878

References

1. Democratic victor successfully challenged in 2nd district
2. District 1 results
3. Senator
4. District 2 results
5. Recount