1889 United States House of Representatives elections

There were 14 elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1889 to the 50th United States Congress and 51st United States Congress. Of these, at least 10 were special elections and 4 were general elections for new states.

1889 United States House of Representatives elections

January 29, 1889 – November 30, 1889
15 (out of 336) seats to the United States House of Representatives 169 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Thomas Brackett Reed John G. Carlisle Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Maine 1st Kentucky 6th Last election 179 seats 152 seats Seats won 9 6 Seat change 5

One of the elections was for two seats, so the total members elected were 15.

The only gains came from new seats, created for the new states of Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Washington. From these new states, 5 new Republicans were elected to the House.

Elections are listed by date and district.

50th Congress

District	Incumbent			This race
	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Indiana 1	Alvin P. Hovey	Republican	1886	Incumbent resigned January 17, 1889 to become Governor of Indiana. New member elected January 29, 1889.[1] Republican hold. Successor seated February 6, 1889.[2] Winner had not been elected to the next term, see 1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana.	Y Francis B. Posey (Republican) 52.13% William F. Parrett (Democratic) 47.87%[1]
Missouri 4	James N. Burnes	Democratic	1882	Incumbent died January 23, 1889. elected February 19, 1889.[3] Democratic hold. Successor seated February 25, 1889.[2] Winner was not elected to the next term, see below.	Y Charles F. Booher (Democratic) 52.29% Francis Posegate[lower-alpha 1] (Republican) 47.71%[3]

51st Congress

District	Incumbent			This race
	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Missouri 4	James N. Burnes	Democratic	1882	Incumbent member-elect died January 23, 1889. New member elected February 19, 1889 for the term starting March 4, 1889. Democratic hold. Successor seated December 2, 1889.[4] Winner was not elected to finish the current term, see above.	Y Robert P. C. Wilson (Democratic) 51.4% Francis Posegate[lower-alpha 1] (Republican) 48.6%[5][6]
Illinois 19	Richard W. Townshend	Democratic	1876	Incumbent died March 9, 1889. New member elected May 21, 1889.[7] Democratic hold. Successor seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y James R. Williams (Democratic) 54.56% Thomas S. Ridgway (Republican) 38.41% John P. Stelle (Farmers' Alliance) 6.04% William G Showers (Prohibition) 0.98%[7]
Kansas 4	Thomas Ryan	Republican	1876	Incumbent resigned April 4, 1889 after being appointed U.S. Minister to Mexico. New member elected May 21, 1889.[8] Republican hold. Successor seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Harrison Kelley (Republican) 85.30% John Heaston (Democratic) 12.42%[8]
Montana at-large (General election for a new state)	New seat			New state. New member elected October 1, 1889.[9] Republican gain. New member seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Thomas H. Carter (Republican) 51.9% Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 48.1%[6][9]
North Dakota at-large (General election for a new state)	New seat			New state. New member elected October 1, 1889.[10] Republican gain. New member seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Henry C. Hansbrough (Republican) 68.37% D.W. Maratta (Democratic) 31.63%[10]
South Dakota at-large Two seats on a general ticket. (General election for a new state)	New seat			New state. New member elected October 1, 1889.[11] Republican gain. New member seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Oscar S. Gifford (Republican) 35.51% John A. Pickler (Republican) 34.94% Linneus Q. Jeffries (Democratic) 15.00% S.M. Booth (Democratic) 14.56%[6][11]
	New seat			New state. New member elected October 1, 1889.[11] Republican gain. New member seated December 2, 1889.[4]
Washington at-large (General election for a new state)	New seat			New state. New member elected October 1, 1889.[12] Republican gain. New member seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y John L. Wilson (Republican) 58.1% Thomas C. Griffiths (Democratic) 41.8%[6][12]
Louisiana 3	Edward J. Gay	Democratic	1884	Incumbent died May 30, 1889. New member elected November 5, 1889.[13] Democratic hold. Successor seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Andrew Price (Democratic) 62.19% H. C. Minor (Republican) 37.81%[13][6]
Nebraska 2	James Laird	Republican	1882	Incumbent died August 17, 1889. New member elected November 5, 1889.[14] Republican hold. Successor seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Gilbert L. Laws (Republican) 54.77% C. D. Casper (Democratic) 41.7%[6] Charles Eugene Bentley (Prohibition) 3.58%[14]
New York 9	Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	1856 (Ohio) 1864 (Lost) 1868 1885 (Resigned) 1886	Incumbent died September 10, 1889. New member elected November 5, 1889.[15] Democratic hold. New member seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Amos J. Cummings (Democratic) 99.7% John L. Thomas (Prohibition) 0.3%[15]
New York 27	Newton W. Nutting	Republican	1882 1884 (Lost) 1886	Incumbent died October 15, 1889. New member elected November 5, 1889.[16] Republican hold. Successor seated December 2, 1889.[4]	Y Sereno E. Payne (Republican) 60.13% Woolsey R. Hopkins (Democratic) 38.31% Charles Mills (Prohibition) 1.56%[16]
New York 6	Frank T. Fitzgerald	Democratic	1888	Incumbent resigned November 4, 1889 to become Register of New York County. New member elected November 30, 1889.[17] Democratic hold. New member seated December 9, 1889.[4]	Y Charles H. Turner (Democratic) 82.3% George W. Collier (Republican) 13.9%[6] Michael Hines (Prohibition) 2.31% John J. Haley (Unknown) 1.49%[17]

Notes

1. probably "Frances"

References

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