Election to the United States House of Representatives 1870

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   
A total of 243 seats
  • Dem . : 104
  • GOP : 136
  • Otherwise: 3

The election for the United States House of Representatives 1870 took place from June 6, 1870. The House of Representatives was elected on various election days . The majority of states voted on November 8, 1870. The election was part of the general election to the 42nd United States Congress that year, in which one-third of the US Senators were also elected. Since the elections took place around the middle of the first term of office of the Republican President Ulysses S. Grant ( midterm election ), they were also considered a vote on the previous policy of the president.

At the time of the election, the United States consisted of 37 states. All former states that had previously been members of the Confederate States were now represented in Congress again. The number of MPs to be elected was 243. The distribution of seats was based on the 1860 census . After the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed in 1870, African-Americans were eligible and eligible to vote from that year.

The Republicans were able to maintain their absolute majority in the elections. But they lost 35 seats. On the other hand, the Democrats gained 37 seats. The causes were a number of scandals surrounding the federal government under President Grant and increasing dissatisfaction with the implementation of the reconstruction . The African-American suffrage, who mainly elected Republicans, allowed this party to win many seats in the south. But that could not make up for the losses in other parts of the country.

Only men were entitled to vote and eligible for election. Women were still banned from voting at the federal level until 1920.

Election result

Overall result

Total: 243

The results of the last election two years earlier are given in brackets. Changes during the legislative period that do not affect the elections as such are not included in these figures, but are noted in the article on the 42nd Congress in the section on the members of the House of Representatives under the relevant names of the representatives. The same applies to elections in states that joined the Union after the beginning of the legislative period. As a result, the sources sometimes contain different information, as changes during the legislative period were sometimes incorporated into the figures and sometimes not.

Results by state

Most states held the election on November 8, 1870. However, some voted before and some after that date.

Country Type date
Total seats		 republican Democrats
Seats modification Seats modification
Alabama District 0Nov 8, 1870 6th 3   1 3   1
Arkansas District 0Nov 8, 1870 3 2   1  
Connecticut District 0Apr 4, 1871 4th 3   1  
Delaware nationwide 0Nov 8, 1870 1 0   1  
Florida nationwide 0Nov 8, 1870 1 0   1 1   1
Georgia District 0Nov 8, 1870 7th 3   4th  
Illinois District
+ 1 nationwide 		0Nov 8, 1870 14th 8th   2 6th   2
Indiana District Oct 11, 1870 11 6th   1 5   1
Iowa District Oct 10, 1870 6th 6th   0  
California District 06 Sep 1871 3 3   2 0   2
Kansas nationwide 0Nov 8, 1870 1 1   0  
Kentucky District 0Nov 8, 1870 9 0   9  
Louisiana District 0Nov 8, 1870 5 5   0  
Maine District Sep 12 1870 5 5   0  
Maryland District 0Nov 8, 1870 5 0   5  
Massachusetts District 0Nov 8, 1870 10 10   0  
Michigan District 0Nov 8, 1870 6th 5   1 1   1
Minnesota District 0Nov 8, 1870 2 2   1 0   1
Mississippi District 0Dec. 1, 1870 5 5   0  
Missouri District 0Nov 8, 1870 9 5   2 4th   2
Nebraska nationwide Oct 11, 1870 1 1   0  
Nevada nationwide 0Nov 8, 1870 1 0   1 1   1
New Hampshire District 14 Mar 1871 3 0   3 3   3
New Jersey District 0Nov 8, 1870 5 3   1 2   1
new York District 0Nov 8, 1870 31 15th   3 16   3
North Carolina District 0Aug 4, 1870 7th 2   4 5   4
Ohio District Oct 11, 1870 19th 14th   1 5   1
Oregon nationwide 0June 6, 1870 1 0   1  
Pennsylvania District Oct 11, 1870 24 13   3 11   3
Rhode Island District 0Nov 8, 1870 2 2   0  
South carolina District 0Nov 1, 1870 4th 4th   0  
Tennessee District 0Nov 8, 1870 8th 2   6 6th   6
Texas District 0Oct 6, 1871 4th 0   3 4th   3
Vermont District 06 Sep 1870 3 3   0  
Virginia District 0Nov 8, 1870 8th 3   5   5
West Virginia District Oct 25, 1870 3 1   2 2   2
Wisconsin District 0Nov 8, 1870 6th 4th   1 2   1
total 243 139   32 104   37

See also

Web links

  • Party Divisions
  • Michael J. Dubin (Ed.): United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses . McFarland & Company, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7864-0283-0 (English).
  • John L. Moore (Ed.): Congressional Quarterly's Guide to US Elections . 3. Edition. CQ Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-87187-996-7 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Including two MPs from the Liberal Republicans : Gustavus A. Finkelnburg and James G. Blair.
  2. ↑ Including independent Republican John V. Creely.
  3. ↑ In the previous election, 5 MPs were elected to the Conservative Party of Virginia .
  4. ↑ Including two Liberal Republicans and an independent Republican.