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1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 46th U.S. Congress

Field	Value
election_name	1878 United States House of Representatives elections
country	United States
flag_year	1877
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year	1876 & 1877
next_election	1880 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year	1880
outgoing_members	45th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members	46th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_election	All 293 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats	147
election_date	June 3, 1878 – September 3, 1879
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image1	Samuel J. Randall - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg
leader1	Samuel J. Randall
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party1	Democratic Party (US)
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seats_before1
seats1	141
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percentage1	44.20%
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map_image	[[File:1878 US house results.svg	350px]]
map_caption	Results

title	Speaker
before_election	Samuel Randall
before_party	Democratic Party (US)
after_election	Samuel Randall
after_party	Democratic Party (US)

The 1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 3, 1878, and September 3, 1879. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 46th United States Congress convened on March 18, 1879. Elections were held for all 293 seats, representing 38 states. This was the last election cycle that at least one state held its regular congressional election in an oddnumbered year.

These elections occurred in the middle of President Rutherford B. Hayes's term. With a sour economy as the nation's pressing issue, both major parties lost seats to the new Greenback Party, which was established to promote the long-term use of paper money as a solution to stop enormous economic fluctuations. The Democratic Party remained the largest party, but lost its majority. However, it allied with several independent politicians and was able to remain in power. This was the fourth and last recorded House election where both major parties lost seats at the same time.

Election summaries

Democratic			Republican

State	Type	Total
seats	Democratic	Ind. Democratic	Greenback	Republican	Seats		Change		Seats		Change		Seats		Change	Seats	Change	Alabama	Arkansas	California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	Florida	Georgia	Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri	Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey	New York	North Carolina	Ohio	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Vermont	Virginia	West Virginia	Wisconsin	Total	293	141
48.1%	14		7
2.4%	5		13
4.4%	13		132
45.1%	5
District	8		7	1	0				1	1		0
District	4		4	1	0	1		0				0
District	4		1	1	0				0				3	1
At-large	1		0	1	0				0				1	1
District	4		1	2	0				0				3	2
At-large	1		1			0				0				0
District	2		1	1	0				0				1	1
District	9		6	2	3	2		0				0
District	19		6	2	0				1	1		12	1
District	13		6	2	0				1	1		6	3
District	9		0			0				2	2		7	2
District	3		0			0				0				3
District	10		9	1	1	1		0				0
District	6		6	1	0				0				0	1
District	5		0			0				2	2		3	2
District	6		5	1	0				0				1	1
District	11		1	1	0				0				10	1
District	9		0	1	0				0				9	1
District	3		1	1	0				0				2	1
District	6		6			0				0				0
District	13		11	2	1	1		1	1		0	4
At-large	1		0			0				0				1
At-large	1		0			0				0				1
District	3		0	1	0				0				3	1
District	7		3	1	0				0				4	1
District	33		6	9	2	2		0				25	7
District	8		7			0				1	1		0	1
District	20		11	3	0				0				9	3
At-large	1		1	1	0				0				0	1
District	27		8	2	0				2	2		17
District	2		0			0				0				2
District	5		5	3	0				0				0	3
District	10		9	1	0				0				1	1
District	6		5	1	0				1	1		0
District	3		0			0				1	1		2	1
District	9		8			0				0				1
District	3		3			0				0				0
District	8		3			0				0				5

House seats by party holding plurality in state

| [[File:46 us house changes.png|thumb|450px|

Net gain in party representation

Election dates

In most states, the elections were held November 5, 1878.

In 1845, Congress set a uniform nationwide date for choosing presidential electors. This Act of Congress did not affect election dates for Congress, which remained within the jurisdiction of state governments, but over time, the states moved their congressional elections to this date as well. In this cycle, there were still 7 states with earlier election dates, and 1 with a later election date:

Early elections
- June 3, 1878: Oregon
- September 3, 1878: Vermont
- September 9, 1878: Maine
- October 7, 1878: Indiana
- October 8, 1878: Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia
Standard election date
- November 5, 1878
Late election
- September 3, 1879: California

California's elections were the last time a state held congressional general elections after November.

Special elections

Elections are listed by date and district.

|- ! | John E. Leonard | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent died March 15, 1878. New member elected November 5, 1878. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

J. Smith Young (Democratic)

|- ! | Frank Welch | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent died September 4, 1878. New member elected November 5, 1878. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas J. Majors (Republican)
Alex Bear (Democratic)

|- ! | Terence J. Quinn | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent died June 18, 1878. New member elected November 5, 1878. Republican gain. Winner also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Mosher Bailey (Republican)

|- ! | Beverly B. Douglas | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent died December 22, 1878. New member elected January 23, 1879. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Richard L. T. Beale (Democratic)

|- ! | Julian Hartridge | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent died January 8, 1879. New member elected and seated February 10, 1879. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William B. Fleming (Democratic)

|- ! | Gustav Schleicher | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent died January 10, 1879. New member elected and seated April 15, 1879. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Christopher C. Upson (Democratic)

|- ! | Rush Clark | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent died April 29, 1879. New member elected October 14, 1879. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William G. Thompson (Republican)

|- ! | Alexander Smith | | Republican | 1878 | | Member-elect died November 5, 1878. New member elected November 4, 1879. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Waldo Hutchins (Democratic)

Alabama

|- ! | James T. Jones | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas H. Herndon (Democratic) 69.10%
Warner Bailey (Greenback) 30.90%

|- ! | Hilary A. Herbert | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Hilary A. Herbert (Democratic) 56.25%
James P. Armstrong (Republican) 43.75%

|- ! | Jeremiah N. Williams | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William J. Samford (Democratic) 88.43%
French Strange (Independent) 9.64%
William M. Russell (Republican) 1.93%

|- ! | Charles M. Shelley | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles M. Shelley (Democratic) 55.38%
Jeremiah Haralson (Republican) 42.57%
Jonathan H. Henry (Independent) 2.04%

|- ! | Robert F. Ligon | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas Williams (Democratic) 70.51%
Theodore Nunn (Greenback) 29.49%

|- ! | Goldsmith W. Hewitt | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Burwell B. Lewis (Democratic) 70.51%
William R. Smith (Independent) 29.49%

|- ! | William H. Forney | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William H. Forney (Democratic) 96.57%
N. B. Mardis (Independent) 3.43%

|- ! | William W. Garth | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William M. Lowe (Greenback) 55.49%
William W. Garth (Democratic) 44.51%

Arkansas

|- ! | Lucien C. Gause | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Poindexter Dunn (Democratic) 100.0%

|- ! | William F. Slemons | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William F. Slemons (Democratic) 57.20%
John G. Bradley (Greenback) 43.80%

|- ! | Jordan E. Cravens | | Independent Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jordan E. Cravens (Democratic) 51.19%
Milton L. Rice (Greenback) 48.81%

|- ! | Thomas M. Gunter | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas M. Gunter (Democratic) 59.77%
J. F. Cunningham (Ind. Democratic) 29.42%
Byrd Smith (Greenback) 10.80%

California

|- ! | Horace Davis | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Horace Davis (Republican) 48.41%
Clitus Barbour (Workingmen) 44.50%
Charles R. Summer (Democratic) 7.09%

|- ! | Horace F. Page | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Horace F. Page (Republican) 51.87%
Thomas J. Clunie (Democratic) 34.38%
H. P. Williams (Workingmen) 13.75%

|- ! | John K. Luttrell | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Campbell P. Berry (Democratic) 50.16%
Joseph McKenna (Republican) 49.61%
George T. Elliott (Workingmen) 0.23%

|- ! | Romualdo Pacheco | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) 40.47%
Wallace Leach (Democratic) 31.84%
James J. Ayers (Workingmen) 27.68%

Colorado

|- ! | | New state. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James B. Belford (Republican) 49.93%
Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 41.93%
Henry C. Childs (Greenback) 8.14%

Patterson successfully contested the election and was seated March 4, 1877.

Connecticut

|- ! | George M. Landers | | Democratic | 1875 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 52.2%
George M. Landers (Democratic) 43.8%
Herbert Baker (Greenback) 3.7%
Horace Johnson (Prohibition) 0.3%

|- ! | James Phelps | | Democratic | 1875 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James Phelps (Democratic) 53.2%
Benjamin Douglas (Republican) 45.9%
Calvin Harrington (Prohibition) 0.9%

|- ! | John T. Wait | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John T. Wait (Republican) 53.7%
Charles W. Carter (Republican) 44.1%
Elisha Palmer (Prohibition) 2.2%

|- ! | Levi Warner | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Frederick Miles (Republican) 48.7%
Frederick W. Bruggerhoff (Republican) 44.6%
James S. Taylor (Greenback) 6.3%
Ambrose S. Rogers (Prohibition) 0.3%

Delaware

|- ! | James Williams | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Edward L. Martin (Democratic) 78.10%
John G. Jackson (Greenback) 21.90%

Florida

|- ! | Robert H. M. Davidson | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Robert H. M. Davidson (Democratic) 56.80%
Simon B. Conover (Republican) 40.90%
Edmund C. Weeks (Ind. Republican) 2.29%

|- ! | Horatio Bisbee Jr. | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Noble A. Hull (Democratic) 50.03%
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Republican) 49.97%

In the the difference between the two candidates, in the initial returns, was just 22 votes. Bisbee challenged Hull's election, and was eventually awarded the seat on January 22, 1881.

Georgia

|- ! | Julian Hartridge | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John C. Nicholls (Democratic) 62.76%
S. A. Corker (Republican) 37.24%

|- ! | William E. Smith | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William E. Smith (Democratic) 69.05%
E. C. Wade (Republican) 30.95%

|- ! | Philip Cook | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Philip Cook (Democratic) 100.0%

|- ! | Henry R. Harris | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry Persons (Ind. Democratic) 56.09%
Henry R. Harris (Democratic) 42.48%
L. J. Milam (Independent) 0.91%
J. C. Fuller (Independent) 0.51%

|- ! | Milton A. Candler | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nathaniel J. Hammond (Democratic) 55.64%
Reuben Arnold (Greenback) 44.36%

|- ! | James H. Blount | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James H. Blount (Democratic) 99.44%
Scattering (Independent) 0.56%

|- ! | William H. Felton | | Independent Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William H. Felton (Ind. Democratic) 52.47%
G. N. Lester (Democratic) 47.53%

|- ! | Alexander H. Stephens | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) 98.30%
Scattering (Independent) 1.70%

|- ! | Hiram P. Bell | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Emory Speer (Ind. Democratic) 50.51%
Joel A. Billups (Democratic) 49.49%

Illinois

|- ! | William Aldrich | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Aldrich (Republican) 51.84%
James R. Doolittle (Democratic) 30.41%
John McAscliff (Socialist Labor) 9.89%
William V. Barr (Greenback) 7.86%

|- ! | Carter Harrison Sr. | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired to run for Mayor of Chicago. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George R. Davis (Republican) 49.59%
Miles Kehoe (Democratic) 29.29%
George A. Schilling (Socialist Labor) 11.85%
James Felch (Greenback) 7.67%
J. H. Condon (Independent) 1.25%
John Sebolski (Independent) 0.35%

|- ! | Lorenzo Brentano | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Hiram Barber Jr. (Republican) 53.06%
Lambert Tree (Democratic) 29.26%
Benjamin Sebley (Independent) 12.78%
A. B. Cornell (Greenback) 4.90%

|- ! | William Lathrop | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John C. Sherwin (Republican) 61.79%
Jonathan C. Staighton (Democratic) 21.50%
Augustus Adams (Greenback) 16.71%

|- ! | Horatio C. Burchard | | Republican | 1869 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-nomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Robert M. A. Hawk (Republican) 53.42%
Mortimer D. Hathaway (Democratic) 23.33%
John M. King (Greenback) 23.24%

|- ! | Thomas J. Henderson | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas J. Henderson (Republican) 52.47%
James W. Haney (Greenback) 31.94%
Charles Dunham (Democratic) 15.59%

|- ! | Philip C. Hayes | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Philip C. Hayes (Republican) 46.54%
Alexander Campbell (Greenback) 28.29%
W. S. Brooks (Democratic) 25.17%

|- ! | Greenbury L. Fort | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Greenbury L. Fort (Republican) 49.72%
Chris C. Strawn (Greenback) 29.01%
Thomas M. Shaw (Democratic) 21.27%

|- ! | Thomas A. Boyd | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas A. Boyd (Republican) 43.76%
George A. Wilson (Democratic) 40.68%
Aloxr H. Keighan (Greenback) 15.56%

|- ! | Benjamin F. Marsh | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Benjamin F. Marsh (Republican) 44.50%
Delos P. Phelps (Democratic) 42.33%
Alson J. Streeter (Greenback) 13.17%

|- ! | Robert M. Knapp | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James W. Singleton (Democratic) 54.49%
James P. Dimmitt (Republican) 31.69%
William H. Pogue (Prohibition) 13.82%

|- ! | William M. Springer | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William M. Springer (Democratic) 47.69%
John Cook (Republican) 34.78%
John Mathers (Greenback) 17.53%

|- ! | Thomas F. Tipton | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Adlai Stevenson I (Democratic) 53.22%
Thomas F. Tipton (Republican) 46.26%
L. M. Bickmore (Prohibition) 0.52%

|- ! | Joseph G. Cannon | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joseph G. Cannon (Republican) 46.16%
Maldon Jones (Democratic) 38.84%
Jesse Harper (Greenback) 15.00%

|- ! | John R. Eden | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent lost renomination Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Albert P. Forsythe (Greenback) 50.31%
Hiram B. Decias (Democratic) 49.69%

|- ! | William A. J. Sparks | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William A. J. Sparks (Democratic) 48.75%
Basil B. Smith (Republican) 42.18%
James Creed (Greenback) 9.07%

|- ! | William R. Morrison | | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William R. Morrison (Democratic) 50.47%
John Baker (Republican) 43.04%
William E. Moberly (Greenback) 6.48%

|- ! | William Hartzell | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John R. Thomas (Republican) 46.62%
William J. Allen (Democratic) 44.37%
S. J. Davis (Greenback) 9.02%

|- ! | Richard W. Townshend | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Richard W. Townshend (Democratic) 53.31%
Robert Bell (Republican) 34.64%
Seth F. Crews (Greenback) 12.04%

Indiana

|- ! | Benoni S. Fuller | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Heilman (Republican) 48.66%
Thomas E. Garvin (Democratic) 45.77%
Thomas F. Debruler (Greenback) 5.57%

|- ! | Thomas R. Cobb | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas R. Cobb (Democratic) 55.06%
Richard M. Welman (Republican) 38.26%
William L. Green (Greenback) 6.69%

|- ! | George A. Bicknell | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George A. Bicknell (Democratic) 57.91%
Ara E. Long (Republican) 35.99%
John F. Willy (Greenback) 6.10%

|- ! | Leonidas Sexton | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jeptha D. New (Democratic) 50.49%
Leonidas Sexton (Republican) 48.85%
Robert Gregg (Greenback) 0.66%

|- ! | Thomas M. Browne | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas M. Browne (Republican) 50.08%
William S. Holman (Democratic) 47.03%
William C. Jeffries (Greenback) 2.89%

|- ! | Milton S. Robinson | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William R. Myers (Democratic) 47.89%
William Grose (Republican) 46.06%
Reuben A. Riley (Greenback) 6.05%

|- ! | John Hanna | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Gilbert De La Matyr (Greenback) 51.14%
John Hanna (Republican) 48.86%

|- ! | Morton C. Hunter | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Abraham J. Hostetler (Democratic) 43.56%
Morton C. Hunter (Republican) 40.12%
Henry A. White (Greenback) 16.31%

|- ! | Michael D. White | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Godlove S. Orth (Republican) 43.73%
James McCabe (Democratic) 43.46%
Leroy Templeton (Greenback) 12.81%

|- ! | William H. Calkins | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William H. Calkins (Republican) 45.16%
Morgan H. Weir (Democratic) 39.41%
John N. Skinner (Greenback) 15.44%

|- ! | James L. Evans | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Calvin Cowgill (Republican) 47.23%
David D. Dykeman (Democratic) 39.81%
David Moss (Greenback) 12.96%

|- ! | Andrew H. Hamilton | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Walpole G. Colerick (Democratic) 63.73%
John Studebaker (Democratic) 36.27%

|- ! | John Baker | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Baker (Republican) 47.20%
John B. Stoll (Democratic) 42.04%
William C. Williams (Greenback) 10.76%

Iowa

|- ! | Joseph C. Stone | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost renomination Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Moses A. McCoid (Republican) 48.58%
Wesley C. Hobbs (Democratic) 30.38%
A. H. Breman (Greenback) 21.05%

|- ! | Hiram Price | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Hiram Price (Republican) 49.75%
W. F. Brannan (Democratic) 35.47%
Jacob Geiger (Greenback) 14.77%

|- ! | Theodore W. Burdick | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas Updegraff (Republican) 43.85%
Fred O'Donnell (Democratic) 37.52%
S. T. Spangler (Greenback) 18.63%

|- ! | Nathaniel C. Deering | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nathaniel C. Deering (Republican) 60.83%
Luman H. Weller (Greenback) 20.38%
William V. Allen (Greenback) 18.79%

|- ! | Rush Clark | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Rush Clark (Republican) 52.78%
George Carter (Democratic) 44.63%
Timothy Brown (Greenback) 2.59%

|- ! | Ezekiel S. Sampson | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James B. Weaver (Greenback) 53.35%
Ezekiel S. Sampson (Republican) 46.65%

|- ! | Henry J. B. Cummings | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Edward H. Gillette (Greenback) 51.45%
Henry J. B. Cummings (Republican) 48.55%

|- ! | William F. Sapp | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William F. Sapp (Republican) 50.21%
George C. Hicks (Greenback) 25.40%
John H. Keatley (Democratic) 24.39%

|- ! | S. Addison Oliver | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Cyrus C. Carpenter (Republican) 54.91%
L. Q. Hoggartt (Greenback) 41.08%
Walter Brown (Democratic) 4.00%

Kansas

|- ! | William A. Phillips | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost renomination Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John A. Anderson (Republican) 59.61%
J. R. McClure (Democratic) 29.20%
E. Gale (Greenback) 11.19%

|- ! | Dudley C. Haskell | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Dudley C. Haskell (Republican) 44.97%
C. W. Blair (Democratic) 31.40%
P. P. Elder (Greenback) 23.54%

|- ! | Thomas Ryan | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas Ryan (Republican) 56.83%
F. Doser (Greenback) 24.90%
J. B. Fugate (Democratic) 18.27%

Kentucky

|- ! | Andrew Boone | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Oscar Turner (Ind. Democratic) 42.87%
Lawrence S. Trimble (Democratic) 34.97%
E. W. Bagby (Republican) 22.15%

|- ! | James A. McKenzie | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James A. McKenzie (Democratic) 61.38%
John W. Feighan (Republican) 23.50%
Francis M. English (Greenback) 15.12%

|- ! | John W. Caldwell | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John W. Caldwell (Democratic) 46.32%
W. Godfrey Hunter (Republican) 42.10%
George Wright (Greenback) 11.58%

|- ! | J. Proctor Knott | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

J. Proctor Knott (Democratic) 65.04%
J. D. Belden (Republican) 33.48%
John W. Lewis (Greenback) 1.48%

|- ! | Albert S. Willis | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Albert S. Willis (Democratic) 40.51%
J. Watts Kearney (Democratic) 33.30%
Horace Scott (Republican) 24.48%
Blanton Duncan (Greenback) 1.70%

|- ! | John G. Carlisle | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John G. Carlisle (Democratic) 75.87%
Joseph H. Hermes (Independent) 24.13%

|- ! | J. C. S. Blackburn | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

J. C. S. Blackburn (Democratic) 69.78%
George C. Drane (Republican) 28.68%
John L. Scott (Independent) 1.54%

|- ! | Milton J. Durham | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Philip B. Thompson Jr. (Democratic) 53.80%
George Denny (Republican) 46.20%

|- ! | Thomas Turner | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas Turner (Democratic) 55.45%
John Dills (Republican) 43.15%
James G. Carter (Greenback) 1.40%

|- ! | John B. Clarke | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Elijah Phister (Democratic) 65.34%
B. F. Bennett (Republican) 23.70%
James Kilgore (Greenback) 10.97%

Louisiana

|- ! | Randall L. Gibson | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Randall L. Gibson (Democratic) 63.60%
H. C. Castellanos (Republican) 36.40%

|- ! | E. John Ellis | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

E. John Ellis (Democratic) 58.97%
E. N. Collom (Greenback) 34.91%
Michael Hahn (Republican) 6.12%

|- ! | Joseph H. Acklen | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joseph H. Acklen (Democratic) 48.77%
R. O. Herbert (Republican) 33.89%
W. B. Merchant (Independent Democratic) 17.34%

|- ! | Joseph B. Elam | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joseph B. Elam (Democratic) 89.15%
J. M. Wells (Republican) 10.85%

|- ! | J. Smith Young | | Democratic | 1878 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

J. Floyd King (Democratic) 77.87%
J. T. Ludling (Republican) 22.13%

|- ! | Edward W. Robertson | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Edward W. Robertson (Democratic) 66.14%
W. L. Larimore (Independent) 33.86%

Maine

|- ! | Thomas B. Reed | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas B. Reed (Republican) 46.23%
Samuel J. Anderson (Democratic) 32.00%
Edward H. Gove (Greenback) 21.77%

|- ! | William P. Frye | | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William P. Frye (Republican) 49.20%
Solon Chase (Greenback) 36.46%
S. Clifford Belcher (Democratic) 14.34%

|- ! | Stephen Lindsey | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Stephen Lindsey (Republican) 44.39%
William Philbrick (Greenback) 32.60%
Franklin Smith (Democratic) 23.01%

|- ! | Llewellyn Powers | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George W. Ladd (Greenback) 56.14%
Llewellyn Powers (Republican) 43.86%

|- ! | Eugene Hale | | Republican | 1868 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thompson H. Murch (Greenback) 48.43%
Eugene Hale (Republican) 42.28%
Joseph H. Martin (Democratic) 9.29%

Maryland

|- ! | Daniel M. Henry | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Daniel M. Henry (Democratic) 52.49%
Samuel A. Graham (Republican) 47.51%

|- ! | Charles B. Roberts | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

J. Frederick C. Talbott (Democratic) 66.87%
George B. Milligan (Ind. Democratic) 24.48%
A. P. McCombs (Greenback) 8.66%

|- ! | William Kimmel | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Kimmel (Democratic) 70.41%
Joseph Thompson (Socialist Labor) 29.59%

|- ! | Thomas Swann | | Democratic | 1868 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Robert M. McLane (Democratic) 58.98%
Jonathan C. Holland (Republican) 35.56%
William L. Quigley (Socialist Labor) 3.34%

|- ! | Eli J. Henkle | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Eli J. Henkle (Democratic) 53.97%
J. Parran Crane (Republican) 45.20%
Eugene B. Calvert (Greenback) 0.84%

|- ! | William Walsh | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Milton Urner (Republican) 49.69%
George Peter (Democratic) 43.62%
Horace Resley (Greenback) 6.69%

Massachusetts

|- ! | William W. Crapo | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William W. Crapo (Republican) 62.32%
Matthias Ellis (Democratic) 36.59%
Rodney French (Prohibition) 1.09%

|- ! | Benjamin W. Harris | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Benjamin W. Harris (Republican) 58.75%
Edgar E. Dean (Greenback) 22.05%
Edward Avery (Democratic) 17.63%
Thomas J. Lothrop (Prohibition) 1.58%

|- ! | Benjamin Dean | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Walbridge A. Field (Republican) 51.03%
Benjamin Dean (Democratic) 48.97%

|- ! | Leopold Morse | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Leopold Morse (Democratic) 60.34%
Martin Brimmer (Republican) 39.66%

|- ! | Nathaniel P. Banks | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Selwyn Z. Bowman (Republican) 58.37%
Nathan Clark (Democratic) 41.63%

|- ! | George B. Loring | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George B. Loring (Republican) 44.52%
E. Moody Boynton (Greenback) 44.03%
James H. Carleton (Democratic) 11.45%

|- ! | Benjamin Butler | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired to run for governor. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William A. Russell (Republican) 55.23%
John K. Tarbox (Democratic) 32.29%
Samuel M. Stevens (Greenback) 11.87%
James G. Abbott (Prohibition) 0.60%

|- ! | William Claflin | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Claflin (Republican) 54.41%
Isaac Bradford (Democratic) 44.74%
George W. Stacey (Prohibition) 0.85%

|- ! | William W. Rice | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William W. Rice (Republican) 59.02%
Eli Thayer (Democratic) 39.78%
T. A. Smith (Prohibition) 1.18%

|- ! | Amasa Norcross | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Amasa Norcross (Republican) 55.54%
Wilbur F. Whitney (Greenback) 29.10%
James S. Grinnell (Democratic) 15.36%

|- ! | George D. Robinson | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George D. Robinson (Republican) 51.75%
Edward H. Lathrop (Democratic) 37.86%
Jarvis N. Dunham (Democratic) 9.80%
Albert C. Woodworth (Independent) 0.60%

Michigan

|- ! | Alpheus S. Williams | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John S. Newberry (Republican) 40.85%
Alpheus S. Williams (Democratic) 35.37%
John Heffron (Greenback) 23.78%
Arthur D. Power (Prohibition) 0.22%

|- ! | Edwin Willits | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Edwin Willits (Republican) 40.85%
Ira B. Card (Democratic) 29.71%
Levi H. Thomas (Greenback) 24.07%
A. H. Lowie (Prohibition) 1.73%

|- ! | Jonas H. McGowan | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jonas H. McGowan (Republican) 41.68%
John Dawson (Greenback) 35.78%
James S. Upton (Democratic) 18.38%
Samuel Dickie (Prohibition) 4.16%

|- ! | Edwin W. Keightley | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Julius C. Burrows (Republican) 47.14%
Andrew J. Eldred (Democratic) 27.06%
Thomas R. Sherwood (Greenback) 25.80%

|- ! | John W. Stone | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John W. Stone (Republican) 45.77%
Charles C. Comstock (Greenback) 43.73%
Hiram J. Hoyt (Democratic) 9.93%
Dennis Dreskell (Prohibition) 0.57%

|- ! | Mark S. Brewer | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Mark S. Brewer (Republican) 45.10%
Hugh McCurdy (Democratic) 37.99%
James I. Meade (Greenback) 15.32%
M. M. Burnham (Prohibition) 1.59%

|- ! | Omar D. Conger | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Omar D. Conger (Republican) 47.39%
William T. Mitchell (Democratic) 35.48%
Charles F. Mallory (Greenback) 17.13%

|- ! | Charles C. Ellsworth | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Roswell G. Horr (Republican) 39.72%
B. M. Thompson (Democratic) 31.70%
Herbert M. Hoyt (Greenback) 28.15%

|- ! | Jay A. Hubbell | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jay A. Hubbell (Republican) 53.08%
John Powers (Democratic) 26.01%
George Parmelee (Greenback) 20.91%

Minnesota

|- ! | Mark H. Dunnell | | Republican | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Mark H. Dunnell (Republican) 57.48%
William Meighan (Democratic) 39.66%
George W. Green (Prohibition) 2.86%

|- ! | Horace B. Strait | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry Poehler (Democratic) 50.01%
Horace B. Strait (Republican) 47.50%
George C. Chamberlain (Greenback) 2.06%
Isaac C. Stearns (Prohibition) 0.43%

|- ! | Jacob H. Stewart | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William D. Washburn (Republican) 53.88%
Ignatius L. Donnelly (Democratic) 46.12%

Mississippi

|- ! | Henry L. Muldrow | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry L. Muldrow (Democratic) 59.35%
Reuben Davis (Greenback) 40.25%
W. D. Frazee (Independent) 0.40%

|- ! | Van. H. Manning | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Van. H. Manning (Democratic) 52.02%
J. H. Amacker (Republican) 44.94%
C. H. Allen (Independent) 2.88%
Daniel B. Wright (Greenback) 0.16%

|- ! | Hernando Money | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Hernando Money (Democratic) 100.0%

|- ! | Otho R. Singleton | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 100.0%

|- ! | Charles E. Hooker | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles E. Hooker (Democratic) 87.53%
J. B. Deason (Republican) 12.47%

|- ! | James R. Chalmers | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James R. Chalmers (Democratic) 83.26%
E. J. Castello (Republican) 16.74%

Missouri

|- ! | Anthony F. Ittner | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Martin L. Clardy (Democratic) 48.36%
Henry Ziegenhein (Republican) 33.26%
Henry Eshbaugh (Greenback) 12.69%
F. Westermeyer (Socialist Labor) 5.69%

|- ! | Nathan Cole | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Erastus Wells (Democratic) 42.70%
Nathan Cole (Republican) 41.21%
John Hogan (Greenback) 13.31%
William Hossfield (Socialist Labor) 2.78%

|- ! | Lyne Metcalfe | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

R. Graham Frost (Democratic) 45.23%
Lyne Metcalfe (Republican) 33.25%
H. C. Vandillen (Greenback) 13.83%
G. Bartholomeus (Socialist Labor) 7.13%

|- ! | Robert A. Hatcher | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Lowndes H. Davis (Democratic) 61.35%
Sol G. Kitchen (Greenback) 34.79%
Charles E. Moss (Republican) 3.86%

|- ! | Richard P. Bland | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Richard P. Bland (Democratic) 56.64%
J. J. Ware (Greenback) 40.24%
W. C. Mings (Independent) 3.11%

|- ! | Charles H. Morgan | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James R. Waddill (Democratic) 43.99%
Charles G. Burton (Republican) 28.77%
M. H. Ritchey (Greenback) 27.24%

|- ! | Thomas T. Crittenden | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alfred M. Lay (Democratic) 51.49%
James Boyd (Greenback) 26.75%
A. A. Underwood (Republican) 21.77%

|- ! | Benjamin J. Franklin | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Samuel L. Sawyer (Ind. Democratic) 48.95%
John T. Crisp (Democratic) 44.87%
L. G. Jeffers (Greenback) 6.17%

|- ! | David Rea | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nicholas Ford (Greenback) 51.74%
David Rea (Democratic) 48.26%

|- ! | Henry M. Pollard | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Gideon F. Rothwell (Democratic) 47.19%
Henry M. Pollard (Republican) 34.69%
E. J. Broaddus (Greenback) 18.12%

|- ! | John B. Clark Jr. | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John B. Clark Jr. (Democratic) 98.92%
Scattering (Independent) 1.08%

|- ! | John M. Glover | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William H. Hatch (Democratic) 45.09%
John M. London (Greenback) 38.34%
Dan M. Draper (Republican) 16.56%

|- ! | Aylett H. Buckner | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Aylett H. Buckner (Democratic) 59.21%
T. J. Fagg (Greenback) 32.57%
T. B. Robinson (Ind. Government) 8.22%

Nebraska

|- ! | | Incumbent died September 4, 1878. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Edward K. Valentine (Republican) 56.58%
J. W. Davis (Democratic) 43.42%

Nevada

|- ! | Thomas Wren | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Rollin M. Daggett (Republican) 51.81%
W. E. Deal (Democratic) 48.19%

New Hampshire

|- ! | Frank Jones | | Democratic | 1875 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joshua G. Hall (Republican) 50.57%
Herbert F. Norris (Democratic) 40.88%
Lafayette Chesley (Greenback) 8.55%

|- ! | James F. Briggs | | Republican | 1877 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James F. Briggs (Republican) 52.10%
Alvah W. Sulloway (Democratic) 39.57%
Cyrus A. Sulloway (Greenback) 8.33%

|- ! | Henry W. Blair | | Republican | 1877 | | Incumbent elected to the U.S. Senate. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Evarts W. Farr (Republican) 49.06%
Henry O. Kent (Democratic) 44.68%
James W. Johnson (Greenback) 6.27%

New Jersey

|- ! | Clement H. Sinnickson | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George M. Robeson (Republican) 48.11%
C. C. Grosscup (Greenback) 31.85%
Nathan T. Stratton (Democratic) 20.04%

|- ! | John H. Pugh | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Hezekiah B. Smith (Democratic) 50.59%
John H. Pugh (Republican) 47.44%
Charles E. Baker (Prohibition) 1.97%

|- ! | Miles Ross | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Miles Ross (Democratic) 44.15%
Amos Clark (Republican) 43.06%
Washington L. Hope (Greenback) 12.56%
James A. Bradley (Prohibition) 0.24%

|- ! | Alvah A. Clark | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alvah A. Clark (Democratic) 45.05%
Frederic A. Potts (Republican) 38.77%
George H. Larison (Greenback) 16.18%

|- ! | Augustus W. Cutler | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles H. Voorhis (Republican) 44.92%
Thomas W. Demarest (Democratic) 41.60%
Erastus E. Potter (Greenback) 13.48%

|- ! | Thomas B. Peddie | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John L. Blake (Republican) 49.72%
Andrew Albright (Democratic) 43.19%
Francis C. Bliss (Greenback) 7.09%

|- ! | Augustus A. Hardenbergh | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Lewis A. Brigham (Republican) 50.82%
Patrick H. Laverty (Democratic) 43.26%
J. B. Winant (Greenback) 5.48%
C. C. Burr (Ind. Democratic) 0.44%

New York

|- ! | James W. Covert | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James W. Covert (Democratic) 50.84%
James Otis (Republican) 43.44%
Samuel J. Crooks (Greenback) 5.27%
Egbert T. Smith (Prohibition) 0.45%

|- ! | William D. Veeder | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Daniel O'Reilly (Ind. Democratic) 55.24%
Edward C. Litchfield (Democratic) 41.54%
Abraham Bennett (Greenback) 3.22%

|- ! | Simeon B. Chittenden | | Republican | 1874 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Simeon B. Chittenden (Republican) 58.40%
Richard H. Huntley (Democratic) 35.10%
Joseph P. Jones (Greenback) 3.51%
N. McGregor Steele (Prohibition) 3.00%

|- ! | Archibald M. Bliss | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Archibald M. Bliss (Democratic) 54.03%
William H. Lyon (Republican) 36.28%
C. Osborn Ward (Socialist Labor) 3.45%
John C. Keelly (Ind. Democratic) 3.23%
William Hanson (Greenback) 3.01%

|- ! | Nicholas Muller | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nicholas Muller (Tammany Hall Dem.) 52.27%
Thomas F. Burke (Republican) 45.98%
George Blair (Greenback) 1.55%}} | James E. Kerrigan (Greenback) 0.10% | Alexander Frey (Socialist Labor) 0.10%

|- ! | Samuel S. Cox | | Democratic | 1873 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Samuel S. Cox (Tammany Hall Dem.) 62.44%
Maurice S. D'Vries (Republican) 36.22%
Isaac Bennett (Socialist Labor) 1.34%

|- ! | Anthony Eickhoff | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Edwin Einstein (Republican) 48.53%
Anthony Eickhoff (Democratic) 45.63%
John W. Jahelka (Greenback) 5.12%
Thomas Green (Independent) 0.72%

|- ! | Anson G. McCook | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Anson G. McCook (Republican) 60.73%
Lawrence R. Jerome (Democratic) 35.49%
William W. Averill (Ind. Greenback) 3.68%
Frederick E. Sinner (Socialist Labor) 0.09%

|- ! | Fernando Wood | | Democratic | 1866 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Fernando Wood (Tammany Hall Dem.) 37.12%
John Hardy (Anti-Tammany Dem.) 33.05%
Wilson Berryman (Republican) 29.21%
Joseph Kunze (Greenback) 0.62%

|- ! | Abram Hewitt | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James O'Brien (Anti-Tammany Dem.) 54.16%
Orlando B. Potter (Tammany Hall Dem.) 43.29%
John G. Shuck (Independent) 1.54%
Garret Nagle (Independent) 1.01%

|- ! | Benjamin A. Willis | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Levi P. Morton (Republican) 65.65%
Benjamin A. Willis (Tammany Hall Dem.) 32.92%
G. Wallace Bryant (Anti-Tammany Dem.) 1.18%

|- ! | Clarkson Nott Potter | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alexander Smith (Republican) 49.64%
Marcius L. Cobb (Democratic) 39.76%
Nicholas Smith (Greenback) 10.60%

|- ! | John H. Ketcham | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John H. Ketcham (Republican) 62.78%
Orlando D. Baker (Democratic) 33.39%
John V. Doty (Greenback) 2.73%}} | George Potter (Prohibition) 0.85% | Aaron J. Stevens (Independent) 0.26%

|- ! | George M. Beebe | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John W. Ferdon (Republican) 44.43%
George M. Beebe (Democratic) 42.42%
William Voorhis (Greenback) 12.22%
Stephen Merritt (Prohibition) 0.93%

|- ! | Stephen L. Mayham | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Lounsbery (Democratic) 47.52%
George S. Nichols (Republican) 39.75%
John R. Erkson (Greenback) 12.24%
James H. Coutant (Prohibition) 0.49%

|- ! | Terence J. Quinn | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent Terence J. Quinn died June 18, 1878. Republican gain. Successor also elected the same day to finish the term. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Mosher Bailey (Republican) 41.13%
Francis H. Woods (Democratic) 40.47%
Henry Hilton (Greenback) 18.39%

|- ! | Martin I. Townsend | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Walter A. Wood (Republican) 55.34%
Charles E. Patterson (Democratic) 31.86%
Richard H. Ferguson (Greenback) 12.80%

|- ! | Andrew Williams | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Hammond (Republican) 54.84%
John Ross (Democratic) 29.69%
Leonard G. McDonald (Greenback) 15.47%

|- ! | Amaziah B. James | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Amaziah B. James (Republican) 70.59%
Louis Hasbrouck (Democratic) 29.41%

|- ! | John H. Starin | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John H. Starin (Republican) 56.71%
Alexander J. Thomson (Democratic) 34.78%
Frederick F. Wendell (Greenback) 8.27%
James H. Bronson (Prohibition) 0.24%

|- ! | Solomon Bundy | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

David Wilber (Republican) 48.07%
Bryon J. Scofield (Democratic) 31.82%
Salmon G. Cone (Greenback) 18.81%
Fred T. Jarvis (Prohibition) 1.29%

|- ! | George A. Bagley | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Warner Miller (Republican) 51.39%
Levi H. Brown (Democratic) 40.33%
Harry Lewis (Greenback) 7.27%
Simon P. Gray (Prohibition) 1.00%

|- ! | William J. Bacon | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Cyrus D. Prescott (Republican) 42.95%
John T. Spriggs (Democratic) 38.41%
James Mitchell (Greenback) 16.61%
John W. Meais (Prohibition) 1.98%

|- ! | William H. Baker | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joseph Mason (Republican) 50.65%
Sebastian Duffy (Democratic) 47.55%
Winfield S. Smyth (Prohibition) 1.80%

|- ! | Frank Hiscock | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Frank Hiscock (Republican) 55.96%
John M. Weiting (Democratic) 42.83%
Lemuel N. Stratton (Prohibition) 1.21%

|- ! | John H. Camp | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John H. Camp (Republican) 53.02%
Charles F. Durston (Democratic) 40.55%
Martin L. Wolley (Greenback) 6.05%
William D. Osborne (Prohibition) 0.38%

|- ! | Elbridge G. Lapham | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Elbridge G. Lapham (Republican) 54.47%
David A. Pierpont (Democratic) 45.42%
Thomas H. Howell (Prohibition) 0.11%

|- ! | Jeremiah W. Dwight | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jeremiah W. Dwight (Republican) 54.47%
William L. Mudge (Democratic) 38.72%
Epenetus Howe (Greenback) 6.53%
Gardine C. Hibbard (Prohibition) 0.73%

|- ! | John N. Hungerford | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

David P. Richardson (Republican) 42.82%
Francis G. Babcock (Democratic) 32.75%
Ralph Beaumont (Greenback) 24.43%

|- ! | Elizur K. Hart | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Van Voorhis (Republican) 43.49%
Alexander B. Lamberton (Democratic) 37.55%
Nathan G. Brown (Greenback) 10.00%
Alphonso A. Hopkins (Prohibition) 8.97%

|- ! | Charles B. Benedict | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Richard Crowley (Republican) 56.33%
Cyrus E. Davis (Democratic) 39.17%
Galen Miller (Greenback) 2.51%
Joseph W. Grosvenor (Prohibition) 1.03%
James F. Gordon (Independent) 0.96%

|- ! | Daniel N. Lockwood | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Ray V. Pierce (Republican) 52.34%
Daniel N. Lockwood (Democratic) 44.37%
Augustus R. Grote (Prohibition) 3.28%

|- ! | George W. Patterson | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry Van Aernam (Republican) 49.87%
Lorenzo Morris (Democratic) 29.55%
Silas Vinton (Greenback) 20.58%

North Carolina

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Carolina was rampant with voter fraud, particularly through the use of tissue ballots, thin ballots hidden in the normal ballot, typically 10 to 20 at a time. The almost statewide exclusion of Republicans as Commissioners of Elections, and the ensuing appointment of nearly all Democratic Managers of Elections, allowed to Democratic Managers to perpetrate this scheme. When the votes were counted and more votes than voters were found, the Managers removed and destroyed the Republican ballots resulting in the complete takeover of the state.

|- ! | Joseph Rainey | | Republican | 1870 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John S. Richardson (Democratic) 61.70%
Joseph Rainey (Republican) 38.30%

|- ! | Richard H. Cain | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Michael P. O'Connor (Democratic) 60.94%
Edmund W. M. Mackey (Republican) 39.06%

|- ! | D. Wyatt Aiken | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

D. Wyatt Aiken (Democratic) 79.44%
J. F. Ensor (Republican) 20.56%

|- ! | John H. Evins | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John H. Evins (Democratic) 96.84%
Alexander S. Wallace (Republican) 3.16%

|- ! | Robert Smalls | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George D. Tillman (Democratic) 71.24%
Robert Smalls (Republican) 28.76%

Tennessee

|- ! | James H. Randolph | | Republican | 1876 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 51.61%
A. H. Pettibone (Republican) 48.39%

|- ! | Jacob M. Thornburgh | | Republican | 1872 | |Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Leonidas C. Houk (Republican) 57.12%
Albert G. Watkins (Ind. Democratic) 42.88%

|- ! | George G. Dibrell | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George G. Dibrell (Democratic) 69.09%
Xenophon Wheeler (Republican) 30.91%

|- ! | Haywood Y. Riddle | | Democratic | 1875 (special) | |Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Benton McMillin (Democratic) 64.99%
E. J. Golladay (Ind. Democratic) 35.01%

|- ! | John M. Bright | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John M. Bright (Democratic) 65.41%
B. F. Lillard (Democratic) 20.23%
James A. Warder (Republican) 7.53%
P. C. Isbell (Greenback) 6.83%

|- ! | John F. House | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John F. House (Democratic) 57.18%
George F. Akers (Greenback) 27.75%
William F. Prosser (Republican) 14.29%
Jonathan A. Campbell (Ind. Greenback) 0.77%

|- ! | Washington C. Whitthorne | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 43.16%
Jonathan H. Moore (Democratic) 36.29%
A. M. Hughes (Republican) 20.55%

|- ! | John D. C. Atkins | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 61.40%
James T. Warren (Greenback) 38.60%

|- ! | William P. Caldwell | | Democratic | 1874 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles B. Simonton (Democratic) 63.68%
Gideon B. Black (Greenback) 36.32%

|- ! | H. Casey Young | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | {{Plainlist |

H. Casey Young (Democratic) 54.79%
William M. Randolph (Republican) 31.74%
A. J. Keller (Greenback) 13.47%

Texas

Vermont

|- ! | Charles H. Joyce | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles H. Joyce (Republican) 68.1%
Jean Randall (Democratic) 31.9%

|- ! | Dudley C. Denison | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James M. Tyler (Republican) 71.3%
Asa M. Dickey (Democratic) 28.4%
S. B. Barnard (Unknown) 0.2%

|- ! | George Hendee | | Republican | 1872 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Greenback gain. | nowrap | {{Collapsible list|title=First ballot| | Bradley Barlow (Greenback) 46.8% | William W. Grout (Republican) 34.2% | George S. Waterman (Democratic) 18.3% | H. Henry Powers (Republican) 0.3% | George Hendee (Republican) 0.1% | George N. Dale (Republican) 0.1% Second ballot{{Plainlist|

Bradley Barlow (Greenback) 60.4%
William W. Grout (Republican) 31.3%
George S. Waterman (Democratic) 7.9%
W. H. H. Brigham (Democratic) 0.2%

Virginia

|- ! | Richard L. T. Beale | | 1847 1849 (retired) 1878 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Richard L. T. Beale (Democratic) 48.3%
George C. Round (Republican) 36.4%
John Critcher (Greenback) 15.3%

|- ! | John Goode | | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Goode (Democratic) 56.7%
John F. Dezendorf (Republican) 43.3% |- ! | Gilbert C. Walker | | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Joseph E. Johnston (Democratic) 58.1%
William W. Newman (Greenback) 41.9% |- ! | Joseph Jorgensen | | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) 60.7%
William E. Hinton (Democratic) 39.3% |- ! | George Cabell | | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
George Cabell (Democratic) 66.7%
W. A. Witcher (Independent) 33.3% |- ! | J. Randolph Tucker | | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
J. Randolph Tucker (Democratic) 63.4%
Camm Patterson (Greenback) 36.3%
Lewis W. Cabell (Unknown) 0.3% |- ! | John T. Harris | | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
John T. Harris (Democratic) 56.5%
John Paul (Conservative) 43.5% |- ! | Eppa Hunton | | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Eppa Hunton (Democratic) 78.0%
John R. Carton (Independent) 15.1%
James Cochran (Independent) 6.8% |- ! | Auburn Pridemore | | 1876 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
James B. Richmond (Democratic) 33.7%
Fayette McMullen (Independent) 31.8%
Samuel H. Newberry (Independent) 30.5%
Charles C. Campbell (Republican) 4.0% |}

West Virginia

|- ! | Benjamin Wilson | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Benjamin Wilson (Democratic) 48.95%
J. R. Hubbard (Republican) 38.43%
James Bassell (Greenback) 12.62%

|- ! | Benjamin F. Martin | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Benjamin F. Martin (Democratic) 56.61%
F. A. Burr (Republican) 27.85%
J. H. Thompson (Greenback) 15.53%

|- ! | John E. Kenna | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John E. Kenna (Democratic) 54.01%
Henry I. Walker (Republican) 45.99%

Wisconsin

Wisconsin elected eight members of congress on Election Day, November 5, 1878.

|- ! | Charles G. Williams | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles G. Williams (Republican) 59.5%
Charles H. Parker (Greenback) 40.5%

|- ! | Lucien B. Caswell | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lucien B. Caswell (Republican) 51.5%
Romanzo E. Davis (Democratic) 38.8%
Horace A. Tenney (Greenback) 9.7%

|- ! | George C. Hazelton | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George C. Hazelton (Republican) 50.2%
Owen King (Democratic) 49.8%

|- ! | William Pitt Lynde | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Peter V. Deuster (Democratic) 47.4%
Leander F. Frisby (Republican) 46.8%
Truman H. Judd (Greenback) 5.7%

|- ! | Edward S. Bragg | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Edward S. Bragg (Democratic) 46.2%
Hiram N. Smith (Republican) 38.3%
David Giddings (Greenback) 15.5%

|- ! | Gabriel Bouck | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 45.9%
James V. Jones (Republican) 37.6%
George McKendree Steele (Greenback) 16.5%

|- ! | Herman L. Humphrey | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Herman L. Humphrey (Republican) 54.2%
Charles D. Parker (Democratic) 45.8%

|- ! | Thaddeus C. Pound | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thaddeus C. Pound (Republican) 52.8%
Augustus Barrows (Democratic) 47.2%

Non-voting delegates

|- !

|- ! | Jefferson P. Kidder | | Republican | 1874 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Granville G. Bennett (Ind. Republican)
Jefferson P. Kidder (Republican)

|- ! | Stephen S. Fenn | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George Ainslie (Democratic) 61.37%
Jonas W. Brown (Republican) 38.63%

|- ! | Martin Maginnis | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Martin Maginnis (Democratic) 70.40%
Sample Orr (Republican) 29.60%

|- !

|- ! | William W. Corlett | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Stephen W. Downey (Republican) 58.33%
E. L. Pease (Democratic) 41.85%

Notes

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