1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

none February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1896 Florida legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1894 1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1898 1898 Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives November 3, 1896 Democratic Party (United States) 2 2 30,355Including National Democrats 71.7% Republican Party (United States) 0 0 9,431 22.3% Populist Party (United States) 0 0 2,163 5.1% 1868 Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held November 3, 1896 for two seats in the 55th Congress. These elections were held at the same time as the 1896 Presidential election and the election for Governor. There were a total of five different parties running, including a short-lived breakaway faction of the Democratic Party known as the National Democratic Party. Background The previous two elections had involved only the Democratic and People's Parties. The Republicans returned to Floridian congressional elections in this race, as did the Prohibition Party, which had last run a candidate for Congress in Florida in 1886. Election results Charles Merian Cooper (D) of the FL 2 2nd district did not run for renomination. +1896 United States House election results District Democratic National DemocraticAlso known as the "Gold Democrats" Republican Populist Prohibition FL 1 1stDistrict 1 results Stephen M. Sparkman (I) 14,823 77.5% E. K. NicholsSource did not give full name 2,797 14.6% J. Asakiah Williams 1,308 6.8% J. C. Green 201 1.1% FL 2 2ndDistrict 2 results Robert Wyche Davis 14,376 61.9% Daniel G. Ambler 1,156 5.0% Joseph N. Stripling 6,634 28.6% William R. Peterson 855 3.7% M. E. Spencer 195 0.8% See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1896 References 1896 Florida United States House of Representatives