1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

none February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1878 Florida legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1876 1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1880 1880 Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives November 5, 1878 Democratic Party (United States) 1 2 1 21,169 53.1% Republican Party (United States) 1 0Democratic victor successfully challenged in 2nd district 1 18,693 46.9% 1868 Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held November 5, 1878 for the 46th Congress. 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 FL 1 1stDistrict 1 results Robert H. M. Davidson (I) 11,529 56.8% Simon B. ConoverSenator 8,601 40.9% Edmund C. Weeks 464 2.3% FL 2 2ndDistrict 2 results 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,Recount serving in House January 22 - March 3, 1881 See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1878 References 1878 Florida United States House of Representatives