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1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
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United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1886 Florida legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1884 1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1888 1888 Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives November 2, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) 2 2 33,383 58.6% Republican Party (United States) 0 0 23,152 40.6% Prohibition Party (United States) 0 0 420 0.7% 1868
The 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held November 2, 1886 for the 50th Congress.
Background
The previous elections had solidified Democratic domination of Florida's congressional delegation. Florida would be represented entirely by Democrats in both houses of Congress until 1954
Election results
Both incumbents ran successfully for re-election. This election marked the first appearance of the Prohibition Party in Florida's congressional elections.
+1886 United States House election results District Democratic Republican Prohibition FL 1 1stDistrict 1 results Robert H. M. Davidson (I) 14,493 66.2% C. B. PendletonSource does not give full name 7,389 33.8% FL 2 2ndDistrict 2 results Charles Dougherty (I) 18,890 53.9% J. C. Greeley 15,763 44.9% R. B. Norment 420 1.2%
See also
United States House of Representatives elections, 1886
References
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United States House of Representatives