United States House election, 1890 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The U.S. House election, 1890 was an election for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

in 1890 which occurred in the middle of President

President of the United States

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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...

's term.

A stagnant economy which became worse after the Panic of 1890

Panic of 1890

The Panic of 1890 was an acute depression, although less serious than other panics of the era. It was precipitated by the near insolvency of Barings Bank in London. Barings, led by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, faced bankruptcy in November 1890 due mainly to excessive risk-taking on poor...

, combined with a lack of support for then Representative William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

's steep tariff

Tariff

A tariff may be either tax on imports or exports , or a list or schedule of prices for such things as rail service, bus routes, and electrical usage ....

act, which favored large industries at the expense of consumers, led to a sharp defeat for Harrison's Republican Party, giving a large majority to the Democratic Party and prefacing Harrison's defeat in 1892. The Republican-controlled Congress was highly criticized for its lavish spending, and it earned the unflattering nickname of The Billion Dollar Congress. Democrats promised to cut the outlandish budget. This election also saw the Populist Party, a coalition of farmers and laborers who wanted to overhaul the nation's financial system, make a small mark on Congress.

Overall results

Party	Total seats (change)		Seat percentage
Democratic Party	238	+86	71.6%
Republican Party	86	-93	25.9%
Populist Party	8	+8	2.4%
Totals	332	+0	100.0%

California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 1	Thomas J. Geary Thomas J. Geary Thomas J. Geary was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Geary moved with his parents to San Francisco, California, in April 1863.He attended the public schools.He studied law at St...	Democratic	1890	Running	Thomas J. Geary Thomas J. Geary Thomas J. Geary was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Geary moved with his parents to San Francisco, California, in April 1863.He attended the public schools.He studied law at St... (D) 49.3% John A. Barham (R) 48.8% L. B. Scranton (Proh.) 1.9%
California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 2	Marion Biggs Marion Biggs Marion Biggs was a United States Representative from California. He was born near Curryville, Pike County, Missouri. He attended the common schools. He moved to California in 1850. He returned to Missouri and was elected sheriff of Monroe County in 1852 and was reelected in 1854...	Democratic	1886	Retiring	Anthony Caminetti Anthony Caminetti Anthony Caminetti was a United States Representative from California.-Biography:He was born in Jackson, California. He attended the public schools of his native county, the grammar schools in San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied law and was admitted to the bar... (D) 49% George I. Blanchard (R) 48.6% J. S. Witherell (Proh.) 2.4%
California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 3	Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court...	Republican	1885	Running	Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court... (R) 55.4% John P. Irish (D) 42.5% O. O. Felkner (Proh.) 2.1%
California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 4	William W. Morrow William W. Morrow William W. Morrow was a US Representative from California from 1885–1891. Born near Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1845, attended the common schools and received private instruction. He moved to Santa Rosa, California, in 1859, taught school...	Republican	1884	Retiring	John T. Cutting John T. Cutting John Tyler Cutting was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Westport, New York, Cutting was left an orphan at ten years of age, when he journeyed westward.Resided in Wisconsin and Illinois from 1855 to 1860.... (R) 49.2% Robert Ferral (D) 45.1% Thomas V. Cator (K-N Know Nothing The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by... ) 5.6% Joseph Rowell (Proh.) 0.2%
California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 5	Thomas J. Clunie Thomas J. Clunie Thomas Jefferson Clunie was a U.S. Representative from California.Clunie was born in St. John's, Newfoundland on March 25, 1852. Clunie moved in with his parents after they were on a visit from Massachusetts. Clunie moved with his parents to California in 1854...	Democratic	1888	Running	Eugene F. Loud Eugene F. Loud Eugene Francis Loud was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California.... (R) 52.8% Thomas J. Clunie (D) 45.9% E. F. Howe (Proh.) 1.3%
California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 6	William Vandever	Republican	1886	Retiring	William W. Bowers William W. Bowers William Wallace Bowers was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Whitestown, New York, Bowers attended the common schools.He moved to Wisconsin in 1854.... (R) 51.1% W. J. Curtis (D) 44.1% O. R. Dougherty (Proh.) 4.8%

Overall results

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