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1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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 did not run for renomination.

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