The 1888 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1888, with three states holding theirs early between June and September. They occurred at the same time as the election of President Benjamin Harrison. Elections were initially held for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 51st United States Congress. Six new states would later join the union and increase the House to 332 seats. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
Harrison's Republican Party gained a majority in the House at the expense of the Democratic Party, even though incumbent President Grover Cleveland actually received more votes counted than Harrison. However, as in other elections in the period, widespread vote suppression and electoral fraud was common on behalf of Democrats and against black Republicans in the Southern United States. The Republican House majority in uncontested elections unseated a number of initially reported as victorious Democratic candidates in favor of Republican candidates who contested their election loss.
The issue of tariffs played a key role in this election. The Democrats, with the support of farmers and laborers, wanted to lower tariffs in order to promote free trade, while the Republicans, backed by industry and big business, believed that higher tariffs were necessary to protect American manufacturing. Especially in industrializing regions, voters chose the Republican view on tariffs, as they gave the party a slim majority in the House.
Hamilton D. ColemanâÂÂs win in the Second District would prove the last time until 1972 that a Republican won any House seat in Louisiana, for the disenfrachisement of almost all blacks in the 1890s would leave that state completely devoid of Republican support until after the Dixiecrat bolt.
Seven seats were added, for the six new states of, in order of admission (number of House seats for each new state listed in parentheses): North Dakota (1), South Dakota (2), Montana (1), Washington (1), Idaho (1), and Wyoming (1).
The previous election had 4 third-party candidates, 2 Labor, 1 Greenback, and 1 Independent.
All states elected their members November 6, 1888 except, three states, with 7 seats among them:
|- ! | James T. Jones | | Democratic | 1883 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Hilary A. Herbert | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William C. Oates | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Alexander C. Davidson | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 | 1884 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap | |- | | Election successfully contested. New member seated June 4, 1890. <br>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | James E. Cobb | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John H. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William H. Forney | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph Wheeler | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
|- ! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Poindexter Dunn | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 | 1878 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap | |- | | Election successfully contested. New member seated March 5, 1890. <br>Labor gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Clifton R. Breckinridge | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. Seat declared vacant September 5, 1890 due to election challenge. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas C. McRae | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John H. Rogers | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel W. Peel | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
In the , initial returns showed William H. Cate (Democratic) winning the election, but the election was contested by Lewis P. Featherstone (Labor), and on May 5, 1890, he was declared the winner.
In the , Clifton R. Breckinridge (Democratic) was initially declared re-elected. John M. Clayton successfully contested the election, but was assassinated before the contest was complete, so the House declared the seat vacant. Breckinridge was subsequently re-elected November 4, 1890 to finish the term.
|- ! | Thomas Larkin Thompson | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Marion Biggs | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph McKenna | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William W. Morrow | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles N. Felton | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Vandever | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George G. Symes | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Robert J. Vance | | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Carlos French | | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles A. Russell | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Miles T. Granger | | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John B. Penington | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Robert H. M. Davidson | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles Dougherty | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas M. Norwood | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry G. Turner | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles F. Crisp | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas W. Grimes | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John D. Stewart | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James Henderson Blount | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Judson C. Clements | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry H. Carlton | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Allen D. Candler | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George Barnes | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
|- ! | Ransom W. Dunham | | Republican | 1882 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Frank Lawler | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William E. Mason | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George E. Adams | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Albert J. Hopkins | | Republican | 1885 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Robert R. Hitt | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas J. Henderson | | Republican | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Ralph Plumb | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Lewis E. Payson | | Republican | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Philip S. Post | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William H. Gest | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George A. Anderson | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | William McKendree Springer | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jonathan H. Rowell | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph Gurney Cannon | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Silas Z. Landes | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edward Lane | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jehu Baker | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Democratic gain | nowrap |
|- ! | Richard W. Townshend | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John R. Thomas | | Republican | 1878 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Francis B. Posey | | Republican | 1889 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John H. O'Neall | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jonas G. Howard | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br />Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | William S. Holman | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Courtland C. Matson | | Democratic | 1880 | | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Indiana.<br />Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas M. Browne | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William D. Bynum | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James T. Johnston | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph B. Cheadle | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William D. Owen | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George Washington Steele | | Republican | 1880 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | James Bain White | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Benjamin F. Shively | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John H. Gear | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Walter I. Hayes | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | David B. Henderson | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William E. Fuller | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br />Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Daniel Kerr | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James B. Weaver | | Greenback | 1884 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Democratic/Labor candidate.<br />Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edwin H. Conger | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Albert R. Anderson | | Independent Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph Lyman | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Adoniram J. Holmes | | Republican | 1882 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br />Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Isaac S. Struble | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edmund N. Morrill | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edward H. Funston | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Bishop W. Perkins | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas Ryan | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Alexander Anderson | | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Erastus J. Turner | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel R. Peters | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Johnson Stone | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Polk Laffoon | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | W. Godfrey Hunter | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Alexander B. Montgomery | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Asher G. Caruth | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John G. Carlisle | | Democratic | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | W. C. P. Breckinridge | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James B. McCreary | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George M. Thomas | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | William P. Taulbee | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br />Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Hugh F. Finley | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Theodore S. Wilkinson | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Matthew D. Lagan | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired. <br />Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edward J. Gay | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Newton C. Blanchard | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Cherubusco Newton | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br />Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel M. Robertson | | Democratic | 1887 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas B. Reed | | Republican | 1876 |Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Nelson Dingley Jr. | | Republican | 1881 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Seth L. Milliken | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles A. Boutelle | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles H. Gibson | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Frank T. Shaw | | Democratic | 1884 | |Incumbent lost renomination.<br>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Harry W. Rusk | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Isidor Rayner | | Democratic | 1886 | |Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Barnes Compton | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Election successfully contested. New member seated March 20, 1890. <br>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Louis E. McComas | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Robert T. Davis | | Republican | 1882 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Davis Long | | Republican | 1882 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Leopold Morse | | Democratic | 1886 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Patrick Collins | | Democratic | 1882 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. |
|- ! | Edward D. Hayden | | Republican | 1886 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry Cabot Lodge | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Cogswell | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles Herbert Allen | | Republican | 1886 | |Incumbent not re-nominated.<br>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edward Burnett | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John E. Russell | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Whiting II | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Francis W. Rockwell | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | J. Logan Chipman | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Edward P. Allen | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | James O'Donnell | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Julius C. Burrows | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Melbourne H. Ford | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Mark S. Brewer | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Justin R. Whiting | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Timothy E. Tarsney | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Byron M. Cutcheon | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Spencer O. Fisher | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Republican gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Henry W. Seymour | | Republican | 1888 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | | | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | | | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | | | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | | | 1882 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | John M. Allen | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James B. Morgan | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas C. Catchings | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Frederick G. Barry | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Chapman L. Anderson | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | T. R. Stockdale | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles E. Hooker | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William H. Hatch | | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles H. Mansur | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Alexander M. Dockery | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James N. Burnes | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected but died before term started. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Warner | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John T. Heard | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John E. Hutton | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | John J. O'Neill | | Democratic | 1882 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Milton Glover | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired to run for governor.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Martin L. Clardy | | Democratic | 1878 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Richard P. Bland | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William J. Stone | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William H. Wade | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | James P. Walker | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John A. McShane | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | James Laird | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George W. E. Dorsey | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Woodburn | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Luther F. McKinney | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Jacob H. Gallinger | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | George Hires | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | James Buchanan | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Kean | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | James N. Pidcock | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Walter Phelps | | Republican | 1882 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Herman Lehlbach | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William McAdoo | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
See Non-voting delegates, below.
|- ! | Benjamin Butterworth | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles Elwood Brown | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Elihu S. Williams | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel S. Yoder | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George E. Seney | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Melvin M. Boothman | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James E. Campbell | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Robert P. Kennedy | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William C. Cooper | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jacob Romeis | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Albert C. Thompson | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jacob J. Pugsley | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph H. Outhwaite | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles P. Wickham | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles H. Grosvenor | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Beriah Wilkins | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph D. Taylor | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William McKinley | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Ezra B. Taylor | | Republican | 1880 (s) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George W. Crouse | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Martin A. Foran | | Democratic | 1882 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel Dibble | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George D. Tillman | | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James S. Cothran | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William H. Perry | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John J. Hemphill | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George W. Dargan | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Elliott | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
In the , Elliott was initially declared re-elected, but Miller successfully challenged the election and was seated in his place in September 1890.
|- ! | Roderick R. Butler | | Republican | 1886 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Leonidas C. Houk | | Republican | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John R. Neal | | Democratic | 1884 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Benton McMillin | | Democratic | 1878 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | James D. Richardson | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph E. Washington | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Washington C. Whitthorne | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Benjamin A. Enloe | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Presley T. Glass | | Democratic | 1884 | |Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | James Phelan Jr. | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
|- ! | John W. Stewart | | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William W. Grout | | 1880<br/>1882 <small>(lost)</small><br/>1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas H. B. Browne | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George E. Bowden | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George D. Wise | | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William E. Gaines | | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Robert Brown | | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel I. Hopkins | | Labor | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles T. O'Ferrall | | 1882 <small>(contest)</small> | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | W. H. F. Lee | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry Bowen | | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jacob Yost | | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
|- ! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Nathan Goff Jr. | rowspan=2 | Republican | rowspan=2 | 1882 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- | | Election successfully contested.<br/>New member seated February 26, 1890.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | William L. Wilson | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles P. Snyder | | Democratic | 1883 (special) | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Charles E. Hogg | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 | 1886 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap rowspan=2 |
|- | | Election successfully contested.<br/>New member seated February 3, 1890.<br/>Republican gain.
Wisconsin elected nine members of congress on Election Day, November 6, 1888.
|- ! | Lucien B. Caswell | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Richard W. Guenther | | Republican | 1886 | | Incumbent declined re-nomination.<br />Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Robert M. La Follette | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry Smith | | Union Labor | 1886 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas R. Hudd | | Democratic | 1886 <small>(special)</small> | | Incumbent lost re-nomination.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Charles B. Clark | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Ormsby B. Thomas | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Nils P. Haugen | | Republican | 1887 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Isaac Stephenson | | Republican | 1882 | | Incumbent declined re-nomination.<br/>Republican hold. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
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|- ! | Fred Dubois | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph K. Toole | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Republican gain. | nowrap |
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|- ! | Joseph M. Carey | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |