United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1896

←  1894 November 3, 1896 1898  →
Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Democratic Republican Populist Last election 2 0 0 Seats won 2 0 0 Seat change Popular vote 30,355 [1] 9,431 2,163 Percentage 71.7% 22.3% 5.1%

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.

Contents

• Background
• Election results
• See also
• References

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 2nd district did not run for renomination.

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1896

References