1892 United States House of Representatives elections

1892 United States House of Representatives elections

November 8, 1892

All 356 seats in the United States House of Representatives
179 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Charles F. Crisp Thomas Brackett Reed
Party Democratic Republican Populist
Leader's seat Georgia 3rd Maine 1st
Last election 238 seats 86 seats 8 seats
Seats won 218 124 11
Seat change 20 38 3
Popular vote 5,603,431 4,827,462 980,033
Percentage 47.38% 40.82% 8.29%
Swing 3.33pp 1.98pp 6.42pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Silver Independent
Last election Pre-creation 0 seats
Seats won 1 2
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 7,171 95,631
Percentage 0.06% 0.81%
Swing New party

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     Populist gain      Populist hold
     Silver gain

Speaker before election

Charles Frederick Crisp
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Charles Frederick Crisp
Democratic

The 1892 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 8, 1892, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the election of Grover Cleveland as president for the second, noncontinuous, time, defeating incumbent Benjamin Harrison. Elections were held for 356 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 44 states, to serve in the 53rd United States Congress. They were the first elections after reapportionment following the 1890 United States census, increasing the size of the House. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

In spite of the presidential results, Harrison's Republican Party gained back some of the seats that had been lost in 1890 to the Democratic Party, but was still deep in the minority. The Republican pickups were a result of a number of Republican-friendly Northern districts reverting to form after voting Democratic in the previous election cycle. The third party Populists, who had high support among farmers and laborers in the Southern United States and the Western United States, also gained three seats.