The 1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 4 for the 49th Congress. These elections were held at the same time as the presidential election and the election for governor.
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Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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BackgroundEdit
The 1882 elections had sent one Democrat and one Republican to the House to represent Florida. That would prove to be the last Congressional election won by a Republican in Florida until 1954.
Election resultsEdit
Both incumbents ran for re-election, one of whom was re-elected. One seat changed from Republican to Democratic control
| District | Democratic | Republican | Independent Republican | ||||||
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| 1st[1] | Robert H. M. Davidson (I) | 14,619 | 55.1% | Eugene O. Locke | 11,899 | 44.9% | |||
| 2nd[2] | Charles Dougherty | 17,248 | 51.8% | Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (I) | 15,857 | 47.6% | Josiah T. Walls | 215 | 0.6% |