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 the reapportionment following the 1890 United States census, which increased the size of the House. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
Despite the presidential results, Harrison's Republican Party regained some of the seats lost in 1890 to the Democratic Party, but was still in the minority. The Republican pickups were the result of several Republican-friendly Northern districts reverting to form after voting Democratic in the previous election cycle. The third-party Populists, who enjoyed strong support among farmers and laborers in the Southern United States and the Western United States, also won three additional seats.
Election summaries This was the first election after reapportionment following the 1890 census. Twenty-four new seats were added, with 13 States gaining one seat each, two States gaining 2 seats each, and one state gaining 3 seats, and the remaining 28 states having no change. Several states did not redistrict following the apportionment of extra seats and elected those new seats at-large.
+ ↓ 218 3 11 124 Democratic P Republican
State Type Totalseats Democratic Republican Populist Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Alabama District 9 1 9 1 0 0 Arkansas District 6 1 6 1 0 0 California District 7 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 Colorado District 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 Connecticut District 4 3 1 0 Delaware At-large 1 1 0 0 Florida District 2 2 0 0 Georgia District 11 1 11 2 0 0 Idaho At-large 1 0 1 0 Illinois District+2 at-large 22 2 11 3 11 5 0 Indiana District 13 11 2 0 Iowa District 11 1 5 10 5 0 Kansas District+at-large 8 1 1 1 2 5 Kentucky District 11 10 1 0 Louisiana District 6 6 0 0 Maine District 4 0 4 0 Maryland District 6 6 0 0 Massachusetts District 13 1 3 4 10 5 0 Michigan District 12 1 5 2 7 3 0 Minnesota District 7 2 2 1 4 3 1 Mississippi District 7 7 0 0 Missouri District 15 1 14 1 1 0 Montana At-large 1 0 1 1 1 0 Nebraska District 6 3 1 3 3 2 Nevada At-large 1 0 0 1 0 New Hampshire District 2 0 2 2 2 0 New Jersey District 8 1 6 1 2 0 New York District 34 20 3 14 3 0 North Carolina District 9 8 1 0 North Dakota At-large 1 0 1 0 Ohio District 21 11 3 10 3 0 Oregon District 2 1 0 2 1 0 Pennsylvania District+2 at-large 30 2 10 20 2 0 Rhode Island District 2 2 0 0 South Carolina District 7 6 1 1 1 0 South Dakota At-large 2 0 2 0 Tennessee District 10 8 2 0 Texas District 13 2 13 2 0 0 Vermont District 2 0 2 0 Virginia District 10 10 0 0 Washington At-large 2 1 0 2 1 0 West Virginia District 4 4 0 0 Wisconsin District 10 1 6 2 4 3 0 Wyoming At-large 1 1 1 0 1 0 Total 356 24 220 23 124 45 11 3 The 1890 election saw the election of eight Populists, but no other third-party or independent members.
Early election dates In 1892, three states, with 8 seats among them, held elections early:
June 6 Oregon September 6 Vermont September 12 Maine
Alabama
One new seat was added in reapportionment. Democrats gained a seat in the new district.
! | Richard H. Clarke | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Hilary A. Herbert | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | William C. Oates | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | colspan=3 | None (new district) | | New seat.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | James E. Cobb | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John H. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William H. Forney | | Democratic | 1876 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Joseph Wheeler | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Louis W. Turpin | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Arkansas
One new seat was added in reapportionment. Democrats gained a seat in the new district.
! | William H. Cate | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Clifton R. Breckinridge | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas C. McRae | | Democratic | 1885 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William L. Terry | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Samuel W. Peel | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | colspan=3 | None (new district) | | New seat.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
California
One new seat was added in reapportionment. Democrats gained one seat from the Republicans, and the Populists gained a seat in the new district.
! | Thomas J. Geary | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Anthony Caminetti | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Joseph McKenna | | Republican | 1884 | | Incumbent resigned March 28, 1892.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | John T. Cutting | | Republican | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | Eugene F. Loud | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | colspan=3 | None (new district) | | New seat.Populist gain. | nowrap |
! | William W. Bowers | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Colorado
One new seat was added in reapportionment. Populists had a net gain of two seats, one taken from the Republicans and the other from a new district.
! | colspan=3 | None (new district) | | New seat.Populist gain. | nowrap |
! | Hosea Townsend | | Republican | 1888 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Populist gain. | nowrap |
Connecticut
! | Lewis Sperry | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Washington F. Willcox | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Charles A. Russell | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert E. De Forest | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Delaware
! | John W. Causey | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Georgia
! | Rufus E. Lester | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | colspan=3 | None (new district) | | New seat.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | Charles F. Crisp | | Democratic | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles L. Moses | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Leonidas F. Livingston | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James Henderson Blount | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Robert W. Everett | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Thomas G. Lawson | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas E. Winn | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Thomas E. Watson | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Populist.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Henry G. Turner | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Idaho
! | Willis Sweet | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Illinois
! rowspan=2 | | colspan=3 | None (new seat) | | New seat.Democratic gain. | rowspan=2 nowrap |
| colspan=3 | None (new seat) | | New seat.Democratic gain.
! | Abner Taylor | | Republican | 1888 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | Lawrence E. McGann | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Allan C. Durborow Jr. | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Walter C. Newberry | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | 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 |
! | Lewis Steward | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Herman W. Snow | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Philip S. Post | | Republican | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Benjamin T. Cable | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Scott Wike | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | William McKendree Springer | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Owen Scott | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Samuel T. Busey | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | George W. Fithian | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward Lane | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William S. Forman | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James R. Williams | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George Washington Smith | | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Indiana
! | William F. Parrett | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | John L. Bretz | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Jason B. Brown | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William S. Holman | | Democratic | 1880 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George W. Cooper | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Henry U. Johnson | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William D. Bynum | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Elijah V. Brookshire | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Daniel W. Waugh | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | David Henry Patton | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Augustus N. Martin | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles A. O. McClellan | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Benjamin F. Shively | | Democratic | 1886 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
Iowa
! | John J. Seerley | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Walter I. Hayes | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | David B. Henderson | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Walter H. Butler | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | John Taylor Hamilton | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Frederick Edward White | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | John A. T. Hull | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James P. Flick | | Republican | 1888 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | Thomas Bowman | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Jonathan P. Dolliver | | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George D. Perkins | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Kansas
! | colspan=3 | None (new seat) | | New seat.Populist gain. | nowrap |
! | Case Broderick | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edward H. Funston | | Republican | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Benjamin H. Clover | | Populist | 1890 | | Incumbent retired.Populist hold. | nowrap |
! | John G. Otis | | Populist | 1890