United States House of Representatives elections, 1878

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The U.S. House election, 1878 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1878 which occurred in the middle of President Rutherford B. Hayes' term.

Both major parties lost seats to the new Greenback Party, which was established to promote the long-term use of paper money as a solution to stop enormous economic fluctuations. The Democratic Party remained the largest party, but lost its majority. However, it allied with several independent politicians and was able to remain in power.

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage
Democratic Party	141	-14	48.1%
Republican Party	132	-4	45.0%
Greenback Party	13	+13	4.4%
Independent	7	+5	2.3%
Totals	293	+0	100.0%

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic
<=60% Republican	<=60% Democratic
House seats by party holding plurality in state

6+ Republican gain	6+ Democratic gain
3-5 Republican gain	3-5 Democratic gain
1-2 Republican gain	1-2 Democratic gain
1-2 Greenback gain	3-5 Greenback gain
no net change

[edit] California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	Horace Davis	Republican	1876	Running	Horace Davis (R) 48.4% Clitus Barbour (Workingmen) 44.5% Charles A. Sumner (D) 7.1%
California 2	Horace F. Page	Republican	1872	Running	Horace F. Page (R) 51.9% Thomas J. Clunie (D) 34.4% H. B. Williams (Workingmen) 13.8%
California 3	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1872	Running	Campbell P. Berry (D) 50.1% Joseph McKenna (R) 49.6% G. T. Elliott (Workingmen) 0.3%
California 4	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	1876	Running	Romualdo Pacheco (R) 40.5% Wallace Leach (D) 31.8% James J. Ayers (Workingmen) 27.7%