United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1896
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 55th Congress . These elections were held at the same time as the 1896 Presidential election and the election for Governor.
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
See also
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