Английская Википедия:1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsFL The 1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 7 for the 45th Congress. These elections were held at the same time as the election for governor and the contentious presidential election, in which Florida was one of four states whose electoral votes were in dispute.

Background

In the 1874 elections, both Republican incumbents were initially declared re-elected. In the Шаблон:Ushr, Jesse J. Finley (D) successfully contested the re-election of Josiah T. Walls (R), so that at the time of the 1876 elections, Florida had one Democratic and one Republican incumbent.

Election results

Both incumbents ran for re-election, and both were defeated. The 1st district changed from Republican to Democratic control while the 2nd changed from Democratic to Republican control, resulting in no net change

1876 United States House election results
District Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic colspan="3" | Democratic Шаблон:Party shading/Republican colspan="3" | Republican
Шаблон:Ushr[1] Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Robert H. M. Davidson Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 13,162 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 51.2% William J. Purman (I) 12,565 48.8%
Шаблон:Ushr[2] Jesse J. Finley (I) 11,571 50.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Horatio Bisbee, Jr. Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 11,574 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 50.0%

Contested election

As in 1874, Democrat Jesse J. Finley challenged the results of the election in the 2nd district. On February 20, 1879, Finley was declared the legitimate winner with a vote of 11,329 - 11,077,[3] and was seated in Bisbee's place, serving from February 20, 1879 - March 3, 1879 when the 45th Congress ended.

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