The 1900 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1900, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the re-election of President William McKinley. Elections were held for 357 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 45 states, to serve in the 57th United States Congress. Special elections were also held throughout the year.
McKinley's Republican Party gained thirteen seats from the Democratic Party and minor parties, cementing their majority. A reassertion of Republican control in the Mid-Atlantic was key in the gain of new seats. However, with an improved economy, especially in the industrial sector, the election cycle featured no keystone issue, resulting in a general support for the status quo. The fading Populist Party held on to five House seats, while the sole member of the Silver Party changed parties to Democratic. This was the last time a third party headed into house elections with a party leader. All subsequent third parties to serve in the House would not select a party leader.
Election summaries + ↓ 151 6 200 Democrat Republican
StateTypeTotalseats Democratic Populist Republican Silver/Silver Republican Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Alabama District 9 9 1 0 0 1 0 Arkansas District 6 6 0 0 0 California District 7 0 1 0 7 1 0 Colorado District 2 0 1 0 1 Connecticut District 4 0 0 4 0 Delaware At-large 1 0 0 1 0 Florida District 2 2 0 0 0 Georgia District 11 11 0 0 0 Idaho At-large 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 Illinois District 22 11 3 0 11 3 0 Indiana District 13 4 0 9 0 Iowa District 11 0 0 11 0 Kansas District+at-large 8 1 1 0 1 7 0 Kentucky District 11 8 1 0 3 1 0 Louisiana District 6 6 0 0 0 Maine District 4 0 0 4 0 Maryland District 6 0 2 0 6 2 0 Massachusetts District 13 3 0 10 0 Michigan District 12 0 0 12 0 Minnesota District 7 0 0 7 0 Mississippi District 7 7 0 0 0 Missouri District 15 12 0 3 0 Montana At-large 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Nebraska District 6 2 1 2 1 2 0 Nevada At-large 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 New Hampshire District 2 0 0 2 0 New Jersey District 8 2 0 6 0 New York District 34 13 5 0 21 5 0 North Carolina District 9 7 1 0 1 2 0 North Dakota At-large 1 0 0 1 0 Ohio District 21 4 2 0 17 2 0 Oregon District 2 0 0 2 0 Pennsylvania District+2 at-large 30 4 6 0 26 6 0 Rhode Island District 2 0 0 2 0 South Carolina District 7 7 0 0 0 South Dakota At-large 2 0 0 2 0 Tennessee District 10 8 0 2 0 Texas District 13 13 1 0 0 1 0 Utah At-large 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Vermont District 2 0 0 2 0 Virginia District 10 10 0 0 0 Washington At-large 2 0 0 2 0 West Virginia District 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 Wisconsin District 10 0 0 10 0 Wyoming At-large 1 0 0 1 0 Total 357 151 10 5 1 200 13 1 2 The previous election of 1898 saw the election of 6 Populists, 2 Silver Republicans, and a Silver Party member.
Election dates
All the states held their elections November 6, 1900, except for 3 states, with 8 seats among them:
June 4: Oregon September 4: Vermont September 10: Maine
Special elections
! | John Walter Smith | | Democratic | 1898 | | Incumbent resigned January 12, 1900.New member elected November 6, 1900.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Alfred C. Harmer | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent died March 6, 1900.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | Joseph Wheeler | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1900.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | John H. Hoffecker | | Republican | 1898 | | Incumbent died June 16, 1900.New member elected November 6, 1900.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | William D. Daly | | Democratic | 1898 | | Incumbent died July 31, 1900.New member elected November 6, 1900.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Marion De Vries | | Democratic | 1896 | | Incumbent resigned August 20, 1900.New member elected November 6, 1900.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | William H. King | | Democratic | 1896 | | Incumbent's term expired March 3, 1899. Representative-elect B. H. Roberts was refused his seat in Congress.Incumbent re-elected to serve the unexpired term on April 2, 1900.Democratic hold. | nowrap | |- ! |Sydney P. Epes | | Democratic | 1896 | | Incumbent died March 3, 1900.New member elected April 28, 1900.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
J. William Stokes (Democratic) of died in office on July 6, 1901, and was replaced in a special election by Asbury F. Lever (Democratic)
Alabama
! | George W. Taylor | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Jesse F. Stallings | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Henry D. Clayton Jr. | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William F. Aldrich | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | Willis Brewer | | Democratic | 1896 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | John H. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John L. Burnett | | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Joseph Wheeler | | Democratic | 1884 | | Incumbent resigned. Winner also elected to finish term.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Oscar Underwood | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Arkansas
! | Philip D. McCulloch Jr. | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John S. Little | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas C. McRae | | Democratic | 1885 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William L. Terry | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Hugh A. Dinsmore | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Stephen Brundidge Jr. | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
California
! | John All Barham | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | Marion De Vries | | Democratic | 1896 | | Incumbent resigned August 20, 1900, to accept a judicial position.Republican gain. | nowrap |
! | Victor H. Metcalf | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Julius Kahn | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Eugene F. Loud | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Russell J. Waters | | Republican | 1898 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold | nowrap |
! | James C. Needham | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Colorado
! | John F. Shafroth | | Silver Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John C. Bell | | Populist | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Connecticut
! | E. Stevens Henry | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Nehemiah D. Sperry | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles A. Russell | | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Ebenezer J. Hill | | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Delaware
! | Walter O. Hoffecker | | Republican | 1900 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold | nowrap |
Florida
! | Stephen M. Sparkman | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert Wyche Davis | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Georgia
! | Rufus E. Lester | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James M. Griggs | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Elijah B. Lewis | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William C. Adamson | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Leonidas F. Livingston | | Democratic | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles L. Bartlett | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John W. Maddox | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William M. Howard | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Farish Tate | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William H. Fleming | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William G. Brantley | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Idaho
! | Edgar Wilson | | Silver Republican | 1898 | | Incumbent retired.Populist gain. | nowrap |
Illinois
! | James Robert Mann | | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William Lorimer | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | George Peter Foster | | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas Cusack | | Democratic | 1898 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Edward Thomas Noonan | | Democratic | 1898 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Henry Sherman Boutell | | Republican | 1897 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George E. Foss | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap |
! | Albert J. Hopkins | | Republican | 1885 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap |
! | Robert R. Hitt | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George W. Prince | | Republican | 1895 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Walter Reeves | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Joseph Gurney Cannon | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Vespasian Warner | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Joseph V. Graff | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Benjamin F. Marsh | | Republican | 1876 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | William E. Williams | | Democratic | 1898 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |
! | Ben F. Caldwell | | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Thomas M. Jett | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Joseph B. Crowley | | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James R. Williams | | Democratic | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William A. Rodenberg | | Republican | 1898 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |
! | George Washington Smith | | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Indiana
! | James A. Hemenway | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert W. Miers | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William T. Zenor | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Francis M. Griffith | | Democratic | 1897 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George W. Faris | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | James E. Watson | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Jesse Overstreet | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George W. Cromer | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Charles B. Landis | | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Edgar D. Crumpacker | | Republican | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | George Washington Steele | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | James M. Robinson | | Democratic | 1896 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Abraham L. Brick | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Iowa
! | Thomas Hedge | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap |
! | Joseph R. Lane | | Republican | 1898 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |
! | David B. Henderson | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Gilbert N. Haugen | | Republican | 1898 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Robert G. Cousins | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John F. Lacey | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | John A. T. Hull | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | William P. Hepburn | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
! | Smith McPherson | | Republican | 1898