1891 United States House of Representatives elections

There were eight special elections in 1891 in the United States House of Representatives to the 52nd United States Congress.

List of elections

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 10	Francis B. Spinola	Democratic	[data missing]	Incumbent died April 14, 1891. New member elected November 3, 1891. Democratic hold. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y W. Bourke Cockran (Democratic) 63.82% ▌James E. Townsend (Republican) 34.53% ▌John Hauser (Socialist Labor) 1.65%[2]
Michigan 5	Melbourne H. Ford	Democratic	[data missing]	Incumbent died April 20, 1891. New member elected November 3, 1891. Republican gain. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y Charles E. Belknap (Republican) 44.53% ▌John S. Lawrence (Democratic) 39.96% ▌Edward L. Hutchins (Populist) 11.20% ▌Henry Shultes (Prohibition) 3.51%[3]
Tennessee 2	Leonidas C. Houk	Republican	[data missing]	Incumbent died May 25, 1891. New member elected November 21, 1891. Republican hold. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y John C. Houk (Republican) 63.67% ▌J. C. Williams (Democratic) 35.36%[4]
South Dakota at-large	John R. Gamble	Republican	[data missing]	Incumbent died August 14, 1891. New member elected November 3, 1891. Republican hold. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y John L. Jolley (Republican) 44.48% ▌Henry W. Smith (Independent) 37.09% ▌James M. Wood (Democratic) 18.43%[5]
New York 22	Leslie W. Russell	Democratic	[data missing]	Incumbent resigned September 11, 1891. New member elected November 3, 1891 when elected judge of the New York Supreme Court. Republican gain. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y Newton M. Curtis (Republican) 54.75% ▌Wilbur E. Porter (Democratic) 41.36% ▌Alonzo M. Leffingwell (Prohibition) 3.89%[6]
New York 12	Roswell P. Flower	Democratic	[data missing]	Incumbent resigned September 16, 1891 to run for Governor of New York. New member elected November 3, 1891. Democratic hold. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y Joseph J. Little (Democratic)[a] 58.60% ▌William McMichael (Republican) 34.47% ▌David DeVenny (New York County Democracy) 4.16% ▌John J. Flick (Socialist Labor) 2.76%[7]
New York 2	David A. Boody	Democratic	[data missing]	Incumbent resigned October 13, 1891, to run for Mayor of Brooklyn, New York. New member elected November 3, 1891. Democratic hold. Successor seated December 7, 1891.[1]	▌Y Alfred C. Chapin (Democratic) 52.76 ▌Henry Bristow (Republican) 47.25%[8]
Virginia 8	William H. F. Lee	Democratic	[data missing]	Incumbent died October 15, 1891. New member elected December 9, 1891. Democratic hold. Successor seated December 23, 1891.[1]	▌Y Elisha E. Meredith (Democratic) 67.82% ▌John A. Brooks (Republican) 32.18%[9]

Notes

1. "Tammany" in source^[7]

References

1. "Fifty-Second Congress March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1893". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
2. "Our Campaigns - NY District 10 Race - Nov 03, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
3. "Our Campaigns - MI - District 05 Special Election Race - Nov 03, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
4. "Our Campaigns - TN - District 02 Special Election Race - Nov 21, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
5. "Our Campaigns - SD At Large - Special Election Race - Nov 03, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
6. "Our Campaigns - NY District 22 - Special Election Race - Nov 03, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
7. "Our Campaigns - NY District 12 - Special Election Race - Nov 03, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
8. "Our Campaigns - NY District 2 - Special Election Race - Nov 03, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.
9. "Our Campaigns - VA - District 08 Special Election Race - Dec 09, 1891". www.ourcampaigns.com.