United States House of Representatives elections, 1882

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The U.S. House election, 1882 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1882 which occurred during President Chester A. Arthur's term.

Arthur's Republican Party was badly defeated, losing its majority to the opposition Democratic Party after a campaign that focused on the resistance of Republican leaders to reforming the Spoils system under which government jobs were handed to supporters of winning candidates. After the election, Arthur agreed with the Democrats to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing a professional civil service. However, his actions were too late, as the image of the Republican Party as corrupt was already engrained in the minds of voters. This election also saw the decline of the pro-paper money Greenback Party and the pick up of several Virginian seats by the Readjuster Party, which promoted fiscal responsibility and shunned elitism.

1 Overall results
2 California
3 See also
4 Primary sources

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage
Democratic Party	196	+68	60.3%
Republican Party	117	-34	36.0%
Independent	6	+2	1.8%
Readjusters	4	+4	1.2%
Greenback Party	2	-8	0.6%
Totals	325	+32	100.0%

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic
<=60% Republican	<=60% Democratic
<=60% Readjuster
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 Independent gain	3-5 Readjuster gain
no net change

[edit] California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	William Rosecrans	Democratic	1880	Running	William Rosecrans (D) 59.5% Paul Neuman (R) 38.8% James McMillan Shafter (Proh.) 1.5% H. S. Fitch (GB) 0.2%
California 2	Horace F. Page	Republican	1872	Running	James Budd (D) 50.5% Horace F. Page (R) 48.1% J. L. Coles (Proh.) 1.2% F. J. Woodward (GB) 0.2%
California 3	Campbell P. Berry	Democratic	1878	Retiring	Barclay Henley (D) 51.3% John J. De Haven (R) 45.8% H. S. Graves (Proh.) 2% W. O. Howe (GB) 0.9%
California 4	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	1876/1879	Retiring	Pleasant B. Tully (D) 54.4% George L. Woods (R) 43.3% M. V. Wright (Proh.) 1.5% Isaac Kinley (GB) 0.8%
California AL	None (District created)				John R. Glascock (D) 26.5% Charles A. Sumner (D) 26.5% William W. Morrow (R) 22.4% Henry Edgerton (R) 22.3% A. B. Hotchkiss (Proh.) 0.8% Jesse Yarnell (Proh.) 0.8% Warren Chase (GB) 0.3% Stephen Maybell (GB) 0.3%