The 1896 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1896, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the 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 55th United States Congress. The size of the House increased by one seat after Utah gained statehood on January 4, 1896. Special elections were also held throughout the year.

The Republican Party maintained its large majority in the House but lost 48 seats, mostly to the Democratic and Populist parties. The Republican losses were most likely due to the extraordinary gains that party made in the prior elections, when many normally Democratic districts voted Republican due to the severity of and fallout from the Panic of 1893. The Democratic Party recovered in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern districts dominated by Catholic and working-class voters. In the Western United States, the Populist Party made large gains and several Republicans broke away over the national party platform's endorsement of a gold standard.

This election marked the zenith of the Populist Party. The Populists would lose most of their seats in the 1898 elections and thereafter slowly fade from prominence.

Election summaries

+ ↓ 124 22 5 206 Democratic Republican

State Type Totalseats Democratic Populist Silver Silver Republican Ind. Republican Republican Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Alabama District 9 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Arkansas District 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 California District 7 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 Colorado District 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 Connecticut District 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Delaware At-large 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Florida District 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia District 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho At-large 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Illinois District 22 5 3 0 0 0 0 17 3 Indiana District 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 4 Iowa District 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 Kansas District+at-large 8 0 6 5 0 0 0 2 5 Kentucky District 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 Louisiana District 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 Maine District 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Maryland District 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 Massachusetts District 13 1 0 0 0 0 12 Michigan District 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 2 Minnesota District 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 Mississippi District 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 Missouri District 15 12 7 0 0 0 0 3 7 Montana At-large 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Nebraska District 6 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 3 Nevada At-large 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 New Hampshire District 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 New Jersey District 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 New York District 34 5 1 0 0 0 0 29 1 North Carolina District 9 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 North Dakota At-large 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ohio District 21 6 4 0 0 0 0 15 4 Oregon District 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Pennsylvania District+2 at-large 30 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 26 2 Rhode Island District 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 South Carolina District 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 South Dakota At-large 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Tennessee District 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 Texas District 13 12 0 0 0 0 1 Utah At-large 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Vermont District 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Virginia District 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 Washington At-large 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 West Virginia District 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 Wisconsin District 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 Wyoming At-large 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 357 124 31 22 13 1 0 3 1 1 206 48

Special elections

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! | J. William Stokes | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent's previous election declared void June 1, 1896 due to electoral fraud.Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1896.Incumbent also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |

Early election dates Three states, with 8 seats between them, held elections early in 1896:

June 1: Oregon September 1: Vermont September 14: Maine

Alabama

! | Richard H. Clarke | | Democratic | 1888 | | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Alabama.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

! | Jesse F. Stallings | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | George P. Harrison Jr. | | Democratic | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | William F. Aldrich | rowspan=2 | Republican | rowspan=2 | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap | |- | Election successfully contested.Incumbent re-elected and seated February 9, 1898. | nowrap |

! | Albert T. Goodwyn | | Populist | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | John H. Bankhead | | Democratic | 1886 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Milford W. Howard | | Populist | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Joseph Wheeler | | Democratic | 1884 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Truman H. Aldrich | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic gain. | 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 re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Hugh A. Dinsmore | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Robert Neill | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

California

! | John All Barham | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Grove L. Johnson | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | Samuel G. Hilborn | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | James G. Maguire | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Eugene F. Loud | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | James McLachlan | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Populist gain. | nowrap |

! | William W. Bowers | | Republican | 1890 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Populist gain. | nowrap |

Colorado

! | John F. Shafroth | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Silver Republican.Silver Republican gain. | 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

! | Jonathan S. Willis | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

Florida

! | Stephen M. Sparkman | | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Charles Merian Cooper | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

Georgia

! | Rufus E. Lester | | Democratic | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Benjamin E. Russell | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

! | Charles R. Crisp | | Democratic | 1896 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

! | Charles L. Moses | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | 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 |

! | Thomas G. Lawson | | Democratic | 1890 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

! | Farish Tate | | Democratic | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | James C. C. Black | | Democratic | 1892 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

! | Henry G. Turner | | Democratic | 1880 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. | nowrap |

Idaho

! | Edgar Wilson | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired to run for Idaho Supreme Court.Populist gain. | nowrap |

Illinois

! | J. Frank Aldrich | | Republican | 1892 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |

! | William Lorimer | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Hugh R. Belknap | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Charles W. Woodman | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. | nowrap |

! | George E. White | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Edward D. Cooke | | Republican | 1894 | 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 re-elected. | nowrap |

! | John I. Rinaker | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | James A. Connolly | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | William F. L. Hadley | | Republican | 1895 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | Benson Wood | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | Orlando Burrell | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | Everett J. Murphy | | Republican | 1894 | | 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 |

! | Alexander M. Hardy | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | Robert J. Tracewell | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | James E. Watson | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | George W. Faris | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Henry U. Johnson | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Jesse Overstreet | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Charles L. Henry | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Frank Hanly | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. | nowrap |

! | Jethro A. Hatch | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent retired.Republican hold. | nowrap |

! | George Washington Steele | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Jacob D. Leighty | | Republican | 1894 | | Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. | nowrap |

! | Lemuel W. Royse | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

Iowa

! | Samuel M. Clark | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | George M. Curtis | | Republican | 1894 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | David B. Henderson | | Republican | 1882 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Thomas Updegraff | | Republican | 1892 | 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 |

! | Alva L. Hager | | Republican | 1892 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | Jonathan P. Dolliver | | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

! | George D. Perkins | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

Kansas

! | Case Broderick | | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Orrin L. Miller | | Republican | 1894