The 1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held November 2 for the
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Background
The
Democrats had gained complete control of
Florida's congressional delegation in 1878, although the results of the election in the 2nd district were successfully challenged, so that a single Republican represented Florida in the House for the last two months of the
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Election results
Incumbent
Noble A. Hull
Noble Andrew Hull (March 11, 1827 – January 28, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Florida and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
Early life
Born in Little York, Georgia, and raised on a plantation, Hull attended the county schools ...
(D) of the did not run for re-election.
1st District
Incumbent
Robert H.M. Davidson easily defeated
Republican nominee
George W. Witherspoon with 57.46% of the votes.
In some tabulation from the 2nd precinct in
Leon County, 127 votes for
Robert H.M. Davidson were erroneously reported for
Livingston W. Bethel.
Results
2nd District
Results
Contested election
For the fourth time in a row, the election in the 2nd district was contested. Republican
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. successfully contested the election of Democrat
Jesse J. Finley
Jesse Johnson Finley (November 18, 1812 – November 6, 1904) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, following the reco ...
and was seated June 1, 1882.
Bisbee had also been on the winning side of an electoral dispute after the
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
election, and on the losing side of an electoral dispute in
1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...
, while Finley had been on the winning side of electoral disputes in
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio MarÃa González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...
and 1876.
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See also
*
1880 United States presidential election in Florida
*
United States House of Representatives elections, 1880
The 1880 United States House of Representatives elections, coincided with the 1880 presidential election which was won by James A. Garfield, who was a member of the House at the time.
Issues such as Civil War loyalties, tariffs, graft and corr ...
*
1880 Florida gubernatorial election
References
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
Florida
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