United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1910

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1910
Florida
November 8, 1910
All 3 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Socialist Republican
Last election 3 0 0
Seats won 3 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 30,995 5,182 1,372
Percentage 82.5% 13.8% 3.7%

Elections for three seats in the House of Representatives in Florida for the 62nd Congress were held November 8, 1910.

Background

The Democratic Party had dominated Florida's politics since the end of Reconstruction, with the last non-Democrat being elected to Congress from Florida in [[United States United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1882|1882]]. At this time in Florida's history, the Democratic Party's main opponents in Florida were the Republicans and the Socialists. In 1908, the Republicans had contested all three districts and the Socialists two. This year, only one district had a Republican challenger, while all three had a Socialist challenger.

Election results

1910 United States House election results
District Democratic Socialist Republican
1st[1] Stephen M. Sparkman (I) 10,525 81.8% C. C. Allen[2] 2,346 18.2%
2nd[3] Frank Clark (I) 11,626 78.5% Thomas W. Cox 1,804 12.2% Thomas C. Buddington 1,372 9.3%
3rd[4] Dannite H. Mays (I) 8,844 89.6% Eric Vonaxelson 1,032 10.4%

See also

References

  1. ↑ District 1 results
  2. ↑ Full name not given in source
  3. ↑ District 2 results
  4. ↑ District 3 result
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