The U.S. House election, 1872 was an election for the United States House of Representatives

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 in 1872 which coincided with the re-election of President

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 Ulysses S. Grant

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Grant's Republican Party increased its majority greatly at the expense of the opposition Democratic Party. The pro-industry outlook of the Republicans appealed to many Northern voters, especially as the post-war economy exploded, and this allowed the party to flourish as the Industrial Revolution

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 grew more widespread. The Republicans also benefited from a continuing association with Civil War victory as well as disarray amongst Democratic leadership.

Overall results

Party	Total seats (change)		Seat percentage
Republican Party	199	+63	68.1%
Democratic Party	88	-16	30.1%
Independents	5	+2	1.7%
Totals	292	+49	100.0%

California

A new seat was added, following the 1870 U.S. Census, bringing the delegation up from three to four Representatives.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Charles Clayton Charles Clayton Charles Clayton was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Derbyshire, England. He was the Alcalde of Santa Clara, California from 1849-1850. He was a miller and founded the Santa Clara flour mills....  (R) 52.3% William A. Piper William Adam Piper William Adam Piper was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.-Life:...  (D) 47.7%
	Aaron Augustus Sargent Aaron Augustus Sargent Aaron Augustus Sargent was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was sometimes called the "Senator for the Southern Pacific Railroad".-Biography:...	Republican	1868	Retired Republican hold	Horace F. Page Horace F. Page Horace Francis Page was an American politician that represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Medina, Orleans County, New York. He attended public schools and Millville Academy and then taught school in La Porte County, Indiana until 1854...  (R) 51.8% Paschal Coggins (D) 48.2%
	John M. Coghlan John M. Coghlan John Maxwell Coghlan was a California Republican politician.Coghlan was born in Louisville, Kentucky and moved with his parents to Illinois in 1847, and again in 1850 to California during the California Gold Rush, where they settled in Suisun City.Coghlan studied law and was admitted to the bar...	Republican	1870	Lost re-election Democratic gain	John K. Luttrell John K. Luttrell John King Luttrell was a U.S. Representative from California.Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Luttrell attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to a farm in Alabama in 1844. He moved to Missouri in 1845 with his parents, who settled on a farm near St. Joseph. He moved to California in...  (D) 51.7% John M. Coghlan (R) 48.3%
	Sherman O. Houghton (Redistricted from the 1st district)	Republican	1870	Re-elected	Sherman O. Houghton (R) 53.6% E. J. C. Kewen (D) 46.4%

See also

• 43rd United States Congress
  43rd United States Congress
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• United States presidential election, 1872
  United States presidential election, 1872
  In the United States presidential election of 1872, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant was easily elected to a second term in office with Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts as his running mate, despite a split within the Republican Party that resulted in a defection of many Liberal Republicans...