United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1908
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All 3 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives |
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for Florida's three House seats in the 61st Congress were held November 3, 1908 alongside the election for President and the election for Governor.
Background
The Democratic Party continued their domination of Florida's politics, having won re-election in all three districts by large majorities in the previous election year against the Republicans and the Socialists.
Election results
William B. Lamar (D) of the 3rd district declined to run for re-election, instead campaigning unsuccessfully for election to the Senate.
| District | Democratic | Republican | Socialist | ||||||
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| 1st[1] | Stephen M. Sparkman (I) | 9,971 | 75.2% | George W. Allen | 1,990 | 15.0% | C. C. Allen[2] | 1,297 | 9.8% |
| 2nd[3] | Frank Clark (I) | 10,726 | 75.9% | William R. O'Neal | 2,552 | 18.0% | A. N. Jackson[2] | 862 | 6.1% |
| 3rd[4] | Dannite H. Mays | 9,314 | 84.5% | William Northup | 1,712 | 15.5% | |||
See also
References
- ↑ District 1 results
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Full name not given in source
- ↑ District 2 results
- ↑ District 3 results
