1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1914

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All 4 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Independent
Last election 4 0
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 23,951 108
Percentage 99.6% 0.4%

Elections for four seats in the United States House of Representatives in Florida for the 64th Congress were held November 3, 1914.

Background[]

In 1912, Florida gained a fourth seat following reapportionment after the 1910 census. For that year, the fourth seat was elected at-large, but by 1914, the state had been redistricted to add a 4th district. The previous year had seen an unusual 5-way race in one district and the at-large seat and a 4-way race in the other two districts. In 1914, in contrast, there was little opposition in the general election

Democratic Primaries[]

The Democratic primaries were held June 2, 1914. The incumbent in the former at-large district ran unsuccessfully for the nomination in the new 4th district.

1914 Democratic Primary election results
1st[1] 2nd[2] 3rd[3] 4th[4]
Stephen M. Sparkman (I) 8,322 59.7% Frank Clark (I) 9,215 84.6% Emmett Wilson (I) 10,934 79.3% William J. Sears 6,541 37.7%
A. J. Angle[5] 4,717 33.9% John V. Denton 1,677 15.4% J. P. Stokes[5] 2,848 20.7% Claude L'Engle (I) 4,157 24.0%
J. Fred Deberry 889 6.4% W. H. Malone[5] 2,714 15.6%
Elmo W. Acosta 2,513 14.5%
A. M. Williamson[5] 1,426 8.2%

General Election results[]

1914 United States House election results
District Democratic Independent
1st[6] Stephen M. Sparkman (I) 5,956 99.3% H. B. Jeffers[5] 44 0.7%
2nd[7] Frank Clark (I) 4,577 100%
3rd[8] Emmett Wilson (I) 5,484 98.8% E. Wentworth[5] 64 1.2%
4th[9] William J. Sears 7,934 100%

See also[]

  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1914

References[]

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