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Elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ulysses S. Grant's second term, during the Third Party System. Members of the 44th United States Congress were chosen in this election. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. Colorado joined the union during the 44th Congress.
The 1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 1, 1874, and September 7, 1875. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 44th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1875. Elections were held for ...
The following elections occurred in the year 1874. 1874 Argentine presidential election; 1874 German federal election; 1874 Newfoundland general election; North America
The 1874 United Kingdom general election saw the incumbent Liberals, led by William Gladstone, lose decisively, even though their party won a majority of the votes cast. [1] Benjamin Disraeli 's Conservatives won the majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seats.
At the state election in November 1873, a Republican majority was elected for a two-year term (1874–1875) in the State Senate. At the State election in November 1874 , Democrat Samuel J. Tilden was elected Governor, 75 Democrats and 53 Republicans were elected for the session of 1875 to the Assembly, and Democrat Albert P. Laning was elected ...
The 1874 Victorian colonial election was held from 25 March to 22 April 1874 to elect the 8th Parliament of Victoria. All 78 seats in 49 electorates in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though eleven seats were uncontested. [1] There were 24 single-member, 21 two-member and 4 three-member electorates. [1]
The White League had formed in 1874 as an insurgent, white Democratic paramilitary group in Grant Parish and nearby parishes [2] on the Red River of the South in Louisiana.The League was founded by members of the white militia who had committed the Colfax Massacre in Louisiana in 1873, killing numerous black people in order to turn out Republicans from parish offices as part of the disputed ...
On election day, 10 March 1874, former Democratic governor James A. Weston won the election by a margin of 1,465 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Luther McCutchins, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of governor. Weston was sworn in for his second non-consecutive term on 3 June 1874. [2]