United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1882

November 7, 1882

Both of Florida's seats to the United States House of Representatives

	First party	Second party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	2	0
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	24,059	23,645
Percentage	50.4%	49.6%

Background

In the previous election, two Democrats had been elected to represent Florida. In the 2nd district, Republican Horatio Bisbee, Jr. successfully contested the election of Jesse J. Finley (D) and was seated June 1, 1882, so that going in the 1882 elections, Florida was represented by 1 Republican and 1 Democrat.

The 2nd district had been a contentious district in previous elections, with the past 4 elections being contested successfully.

Both incumbents ran successfully for re-election. In the 2nd district, both contestants had served for part of the 47th Congress.

**1882 United States House election results**
District	Democratic			Republican			Independent Republican
1st^[1]	Robert H. M. Davidson (I)	11,246	51.5%	Emory F. Skinner	7,029	32.2%	D. L. McKinnon^[2]	3,547	16.3%
2nd^[3]	Jesse J. Finley^[4]	12,813	49.5%	Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (I)	13,069	50.5%

This was the last Congressional election in Florida won by a Republican until 1954

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