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1878 Iowa U.S. House District 9 Election

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Who won the 1878 Iowa U.S. House District 9 Election?

Cyrus Carpenter won the 1878 Iowa U.S. House District 9 Election. Cyrus Carpenter received 16,489 popular votes (54.74%). The main challenger was L Q Hoggatt (40.96%).

See the full head-to-head between Carpenter and Hoggatt

Carpenter +13.8 pts · won by 4,151 votes
Cyrus CarpenterRepublicanWINNER54.74%
16,489 votes
L Q HoggattDemocratic40.96%
12,338 votes
David Brownunknown0.13%
1,240 votes
Enoch Lewisunknown0%
1 votes
A A Pingeryunknown0%
1 votes
John H Keatleyunknown0%
1 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for this U.S. House election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.