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1880 Iowa U.S. House District 4 Election

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Who won the 1880 Iowa U.S. House District 4 Election?

Nathaniel Deering won the 1880 Iowa U.S. House District 4 Election. Nathaniel Deering received 21,941 popular votes (65.39%). The main challenger was Joseph S Root (26.02%).

See the full head-to-head between Deering and Root

Deering +39.4 pts · won by 13,210 votes
Nathaniel DeeringRepublicanWINNER65.39%
21,941 votes
Joseph S RootDemocratic26.02%
8,731 votes
E J DeanTemperance1.97%
662 votes
Jas McCartyUnknown0.03%
9 votes
M DoolittleUnknown0.01%
2,195 votes
William G StewartUnknown0.01%
3 votes
H C McCarthyUnknown0.01%
2 votes
J H KingUnknown0%
1 votes
HogUnknown0%
1 votes
H C HemenwayUnknown0%
1 votes
O J ClarkUnknown0%
1 votes
G OlsonUnknown0%
1 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.6% 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 September 25, 2026.