Page "United States House of Representatives elections, 1874" Paragraph 5

:" The Democrats had won a signal victory, obtaining control of the next House of Representatives which would stand Democrats 168, Liberals and Independents 14, Republicans 108 as against the two-thirds Republican majority secured by the election of 1872.

Since 1861 the Republicans had controlled the House and now with its loss came a decrease in their majority in the Senate ....