Talk:1870–71 United States House of Representatives elections

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"Conservative" members issue

There is no sourcing at this article (or at some of the other U.S. House of Representatives elections articles in the later 1870s) justifying counting 10 "Conservative" members as distinct from the other Democratic Party members. (They certainly don't seem to be members of any formal "Conservative Party" – e.g. see Conservative Party of Virginia, which specifically states that such members were only elected in the 41st Congress, not the 42nd Congress.) Certainly neither Martis, nor the Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present from the Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives reference, make nor justify such a distinction.

Unless someone can justify such a distinction with sourcing, I am going to eliminate the "Conservative" entries from the Infobox, and merge their figures into the Democratic Party figures. --IJBall (talk) 20:57, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up: While Dubin (e.g. p. 221) seems to make this distinction of "10 Conservative" members of the House (along with 94 Democrats), Martis (pp. 124–125) (and "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives.) do not. So I am following Martis' lead here and striking the "Conservative" membership from the Infobox to this article (and several succeeding U.S. House elections articles). I will add a 'Note' about this to the Democratic Party figures in the Infobox, however... --IJBall (talk) 17:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Results

According to this map California and Texas elected three Democrats and four Republicans, respectively. However, in the table it is just the other way round? --Furfur^{⁂ Diskussion} 16:43, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in 1870 and 1871 United States House of Representatives elections

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of 1870 and 1871 United States House of Representatives elections's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "directory1869":

From 1868 and 1869 United States House of Representatives elections: Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081796686.
From Massachusetts's 6th congressional district: Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
From Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081796686.
From Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: Poore, Ben. Perley (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081796686.
From Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:05, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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