| | New seat.New member elected.Democratic gain. | nowrap | |- ! rowspan=2 | | Goldsmith W. Hewitt | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | rowspan=2 nowrap | |- | Burwell Boykin Lewis | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic loss. |- ! rowspan=3 | | William Henry Forney | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | rowspan=3 nowrap | |- | Taul Bradford | | Democratic | 1874 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic loss. |- | John H. Caldwell | | Democratic | 1872 | | Incumbent retired.Democratic loss. |- ! | colspan=3 | New district | | New seat.New member elected.Democratic gain. | nowrap | |} Arkansas |- ! | Lucien C. Gause | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | William F. Slemons | | Democratic | 1874 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | William W. Wilshire | | Democratic | 18721874 1874 | | Incumbent retired.New member elected.Democratic hold. | nowrap | |- ! | Thomas M. Gunter | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |} California |- ! | William Adam Piper | | Democratic | 1875 | | Incumbent lost re-election.New member elected.Republican gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Horace F. Page | | Republican | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | John K. Luttrell | | Democratic | 1872 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Peter D. Wigginton | | Democratic | 1875 | | Incumbent lost re-election.New member elected.Republican gain. | nowrap | |} Colorado There were two elections to the new state of Colorado. 44th Congress |- ! | colspan=3 | New district | | New seat.New member elected.Republican gain. | nowrap | |} 45th Congress |- ! | James B. Belford | | Republican | 1876 | Incumbent re-elected.Election was later successfully challenged by the challenger. | nowrap | |} Connecticut Connecticut had been electing is members late in the cycle, even after the terms had begun. But starting in 1876, the state joined the others in electing its members on the November 7, 1876 Election Day. The delegation remained 3 Democrats and 1 Republican. |- ! | George M. Landers | | Democratic | 1875 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | James Phelps | | Democratic | 1875 | Incumbent