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]