The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1898 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1898. Republicans took an open Democratic seat and defeated the two Populist incumbents.
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All 7 California seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results by district. |
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1898 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 139,382 | 51.0% | 6 | +3 | |
Democratic | 86,927 | 31.8% | 1 | -1 | |
Populist | 41,179 | 15.1% | 0 | -2 | |
Socialist Labor | 4,979 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 594 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 273,061 | 100.0% | 7 | — |
Delegation Composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 3 | |
Democratic-Held | 2 | |
Populist-Held | 2 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 6 | |
Democratic-Held | 1 |
Results edit
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John All Barham (incumbent) | 19,598 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Emmet Seawell | 18,244 | 48.2 | |
Total votes | 37,842 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marion De Vries (incumbent) | 25,196 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Frank D. Ryan | 20,400 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 45,596 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Victor H. Metcalf | 20,592 | 57.3 | |
Democratic | John A. Jones | 14,051 | 39.1 | |
Socialist Labor | Thomas F. Burns | 1,309 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 35,952 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Julius Kahn | 13,695 | 50.0 | |||
Democratic | James H. Barry | 12,084 | 44.1 | |||
Socialist Labor | W. J. Martin | 1,006 | 3.7 | |||
Independent | Joseph P. Kelly | 594 | 2.2 | |||
Total votes | 27,379 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene F. Loud (incumbent) | 20,254 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | William Craig | 17,352 | 44.3 | |
Socialist Labor | E. T. Kingsley | 1,532 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 39,138 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Russell J. Waters | 24,050 | 52.6 | |||
Populist | Charles A. Barlow (incumbent) | 20,499 | 44.9 | |||
Socialist Labor | James T. Van Ransselaer | 1,132 | 2.5 | |||
Total votes | 45,681 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Populist |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | James C. Needham | 20,793 | 50.1 | |||
Populist | Curtis H. Castle (incumbent) | 20,680 | 49.9 | |||
Total votes | 41,473 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Populist |