The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1932 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, 1932. This election began the transition of California from a solidly Republican state to a swing state, which it would be for the next 60 years. California gained nine seats as a result of the 1930 census; it would have been six if the House seats were reapportioned in 1920 since California would have had 14 seats as a result of the 1920 census. Democrats won six of those seats while Republicans won three. Of California's existing seats, Democrats won four Republican-held seats.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1932 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 941,668 | 50.5% | 9 | -1 | |
Democratic | 849,270 | 45.6% | 11 | +10 | |
Socialist | 34,370 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 | |
Liberty | 27,595 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 11,120 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 10,308 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1,864,023 | 100.0% | 20 | +9 |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 10 | |
Democratic-Held | 1 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 11 | |
Republican-Held | 9 |
Results edit
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 |
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 73,400 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 43,146 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck | 61,694 | 56.8 | |||
Republican | Charles F. Curry (incumbent) | 46,887 | 45.2 | |||
Total votes | 108,581 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent) | 67,425 | 85.3 | |
Socialist | Milen C. Dempster | 11,603 | 14.7 | |
Total votes | 79,028 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 67,349 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 75,528 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ralph R. Eltse | 45,944 | 45.5 | ||
Democratic | Frank V. Cornish | 32,365 | 32.0 | ||
Socialist | J. Stitt Wilson | 22,767 | 22.5 | ||
Total votes | 101,076 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | John J. McGrath | 65,455 | 56.9 | |||
Republican | Arthur M. Free (incumbent) | 49,487 | 43.1 | |||
Total votes | 114,942 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Denver S. Church | 50,125 | 61.6 | |||
Republican | Henry E. Barbour (incumbent) | 31,209 | 38.4 | |||
Total votes | 81,334 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Henry E. Stubbs | 50,390 | 55.3 | ||
Republican | Arthur S. Crites | 40,794 | 44.7 | ||
Total votes | 91,184 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William E. Evans (incumbent) | 57,739 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Albert D. Hadley | 38,240 | 34.3 | |
Liberty | Marshall V. Hartranft | 15,520 | 13.9 | |
Total votes | 111,499 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Hoeppel | 43,122 | 45.8 | ||
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 40,674 | 43.2 | ||
Prohibition | Richard M. Cannon | 10,308 | 11.0 | ||
Total votes | 94,104 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer | 65,261 | 52.7 | ||
Republican | Charles H. Randall | 53,449 | 43.1 | ||
Liberty | George D. Higgins | 5,237 | 4.2 | ||
Total votes | 123,947 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford | 47,368 | 57.1 | ||
Republican | William D. Campbell | 35,598 | 42.9 | ||
Total votes | 82,966 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William I. Traeger | 67,390 | 52.8 | ||
Democratic | John M. Costello | 57,518 | 45.1 | ||
Independent | Errol O. Shour (write-in) | 2,721 | 2.1 | ||
Total votes | 127,629 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Dockweiler | 70,333 | 54.9 | |||
Republican | Clyde Woodworth | 57,718 | 45.1 | |||
Total votes | 128,051 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles J. Colden | 50,720 | 62.2 | ||
Republican | A. E. Henning | 26,868 | 32.9 | ||
Liberty | Ernest E. Debs | 3,965 | 4.9 | ||
Total votes | 81,553 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Burke | 48,179 | 53.3 | ||
Republican | Robert Henderson | 33,817 | 37.4 | ||
Independent | William E. Hinshaw | 8,399 | 9.3 | ||
Total votes | 90,395 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam L. Collins | 56,889 | 51.0 | ||
Democratic | B. Z. McKinney | 51,796 | 46.4 | ||
Liberty | Horatio S. Hoard | 2,873 | 2.6 | ||
Total votes | 111,558 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George Burnham (incumbent) | 43,757 | 50.3 | |
Democratic | Claude Chandler | 43,304 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 87,061 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |