The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 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, 1938. Republicans gained four districts. Franck R. Havenner, first elected to Congress as a Progressive, was elected for the rest of his House career as a Democrat.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 1,137,635 | 47.7% | 12 | -3 | |
Republican | 1,112,209 | 46.6% | 8 | +4 | |
Townsend | 88,851 | 3.7% | 0 | 0 | |
Communist | 26,228 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive | 17,622 | 0.7% | 0 | -1 | |
Independent | 3,863 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,386,408 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Delegation composition edit
1938 pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 15 | |
Republican-Held | 4 | |
Progressive-Held | 1 |
1938 post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 8 |
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 73,636 | 63 | |
Townsend | Ernest S. Mitchell | 43,320 | 37 | |
Total votes | 116,956 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 71,496 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 119,236 | 93.3 | |
Communist | Nora Conklin | 8,271 | 6.5 | |
Independent | Walter Schaefer (write-in) | 327 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 127,834 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 64,452 | 61.2 | |||
Republican | Kennett B. Dawson | 40,842 | 38.8 | |||
Total votes | 105,294 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Progressive |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 91,868 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 118,632 | 94.4 | |
Communist | Dave L. Saunders | 7,015 | 5.6 | |
Total votes | 125,647 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 62,599 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Charles W. Fisher | 50,504 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 113,103 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson | 84,084 | 55 | |||
Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 68,681 | 45 | |||
Total votes | 152,765 | 100 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 91,128 | 96.3 | |
Independent | George H. Sciaroni (write-in) | 3,536 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 94,664 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 84,791 | 67.3 | |
Republican | F. Fred Hoelscher | 41,194 | 32.7 | |
Total votes | 125,985 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw | 68,712 | 47.0 | |||
Democratic | Carl Stuart Hamblen | 59,993 | 41.1 | |||
Townsend | Ralph D. Horton | 12,713 | 8.7 | |||
Progressive | John R. Grey | 3,821 | 2.6 | |||
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 817 | 0.6 | |||
Total votes | 146,056 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 75,003 | 60.8 | |
Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 40,457 | 32.8 | |
Townsend | Russell R. Hand | 7,903 | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 123,363 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 96,258 | 65.9 | |
Republican | K. L. Stockton | 44,808 | 30.7 | |
Communist | Louis Baron | 5,104 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 146,170 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 67,588 | 68.3 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 31,375 | 31.7 | |
Total votes | 98,963 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 83,086 | 60.4 | |
Republican | O. D. Thomas | 51,483 | 37.4 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,951 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 137,520 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leland M. Ford | 97,407 | 62.8 | |||
Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (write-in) | 32,863 | 21.2 | |||
Townsend | Ted E. Felt | 16,045 | 10.3 | |||
Progressive | J. Barton Huthins | 6,643 | 4.3 | |||
Communist | La Rue McCormick | 2,070 | 1.3 | |||
Total votes | 155,028 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) | 56,513 | 58.8 | |
Republican | Clifton A. Hix | 26,891 | 28.0 | |
Townsend | Fred C. Wagner | 8,870 | 9.2 | |
Progressive | Robert O. Bates | 3,774 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 96,048 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas M. Eaton | 52,216 | 48.6 | |||
Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 51,874 | 48.3 | |||
Progressive | Solomon Carr | 3,384 | 3.1 | |||
Total votes | 107,474 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 75,819 | 53.3 | |
Republican | C. T. Johnson | 66,402 | 46.7 | |
Total votes | 142,221 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 65,243 | 60.4 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 42,710 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 107,953 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |