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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 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 2, 1920. Republicans picked up two Democratic-held districts and defeated the lone Prohibition Party incumbent.
Overview[edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 574,594 | 70.8% | 9 | +3 | |
| Democratic | 139,169 | 17.1% | 2 | −2 | |
| Socialist | 61,352 | 7.6% | 0 | 0 | |
| Prohibition | 36,675 | 4.5% | 0 | −1 | |
| Totals | 811,790 | 100.0% | 11 | — | |
Delegation composition[edit]
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 6 | |
| Democratic-Held | 4 | |
| Prohibition-Held | 1 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 9 | |
| Democratic-Held | 2 | |
Results[edit]
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 34,427 | 61.7 | |
| Republican | C. A. Bodwell, Jr. | 18,569 | 33.3 | |
| Socialist | A. K. Gifford | 2,773 | 5.0 | |
| Total votes | 55,769 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John E. Raker (incumbent) | 26,172 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles F. Curry (incumbent) | 54,984 | 74.7 | |
| Democratic | J. W. Struckenbruck | 14,964 | 20.4 | |
| Socialist | Miles William Beck | 3,631 | 4.9 | |
| Total votes | 73,579 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Julius Kahn (incumbent) | 50,841 | 84.6 | |
| Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 9,289 | 15.4 | |
| Total votes | 60,130 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John I. Nolan (incumbent) | 50,274 | 81.8 | |
| Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 10,952 | 18.2 | |
| Total votes | 61,226 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John A. Elston (incumbent) | 75,610 | 83.3 | |
| Democratic | Maynard Shipley | 15,151 | 16.7 | |
| Total votes | 90,761 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 7[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Henry E. Barbour (incumbent) | 57,647 | 87.2 | |
| Socialist | Harry M. McKee | 8,449 | 12.8 | |
| Total votes | 66,096 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 8[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Arthur M. Free | 46,823 | 64 | |||
| Democratic | Hugh S. Hersman (incumbent) | 26,311 | 36 | |||
| Total votes | 73,134 | 100 | ||||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 9[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles F. Van de Water | 62,952 | 59.7 | |||
| Prohibition | Charles H. Randall (incumbent) | 36,675 | 34.8 | |||
| Socialist | Mary E. Garbutt | 5,819 | 5.5 | |||
| Total votes | 105,446 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
| Republican gain from Prohibition | ||||||
District 10[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Henry Z. Osborne (incumbent) | 97,469 | 82.7 | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 20,439 | 17.3 | |
| Total votes | 117,908 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Philip D. Swing | 59,425 | 72.9 | |||
| Democratic | Hugh L. Dickson | 22,144 | 27.1 | |||
| Total votes | 81,569 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
See also[edit]
- 67th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1920