United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 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 3, 1942. California gained three districts as a result of the 1940 Census, two of which were won by Democrats and one by Republicans. Of California's existing seats, Democrats and Republicans each swapped one district.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 937,392 | 49.4% | 11 | +1 | |
Democratic | 906,614 | 47.7% | 12 | +2 | |
Communist | 28,026 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 17,049 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | |
Townsend | 9,843 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | |
Write-ins | 185 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1,899,109 | 100.0% | 23 | +3 |
Delegation composition
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 10 | |
Republican-Held | 10 | |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 11 | |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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
California's 1st congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 78,281 | 93.2 | |
Communist | Albert J. Lima | 5,703 | 6.8 | |
Total votes | 83,984 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 50,094 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 63,982 | 54.5 | |
Democratic | Joseph B. O'Neil | 53,521 | 45.5 | |
Total votes | 117,503 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 62,735 | 98.3 | |
Communist | Archie Brown (write-in) | 1,116 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 63,851 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 85,747 | 92.7 | |
Communist | Walter R. Lambert | 6,749 | 7.3 | |
Total votes | 92,496 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 108,585 | 92.6 | |
Communist | Clarence Paton | 8,532 | 7.3 | |
No party | William H. Hollander (write-in) | 185 | 0.1% | |
Total votes | 117,302 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 77,292 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 91,536 | 99.9 | |
Communist | Elizabeth Nicholas (write-in) | 102 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 91,638 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 65,791 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 43,864 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1942 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | George E. Outland | 31,611 | 50.7 | ||
Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 30,781 | 49.3 | ||
Total votes | 62,392 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 53,705 | 56.8 | |
Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 40,780 | 43.2 | |
Total votes | 94,485 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Republican | Norris Poulson | 38,577 | 49.5 | |||
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 33,060 | 42.4 | |||
Townsend | Calvert S. Wilson | 6,306 | 8.1 | |||
Total votes | 77,943 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford | 49,326 | 67 | |
Republican | Herbert L. Herberts | 24,349 | 33 | |
Total votes | 73,675 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John M. Costello | 88,798 | 86.2 | |
Prohibition | B. Tarkington Dowden | 10,185 | 9.9 | |
Communist | Philip Gardner | 3,989 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 102,972 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Will Rogers, Jr. | 61,437 | 53.7 | |||
Republican | Leland M. Ford (incumbent) | 52,023 | 45.4 | |||
Communist | Allen L. Ryan | 1,043 | 0.9 | |||
Total votes | 114,503 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 92,260 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 53,136 | 56.8 | |
Democratic | Francis H. Gentry | 40,339 | 43.2 | |
Total votes | 93,475 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1942 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | Chet Holifield | 34,918 | 63.1 | ||
Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 20,446 | 36.9 | ||
Total votes | 55,374 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 62,628 | 48.4 | |
Democratic | Joseph O. Donovan | 55,479 | 42.9 | |
Prohibition | Virgil G. Hinshaw | 6,864 | 5.3 | |
Townsend | Janie Bele McCarty | 3,537 | 2.7 | |
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 792 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 129,300 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 38,419 | 96.6 | |
Republican | Arthur E. Isham (write-in) | 1,350 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 39,769 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1942 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | John J. Phillips | 42,765 | 57.6 | ||
Democratic | N. E. West | 31,440 | 42.4 | ||
Total votes | 74,205 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1942 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 42,864 | 50.5 | |
Republican | James B. Abbey | 42,087 | 49.5 | |
Total votes | 84,951 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
See also
- 78th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1942
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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