United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 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 7, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,519,190 | 50.6% | 16 | +4 | |
| Democratic | 1,479,443 | 49.2% | 7 | -4 | |
| Prohibition | 6,309 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,004,942 | 100.0% | 23 | — | |
Delegation composition
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 12 | |
| Republican-Held | 11 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 16 | |
| Republican-Held | 7 | |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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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, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 92,706 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 48,201 | 63.8 | |
| Republican | Jesse M. Mayo | 27,312 | 36.2 | |
| Total votes | 75,513 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,705 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner | 73,582 | 50.1 | |||
| Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 73,367 | 49.9 | |||
| Total votes | 146,949 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 5
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 112,151 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | George P. Miller | 104,441 | 52 | |||
| Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 96,395 | 48 | |||
| Total votes | 200,836 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 7
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 81,762 | 57.9 | |
| Republican | Chelsey M. Walter | 59,360 | 42.1 | |
| Total votes | 141,122 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 94,218 | 56.5 | |
| Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 72,420 | 43.5 | |
| Total votes | 166,638 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 9
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,845 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 10
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 60,001 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 52,218 | 56 | |
| Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 41,005 | 44 | |
| Total votes | 93,223 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
| California's 12th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 77,385 | 55.3 | |
| Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 62,524 | 44.7 | |
| Total votes | 139,909 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 13
| California's 13th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 66,854 | 55 | |||
| Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 54,792 | 45 | |||
| Total votes | 121,646 | 100 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 14
| California's 14th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 65,729 | 51.6 | |
| Republican | William D. Campbell | 61,767 | 48.4 | |
| Total votes | 127,496 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
| California's 15th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.8 | |
| Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.7 | |
| Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 176,654 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 16
| California's 16th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson (incumbent) | 105,835 | 54.1 | |
| Republican | Jesse Randolph kellems | 89,700 | 45.9 | |
| Total votes | 195,535 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
| California's 17th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| California's 18th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 95,090 | 55.7 | |||
| Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 75,749 | 44.3 | |||
| Total votes | 170,839 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 19
| California's 19th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 65,758 | 71.8 | |
| Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 25,852 | 28.2 | |
| Total votes | 91,610 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| California's 20th congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
| Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
| Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| California's 21st congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
| Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
| Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
| California's 22nd congressional district election, 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 88,537 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 23
| California's 23rd congressional district election, 1944 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 86,707 | 55.1 | |||
| Republican | James B. Abbey | 70,787 | 44.9 | |||
| Total votes | 157,494 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
See also
- 79th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1944
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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