United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952 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 4, 1952. California gained seven seats as a result of the 1950 Census, five of which were won by Republicans and two by Democrats. Of California's existing districts, Republicans won two Democratic-held seats.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 2,388,038 | 52.4% | 13 | 20 | +7 | |
Democratic | 2,027,751 | 44.5% | 10 | 10 | 0 | |
Progressive | 139,398 | 3.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 4,959 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 4,560,146 | 100.0% | 23 | 30 | +7 |
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, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Hubert B. Scudder (incumbent) | 137,801 | 86.4 | |
Progressive | Carl Sullivan | 21,734 | 13.6 | |
Total votes | 159,535 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 124,179 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | John E. Moss | 87,335 | 50.8 | ||
Republican | Leslie E. Wood | 82,133 | 47.8 | ||
Progressive | Helen C. Thomsen | 2,443 | 1.4 | ||
Total votes | 171,911 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 102,359 | 55 | |||
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 83,748 | 45 | |||
Total votes | 186,107 | 100 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John Shelley (incumbent) | 107,542 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | Robert Condon | 87,768 | 50.6 | ||
Republican | John F. Baldwin, Jr. | 85,756 | 49.4 | ||
Total votes | 173,524 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 120,666 | 84.3 | |
Progressive | John Allen Johnson | 22,408 | 15.7 | |
Total votes | 142,074 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 156,445 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) | 71,426 | 53.1 | ||
Democratic | Harold F. Taggart | 61,028 | 45.3 | ||
Progressive | Charles S. Brown | 2,140 | 1.6 | ||
Total votes | 134,594 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 106,375 | 59.2 | |
Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 70,271 | 39.1 | |
Progressive | Betsey K. Fisher | 2,939 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 179,585 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 101,052 | 87.1 | |
Progressive | Leslie B. Schilingheyde | 14,999 | 12.9 | |
Total votes | 116,051 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Allan O. Hunter (incumbent) | 103,587 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 79,496 | 51 | |
Democratic | Will Hays | 76,516 | 49 | |
Total votes | 156,012 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Thomas H. Werdel (incumbent) | 70,809 | 51 | |
Democratic | Harlan Hagen | 68,011 | 49 | |
Total votes | 138,820 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 142,545 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 79,127 | 59.7 | |
Democratic | S. Mark Hogue | 53,337 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 132,464 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 114,650 | 54.6 | |
Republican | Robert H. Finch | 92,587 | 44.1 | |
Progressive | Loyd C. Seelinger | 2,738 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 209,975 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Craig Hosmer | 90,438 | 55.5 | ||
Democratic | Joseph M. Kennick | 72,457 | 44.5 | ||
Total votes | 162,895 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 126,606 | 87.1 | |
Progressive | Ida Alvarez | 13,724 | 9.4 | |
Independent | Milton Snipper | 4,959 | 3.5 | |
Total votes | 145,289 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 109,509 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand | 112,100 | 53.6 | ||
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 97,007 | 46.4 | ||
Total votes | 209,107 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Joseph F. Holt | 85,039 | 60.5 | ||
Democratic | Dean E. McHenry | 55,534 | 39.5 | ||
Total votes | 140,573 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 138,356 | 87.5 | |
Progressive | Olive T. Thompson | 17,501 | 11.1 | |
Republican | C. Cleveland (write-in) | 2,329 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 158,186 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 119,799 | 87.4 | |
Progressive | Bertram L. Sharp | 17,307 | 12.6 | |
Total votes | 137,106 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Patrick J. Hillings (incumbent) | 135,465 | 64.3 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson Sayre | 75,125 | 35.7 | |
Total votes | 210,590 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Sam Yorty (incumbent) | 157,973 | 88 | |
Progressive | Horace V. Alexander | 21,465 | 12 | |
Total votes | 179,438 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 68,773 | 55 | |
Republican | Carl B. Hilliard | 56,202 | 45 | |
Total votes | 124,975 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | James B. Utt | 106,972 | 63 | ||
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin | 62,779 | 37 | ||
Total votes | 169,751 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 73,144 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Bob Wilson | 121,322 | 59.6 | ||
Democratic | De Graff Austin | 82,311 | 40.4 | ||
Total votes | 203,633 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- 83rd United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1952
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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