The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896 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, 1896. Republicans lost one seat to the Democrats and two to the Populists.
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All 7 California seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results by district. |
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 128,941 | 46.4% | 3 | -3 | |
Democratic | 86,449 | 31.1% | 2 | +1 | |
Populist | 53,662 | 19.3% | 2 | +2 | |
Prohibition | 4,251 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | 2,654 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 2,139 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 278,096 | 100.0% | 7 | — |
Delegation Composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 6 | |
Democratic-Held | 1 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 3 | |
Democratic-Held | 2 | |
Populist-Held | 2 |
Results edit
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John All Barham (incumbent) | 17,826 | 49.7 | |
Democratic | Fletcher A. Cutler | 16,328 | 45.5 | |
Populist | George W. Montieth | 1,497 | 4.2 | |
Prohibition | B. F. Taylor | 249 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 35,900 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Marion De Vries | 24,434 | 55.5 | |||
Republican | Grove L. Johnson (incumbent) | 18,613 | 42.3 | |||
Prohibition | F. E. Coulter | 974 | 2.2 | |||
Total votes | 44,021 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Samuel G. Hilborn (incumbent) | 19,778 | 54.0 | |
Democratic | Warren B. English | 16,119 | 44.0 | |
Socialist Labor | John H. Eustice | 387 | 1.1 | |
Prohibition | W. Shafer | 327 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 36,611 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James G. Maguire (incumbent) | 19,074 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Thomas B. O'Brien | 10,940 | 35.0 | |
Socialist Labor | E. T. Kingsley | 968 | 3.0 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 299 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 31,281 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene F. Loud (incumbent) | 19,351 | 48.6 | |
Democratic | Joseph P. Kelly | 10,494 | 26.3 | |
Populist | A. B. Kinne | 8,825 | 22.2 | |
Socialist Labor | Henry Daniels | 757 | 1.9 | |
Prohibition | T. H. Lawson | 404 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 39,831 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Populist | Charles A. Barlow | 24,157 | 48.9 | |||
Republican | James McLachlan (incumbent) | 23,494 | 47.6 | |||
Prohibition | Henry Clay Needham | 1,196 | 2.4 | |||
Socialist Labor | Job Harriman | 542 | 1.1 | |||
Total votes | 49,389 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Populist gain from Republican |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Populist | Curtis H. Castle | 19,183 | 46.7 | |||
Republican | William W. Bowers (incumbent) | 18,939 | 46.1 | |||
Independent | William H. "Billy" Carlson | 2,139 | 5.2 | |||
Prohibition | James W. Webb | 802 | 2.0 | |||
Total votes | 41,063 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Populist gain from Republican |