The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936 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, 1936. Democrats gained two Republican-held districts and the Progressive Party gained one Republican-held district.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 1,135,252 | 50.0% | 15 | +2 | |
Republican | 995,728 | 43.9% | 4 | -3 | |
Progressive | 89,277 | 3.9% | 1 | +1 | |
Communist | 29,074 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 12,256 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist | 9,017 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,270,604 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 13 | |
Republican-Held | 7 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 15 | |
Republican-Held | 4 | |
Progressive-Held | 1 |
Results edit
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 58,073 | 53.8 | |
Republican | Nelson B. Van Matre | 48,647 | 45.1 | |
Communist | Vernon Dennis Healy | 1,218 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 107,938 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 51,416 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 93,110 | 90.6 | |
Independent | Walter Schaefer (write-in) | 5,310 | 5.2 | |
Communist | Perry Hill | 4,390 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 98,810 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Franck R. Havenner | 64,063 | 58.5 | |||
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent) | 43,805 | 40.0 | |||
Communist | Anita Whitney | 1,711 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 109,579 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Progressive gain from Republican |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 82,910 | 94.8 | |
Communist | Lawrence Ross | 4,545 | 5.2 | |
Total votes | 87,455 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 103,712 | 91.0 | |
Socialist | Clarence E. Rust | 8,247 | 7.2 | |
Communist | Lloyd L. Harris | 2,021 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 113,980 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 69,463 | 59.8 | |
Republican | Charles W. Fisher | 46,647 | 40.2 | |
Total votes | 116,110 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 78,557 | 57.6 | |
Republican | Alonzo L. Baker | 57,808 | 43.4 | |
Total votes | 136,365 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 82,360 | 97 | |
Communist | Carl B. Patterson | 2,571 | 3 | |
Total votes | 84,931 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent) | 72,476 | 69.6 | |
Republican | George R. Bliss | 31,700 | 30.4 | |
Total votes | 104,176 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John S. McGroarty (incumbent) | 69,679 | 50.5 | |
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw | 54,914 | 39.8 | |
Progressive | Robert S. Funk | 12,340 | 8.9 | |
Communist | William Ingham | 1,041 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 137,974 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis | 62,034 | 53.7 | |
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 53,445 | 46.3 | |
Total votes | 115,479 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 119,251 | 90.0 | |
Independent | Floyd Seaman (write-in) | 6,946 | 5.2 | |
Communist | Emma Cutler | 6,362 | 4.8 | |
Total votes | 132,559 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 63,365 | 61.0 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 25,497 | 24.6 | |
Progressive | Albert L. Johnson | 12,874 | 12.4 | |
Communist | Harold J. Ashe | 1,329 | 1.3 | |
Socialist | Glen Trimble | 770 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 103,855 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 99,107 | 69 | |
Republican | Ernest Walter Sawyer | 44,559 | 31 | |
Total votes | 143,666 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (incumbent) | 90,986 | 57.7 | |
Republican | Raymond V. Darby | 66,583 | 42.3 | |
Total votes | 157,569 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles J. Colden (incumbent) | 68,189 | 71.9 | |
Republican | Leonard Roach | 24,981 | 26.3 | |
Communist | John L. Leech | 1,634 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 94,804 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 61,415 | 59 | |
Republican | James F. Collins | 72,748 | 41 | |
Total votes | 134,163 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard | 70,339 | 53.8 | |||
Republican | Sam L. Collins (incumbent) | 59,071 | 45.2 | |||
Communist | Charles McLauchlan | 1,336 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 130,746 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 59,208 | 56.4 | |||
Republican | Ed P. Simple | 44,925 | 42.8 | |||
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 916 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 105,049 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |