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 edit
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 edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 10 | |
Republican-Held | 10 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 11 |
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 | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 78,281 | 93.2 | |
Communist | Albert J. Lima | 5,703 | 6.8 | |
Total votes | 83,984 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 50,094 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 77,292 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 65,791 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 43,864 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
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 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 12 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
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 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 49,326 | 67 | |
Republican | Herbert L. Herberts | 24,349 | 33 | |
Total votes | 73,675 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
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 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 92,260 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Chet Holifield | 34,918 | 63.1 | ||
Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 20,446 | 36.9 | ||
Total votes | 55,374 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 20 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
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 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 23 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |