The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 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 2, 1920. Republicans picked up two Democratic-held districts and defeated the lone Prohibition Party incumbent.
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All 11 California seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Republican hold Republican gain Democratic hold |
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 574,594 | 70.8% | 9 | +3 | |
Democratic | 139,169 | 17.1% | 2 | −2 | |
Socialist | 61,352 | 7.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 36,675 | 4.5% | 0 | −1 | |
Totals | 811,790 | 100.0% | 11 | — |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 6 | |
Democratic-Held | 4 | |
Prohibition-Held | 1 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 9 | |
Democratic-Held | 2 |
Results edit
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 34,427 | 61.7 | |
Republican | C. A. Bodwell, Jr. | 18,569 | 33.3 | |
Socialist | A. K. Gifford | 2,773 | 5.0 | |
Total votes | 55,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Raker (incumbent) | 26,172 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles F. Curry (incumbent) | 54,984 | 74.7 | |
Democratic | J. W. Struckenbruck | 14,964 | 20.4 | |
Socialist | Miles William Beck | 3,631 | 4.9 | |
Total votes | 73,579 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julius Kahn (incumbent) | 50,841 | 84.6 | |
Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 9,289 | 15.4 | |
Total votes | 60,130 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John I. Nolan (incumbent) | 50,274 | 81.8 | |
Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 10,952 | 18.2 | |
Total votes | 61,226 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John A. Elston (incumbent) | 75,610 | 83.3 | |
Democratic | Maynard Shipley | 15,151 | 16.7 | |
Total votes | 90,761 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Henry E. Barbour (incumbent) | 57,647 | 87.2 | |
Socialist | Harry M. McKee | 8,449 | 12.8 | |
Total votes | 66,096 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Arthur M. Free | 46,823 | 64 | |||
Democratic | Hugh S. Hersman (incumbent) | 26,311 | 36 | |||
Total votes | 73,134 | 100 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Charles F. Van de Water | 62,952 | 59.7 | |||
Prohibition | Charles H. Randall (incumbent) | 36,675 | 34.8 | |||
Socialist | Mary E. Garbutt | 5,819 | 5.5 | |||
Total votes | 105,446 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Prohibition |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Henry Z. Osborne (incumbent) | 97,469 | 82.7 | |
Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 20,439 | 17.3 | |
Total votes | 117,908 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Philip D. Swing | 59,425 | 72.9 | |||
Democratic | Hugh L. Dickson | 22,144 | 27.1 | |||
Total votes | 81,569 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |