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
editUnited 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
editPre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 6 | |
Democratic-Held | 4 | |
Prohibition-Held | 1 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 9 | |
Democratic-Held | 2 |
Results
editFinal results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Raker (incumbent) | 26,172 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
District 4
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
District 5
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
District 6
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
District 7
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
District 8
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 9
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Prohibition |
District 10
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
District 11
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |