The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1914 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, 1914. Republicans lost two seats, one to the Progressive Party and one to the Prohibition Party.
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All 11 California seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
edit| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | /– | |
| Republican | 380,493 | 44.5% | 4 |  2
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| Democratic | 158,476 | 18.5% | 3 | 
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| Progressive | 141,571 | 16.5% | 2 |  1
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| Prohibition | 71,589 | 8.4% | 1 | 1
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| Socialist | 68,215 | 8.0% | 0 |
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| Independent | 35,403 | 4.1% | 1 |
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| Totals | 855,747 | 100.0% | 11 | — | |
Delegation composition
edit| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 6 | |
| Democratic-Held | 3 | |
| Independent-Held | 1 | |
| Progressive-Held | 1 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 4 | |
| Democratic-Held | 3 | |
| Progressive-Held | 2 | |
| Independent-Held | 1 | |
| Prohibition-Held | 1 | |
Results
editDistrict 1
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | William Kent (incumbent) | 35,403 | 48.1 | |
| Republican | Edward H. Hart | 28,166 | 38.3 | |
| Democratic | O. F. Meldon | 7,987 | 10.8 | |
| Prohibition | Henry P. Stipp | 2,068 | 2.8 | |
| Total votes | 73,624 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Independent hold | ||||
District 2
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | John E. Raker (incumbent) | 32,575 | 64.7 | |
| Republican | James T. Matlock | 15,716 | 31.2 | |
| Prohibition | W. P. Fassett | 2,086 | 4.1 | |
| Total votes | 50,377 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Charles F. Curry (incumbent) | 66,034 | 85.0 | |
| Socialist | David T. Ross | 6,752 | 8.7 | |
| Prohibition | Edwin F. Van Vlear | 4,911 | 6.3 | |
| Total votes | 77,697 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Julius Kahn (incumbent) | 41,044 | 69.1 | |
| Democratic | Henry Colombat | 13,550 | 22.8 | |
| Socialist | Allen K. Gifford | 3,928 | 6.6 | |
| Prohibition | J. C. Westenberg | 895 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 59,417 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John I. Nolan (incumbent) | 53,875 | 83.3 | |
| Socialist | Mads Peter Christensen | 7,366 | 11.4 | |
| Prohibition | Frederick Head | 3,410 | 5.3 | |
| Total votes | 64,651 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Progressive | John A. Elston | 36,164 | 44.4 | |||
| Republican | George H. Derrick | 30,704 | 37.7 | |||
| Socialist | Howard H. Caldwell | 11,355 | 13.9 | |||
| Prohibition | Harlow E. Wolcott | 3,211 | 3.9 | |||
| Total votes | 81,434 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Progressive gain from Republican | ||||||
District 7
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Denver S. Church (incumbent) | 39,389 | 49.9 | |
| Republican | A. M. Drew | 25,106 | 31.8 | |
| Socialist | Harry M. McKee | 7,797 | 9.9 | |
| Prohibition | Don A. Allen | 6,573 | 8.3 | |
| Total votes | 78,865 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Everis A. Hayes (incumbent) | 36,499 | 49.1 | |
| Progressive | Lewis Dan Bohnett | 33,706 | 45.3 | |
| Prohibition | Joseph Merritt Horton | 4,157 | 5.6 | |
| Total votes | 74,362 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 9
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 28,097 | 30.9 | |||
| Progressive | Charles W. Bell (incumbent) | 27,560 | 30.3 | |||
| Republican | Frank C. Roberts | 25,176 | 27.7 | |||
| Socialist | Henry A. Hart | 10,084 | 11.1 | |||
| Total votes | 90,917 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Prohibition gain from Progressive | ||||||
District 10
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Progressive | William Stephens (incumbent) | 44,141 | 38.4 | |
| Republican | Henry Z. Osborne | 33,172 | 28.9 | |
| Democratic | Nathan Newby | 17,810 | 15.5 | |
| Socialist | Ralph L. Criswell | 14,900 | 13.0 | |
| Prohibition | Henry Clay Needham | 4,903 | 4.3 | |
| Total votes | 70,926 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Progressive hold | ||||
District 11
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | William Kettner (incumbent) | 47,165 | 52.7 | |
| Republican | James Carson Needham | 25,001 | 27.9 | |
| Prohibition | James S. Edwards | 11,278 | 12.7 | |
| Socialist | Casper Bauer | 6,033 | 6.7 | |
| Total votes | 89,477 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||