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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Overview
edit| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | /– | |
| Republican | 556,025 | 68.48% | 9 | 3 | |
| Democratic | 124,018 | 15.27% | 2 | −2 | |
| Socialist | 76,503 | 9.42% | 0 | 0 | |
| Prohibition | 36,675 | 4.52% | 0 | −1 | |
| Independent | 18,569 | 2.29% | 0 | 0 | |
| Scattering | 133 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 811,923 | 100.00% | 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
editFinal results from the Secretary of State: [1]
District 1
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic[a] | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 34,427 | 61.72% | |
| Independent | C. A. Bodwell, Jr. | 18,569 | 33.29% | |
| Socialist | A. K. Gifford | 2,773 | 4.97% | |
| Scattering | 12 | 0.02% | ||
| Total votes | 55,781 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic[b] | John E. Raker (incumbent) | 26,172 | 99.91% | |
| Scattering | 24 | 0.09% | ||
| Total votes | 26,196 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles F. Curry (incumbent) | 54,984 | 74.73% | |
| Democratic | J. W. Struckenbruck | 14,964 | 20.34% | |
| Socialist | Miles William Beck | 3,631 | 4.93% | |
| Total votes | 73,579 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican[c] | Julius Kahn (incumbent) | 50,841 | 84.55% | |
| Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 9,289 | 15.45% | |
| Scattering | 2 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 60,132 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican[d] | John I. Nolan (incumbent) | 50,274 | 82.11% | |
| Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 10,952 | 17.89% | |
| Scattering | 2 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 61,228 | 100.0% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John A. Elston (incumbent) | 75,610 | 83.31% | |
| Socialist | Maynard Shipley | 15,151 | 16.69% | |
| Total votes | 90,761 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 7
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican[e] | Henry E. Barbour (incumbent) | 57,647 | 87.17% | |
| Socialist | Harry M. McKee | 8,449 | 12.78% | |
| Scattering | 34 | 0.05% | ||
| Total votes | 66,130 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 8
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Arthur M. Free | 46,823 | 64.01% | |||
| Democratic[f] | Hugh S. Hersman (incumbent) | 26,311 | 35.97% | |||
| Scattering | 13 | 0.02% | ||||
| Total votes | 73,147 | 100.00% | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 9
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles F. Van de Water | 62,952 | 59.70% | |||
| Prohibition[g] | Charles H. Randall (incumbent) | 36,675 | 34.78% | |||
| Socialist | Mary E. Garbutt | 5,819 | 5.52% | |||
| Scattering | 6 | 0.01% | ||||
| Total votes | 105,452 | 100.00% | ||||
| Republican gain from Prohibition | ||||||
District 10
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican[h] | Henry Z. Osborne (incumbent) | 97,469 | 82.64% | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 20,439 | 17.33% | |
| Scattering | 29 | 0.02% | ||
| Total votes | 117,937 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Philip D. Swing | 59,425 | 72.84% | |||
| Democratic | Hugh L. Dickson | 22,144 | 27.14% | |||
| Scattering | 11 | 0.01% | ||||
| Total votes | 81,580 | 100.00% | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Lea was also the nominee for the Republican party, having won both the Democratic and Republican primaries.
- ^ Raker was also the nominee for the Republican and Socialist parties, having won all three parties' primaries.
- ^ Kahn was also the nominee for the Democratic party, having won both the Republican and Democratic primaries.
- ^ Nolan was also the nominee for the Democratic party, having won both the Republican and Democratic primaries.
- ^ Barbour was also the nominee for the Democratic party, having won both the Republican and Democratic primaries.
- ^ Hersman was also the nominee for the Socialist party, having won both the Democratic and Socialist primaries.
- ^ Randall was also the nominee for the Democratic party, having won both the Prohibition and Democratic primaries.
- ^ Osborne was also the nominee for the Democratic and Prohibition parties, having won both all three parties' primaries