United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 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 7, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1944election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)
votes = 92,706
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 2

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clair Engle (incumbent)
votes = 48,201
percentage = 63.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jesse M. Mayo
votes = 27,312
percentage = 36.2Election box total no change
votes = 75,513
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 3

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 131,705
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 4

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Franck R. Havenner
votes = 73,582
percentage = 50.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas Rolph (incumbent)
votes = 73,367
percentage = 49.9Election box total no change
votes = 146,949
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 5

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Richard J. Welch (incumbent)
votes = 112,151
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 6

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George P. Miller
votes = 104,441
percentage = 52Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Albert E. Carter (incumbent)
votes = 96,395
percentage = 48Election box total no change
votes = 200,836
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 7

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John H. Tolan (incumbent)
votes = 81,762
percentage = 57.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Chelsey M. Walter
votes = 59,360
percentage = 42.1Election box total no change
votes = 141,122
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 8

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent)
votes = 94,218
percentage = 56.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Arthur L. Johnson
votes = 72,420
percentage = 43.5Election box total no change
votes = 166,638
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 9

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent)
votes = 66,845
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 10

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent)
votes = 60,001
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
votes =
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 11

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George E. Outland (incumbent)
votes = 52,218
percentage = 56Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = A. J. Dingeman
votes = 41,005
percentage = 44Election box total no change
votes = 93,223
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 12

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jerry Voorhis (incumbent)
votes = 77,385
percentage = 55.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Roy P. McLaughlin
votes = 62,524
percentage = 44.7Election box total no change
votes = 139,909
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 13

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Ned R. Healy
votes = 66,854
percentage = 55Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Norris Poulson (incumbent)
votes = 54,792
percentage = 45Election box total no change
votes = 121,646
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 14

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Helen Gahagan Douglas
votes = 65,729
percentage = 51.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William D. Campbell
votes = 61,767
percentage = 48.4Election box total no change
votes = 127,496
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 15

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gordon L. McDonough
votes = 100,305
percentage = 56.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Hal Styles
votes = 73,655
percentage = 41.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Prohibition Party
candidate = Johannes Nielson-Lange
votes = 2,694
percentage = 1.5Election box total no change
votes = 176,654
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 16

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Ellis E. Patterson (incumbent)
votes = 105,835
percentage = 54.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jesse Randolph kellems
votes = 89,700
percentage = 45.9Election box total no change
votes = 195,535
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 17

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Cecil R. King (incumbent)
votes = 147,217
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 18

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clyde Doyle
votes = 95,090
percentage = 55.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William Ward Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 75,749
percentage = 44.3Election box total no change
votes = 170,839
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 19

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Chet Holifield (incumbent)
votes = 65,758
percentage = 71.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Carlton H. Casjens
votes = 25,852
percentage = 28.2Election box total no change
votes = 91,610
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 20

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent)
votes = 112,663
percentage = 51.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Archibald B. Young
votes = 101,090
percentage = 46.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Prohibition Party
candidate = Charles Hiram Randall
votes = 3,615
percentage = 1.5Election box total no change
votes = 217,368
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 21

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)
votes = 48,539
percentage = 58.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Earl S. Webb
votes = 34,409
percentage = 41.5Election box total no change
votes = 82,948
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 22

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John J. Phillips (incumbent)
votes = 88,537
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 23

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Edouard Izac (incumbent)
votes = 86,707
percentage = 55.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James B. Abbey
votes = 70,787
percentage = 44.9Election box total no change
votes = 157,494
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*79th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1944

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1944-11-07 California Elections Page]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives]

External links

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/page/8 California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)]
* [http://ca.rand.org/stats/politics/sov/elect.defs.html RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions]