United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 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, 1942. California gained three districts as a result of the 1940 Census, two of which were won by Democrats and one by Republicans. Of California's existing seats, Democrats and Republicans each swapped one district.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1942election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)
votes = 78,281
percentage = 93.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Albert J. Lima
votes = 5,703
percentage = 6.8Election box total no change
votes = 83,984
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)
votes = 50,094
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican 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 = 63,982
percentage = 54.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph B. O'Neil
votes = 53,521
percentage = 45.5Election box total no change
votes = 117,503
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas Rolph (incumbent)
votes = 62,735
percentage = 98.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Archie Brown (write-in)
votes = 1,116
percentage = 1.7Election box total no change
votes = 63,851
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = 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 = 85,747
percentage = 92.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Walter R. Lambert
votes = 6,749
percentage = 7.3Election box total no change
votes = 92,496
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Albert E. Carter (incumbent)
votes = 108,585
percentage = 92.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Clarence Paton
votes = 8,532
percentage = 7.3Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = William H. Hollander (write-in)
votes = 185
percentage = 0.1Election box total no change
votes = 117,302
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = 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 = 77,292
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 = 91,536
percentage = 99.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Elizabeth Nicholas (write-in)
votes = 102
percentage = 0.1Election box total no change
votes = 91,638
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 = 65,791
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 = 43,864
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
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
votes = 31,611
percentage = 50.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = A. J. Dingeman
votes = 30,781
percentage = 49.3Election box total no change
votes = 62,392
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box new seat win
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 = 53,705
percentage = 56.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Roy P. McLaughlin
votes = 40,780
percentage = 43.2Election box total no change
votes = 94,485
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Norris Poulson
votes = 38,577
percentage = 49.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Charles Kramer (incumbent)
votes = 33,060
percentage = 42.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Francis Townsend
candidate = Calvert S. Wilson
votes = 6,306
percentage = 8.1Election box total no change
votes = 77,943
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 14

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas F. Ford
votes = 49,326
percentage = 67Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Herbert L. Herberts
votes = 24,349
percentage = 33Election box total no change
votes = 73,675
percentage = 100Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Costello
votes = 88,798
percentage = 86.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Prohibition Party
candidate = B. Tarkington Dowden
votes = 10,185
percentage = 9.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Philip Gardner
votes = 3,989
percentage = 3.9Election box total no change
votes = 102,972
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 16

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Will Rogers, Jr.
votes = 61,437
percentage = 53.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Leland M. Ford (incumbent)
votes = 52,023
percentage = 45.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Allen L. Ryan
votes = 1,043
percentage = 0.9Election box total no change
votes = 114,503
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 17

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Cecil R. King (incumbent)
votes = 92,260
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William Ward Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 53,136
percentage = 56.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Francis H. Gentry
votes = 40,339
percentage = 43.2Election box total no change
votes = 93,475
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 19

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Chet Holifield
votes = 34,918
percentage = 63.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Carlton H. Casjens
votes = 20,446
percentage = 36.9Election box total no change
votes = 55,374
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box new seat win
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 = 62,628
percentage = 48.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph O. Donovan
votes = 55,479
percentage = 42.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Prohibition Party
candidate = Virgil G. Hinshaw
votes = 6,864
percentage = 5.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Francis Townsend
candidate = Janie Bele McCarty
votes = 3,537
percentage = 2.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Orla E. Lair
votes = 792
percentage = 0.6Election box total no change
votes = 129,300
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 = 38,419
percentage = 96.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Arthur E. Isham (write-in)
votes = 1,350
percentage = 3.4Election box total no change
votes = 39,769
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
votes = 42,765
percentage = 57.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = N. E. West
votes = 31,440
percentage = 42.4Election box total no change
votes = 74,205
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box new seat win
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 = 42,864
percentage = 50.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James B. Abbey
votes = 42,087
percentage = 49.5Election box total no change
votes = 84,951
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

See also

*78th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1942

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1942-11-03 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]