United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934 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 6, 1934. Democrats gained three districts while losing one.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1934election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)
votes = 98,661
percentage = 93.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = Allen K. Gifford
votes = 6,698
percentage = 6.4Election box total no change
votes = 105,359
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 = 66,370
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Frank H. Buck (incumbent)
votes = 66,566
percentage = 53.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = J. M. Inman
votes = 56,222
percentage = 45.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Albert Hougardy
votes = 1,167
percentage = 1.0Election box total no change
votes = 122,955
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 4

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent)
votes = 50,491
percentage = 48.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Chauncey Tramutolo
votes = 46,871
percentage = 44.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Progressive Party (United States, 1924)
candidate = Raymond A. Burr
votes = 3,636
percentage = 3.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = Samuel S. White
votes = 2,414
percentage = 2.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Minnie Carson
votes = 1,810
percentage = 1.7Election box total no change
votes = 105,222
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 = 89,751
percentage = 93.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Alexander Noral
votes = 5,933
percentage = 6.2Election box total no change
votes = 95,684
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 = 93,213
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
votes = 51,962
percentage = 52.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ralph R. Eltse (incumbent)
votes = 47,414
percentage = 47.7Election box total no change
votes = 99,376
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 8

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John J. McGrath (incumbent)
votes = 107,325
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 9

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bertrand W. Gearhart
votes = 77,650
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 10

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent)
votes = 68,475
percentage = 64.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = George R. Bliss
votes = 37,860
percentage = 35.6Election box total no change
votes = 106,335
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 = John S. McGroarty
votes = 66,999
percentage = 53.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William E. Evans (incumbent)
votes = 56,350
percentage = 45.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = William E. Stephenson
votes = 1,814
percentage = 1.5Election box total no change
votes = 125,163
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 12

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John H. Hoeppel (incumbent)
votes = 52,595
percentage = 50.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Frederick F. Houser
votes = 51,216
percentage = 49.3Election box total no change
votes = 103,811
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 = Charles Kramer (incumbent)
votes = 83,384
percentage = 62.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas K. Case
votes = 27,993
percentage = 21.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Prohibition Party
candidate = Charles H. Randall
votes = 18,760
percentage = 14.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = Michael S. Kerrigan
votes = 2,113
percentage = 1.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = John J. Graham
votes = 1,268
percentage = 0.9Election box total no change
votes = 133,518
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 14

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas F. Ford (incumbent)
votes = 52,761
percentage = 61.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William D. Campbell
votes = 33,945
percentage = 37.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Progressive Party (United States, 1924)
candidate = Lyndon R. Foster
votes = 2,487
percentage = 2.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = Harry Sherr
votes = 1,130
percentage = 1.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Lawrence Ross
votes = 1,086
percentage = 1.2Election box total no change
votes = 91,409
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Costello
votes = 67,247
percentage = 50.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William I. Traeger (incumbent)
votes = 65,858
percentage = 49.4Election box total no change
votes = 133,105
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 16

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John F. Dockweiler (incumbent)
votes = 119,332
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 = Charles J. Colden (incumbent)
votes = 60,045
percentage = 70.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = C. P. "Cap" Wright
votes = 20,508
percentage = 24.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = Richard Pomeroy
votes = 4,721
percentage = 5.6Election box total no change
votes = 85,274
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 = Byron N. Scott
votes = 52,377
percentage = 56.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William Brayton
votes = 40,179
percentage = 43.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Communist Party USA
candidate = Clyde Champion
votes = 507
percentage = 0.5Election box total no change
votes = 93,063
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 19

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Sam L. Collins (incumbent)
votes = 97,119
percentage = 88.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = A. B. Hillabold (write-in)
votes = 12,301
percentage = 11.2Election box total no change
votes = 109,420
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 20

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = George Burnham (incumbent)
votes = 51,682
percentage = 52.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Edouard Izac
votes = 46,957
percentage = 47.6Election box total no change
votes = 98,639
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*74th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1934

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1934-11-06 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]