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1918 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1918 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 5, 1918. Democrats and Republicans swapped seats, leaving California's House delegation unchanged at 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats, and 1 Prohibition incumbent.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1918
← 1916 November 5, 1918 (1918-11-05) 1920 →
All 11 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Last election 5 4 1
Seats before 6 4 1
Seats won 6 4 1
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 355,004 178,139 56,424
Percentage 56.7% 28.4% 9.0%
  Republican hold
  Republican gain
  Democratic hold
  Democratic gain
  Prohibition hold

Overview

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1918
Party Votes Percentage Seats
Republican 355,004 56.7% 6
Democratic 178,139 28.4% 4
Prohibition 56,424 9.0% 1
Socialist 36,855 5.9% 0
Totals 626,422 100.0% 11

Results

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District 1

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California's 1st congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) 42,063 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 2

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California's 2nd congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John E. Raker (incumbent) 28,249 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 3

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California's 3rd congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles F. Curry (incumbent) 51,690 91.6
Socialist Allen K. Gifford 4,746 8.4
Total votes 56,436 100.0
Turnout
Republican hold

District 4

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California's 4th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julius Kahn (incumbent) 38,278 86.6
Socialist Hugo Ernst 5,913 13.4
Total votes 43,191 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 5

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California's 5th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John I. Nolan (incumbent) 40,375 87
Socialist Thomas F. Feeley 6,032 13
Total votes 46,407 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 6

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California's 6th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Elston (incumbent) 59,082 88.4
Socialist Luella Twining 7,721 11.6
Total votes 66,803 100.0
Turnout
Republican hold

District 7

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California's 7th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry E. Barbour 33,476 52.1
Democratic Henry Hawson 30,745 47.9
Total votes 64,221 100.0
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

District 8

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California's 8th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hugh S. Hersman 31,167 53
Republican Everis A. Hayes (incumbent) 27,641 47
Total votes 58,808 100
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 9

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California's 9th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Charles H. Randall (incumbent) 38,782 53.0
Republican Montaville Flowers 31,689 43.3
Socialist Grace Silver Henry 2,718 3.7
Total votes 73,189 100.0
Turnout
Prohibition hold

District 10

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California's 10th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry Z. Osborne (incumbent) 72,773 88.2
Socialist James H. Ryckman 9,725 11.8
Total votes 82,498 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 11

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California's 11th congressional district election, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Kettner (incumbent) 45,915 72.2
Prohibition Stella B. Irvine 17,642 27.8
Total votes 63,557 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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