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 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

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1918

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	42,063	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1918

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	28,249	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 66th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1918

References

• California Elections Page
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions