1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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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.

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Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942
PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/–
Republican 937,39249.4%11+1
Democratic 906,61447.7%12+2
Communist 28,0261.5%00
Prohibition 17,0490.9%00
Townsend 9,8430.5%00
Write-ins 1850.0%00
Totals1,899,109100.0%23+3

Delegation composition

Pre-electionSeats
 Democratic-Held10
 Republican-Held10
Post-electionSeats
 Democratic-Held12
 Republican-Held11

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14
District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) 78,281 93.2
Communist Albert J. Lima5,7036.8
Total votes83,984 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) 50,094 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) 63,982 54.5
Democratic Joseph B. O'Neil53,52145.5
Total votes117,503 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Rolph (incumbent) 62,735 98.3
Communist Archie Brown (write-in)1,1161.7
Total votes63,851 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard J. Welch (incumbent) 85,747 92.7
Communist Walter R. Lambert6,7497.3
Total votes92,496 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Albert E. Carter (incumbent) 108,585 92.6
Communist Clarence Paton8,5327.3
No partyWilliam H. Hollander (write-in)1850.1
Total votes117,302 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John H. Tolan (incumbent) 77,292 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) 91,536 99.9
Communist Elizabeth Nicholas (write-in)1020.1
Total votes91,638 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) 65,791 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) 43,864 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George E. Outland 31,611 50.7
Republican A. J. Dingeman30,78149.3
Total votes62,392 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic win (new seat)

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 53,705 56.8
Republican Roy P. McLaughlin40,78043.2
Total votes94,485 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Norris Poulson 38,577 49.5
Democratic Charles Kramer (incumbent)33,06042.4
Townsend Calvert S. Wilson6,3068.1
Total votes77,943 100.0
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) 49,326 67
Republican Herbert L. Herberts24,34933
Total votes73,675 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John M. Costello (incumbent) 88,798 86.2
Prohibition B. Tarkington Dowden10,1859.9
Communist Philip Gardner3,9893.9
Total votes102,972 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Will Rogers, Jr. 61,437 53.7
Republican Leland M. Ford (incumbent)52,02345.4
Communist Allen L. Ryan1,0430.9
Total votes114,503 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cecil R. King (incumbent) 92,260 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William Ward Johnson (incumbent) 53,136 56.8
Democratic Francis H. Gentry40,33943.2
Total votes93,475 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chet Holifield 34,918 63.1
Republican Carlton H. Casjens20,44636.9
Total votes55,374 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic win (new seat)

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) 62,628 48.4
Democratic Joseph O. Donovan55,47942.9
Prohibition Virgil G. Hinshaw6,8645.3
Townsend Janie Bele McCarty3,5372.7
Communist Orla E. Lair7920.6
Total votes129,300 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) 38,419 96.6
Republican Arthur E. Isham (write-in)1,3503.4
Total votes39,769 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John J. Phillips 42,765 57.6
Democratic N. E. West31,44042.4
Total votes74,205 100.0
Turnout  
Republican win (new seat)

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1942
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Edouard Izac (incumbent) 42,864 50.5
Republican James B. Abbey42,08749.5
Total votes84,951 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

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