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All 6 California seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Election results by district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elections in California |
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1886 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 2, 1886. Democrats gained one district.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1886 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | ||
| Republican | 93,921 | 48.5% | 4 | ||
| Democratic | 91,710 | 47.4% | 2 | ||
| Prohibition | 5,335 | 2.7% | 0 | ||
| Independent | 2,686 | 1.4% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 193,652 | 100.0% | 6 | ||
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 5 | |
| Democratic-Held | 1 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 4 | |
| Democratic-Held | 2 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas Larkin Thompson | 16,499 | 50.1 | |
| Republican | Charles A. Garter | 15,526 | 47.1 | |
| Prohibition | L. W. Simmons | 849 | 2.6 | |
| Independent | Philip Cowen | 80 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 32,954 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marion Biggs | 17,667 | 50.0 | |||
| Republican | J. C. Campbell | 16,594 | 47.0 | |||
| Prohibition | W. O. Clark | 1,076 | 3.0 | |||
| Total votes | 35,337 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joseph McKenna (incumbent) | 15,801 | 53.0 | |
| Democratic | Henry C. McPike | 13,277 | 44.5 | |
| Prohibition | W. W. Smith | 707 | 2.4 | |
| Independent | W. J. Cuthbertson | 32 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 29,817 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William W. Morrow (incumbent) | 11,413 | 48.6 | |
| Democratic | Frank McCoppin | 9,854 | 42.0 | |
| Independent | Charles A. Sumner | 2,104 | 9.0 | |
| Prohibition | Robert Thompson | 84 | 0.4 | |
| Total votes | 23,455 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles N. Felton (incumbent) | 16,328 | 48.8 | |
| Democratic | Frank J. Sullivan | 16,209 | 48.4 | |
| Independent | Albert E. Redstone | 470 | 1.4 | |
| Prohibition | C. Henderson | 460 | 1.4 | |
| Total votes | 33,467 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Vandever | 18,259 | 47.3 | |
| Democratic | Joseph D. Lynch | 18,204 | 47.1 | |
| Prohibition | W. A. Harris | 2,159 | 5.6 | |
| Total votes | 38,622 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
