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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1904 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 8, 1904. Republicans won the three Democratic-held districts, giving California an all-Republican House delegation, which it would maintain until 1910.
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1904 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 186,427 | 56.8% | 8 | +3 | |
Democratic | 112,587 | 34.3% | 0 | -3 | |
Socialist | 21,635 | 6.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 6,405 | 2.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Union Labor | 916 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 327,970 | 100.0% | 8 | — |
Pre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 5 | |
Democratic-Held | 3 | |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Gillett (incumbent) | 21,602 | 54.1 | |
Democratic | Anthony Caminetti | 15,706 | 39.3 | |
Socialist | A. J. Gaylord | 2,197 | 5.5 | |
Prohibition | Jarrot L. Rollins | 421 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 39,926 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent) | 22,873 | 51.8 | |||
Democratic | Theodore Arlington Bell | 21,640 | 46.6 | |||
Socialist | J. H. White | 1,524 | 3.3 | |||
Prohibition | Eli P. LaCell | 431 | 0.9 | |||
Total votes | 46,468 | 100.0 | ||||
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Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph R. Knowland (incumbent) | 24,637 | 68.6 | |
Democratic | Henry C. McPike | 7,210 | 20.1 | |
Socialist | M. Lesser | 3,617 | 10.1 | |
Prohibition | Bates Morris | 471 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 35,935 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Julius Kahn | 20,012 | 62.4 | |||
Democratic | Edward J. Livernash (incumbent) | 12,812 | 36.4 | |||
Socialist | William E. Costley | 2,267 | 6.4 | |||
Total votes | 35,091 | 100.0 | ||||
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Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Everis A. Hayes | 23,701 | 52.3 | |||
Democratic | William J. Wynn (incumbent) | 18,025 | 39.7 | |||
Socialist | F. R. Whitney | 2,263 | 5.0 | |||
Union Labor | Charles J. Williams | 916 | 2.0 | |||
Prohibition | George B. Pratt | 445 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 45,350 | 100.0 | ||||
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Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James C. Needham (incumbent) | 18,828 | 55.1 | |
Democratic | William M. Conley | 13,074 | 38.2 | |
Socialist | J. L. Cobb | 1,537 | 4.5 | |
Prohibition | Joel H. Smith | 740 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 34,079 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James McLachlan (incumbent) | 31,091 | 64.2 | |
Democratic | W. O. Morton | 11,259 | 23.3 | |
Socialist | F. I. Wheat | 3,594 | 7.4 | |
Prohibition | John Sobieski | 2,467 | 5.1 | |
Total votes | 48,411 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sylvester C. Smith | 23,683 | 55.6 | |
Democratic | William T. Lucas | 12,861 | 34.5 | |
Socialist | Noble A. Richardson | 4,636 | 9.9 | |
Prohibition | Benjamin J. Cloes | 1,430 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 42,610 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold | ||||
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