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The 1914 United States Senate election in California was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Republican Senator George Clement Perkins did not run for re-election.
In a three-way race, Democratic former mayor of San Francisco James Duval Phelan defeated Progressive attorney Francis J. Heney and Republican U.S. Representative Joseph R. Knowland.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James Duval Phelan | 279,896 | 31.59% | |
| Progressive | Francis J. Heney | 255,232 | 28.81% | |
| Republican | Joseph R. Knowland | 254,159 | 28.69% | |
| Socialist | Ernest Untermann | 56,805 | 6.41% | |
| Prohibition | Frederick F. Wheeler | 39,921 | 4.51% | |
| Total votes | 886,013 | 100.00% | ||
Hiram Warren Johnson was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and represented California in the U.S. Senate for five terms from 1917 to 1945. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century as a leading progressive and ran for vice president on Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive ticket in the 1912 presidential election. As a U.S. senator, Johnson was a leading critic of the foreign policy of both Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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