1952 United States House of Representatives elections in California

U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
	1849 ; 1850 ; 1852 sp ; 1856 ; 1857 sp ; 1860 ; 1860 sp ; 1868 ; 1872 ; 1873 ; 1873 sp ; 1878 ; 1880 ; 1885 ; 1886 sp ; 1887 ; 1891 ; 1891 sp ; 1893 ; 1895 sp ; 1897 ; 1900 sp ; 1903 ; 1905 ; 1909 ; 1911 ; 1914 ; 1916 ; 1920 ; 1922 ; 1926 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1934 ; 1938 ; 1940 ; 1944 ; 1946 ; 1946 sp ; 1950 ; 1952 ; 1954 sp ; 1956 ; 1958 ; 1962 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1970 ; 1974 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1982 ; 1986 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1992 sp ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2018 ; 2022 ; 2022 sp ; 2024 ; 2024 sp ; 2028 ; 2030 ;

U.S. President
U.S. President
	1852 ; 1856 ; 1860 ; 1864 ; 1868 ; 1872 ; 1876 ; 1880 ; 1884 ; 1888 ; 1892 ; 1896 ; 1900 ; 1904 ; 1908 ; 1912 ; 1916 ; 1920 ; 1924 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1940 ; 1944 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1996 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2000 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2004 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2008 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2012 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2016 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2020 Dem ; Rep ; ; 2024 Dem ; Rep ; ;

Last updated July 30, 2025

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952 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 4, 1952. California gained seven seats as a result of the 1950 census, five of which were won by Republicans and two by Democrats. Of California's existing districts, Republicans won two Democratic-held seats.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	2,388,038	52.37%	13	19	+6
	Democratic	2,027,751	44.47%	10	11	+1
	Progressive	139,398	3.06%	0	0	0
	Independent	4,959	0.11%	0	0	0
Totals		4,560,146	100.0%	23	30	+7

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14
District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27
District 28 • District 29 • District 30

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder (incumbent)	137,801	86.4
	Progressive	Carl Sullivan	21,734	13.6
Total votes			159,535	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	124,179	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss	87,335	50.8
	Republican	Leslie E. Wood	82,133	47.8
	Progressive	Helen C. Thomsen	2,443	1.4
Total votes			171,911	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard	102,359	55
	Democratic	Franck R. Havenner (incumbent)	83,748	45
Total votes			186,107	100
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (incumbent)	107,542	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Condon	87,768	50.6
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr.	85,756	49.4
Total votes			173,524	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent)	120,666	84.3
	Progressive	John Allen Johnson	22,408	15.7
Total votes			142,074	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	156,445	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger	71,426	53.1
	Democratic	Harold F. Taggart	61,028	45.3
	Progressive	Charles S. Brown	2,140	1.6
Total votes			134,594	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Gubser	106,375	59.2
	Democratic	Arthur L. Johnson	70,271	39.1
	Progressive	Betsey K. Fisher	2,939	1.7
Total votes			179,585	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	101,052	87.1
	Progressive	Leslie B. Schilingheyde	14,999	12.9
Total votes			116,051	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allan O. Hunter (incumbent)	103,587	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent)	79,496	51
	Democratic	Will Hays	76,516	49
Total votes			156,012	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen	70,809	51
	Republican	Thomas H. Werdel (incumbent)	68,011	49
Total votes			138,820	100
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent)	142,545	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (incumbent)	79,127	59.7
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	53,337	40.3
Total votes			132,464	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil R. King (incumbent)	114,650	54.6
	Republican	Robert H. Finch	92,587	44.1
	Progressive	Loyd C. Seelinger	2,738	1.3
Total votes			209,975	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer	90,438	55.5
	Democratic	Joseph M. Kennick	72,457	44.5
Total votes			162,895	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	126,606	87.1
	Progressive	Ida Alvarez	13,724	9.4
	Independent	Milton Snipper	4,959	3.5
Total votes			145,289	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent)	109,509	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand	112,100	53.6
	Democratic	Everett G. Burkhalter	97,007	46.4
Total votes			209,107	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph F. Holt	85,039	60.5
	Democratic	Dean E. McHenry	55,534	39.5
Total votes			140,573	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	138,356	87.5
	Progressive	Olive T. Thompson	17,501	11.1
	Republican	C. Cleveland (write-in)	2,329	1.4
Total votes			158,186	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson (incumbent)	119,799	87.4
	Progressive	Bertram L. Sharp	17,307	12.6
Total votes			137,106	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick J. Hillings (incumbent)	135,465	64.3
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson Sayre	75,125	35.7
Total votes			210,590	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Yorty (incumbent)	157,973	88
	Progressive	Horace V. Alexander	21,465	12
Total votes			179,438	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)	68,773	55
	Republican	Carl B. Hilliard	56,202	45
Total votes			124,975	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt	106,972	63
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin	62,779	37
Total votes			169,751	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips (incumbent)	73,144	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson	121,322	59.6
	Democratic	De Graff Austin	82,311	40.4
Total votes			203,633	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

References

External links

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

v t e (1951←) 1952 United States elections (→1953)
President	1952 United States presidential election Democratic primaries Republican primaries Democratic convention Republican convention
U.S. Senate	Arizona California Connecticut Connecticut (special) Delaware Florida Indiana Kentucky (special) Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Michigan (special) Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nebraska (special) Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
State governors	Arizona Arkansas Colorado Delaware Florida Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Lt. Gov Missouri Lt. Gov Montana Nebraska Lt. Gov New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina Lt. Gov North Dakota Ohio Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin
State legislatures	Iowa Senate