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The California United States House elections, 1916 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 7, 1916. The delegation's only Independent incumbent retired and the open seat was won by the Democrats.

1 Delegation composition
2 Results
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Delegation composition

1916 pre-election		Seats
	Republican-Held	6
	Democratic-Held	3
	Independent-Held	1
	Prohibition-Held	1

1916 post-election		Seats
	Republican-Held	6
	Democratic-Held	4
	Prohibition-Held	1

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]

1916 California U.S. House District 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea	32,797	48.8
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	28,769	42.8
	Socialist	Mary M. Morgan	3,730	5.5
	Prohibition	Jay Scott Ryder	1,935	2.9
Total votes			67,231	100.0
Majority			4,028	6.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	30,042	71
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	12,282	29
Total votes			42,324	100
Majority			17,760	42
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 3 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	48,193	66.7
	Democratic	O. W. Kennedy	16,900	23.4
	Socialist	Ben Cooper	4,455	6.2
	Prohibition	Edwin F. Van Vlear	2,694	3.7
Total votes			72,242	100.0
Majority			21,293	43.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Julius Kahn (incumbent)	51,968	77.2
	Democratic	J. M. Fernald	10,579	15.7
	Socialist	Allen K. Gifford	3,775	5.6
	Prohibition	Henry W. Hutchinson	981	1.5
Total votes			67,303	100.0
Majority			41,389	61.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (incumbent)	59,333	84.7
	Socialist	Charles A. Preston	6,708	9.6
	Prohibition	Frederick Head	4,046	5.8
Total votes			70,087	100.0
Majority			52,625	75.1
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John A. Elston (incumbent)	56,520	64.6
	Republican	H. Avery Whitney	19,787	22.6
	Socialist	Luella Twining	7,588	8.7
	Prohibition	Harlow E. Wolcott	3,605	4.1
Total votes			87,500	100.0
Majority			36,733	42.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 7 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Denver S. Church	38,787	51.0
	Republican	W. W. Phillips	27,676	36.4
	Socialist	Harry M. McKee	5,492	7.2
	Prohibition	J. F. Butler	4,042	5.3
Total votes			75,997	100.0
Majority			11,111	14.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes (incumbent)	50,659	68.6
	Progressive	George S. Walker	17,576	23.8
	Socialist	Cora Pattleton Wilson	5,564	7.5
Total votes			73,799	100.0
Majority			33,083	44.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 9 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Prohibition	Charles H. Randall (inc.)	58,826	57.8
	Independent	Charles W. Bell	33,270	32.7
	Socialist	Ralph L. Criswell	9,661	9.5
Total votes			101,757	100.0
Majority			25,556	25.1
Turnout
	Prohibition hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Henry Z. Osborne	63,913	49.5
	Democratic	Rufus W. Bowden	33,225	25.7
	Progressive	Henry Stanley Benedict	14,305	11.1
	Socialist	James H. Ryckman	9,000	7.0
	Prohibition	Henry Clay Needham	8,781	6.8
Total votes			129,224	100.0
Majority			30,678	23.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1916 California U.S. House District 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William Kettner (incumbent)	42,051	44.5
	Republican	Robert C. Harbison	33,765	35.7
	Prohibition	James S. Edwards	14,759	15.6
	Socialist	Marcus W. Robbins	3,913	4.1
Total votes			94,488	100.0
Majority			8,286	8.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

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Contents

Delegation composition

Results

See also

References

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