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The California United States House elections, 1938 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, 1938. Republicans gained four districts. Franck R. Havenner, first elected to Congress as a Progressive, was elected for the rest of his House career as a Democrat.

Contents

Delegation composition

1938 pre-election Seats
  Democratic-Held 16
  Republican-Held 4
1938 post-election Seats
  Democratic-Held 12
  Republican-Held 8

Results

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

1938 California U.S. House District 1 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) 73,636 63
Townsend Ernest S. Mitchell 43,320 37
Total votes 116,956 100
Majority 30,316 26
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 2 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Harry Lane Englebright (inc.) 71,496 100.0
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 3 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Frank H. Buck (incumbent) 119,236 93.3
Communist Nora Conklin 8,271 6.5
Independent Walter Schaefer (write-in) 327 0.2
Total votes 127,834 100.0
Majority 110,965 86.8
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 4 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Franck R. Havenner (inc.) 64,452 61.2
Republican Kennett B. Dawson 40,842 38.8
Total votes 105,294 100.0
Majority 23,610 22.4
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 5 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard J. Welch (incumbent) 91,868 100.0
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 6 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Albert E. Carter (incumbent) 118,632 94.4
Communist Dave L. Saunders 7,015 5.6
Total votes 125,647 100.0
Majority 111,617 88.8
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 7 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John H. Tolan (incumbent) 62,599 55.3
Republican Charles W. Fisher 50,504 44.7
Total votes 113,103 100.0
Majority 12,095 10.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jack Z. Anderson 84,084 55
Democratic John J. McGrath 68,681 45
Total votes 152,765 100
Majority 15,403 10
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 9 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bertrand W. Gearhart (inc.) 91,128 96.3
Independent George H. Sciaroni (write-in) 3,536 3.7
Total votes 94,664 100.0
Majority 87,592 92.6
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 10 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) 84,791 67.3
Republican F. Fred Hoelscher 41,194 32.7
Total votes 125,985 100.0
Majority 43,597 34.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 11 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Carl Hinshaw 68,712 47.0
Democratic Carl Stuart Hamblen 59,993 41.1
Townsend Ralph D. Horton 12,713 8.7
Progressive John R. Grey 3,821 2.6
Communist Orla E. Lair 817 0.6
Total votes 146,056 100.0
Majority 8,719 5.9
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 12 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 75,003 60.8
Republican Eugene W. Nixon 40,457 32.8
Townsend Russell R. Hand 7,903 6.4
Total votes 123,363 100.0
Majority 34,546 28.0
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 13 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Charles Kramer (incumbent) 96,258 65.9
Republican K. L. Stockton 44,808 30.7
Communist Louis Baron 5,104 3.4
Total votes 146,170 100.0
Majority 51,450 35.2
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 14 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) 67,588 68.3
Republican William D. Campbell 31,375 31.7
Total votes 98,963 100.0
Majority 36,213 36.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 15 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John M. Costello (incumbent) 83,086 60.4
Republican O. D. Thomas 51,483 37.4
Communist Emil Freed 2,951 2.2
Total votes 137,520 100.0
Majority 31,603 23.0
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 16 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Leland M. Ford 97,407 62.8
Democratic John F. Dockweiler (write-in) 32,863 21.2
Townsend Ted E. Felt 16,045 10.3
Progressive J. Barton Huthins 6,643 4.3
Communist La Rue McCormick 2,070 1.3
Total votes 155,028 100.0
Majority 64,544 41.6
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 17 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) 56,513 58.8
Republican Clifton A. Hix 26,891 28.0
Townsend Fred C. Wagner 8,870 9.2
Progressive Robert O. Bates 3,774 3.9
Total votes 96,048 100.0
Majority 29,622 30.8
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 18 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Thomas M. Eaton 52,216 48.6
Democratic Byron N. Scott (incumbent) 51,874 48.3
Progressive Solomon Carr 3,384 3.1
Total votes 107,474 100.0
Majority 342 0.3
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 19 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) 75,819 53.3
Republican C. T. Johnson 66,402 46.7
Total votes 142,221 100.0
Majority 9,417 6.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing
1938 California U.S. House District 20 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Edouard Izac (incumbent) 65,243 60.4
Republican John L. Bacon 42,710 39.6
Total votes 107,953 100.0
Majority 22,533 20.8
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

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