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TheUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1898 was an election forCalifornia's delegation to theUnited States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of thegeneral election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1898. Republicans took an open Democratic seat and defeated the two Populist incumbents.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1898 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 139,382 | 51.0% | 6 | +3 | |
| Democratic | 86,927 | 31.8% | 1 | -1 | |
| Populist | 41,179 | 15.1% | 0 | -2 | |
| Socialist Labor | 4,979 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 594 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 273,061 | 100.0% | 7 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 3 | |
| Democratic-Held | 2 | |
| Populist-Held | 2 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 6 | |
| Democratic-Held | 1 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John All Barham (incumbent) | 19,598 | 51.8 | |
| Democratic | Emmet Seawell | 18,244 | 48.2 | |
| Total votes | 37,842 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marion De Vries (incumbent) | 25,196 | 55.3 | |
| Republican | Frank D. Ryan | 20,400 | 44.7 | |
| Total votes | 45,596 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Victor H. Metcalf | 20,592 | 57.3 | |
| Democratic | John A. Jones | 14,051 | 39.1 | |
| Socialist Labor | Thomas F. Burns | 1,309 | 3.6 | |
| Total votes | 35,952 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Julius Kahn | 13,695 | 50.0 | |||
| Democratic | James H. Barry | 12,084 | 44.1 | |||
| Socialist Labor | W. J. Martin | 1,006 | 3.7 | |||
| Independent | Joseph P. Kelly | 594 | 2.2 | |||
| Total votes | 27,379 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Eugene F. Loud (incumbent) | 20,254 | 51.8 | |
| Democratic | William Craig | 17,352 | 44.3 | |
| Socialist Labor | E. T. Kingsley | 1,532 | 3.9 | |
| Total votes | 39,138 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Russell J. Waters | 24,050 | 52.6 | |||
| Populist | Charles A. Barlow (incumbent) | 20,499 | 44.9 | |||
| Socialist Labor | James T. Van Ransselaer | 1,132 | 2.5 | |||
| Total votes | 45,681 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republicangain fromPopulist | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James C. Needham | 20,793 | 50.1 | |||
| Populist | Curtis H. Castle (incumbent) | 20,680 | 49.9 | |||
| Total votes | 41,473 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republicangain fromPopulist | ||||||
