TheUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 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, 1938. Republicans gained four districts.Franck R. Havenner, first elected to Congress as aProgressive, was elected for the rest of his House career as a Democrat.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 1,137,635 | 47.7% | 12 | -3 | |
| Republican | 1,112,209 | 46.6% | 8 | +4 | |
| Townsend | 88,851 | 3.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 26,228 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | |
| Progressive | 17,622 | 0.7% | 0 | -1 | |
| Independent | 3,863 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,386,408 | 100.0% | 20 | — | |
| 1938 pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 15 | |
| Republican-Held | 4 | |
| Progressive-Held | 1 | |
| 1938 post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 12 | |
| Republican-Held | 8 | |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:[1]
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 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 73,636 | 63 | |
| Townsend | Ernest S. Mitchell | 43,320 | 37 | |
| Total votes | 116,956 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 71,496 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 64,452 | 61.2 | |||
| Republican | Kennett B. Dawson | 40,842 | 38.8 | |||
| Total votes | 105,294 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromProgressive Party (United States, 1924) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 91,868 | 100.0 | |
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| 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 | ||
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Z. Anderson | 84,084 | 55 | |||
| Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 68,681 | 45 | |||
| Total votes | 152,765 | 100 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 91,128 | 96.3 | |
| Independent | George H. Sciaroni (write-in) | 3,536 | 3.7 | |
| Total votes | 94,664 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| 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 Party (United States, 1924) | John R. Grey | 3,821 | 2.6 | |||
| Communist | Orla E. Lair | 817 | 0.6 | |||
| Total votes | 146,056 | 100.0 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| 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 Party (United States, 1924) | J. Barton Huthins | 6,643 | 4.3 | |||
| Communist | La Rue McCormick | 2,070 | 1.3 | |||
| Total votes | 155,028 | 100.0 | ||||
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| 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 Party (United States, 1924) | Robert O. Bates | 3,774 | 3.9 | |
| Total votes | 96,048 | 100.0 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas M. Eaton | 52,216 | 48.6 | |||
| Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 51,874 | 48.3 | |||
| Progressive Party (United States, 1924) | Solomon Carr | 3,384 | 3.1 | |||
| Total votes | 107,474 | 100.0 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
