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TheUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896 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 3, 1896. Republicans lost one seat to the Democrats and two to thePopulists.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 128,941 | 46.4% | 3 | -3 | |
| Democratic | 86,449 | 31.1% | 2 | +1 | |
| Populist | 53,662 | 19.3% | 2 | +2 | |
| Prohibition | 4,251 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | 2,654 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 2,139 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 278,096 | 100.0% | 7 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 6 | |
| Democratic-Held | 1 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 3 | |
| Democratic-Held | 2 | |
| Populist-Held | 2 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John All Barham (incumbent) | 17,826 | 49.7 | |
| Democratic | Fletcher A. Cutler | 16,328 | 45.5 | |
| Populist | George W. Montieth | 1,497 | 4.2 | |
| Prohibition | B. F. Taylor | 249 | 0.7 | |
| Total votes | 35,900 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marion De Vries | 24,434 | 55.5 | |||
| Republican | Grove L. Johnson (incumbent) | 18,613 | 42.3 | |||
| Prohibition | F. E. Coulter | 974 | 2.2 | |||
| Total votes | 44,021 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Samuel G. Hilborn (incumbent) | 19,778 | 54.0 | |
| Democratic | Warren B. English | 16,119 | 44.0 | |
| Socialist Labor | John H. Eustice | 387 | 1.1 | |
| Prohibition | W. Shafer | 327 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 36,611 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James G. Maguire (incumbent) | 19,074 | 61.0 | |
| Republican | Thomas B. O'Brien | 10,940 | 35.0 | |
| Socialist Labor | E. T. Kingsley | 968 | 3.0 | |
| Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 299 | 1.0 | |
| Total votes | 31,281 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Eugene F. Loud (incumbent) | 19,351 | 48.6 | |
| Democratic | Joseph P. Kelly | 10,494 | 26.3 | |
| Populist | A. B. Kinne | 8,825 | 22.2 | |
| Socialist Labor | Henry Daniels | 757 | 1.9 | |
| Prohibition | T. H. Lawson | 404 | 1.0 | |
| Total votes | 39,831 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Populist | Charles A. Barlow | 24,157 | 48.9 | |||
| Republican | James McLachlan (incumbent) | 23,494 | 47.6 | |||
| Prohibition | Henry Clay Needham | 1,196 | 2.4 | |||
| Socialist Labor | Job Harriman | 542 | 1.1 | |||
| Total votes | 49,389 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Populistgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Populist | Curtis H. Castle | 19,183 | 46.7 | |||
| Republican | William W. Bowers (incumbent) | 18,939 | 46.1 | |||
| Independent | William H. "Billy" Carlson | 2,139 | 5.2 | |||
| Prohibition | James W. Webb | 802 | 2.0 | |||
| Total votes | 41,063 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Populistgain fromRepublican | ||||||
