TheUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936 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, 1936. Democrats gained two Republican-held districts and theProgressive Party gained one Republican-held district.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 1,135,252 | 50.0% | 15 | +2 | |
| Republican | 995,728 | 43.9% | 4 | -3 | |
| Progressive | 89,277 | 3.9% | 1 | +1 | |
| Communist | 29,074 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 12,256 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist | 9,017 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,270,604 | 100.0% | 20 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 13 | |
| Republican-Held | 7 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 15 | |
| Republican-Held | 4 | |
| Progressive-Held | 1 | |
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) | 58,073 | 53.8 | |
| Republican | Nelson B. Van Matre | 48,647 | 45.1 | |
| Communist | Vernon Dennis Healy | 1,218 | 1.1 | |
| Total votes | 107,938 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 51,416 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 93,110 | 90.6 | |
| Independent | Walter Schaefer (write-in) | 5,310 | 5.2 | |
| Communist | Perry Hill | 4,390 | 4.2 | |
| Total votes | 98,810 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Franck R. Havenner | 64,063 | 58.5 | |||
| Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent) | 43,805 | 40.0 | |||
| Communist | Anita Whitney | 1,711 | 1.5 | |||
| Total votes | 109,579 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Progressivegain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 82,910 | 94.8 | |
| Communist | Lawrence Ross | 4,545 | 5.2 | |
| Total votes | 87,455 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 103,712 | 91.0 | |
| Socialist | Clarence E. Rust | 8,247 | 7.2 | |
| Communist | Lloyd L. Harris | 2,021 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 113,980 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 69,463 | 59.8 | |
| Republican | Charles W. Fisher | 46,647 | 40.2 | |
| Total votes | 116,110 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 78,557 | 57.6 | |
| Republican | Alonzo L. Baker | 57,808 | 43.4 | |
| Total votes | 136,365 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 82,360 | 97 | |
| Communist | Carl B. Patterson | 2,571 | 3 | |
| Total votes | 84,931 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent) | 72,476 | 69.6 | |
| Republican | George R. Bliss | 31,700 | 30.4 | |
| Total votes | 104,176 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John S. McGroarty (incumbent) | 69,679 | 50.5 | |
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw | 54,914 | 39.8 | |
| Progressive | Robert S. Funk | 12,340 | 8.9 | |
| Communist | William Ingham | 1,041 | 0.8 | |
| Total votes | 137,974 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Voorhis | 62,034 | 53.7 | |
| Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 53,445 | 46.3 | |
| Total votes | 115,479 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 119,251 | 90.0 | |
| Independent | Floyd Seaman (write-in) | 6,946 | 5.2 | |
| Communist | Emma Cutler | 6,362 | 4.8 | |
| Total votes | 132,559 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 63,365 | 61.0 | |
| Republican | William D. Campbell | 25,497 | 24.6 | |
| Progressive | Albert L. Johnson | 12,874 | 12.4 | |
| Communist | Harold J. Ashe | 1,329 | 1.3 | |
| Socialist | Glen Trimble | 770 | 0.7 | |
| Total votes | 103,855 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 99,107 | 69 | |
| Republican | Ernest Walter Sawyer | 44,559 | 31 | |
| Total votes | 143,666 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (incumbent) | 90,986 | 57.7 | |
| Republican | Raymond V. Darby | 66,583 | 42.3 | |
| Total votes | 157,569 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles J. Colden (incumbent) | 68,189 | 71.9 | |
| Republican | Leonard Roach | 24,981 | 26.3 | |
| Communist | John L. Leech | 1,634 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 94,804 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 61,415 | 59 | |
| Republican | James F. Collins | 72,748 | 41 | |
| Total votes | 134,163 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard | 70,339 | 53.8 | |||
| Republican | Sam L. Collins (incumbent) | 59,071 | 45.2 | |||
| Communist | Charles McLauchlan | 1,336 | 1.0 | |||
| Total votes | 130,746 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edouard Izac | 59,208 | 56.4 | |||
| Republican | Ed P. Simple | 44,925 | 42.8 | |||
| Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 916 | 0.8 | |||
| Total votes | 105,049 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
