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All 6 Florida seats to theUnited States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by district Democratic: 70–80% 80–90% >90% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The1942 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 3, 1942 to determine who would represent thestate ofFlorida in theUnited States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the78th Congress from January 1943 until January 1945. Florida had 6 seats including one at-large district due to redistricting.
The Democratic party held on to all their seats inFlorida. TheRepublican Party only ran candidates in two districts the4th and5th districts.
| Democratic | 88.18% | |||
| Republican | 11.79% | |||
| Other | 0.03% | |||
| Democratic | 100% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. Hardin Peterson (Incumbent) | 25,037 | 99.94 | ||
| Independent | Scattering | 14 | 0.06 | ||
| Total votes | 25,051 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Emory H. Price | 15,777 | 99.97 | ||
| Independent | Scattering | 5 | 0.03 | ||
| Total votes | 15,782 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Cary | 16,506 | 28.72 | |
| Democratic | Emory H. Price | 15,435 | 26.85 | |
| Democratic | Zach H. Douglas | 12,766 | 22.21 | |
| Democratic | James R. Boyd, Jr. | 8,923 | 15.52 | |
| Democratic | Helen Hunt West | 2,142 | 3.73 | |
| Democratic | T. W. Parsons, Jr. | 1,707 | 2.97 | |
| Total votes | 57,479 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Emory H. Price | 24,143 | 50.60 | |
| Democratic | Jim Cary | 23,575 | 49.41 | |
| Total votes | 47,718 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Sikes (Incumbent) | 11,739 | 100.00 | ||
| Total votes | 11,739 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Sikes (Incumbent) | 37,641 | 75.28 | |
| Democratic | J. B. Lahan | 12,362 | 24.72 | |
| Total votes | 50,003 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Pat Cannon (Incumbent) | 25,056 | 81.40 | ||
| Republican | Bert L. Acker | 5,725 | 18.60 | ||
| Total votes | 30,781 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Pat Cannon (Incumbent) | 37,366 | 54.14 | |
| Democratic | B. F. Paty | 20,058 | 29.06 | |
| Democratic | Edgar G. Hamilton | 5,669 | 8.21 | |
| Democratic | Louis F. Maire | 4,369 | 6.33 | |
| Democratic | Lew Sevier | 1,554 | 2.25 | |
| Total votes | 69,016 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Hendricks (Incumbent) | 16,850 | 70.93 | ||
| Republican | Emory S. Akerman | 6,906 | 29.07 | ||
| Total votes | 31,962 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Hendricks (Incumbent) | 37,366 | 66.92 | |
| Democratic | John R. Parkinson | 20,058 | 27.35 | |
| Democratic | Ed Sims | 2,639 | 5.73 | |
| Total votes | 46,044 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert A. Green | 91,120 | 100.00 | ||
| Total votes | 91,120 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert A. Green | 133,347 | 51.55 | |
| Democratic | Earnest Overstreet | 87,708 | 33.91 | |
| Democratic | Wallace Tervin | 19,599 | 7.58 | |
| Democratic | Barney Cohen | 18,014 | 6.96 | |
| Total votes | 258,668 | 100.00 | ||