The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1920. Republicans picked up two Democratic-held districts and defeated the lone Prohibition Party incumbent.
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| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 574,594 | 70.8% | 9 | +3 | |
| Democratic | 139,169 | 17.1% | 2 | -2 | |
| Socialist | 61,352 | 7.6% | 0 | 0 | |
| Prohibition | 36,675 | 4.5% | 0 | -1 | |
| Totals | 811,790 | 100.0% | 11 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats |
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| Republican-Held | 6 | |
| Democratic-Held | 4 | |
| Prohibition-Held | 1 | |
| Post-election | Seats |
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| Republican-Held | 9 | |
| Democratic-Held | 2 | |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
| California's 1st congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 34,427 | 61.7% | |
| Republican | C. A. Bodwell, Jr. | 18,569 | 33.3% | |
| Socialist | A. K. Gifford | 2,773 | 5.0% | |
| Totals | 55,769 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John E. Raker (incumbent) | 26,172 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles F. Curry (incumbent) | 54,984 | 74.7% | |
| Democratic | J. W. Struckenbruck | 14,964 | 20.4% | |
| Socialist | Miles William Beck | 3,631 | 4.9% | |
| Totals | 73,579 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Julius Kahn (incumbent) | 50,841 | 84.6% | |
| Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 9,289 | 15.4% | |
| Totals | 60,130 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John I. Nolan (incumbent) | 50,274 | 81.8% | |
| Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 10,952 | 18.2% | |
| Totals | 61,226 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John A. Elston (incumbent) | 75,610 | 83.3% | |
| Democratic | Maynard Shipley | 15,151 | 16.7% | |
| Totals | 90,761 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Henry E. Barbour (incumbent) | 57,647 | 87.2% | |
| Socialist | Harry M. McKee | 8,449 | 12.8% | |
| Totals | 66,096 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Arthur M. Free | 46,823 | 64% | |||
| Democratic | Hugh S. Hersman (incumbent) | 26,311 | 36% | |||
| Totals | 73,134 | 100% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Charles F. Van de Water | 62,952 | 59.7% | |||
| Prohibition | Charles H. Randall (incumbent) | 36,675 | 34.8% | |||
| Socialist | Mary E. Garbutt | 5,819 | 5.5% | |||
| Totals | 105,446 | 100.0% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Prohibition | ||||||
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Henry Z. Osborne (incumbent) | 97,469 | 82.7% | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 20,439 | 17.3% | |
| Totals | 117,908 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1920 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Philip D. Swing | 59,425 | 72.9% | |||
| Democratic | Hugh L. Dickson | 22,144 | 27.1% | |||
| Totals | 81,569 | 100.0% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
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