The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952 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 4, 1952. California gained seven seats as a result of the 1950 Census, five of which were won by Republicans and two by Democrats. Of California's existing districts, Republicans won two Democratic-held seats.
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| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952 | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Republican | 2,388,038 | 52.4% | 13 | 20 | +7 | |
| Democratic | 2,027,751 | 44.5% | 10 | 10 | 0 | |
| Progressive | 139,398 | 3.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 4,959 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,560,146 | 100.0% | 23 | 30 | +7 | |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
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| California's 1st congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Hubert B. Scudder (incumbent) | 137,801 | 86.4% | |
| Progressive | Carl Sullivan | 21,734 | 13.6% | |
| Totals | 159,535 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 124,179 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | John E. Moss | 87,335 | 50.8% | ||
| Republican | Leslie E. Wood | 82,133 | 47.8% | ||
| Progressive | Helen C. Thomsen | 2,443 | 1.4% | ||
| Totals | 171,911 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | William S. Mailliard | 102,359 | 55% | |||
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 83,748 | 45% | |||
| Totals | 186,107 | 100% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John Shelley (incumbent) | 107,542 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | Robert Condon | 87,768 | 50.6% | ||
| Republican | John F. Baldwin, Jr. | 85,756 | 49.4% | ||
| Totals | 173,524 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 120,666 | 84.3% | |
| Progressive | John Allen Johnson | 22,408 | 15.7% | |
| Totals | 142,074 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 156,445 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) | 71,426 | 53.1% | ||
| Democratic | Harold F. Taggart | 61,028 | 45.3% | ||
| Progressive | Charles S. Brown | 2,140 | 1.6% | ||
| Totals | 134,594 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 106,375 | 59.2% | |
| Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 70,271 | 39.1% | |
| Progressive | Betsey K. Fisher | 2,939 | 1.7% | |
| Totals | 179,585 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 101,052 | 87.1% | |
| Progressive | Leslie B. Schilingheyde | 14,999 | 12.9% | |
| Totals | 116,051 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 12th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Allan O. Hunter (incumbent) | 103,587 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 13th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 79,496 | 51% | |
| Democratic | Will Hays | 76,516 | 49% | |
| Totals | 156,012 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 14th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Thomas H. Werdel (incumbent) | 70,809 | 51% | |
| Democratic | Harlan Hagen | 68,011 | 49% | |
| Totals | 138,820 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 15th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 142,545 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 16th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 79,127 | 59.7% | |
| Democratic | S. Mark Hogue | 53,337 | 40.3% | |
| Totals | 132,464 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 17th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 114,650 | 54.6% | |
| Republican | Robert H. Finch | 92,587 | 44.1% | |
| Progressive | Loyd C. Seelinger | 2,738 | 1.3% | |
| Totals | 209,975 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 18th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | Craig Hosmer | 90,438 | 55.5% | ||
| Democratic | Joseph M. Kennick | 72,457 | 44.5% | ||
| Totals | 162,895 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 19th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 126,606 | 87.1% | |
| Progressive | Ida Alvarez | 13,724 | 9.4% | |
| Independent | Milton Snipper | 4,959 | 3.5% | |
| Totals | 145,289 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 20th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 109,509 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 21st congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand | 112,100 | 53.6% | ||
| Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 97,007 | 46.4% | ||
| Totals | 209,107 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 22nd congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | Joseph F. Holt | 85,039 | 60.5% | ||
| Democratic | Dean E. McHenry | 55,534 | 39.5% | ||
| Totals | 140,573 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 23rd congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 138,356 | 87.5% | |
| Progressive | Olive T. Thompson | 17,501 | 11.1% | |
| Republican | C. Cleveland (write-in) | 2,329 | 1.4% | |
| Totals | 158,186 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 24th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 119,799 | 87.4% | |
| Progressive | Bertram L. Sharp | 17,307 | 12.6% | |
| Totals | 137,106 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 25th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Patrick J. Hillings (incumbent) | 135,465 | 64.3% | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson Sayre | 75,125 | 35.7% | |
| Totals | 210,590 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 26th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Yorty (incumbent) | 157,973 | 88% | |
| Progressive | Horace V. Alexander | 21,465 | 12% | |
| Totals | 179,438 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 27th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 68,773 | 55% | |
| Republican | Carl B. Hilliard | 56,202 | 45% | |
| Totals | 124,975 | 100% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| California's 28th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | James B. Utt | 106,972 | 63% | ||
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin | 62,779 | 37% | ||
| Totals | 169,751 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
| California's 29th congressional district election, 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 73,144 | 100.0% | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| California's 30th congressional district election, 1952 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | Bob Wilson | 121,322 | 59.6% | ||
| Democratic | De Graff Austin | 82,311 | 40.4% | ||
| Totals | 203,633 | 100.0% | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
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