1914 United States House of Representatives elections in California

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1914

November 3, 1914 (1914-11-03)
All 11 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 6 3 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 2 Popular vote 380,493 158,476 Percentage 44.5% 18.5%   Third party Fourth party   Party Progressive Prohibition Last election 1 0 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 141,571 71,589 Percentage 16.5% 8.4%
Republican hold   Democratic hold   Democratic gain   Progressive hold   Progressive gain   Prohibition gain   Independent hold

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1914 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 3, 1914. Republicans lost two seats, one to the Progressive Party and one to the Prohibition Party.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	380,493	44.5%	4	2
	Democratic	158,476	18.5%	3
	Progressive	141,571	16.5%	2	1
	Prohibition	71,589	8.4%	1	1
	Socialist	68,215	8.0%	0
	Independent	35,403	4.1%	1
Totals		855,747	100.0%	11	—

Delegation composition

Pre-election		Seats
	Republican-Held	6
	Democratic-Held	3
	Independent-Held	1
	Progressive-Held	1

Post-election		Seats
	Republican-Held	4
	Democratic-Held	3
	Progressive-Held	2
	Independent-Held	1
	Prohibition-Held	1

Results

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Kent (incumbent)	35,403	48.1
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	28,166	38.3
	Democratic	O. F. Meldon	7,987	10.8
	Prohibition	Henry P. Stipp	2,068	2.8
Total votes			73,624	100.0
Turnout
	Independent hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	32,575	64.7
	Republican	James T. Matlock	15,716	31.2
	Prohibition	W. P. Fassett	2,086	4.1
Total votes			50,377	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	66,034	85.0
	Socialist	David T. Ross	6,752	8.7
	Prohibition	Edwin F. Van Vlear	4,911	6.3
Total votes			77,697	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julius Kahn (incumbent)	41,044	69.1
	Democratic	Henry Colombat	13,550	22.8
	Socialist	Allen K. Gifford	3,928	6.6
	Prohibition	J. C. Westenberg	895	1.5
Total votes			59,417	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (incumbent)	53,875	83.3
	Socialist	Mads Peter Christensen	7,366	11.4
	Prohibition	Frederick Head	3,410	5.3
Total votes			64,651	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	John A. Elston	36,164	44.4
	Republican	George H. Derrick	30,704	37.7
	Socialist	Howard H. Caldwell	11,355	13.9
	Prohibition	Harlow E. Wolcott	3,211	3.9
Total votes			81,434	100.0
Turnout
	Progressive gain from Republican

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denver S. Church (incumbent)	39,389	49.9
	Republican	A. M. Drew	25,106	31.8
	Socialist	Harry M. McKee	7,797	9.9
	Prohibition	Don A. Allen	6,573	8.3
Total votes			78,865	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes (incumbent)	36,499	49.1
	Progressive	Lewis Dan Bohnett	33,706	45.3
	Prohibition	Joseph Merritt Horton	4,157	5.6
Total votes			74,362	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall	28,097	30.9
	Progressive	Charles W. Bell (incumbent)	27,560	30.3
	Republican	Frank C. Roberts	25,176	27.7
	Socialist	Henry A. Hart	10,084	11.1
Total votes			90,917	100.0
Turnout
	Prohibition gain from Progressive

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	William Stephens (incumbent)	44,141	38.4
	Republican	Henry Z. Osborne	33,172	28.9
	Democratic	Nathan Newby	17,810	15.5
	Socialist	Ralph L. Criswell	14,900	13.0
	Prohibition	Henry Clay Needham	4,903	4.3
Total votes			70,926	100.0
Turnout
	Progressive hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Kettner (incumbent)	47,165	52.7
	Republican	James Carson Needham	25,001	27.9
	Prohibition	James S. Edwards	11,278	12.7
	Socialist	Casper Bauer	6,033	6.7
Total votes			89,477	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

See also

• 64th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1914

References

• California Elections Page
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions