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.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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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 |
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Hubert B. Scudder (incumbent) | 137,801 | 86.4 | |
| Progressive | Carl Sullivan | 21,734 | 13.6 | |
| Total votes | 159,535 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 124,179 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John E. Moss | 87,335 | 50.8 | ||
| Republican | Leslie E. Wood | 82,133 | 47.8 | ||
| Progressive | Helen C. Thomsen | 2,443 | 1.4 | ||
| Total votes | 171,911 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 4
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William S. Mailliard | 102,359 | 55 | |||
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 83,748 | 45 | |||
| Total votes | 186,107 | 100 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 5
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John F. Shelley (incumbent) | 107,542 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert Condon | 87,768 | 50.6 | ||
| Republican | John F. Baldwin, Jr. | 85,756 | 49.4 | ||
| Total votes | 173,524 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 7
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 120,666 | 84.3 | |
| Progressive | John Allen Johnson | 22,408 | 15.7 | |
| Total votes | 142,074 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 8
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 156,445 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | J. Arthur Younger | 71,426 | 53.1 | ||
| Democratic | Harold F. Taggart | 61,028 | 45.3 | ||
| Progressive | Charles S. Brown | 2,140 | 1.6 | ||
| Total votes | 134,594 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 10
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles S. Gubser | 106,375 | 59.2 | |
| Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 70,271 | 39.1 | |
| Progressive | Betsey K. Fisher | 2,939 | 1.7 | |
| Total votes | 179,585 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 101,052 | 87.1 | |
| Progressive | Leslie B. Schilingheyde | 14,999 | 12.9 | |
| Total votes | 116,051 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 12
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Allan O. Hunter (incumbent) | 103,587 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 13
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 79,496 | 51 | |
| Democratic | Will Hays | 76,516 | 49 | |
| Total votes | 156,012 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 14
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harlan Hagen | 70,809 | 51 | |
| Democratic | Thomas H. Werdel (incumbent) | 68,011 | 49 | |
| Total votes | 138,820 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 15
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 142,545 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 16
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 79,127 | 59.7 | |
| Democratic | S. Mark Hogue | 53,337 | 40.3 | |
| Total votes | 132,464 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 17
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Total votes | 209,975 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Craig Hosmer | 90,438 | 55.5 | ||
| Democratic | Joseph M. Kennick | 72,457 | 44.5 | ||
| Total votes | 162,895 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 19
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 126,606 | 87.1 | |
| Progressive | Ida Alvarez | 13,724 | 9.4 | |
| Independent | Milton Snipper | 4,959 | 3.5 | |
| Total votes | 145,289 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 109,509 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand | 112,100 | 53.6 | ||
| Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 97,007 | 46.4 | ||
| Total votes | 209,107 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 22
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joseph F. Holt | 85,039 | 60.5 | ||
| Democratic | Dean E. McHenry | 55,534 | 39.5 | ||
| Total votes | 140,573 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 23
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Total votes | 158,186 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 119,799 | 87.4 | |
| Progressive | Bertram L. Sharp | 17,307 | 12.6 | |
| Total votes | 137,106 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 25
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Patrick J. Hillings (incumbent) | 135,465 | 64.3 | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson Sayre | 75,125 | 35.7 | |
| Total votes | 210,590 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 26
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sam Yorty (incumbent) | 157,973 | 88 | |
| Progressive | Horace V. Alexander | 21,465 | 12 | |
| Total votes | 179,438 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 68,773 | 55 | |
| Republican | Carl B. Hilliard | 56,202 | 45 | |
| Total votes | 124,975 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 28
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James B. Utt | 106,972 | 63 | ||
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin | 62,779 | 37 | ||
| Total votes | 169,751 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 29
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 73,144 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 30
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Wilson | 121,322 | 59.6 | ||
| Democratic | De Graff Austin | 82,311 | 40.4 | ||
| Total votes | 203,633 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- 83rd United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- 1952 United States House of Representatives elections
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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