1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California
← 1946 1950 →
All 23 California seats to the United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 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, 1948. Democrats picked up three districts while losing two for a net gain of one seat.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	1,974,748	55.5%	14	13	-1
	Democratic	1,400,487	39.4%	9	10	+1
	Progressive	182,252	5.1%	0	0	0
	Independent	1,013	0.0%	0	0	0
Totals		3,558,500	100.0%	23	23	—

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]

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 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder	82,947	54.5
	Democratic	Sterling J. Norgard	68,951	45.3
	Progressive	Roger Kent (write-in)	304	0.2
Total votes			152,302	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	78,555	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	166,571	84.4
	Progressive	James B. "Bert" Willard	30,878	15.6
Total votes			197,449	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franck R. Havenner (incumbent)	73,704	51.0
	Republican	William S. Mailliard	68,875	47.7
	Progressive	Francis J. McTernan, Jr.	1,949	1.3
Total votes			144,528	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (incumbent)	116,347	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	194,985	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent)	78,534	51.4
	Democratic	Buell G. Gallagher	74,318	48.6
Total votes			152,852	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent)	161,743	79.9
	Progressive	Paul Taylor	40,670	20.1
Total votes			202,413	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil F. White	72,826	51.3
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent)	66,563	46.9
	Progressive	Josephine F. Daniels	2,573	1.8
Total votes			141,962	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas H. Werdel	67,448	71.3
	Progressive	Sam James Miller	27,168	28.7
Total votes			94,616	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent)	87,143	80.8
	Progressive	Cole Weston	14,582	13.5
	Democratic	George E. Outland (write-in)	6,157	5.7
Total votes			107,882	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon (incumbent)	141,509	87.8
	Progressive	Una W. Rice	19,631	12.2
Total votes			161,140	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson (incumbent)	62,951	52.6
	Democratic	Ned R. Healy	56,624	47.4
Total votes			119,575	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent)	89,581	65.3
	Republican	W. Wallace Braden	44,611	32.5
	Progressive	Sidney Moore	2,904	2.2
Total votes			137,096	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent)	131,933	83
	Progressive	Maynard J. Omerberg	27,007	17
Total votes			158,940	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (incumbent)	121,198	57
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson	91,268	43
Total votes			212,466	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil R. King (incumbent)	194,782	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle	105,687	51.1
	Republican	Willis W. Bradley (incumbent)	92,721	44.9
	Progressive	Stanley Moffatt	8,232	4.0
Total votes			206,640	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	72,900	69.7
	Republican	Joseph Francis Quigley	28,698	27.5
	Progressive	Jacob Berman	1,915	1.8
	Independent	Myra Tanner Weiss	1,013	1.0
Total votes			104,526	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent)	204,710	81.6
	Democratic	William B. Esterman	46,232	18.4
Total votes			250,942	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)	61,383	55.2
	Republican	Lowell E. Lathrop	47,411	42.6
	Progressive	Howard J. Louks	2,422	2.2
Total votes			111,216	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips (incumbent)	115,697	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clinton D. McKinnon	112,534	55.8
	Republican	Charles K. Fletcher (incumbent)	87,138	43.2
	Progressive	Harry C. Steinmetz	2,017	1.0
Total votes			201,689	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

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