The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 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 8, 1938. Republicans gained four districts. Franck R. Havenner, first elected to Congress as a Progressive, was elected for the rest of his House career as a Democrat.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 1,137,635 | 47.7% | 12 | -3 | |
| Republican | 1,112,209 | 46.6% | 8 | +4 | |
| Townsend | 88,851 | 3.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 26,228 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | |
| Progressive | 17,622 | 0.7% | 0 | -1 | |
| Independent | 3,863 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,386,408 | 100.0% | 20 | — | |
| 1938 pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 15 | |
| Republican-Held | 4 | |
| Progressive-Held | 1 | |
| 1938 post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 12 | |
| Republican-Held | 8 | |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
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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 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 73,636 | 63 | |
| Townsend | Ernest S. Mitchell | 43,320 | 37 | |
| Total votes | 116,956 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 71,496 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 119,236 | 93.3 | |
| Communist | Nora Conklin | 8,271 | 6.5 | |
| Independent | Walter Schaefer (write-in) | 327 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 127,834 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 64,452 | 61.2 | |||
| Republican | Kennett B. Dawson | 40,842 | 38.8 | |||
| Total votes | 105,294 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Progressive | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 91,868 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 118,632 | 94.4 | |
| Communist | Dave L. Saunders | 7,015 | 5.6 | |
| Total votes | 125,647 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 62,599 | 55.3 | |
| Republican | Charles W. Fisher | 50,504 | 44.7 | |
| Total votes | 113,103 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Z. Anderson | 84,084 | 55 | |||
| Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 68,681 | 45 | |||
| Total votes | 152,765 | 100 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 91,128 | 96.3 | |
| Independent | George H. Sciaroni (write-in) | 3,536 | 3.7 | |
| Total votes | 94,664 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 84,791 | 67.3 | |
| Republican | F. Fred Hoelscher | 41,194 | 32.7 | |
| Total votes | 125,985 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw | 68,712 | 47.0 | |||
| Democratic | Carl Stuart Hamblen | 59,993 | 41.1 | |||
| Townsend | Ralph D. Horton | 12,713 | 8.7 | |||
| Progressive | John R. Grey | 3,821 | 2.6 | |||
| Communist | Orla E. Lair | 817 | 0.6 | |||
| Total votes | 146,056 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 75,003 | 60.8 | |
| Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 40,457 | 32.8 | |
| Townsend | Russell R. Hand | 7,903 | 6.4 | |
| Total votes | 123,363 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 96,258 | 65.9 | |
| Republican | K. L. Stockton | 44,808 | 30.7 | |
| Communist | Louis Baron | 5,104 | 3.4 | |
| Total votes | 146,170 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 67,588 | 68.3 | |
| Republican | William D. Campbell | 31,375 | 31.7 | |
| Total votes | 98,963 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 83,086 | 60.4 | |
| Republican | O. D. Thomas | 51,483 | 37.4 | |
| Communist | Emil Freed | 2,951 | 2.2 | |
| Total votes | 137,520 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Leland M. Ford | 97,407 | 62.8 | |||
| Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (write-in) | 32,863 | 21.2 | |||
| Townsend | Ted E. Felt | 16,045 | 10.3 | |||
| Progressive | J. Barton Huthins | 6,643 | 4.3 | |||
| Communist | La Rue McCormick | 2,070 | 1.3 | |||
| Total votes | 155,028 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) | 56,513 | 58.8 | |
| Republican | Clifton A. Hix | 26,891 | 28.0 | |
| Townsend | Fred C. Wagner | 8,870 | 9.2 | |
| Progressive | Robert O. Bates | 3,774 | 3.9 | |
| Total votes | 96,048 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas M. Eaton | 52,216 | 48.6 | |||
| Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 51,874 | 48.3 | |||
| Progressive | Solomon Carr | 3,384 | 3.1 | |||
| Total votes | 107,474 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 75,819 | 53.3 | |
| Republican | C. T. Johnson | 66,402 | 46.7 | |
| Total votes | 142,221 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 65,243 | 60.4 | |
| Republican | John L. Bacon | 42,710 | 39.6 | |
| Total votes | 107,953 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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