United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1914

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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.

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	Percentage
	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%
Totals			73,624	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Independent hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			50,377	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			77,697	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			59,417	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	John I. Nolan (incumbent)	53,875	83.3%
	Socialist	Mads Peter Christensen	7,366	11.4%
	Prohibition	Frederick Head	3,410	5.3%
Totals			64,651	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			81,434	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Progressive gain from Republican

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			78,865	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			74,362	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			90,917	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Prohibition gain from Progressive

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			70,926	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Progressive hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	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%
Totals			89,477	100.0%
Voter 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