1944 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 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 7, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.

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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Republican 1,519,190 50.6% 7 -4
Democratic 1,479,443 49.2% 16 +4
Prohibition 6,309 0.2% 0 0
Totals 3,004,942 100.0% 23 —

Delegation composition
Pre-election Seats
  Democratic-Held 12
  Republican-Held 11
Post-election Seats
  Democratic-Held 16
  Republican-Held 7

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

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, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) 92,706 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clair Engle (incumbent) 48,201 63.8
Republican Jesse M. Mayo 27,312 36.2
Total votes 75,513 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) 131,705 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franck R. Havenner 73,582 50.1
Republican Thomas Rolph (incumbent) 73,367 49.9
Total votes 146,949 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard J. Welch (incumbent) 112,151 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George P. Miller 104,441 52
Republican Albert E. Carter (incumbent) 96,395 48
Total votes 200,836 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Tolan (incumbent) 81,762 57.9
Republican Chelsey M. Walter 59,360 42.1
Total votes 141,122 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) 94,218 56.5
Democratic Arthur L. Johnson 72,420 43.5
Total votes 166,638 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) 66,845 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) 60,001 100.0
Turnout
Democratic hold

District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Outland (incumbent) 52,218 56
Republican A. J. Dingeman 41,005 44
Total votes 93,223 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 77,385 55.3
Republican Roy P. McLaughlin 62,524 44.7
Total votes 139,909 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ned R. Healy 66,854 55
Republican Norris Poulson (incumbent) 54,792 45
Total votes 121,646 100
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Helen Gahagan Douglas 65,729 51.6
Republican William D. Campbell 61,767 48.4
Total votes 127,496 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gordon L. McDonough 100,305 56.8
Democratic Hal Styles 73,655 41.7
Prohibition Johannes Nielson-Lange 2,694 1.5
Total votes 176,654 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ellis E. Patterson (incumbent) 105,835 54.1
Republican Jesse Randolph kellems 89,700 45.9
Total votes 195,535 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cecil R. King (incumbent) 147,217 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clyde Doyle 95,090 55.7
Republican William Ward Johnson (incumbent) 75,749 44.3
Total votes 170,839 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chet Holifield (incumbent) 65,758 71.8
Republican Carlton H. Casjens 25,852 28.2
Total votes 91,610 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) 112,663 51.8
Democratic Archibald B. Young 101,090 46.5
Prohibition Charles Hiram Randall 3,615 1.5
Total votes 217,368 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) 48,539 58.5
Republican Earl S. Webb 34,409 41.5
Total votes 82,948 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Phillips (incumbent) 88,537 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edouard Izac (incumbent) 86,707 55.1
Republican James B. Abbey 70,787 44.9
Total votes 157,494 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

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