1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California
1896 United States House of Representatives elections in California
1896 House elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896 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, 1896. Republicans lost one seat to the Democrats and two to the Populists.
Quick Facts All 7 California seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...
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More information United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896, Party ...
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 128,941 | 46.4% | 3 | -3 | |
Democratic | 86,449 | 31.1% | 2 | +1 | |
Populist | 53,662 | 19.3% | 2 | +2 | |
Prohibition | 4,251 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | 2,654 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 2,139 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 278,096 | 100.0% | 7 | — |
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Pre-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 6 | |
Democratic-Held | 1 | |
Post-election | Seats | |
Republican-Held | 3 | |
Democratic-Held | 2 | |
Populist-Held | 2 | |
District 1
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John All Barham (incumbent) | 17,826 | 49.7 | |
Democratic | Fletcher A. Cutler | 16,328 | 45.5 | |
Populist | George W. Montieth | 1,497 | 4.2 | |
Prohibition | B. F. Taylor | 249 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 35,900 | 100.0 | ||
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District 2
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Marion De Vries | 24,434 | 55.5 | |||
Republican | Grove L. Johnson (incumbent) | 18,613 | 42.3 | |||
Prohibition | F. E. Coulter | 974 | 2.2 | |||
Total votes | 44,021 | 100.0 | ||||
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District 3
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Samuel G. Hilborn (incumbent) | 19,778 | 54.0 | |
Democratic | Warren B. English | 16,119 | 44.0 | |
Socialist Labor | John H. Eustice | 387 | 1.1 | |
Prohibition | W. Shafer | 327 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 36,611 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
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District 4
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James G. Maguire (incumbent) | 19,074 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Thomas B. O'Brien | 10,940 | 35.0 | |
Socialist Labor | E. T. Kingsley | 968 | 3.0 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 299 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 31,281 | 100.0 | ||
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District 5
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene F. Loud (incumbent) | 19,351 | 48.6 | |
Democratic | Joseph P. Kelly | 10,494 | 26.3 | |
Populist | A. B. Kinne | 8,825 | 22.2 | |
Socialist Labor | Henry Daniels | 757 | 1.9 | |
Prohibition | T. H. Lawson | 404 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 39,831 | 100.0 | ||
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District 6
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Populist | Charles A. Barlow | 24,157 | 48.9 | |||
Republican | James McLachlan (incumbent) | 23,494 | 47.6 | |||
Prohibition | Henry Clay Needham | 1,196 | 2.4 | |||
Socialist Labor | Job Harriman | 542 | 1.1 | |||
Total votes | 49,389 | 100.0 | ||||
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District 7
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Populist | Curtis H. Castle | 19,183 | 46.7 | |||
Republican | William W. Bowers (incumbent) | 18,939 | 46.1 | |||
Independent | William H. "Billy" Carlson | 2,139 | 5.2 | |||
Prohibition | James W. Webb | 802 | 2.0 | |||
Total votes | 41,063 | 100.0 | ||||
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