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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936 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, 1936. Democrats gained two Republican-held districts and the Progressive Party gained one Republican-held district.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 1,135,252 | 50.0% | 15 | +2 | |
| Republican | 995,728 | 43.9% | 4 | -3 | |
| Progressive | 89,277 | 3.9% | 1 | +1 | |
| Communist | 29,074 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 12,256 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist | 9,017 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,270,604 | 100.0% | 20 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 13 | |
| Republican-Held | 7 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 15 | |
| Republican-Held | 4 | |
| Progressive-Held | 1 | |
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 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 58,073 | 53.8 | |
| Republican | Nelson B. Van Matre | 48,647 | 45.1 | |
| Communist | Vernon Dennis Healy | 1,218 | 1.1 | |
| Total votes | 107,938 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 51,416 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 93,110 | 90.6 | |
| Independent | Walter Schaefer (write-in) | 5,310 | 5.2 | |
| Communist | Perry Hill | 4,390 | 4.2 | |
| Total votes | 98,810 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Franck R. Havenner | 64,063 | 58.5 | |||
| Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent) | 43,805 | 40.0 | |||
| Communist | Anita Whitney | 1,711 | 1.5 | |||
| Total votes | 109,579 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Progressive gain from Republican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 82,910 | 94.8 | |
| Communist | Lawrence Ross | 4,545 | 5.2 | |
| Total votes | 87,455 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 103,712 | 91.0 | |
| Socialist | Clarence E. Rust | 8,247 | 7.2 | |
| Communist | Lloyd L. Harris | 2,021 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 113,980 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 69,463 | 59.8 | |
| Republican | Charles W. Fisher | 46,647 | 40.2 | |
| Total votes | 116,110 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 78,557 | 57.6 | |
| Republican | Alonzo L. Baker | 57,808 | 43.4 | |
| Total votes | 136,365 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 82,360 | 97 | |
| Communist | Carl B. Patterson | 2,571 | 3 | |
| Total votes | 84,931 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent) | 72,476 | 69.6 | |
| Republican | George R. Bliss | 31,700 | 30.4 | |
| Total votes | 104,176 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John S. McGroarty (incumbent) | 69,679 | 50.5 | |
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw | 54,914 | 39.8 | |
| Progressive | Robert S. Funk | 12,340 | 8.9 | |
| Communist | William Ingham | 1,041 | 0.8 | |
| Total votes | 137,974 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Voorhis | 62,034 | 53.7 | |
| Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 53,445 | 46.3 | |
| Total votes | 115,479 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 119,251 | 90.0 | |
| Independent | Floyd Seaman (write-in) | 6,946 | 5.2 | |
| Communist | Emma Cutler | 6,362 | 4.8 | |
| Total votes | 132,559 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 63,365 | 61.0 | |
| Republican | William D. Campbell | 25,497 | 24.6 | |
| Progressive | Albert L. Johnson | 12,874 | 12.4 | |
| Communist | Harold J. Ashe | 1,329 | 1.3 | |
| Socialist | Glen Trimble | 770 | 0.7 | |
| Total votes | 103,855 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 99,107 | 69 | |
| Republican | Ernest Walter Sawyer | 44,559 | 31 | |
| Total votes | 143,666 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (incumbent) | 90,986 | 57.7 | |
| Republican | Raymond V. Darby | 66,583 | 42.3 | |
| Total votes | 157,569 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles J. Colden (incumbent) | 68,189 | 71.9 | |
| Republican | Leonard Roach | 24,981 | 26.3 | |
| Communist | John L. Leech | 1,634 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 94,804 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 61,415 | 59 | |
| Republican | James F. Collins | 72,748 | 41 | |
| Total votes | 134,163 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard | 70,339 | 53.8 | |||
| Republican | Sam L. Collins (incumbent) | 59,071 | 45.2 | |||
| Communist | Charles McLauchlan | 1,336 | 1.0 | |||
| Total votes | 130,746 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edouard Izac | 59,208 | 56.4 | |||
| Republican | Ed P. Simple | 44,925 | 42.8 | |||
| Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 916 | 0.8 | |||
| Total votes | 105,049 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
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