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November 2, 1920

General Election

A total of 987,632 Californians voted in this election.

President
James M. Cox Democratic 24.3% Loss
Eugene V. Debs Socialist 6.8% Loss
Warren G. Harding Republican 66.3% Win
Aaron S. Watkins Prohibition 2.7% Loss
 
Senate3
Elvina S. Beals Socialist 4% Loss
James S. Edwards Prohibition 6.3% Loss
James D. Phelan Democratic 40.7% Loss
Samuel M. Shortridge Republican 49% Win
 
CD-01
C. A. Bodwell Republican 33.3% Loss
Allen K. Gifford Socialist 5% Loss
Clarence F. Lea Democratic 61.7% Win
 
CD-02
John E. Raker Democratic 100% Win
 
CD-03
Miles William Beck Socialist 4.9% Loss
C. F. Curry Republican 74.7% Win
J. W. Stuckenbruck Democratic 20.3% Loss
 
CD-04
Milton Harlan Socialist 15.4% Loss
Julius Kahn Republican 84.6% Win
 
CD-05
Thomas Conway Socialist 17.9% Loss
John I. Nolan Republican 82.1% Win
 
CD-06
John A. Elston Republican 83.3% Win
Maynard Shipley Socialist 16.7% Loss
 
CD-07
Henry E. Barbour Republican 87.2% Win
Harry M. McKee Socialist 12.8% Loss
 
CD-08
Arthur M. Free Republican 64% Win
Hugh S. Hersman Democratic 36% Loss
 
CD-09
Mary E. Garbutt Socialist 5.5% Loss
Charles H. Randall (I) Prohibition 34.8% Loss
Charles F. Van de Water Republican 59.7% Win
 
CD-10
Henry Z. Osborne Republican 82.7% Win
Upton Sinclair Socialist 17.3% Loss
 
CD-11
Hugh L. Dickson Democratic 27.1% Loss
Philip D. Swing Republican 72.9% Win
 
SD-01
H. C. Nelson Republican 60.3% Win
John F. Quinn Democratic 39.7% Loss
 
SD-03
Thomas Ingram Republican 100% Win
 
SD-05
Benjamin F. Rush Republican 100% Win
 
SD-07
J. M. Inman Republican 100% Win
 
SD-09
William R. Sharkey Republican 100% Win
 
SD-11
M. B. Johnson Republican 100% Win
 
SD-13
Frank M. Carr Republican 84.7% Win
Frans Roepke Socialist 15.3% Loss
 
SD-15
Arthur H. Breed Sr. Republican 87.8% Win
Herbert L. Coggins Socialist 12.2% Loss
 
SD-17
Elmer S. Rigdon Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-19
Lester G. Burnett Republican 100% Win
 
SD-21
Charles William Godsil Republican 100% Win
 
SD-23
Walter A. McDonald Republican 100% Win
 
SD-25
F. A. Arbuckle Republican 65.1% Win
Joseph Mayo Argabrite Democratic 34.9% Loss
 
SD-27
A. E. Osborne Republican 64.1% Win
Josephine Rand Rogers Independent 35.9% Loss
 
SD-29
Joseph F. Fitzpatrick Democratic 37.9% Loss
Dwight H. Hart Republican 51.6% Win
Henry A. Hart Socialist 10.5% Loss
 
SD-31
Harry A. Chamberlin Republican 83.9% Win
Claude C. Showen Socialist 16.1% Loss
 
SD-33
Ms. Marie C. Brehm Prohibition 37.6% Loss
Joseph A. Rominger Republican 62.4% Win
 
SD-35
Egbert J. Gates Republican 100% Win
 
SD-37
Newton M. Allen Republican 100% Win
 
SD-39
Walter Eden Republican 100% Win
 
AD-01
H. B. Ream Democratic 86.1% Win
Hiram Thomas Whitley Socialist 13.9% Loss
 
AD-02
Frank J. Cummings Republican 100% Win
 
AD-03
Albert F. Ross Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-04
John J. Donnelly Democratic 35.2% Loss
F. J. Powers Republican 64.8% Win
 
AD-05
Van Bernard Republican 56.4% Win
Seth Millington Jr. Democratic 43.6% Loss
 
AD-06
P. Connolly Democratic 48.7% Loss
J. A. Pettis Republican 51.3% Win
 
AD-07
Elizabeth Hughes Republican 100% Win
 
AD-08
C. C. Black Democratic 37% Loss
Ed Lewis Republican 63% Win
 
AD-09
Ivan H. Parker Republican 100% Win
 
AD-10
Robert B. McPherson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-11
Frank L. Coombs Republican 100% Win
 
AD-12
Joseph A. McMinn Democratic 35.9% Loss
A. F. Stevens Republican 64.1% Win
 
AD-13
Lucien E. Fulwider Republican 100% Win
 
AD-14
John W. Johnston Republican 100% Win
 
AD-15
Percy G. West Republican 100% Win
 
AD-16
Ralph McGee Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-17
James E. Manning Republican 100% Win
 
AD-18
James N. Long Republican 100% Win
 
AD-19
Bradford S. Crittenden Republican 56.2% Win
David W. Miller Democratic 43.8% Loss
 
AD-20
Oscar C. Parkinson Republican 91.1% Win
David Thomas Rose Socialist 8.9% Loss
 
AD-21
Thomas F. Feeley Socialist 32.8% Loss
Frederick C. Hawes Republican 67.2% Win
 
AD-22
Frank Xavier Lintner Socialist 30.1% Loss
Thomas A. Mitchell Republican 69.9% Win
 
AD-23
Joseph F. Burns Democratic 73.5% Win
Walter E. Walker Socialist 26.5% Loss
 
AD-24
Donald James Bruce Independent 34.8% Loss
William M. Collins Republican 52.1% Win
Erick Erickson Socialist 13.1% Loss
 
AD-25
William B. Hornblower Republican 52.7% Win
Joseph Francis O'Malley Democratic 39.6% Loss
Walter Towers Socialist 7.7% Loss
 
AD-26
Roy Fellom Republican 83.8% Win
Nestor Mattson Socialist 16.2% Loss
 
AD-27
W. H. Eastman Socialist 14.7% Loss
P. J. Gray Republican 85.3% Win
 
AD-28
George W. Lee Republican 100% Win
 
AD-29
Harry I. Koblik Socialist 21.6% Loss
Harry F. Morrison Republican 78.4% Win
 
AD-30
Clarence W. Morris Republican 79.1% Win
Max Seller Socialist 20.9% Loss
 
AD-31
Albert A. Rosenshine Republican 100% Win
 
AD-32
George W. Warren Republican 100% Win
 
AD-33
John B. Badaracco Democratic 61.8% Win
Mario J. Rocca Independent 38.2% Loss
 
AD-34
E. H. Christian Republican 100% Win
 
AD-35
J. Edward Morgan Socialist 19.5% Loss
Homer R. Spence Republican 80.5% Win
 
AD-36
Florence Logan Johnson Socialist 15.5% Loss
Gilbert L. Jones Republican 72.2% Win
Amelia McPike Democratic 12.3% Loss
 
AD-37
Clifton E. Brooks Republican 62.2% Win
Charles L. Donohoe Democratic 29.3% Loss
H. C. Morgan Socialist 8.5% Loss
 
AD-38
Edgar S. Hurley Republican 77.9% Win
H. C. Tuck Socialist 22.1% Loss
 
AD-39
Frank W. Anderson Republican 45.5% Win
John W. Fowler Progressive (Bull Moose) 14.7% Loss
John J. McLean Independent 27.6% Loss
George Nisbet Socialist 12.2% Loss
 
AD-40
Clara I. Cornwall Socialist 22.5% Loss
Arthur A. Wendering Republican 77.5% Win
 
AD-41
Anna L. Saylor Republican 91.2% Win
William Serb Socialist 8.8% Loss
 
AD-42
Frank Leonard Eksward Republican 100% Win
 
AD-43
George C. Cleveland Republican 100% Win
 
AD-44
E. J. Stoppelworth Independent 38.2% Loss
T. M. Wright Republican 61.8% Win
 
AD-45
Charles C. Spalding Republican 100% Win
 
AD-46
Esto B. Broughton Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-47
Maurice B. Browne Democratic 36.7% Loss
John Calvin Webster Republican 63.3% Win
 
AD-48
Daniel McCloskey Republican 100% Win
 
AD-49
Guy Windrem Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-50
B. W. McKeen Republican 52.4% Win
Earl E. Slater Democratic 47.6% Loss
 
AD-51
C. J. Butler Socialist 6.4% Loss
Loren A. Butts Democratic 41.6% Loss
Herbert McDowell Republican 52% Win
 
AD-52
Democratic 88% Win
Berman De Boer Socialist 12% Loss
 
AD-53
Carlton W. Greene Republican 100% Win
 
AD-54
Frank Johnson Republican 52.8% Win
Oscar L. Odale Democratic 47.2% Loss
 
AD-55
Charles W. Cleary Republican 100% Win
 
AD-56
Grace S. Dorris Write-in 35.7% Loss
Franklin Heck Democratic 64.3% Win
 
AD-57
Isaac Jones Republican 65.7% Win
R. O. Price Democratic 34.3% Loss
 
AD-58
Noah Lee Levering Democratic 29.1% Loss
Jeffry J. "J. J." Prendergast Republican 70.9% Win
 
AD-59
William C. Oakley Democratic 39.8% Loss
Oscar W. Smith Republican 60.2% Win
 
AD-60
George E. Hume Republican 63.4% Win
W. E. Shepherd Democratic 36.6% Loss
 
AD-61
John Robert White Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-62
Arthur A. Weber Republican 100% Win
 
AD-63
Sidney T. Graves Republican 78.6% Win
Harold "Hal" Wilson Democratic 21.4% Loss
 
AD-64
Harry Lyons Republican 83.1% Win
Harry G. Menhennick Socialist 16.9% Loss
 
AD-65
Joseph L. Pedrotti Republican 100% Win
 
AD-66
Richmond P. Benton Republican 64% Win
Lucius Christian Dale Prohibition 21.8% Loss
Leo Laskowski Socialist 14.2% Loss
 
AD-67
Franklin D. Mather Republican 100% Win
 
AD-68
Ira A. Lee Republican 100% Win
 
AD-69
Henry W. Wright Republican 100% Win
 
AD-70
Frank F. Merriam Republican 100% Win
 
AD-71
E. O. Loucks Republican 71.2% Win
William Smith Socialist 28.8% Loss
 
AD-72
Willard E. Badham Republican 100% Win
 
AD-73
Elmer P. Bromley Republican 100% Win
 
AD-74
Frank E. Gayhart Democratic 32.4% Loss
Frederick M. Roberts Republican 55.6% Win
William J. Scully Socialist 12.1% Loss
 
AD-75
Edwin Baker Republican 76.9% Win
Irving S. Baltimore Democratic 23.1% Loss
 
AD-76
William O. Hart Republican 100% Win
 
AD-77
Chester M. Kline Republican 100% Win
 
AD-78
W. F. Beal Republican 100% Win
 
AD-79
James O. Bishop Republican 100% Win
 
AD-80
Robert W. Colburn Republican 58.7% Win
W. A. Doran Independent 22.4% Loss
D. O. Lamb Democratic 18.9% Loss