1894 United States House of Representatives elections in California

1894 United States House of Representatives elections in California
	November 6, 1894
	November 6, 1894
All 7 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Election results by district.

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1894 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 6, 1894. Republicans picked up three Democratic-held districts and the lone Populist open seat.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1894
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	106,972	39.8%	6	+3
	Democratic	92,911	34.6%	1	-2
	Populist	55,289	20.6%	0	-1
	Prohibition	13,281	4.9%	0	0
Totals		268,453	100.0%	7	—

Delegation Composition

Pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	4
	Republican-Held	2
	Populist-Held	1

Post-election		Seats
	Republican-Held	6
	Democratic-Held	1

Results

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John All Barham	15,101	41.1
	Democratic	Thomas J. Geary (incumbent)	13,570	37.0
	Populist	Roger F. Grigsby	7,246	19.7
	Prohibition	J. R. Gregory	790	2.2
Total votes			36,707	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Grove L. Johnson	19,302	43.0
	Democratic	Anthony Caminetti (incumbent)	15,732	35.1
	Populist	Burdell Cornell	8,946	20.0
	Prohibition	Elam Briggs	866	1.9
Total votes			44,846	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel G. Hilborn	15,795	45.5
	Democratic	Warren B. English (incumbent)	13,103	37.8
	Populist	W. A. Vann	5,162	14.9
	Prohibition	L. B. Scranton	637	1.8
Total votes			34,697	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James G. Maguire (incumbent)	14,748	48.3
	Republican	Thomas Bowles Shannon	9,785	32.0
	Populist	B. K. Collier	5,627	18.4
	Prohibition	Joseph Rowell	388	1.3
Total votes			30,548	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (incumbent)	13,379	36.8
	Democratic	Joseph P. Kelly	8,384	23.0
	Populist	James T. Rogers	7,820	21.5
	Prohibition	James Denman	6,811	18.7
Total votes			36,394	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James McLachlan	18,746	44.3
	Democratic	George S. Patton (1856-1927)	11,693	27.6
	Populist	W. C. Bowman	9,769	23.1
	Prohibition	J. E. McComas	2,120	5.0
Total votes			42,328	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Populist

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William W. Bowers (incumbent)	18,434	42.9
	Democratic	W. H. Alford	12,111	28.2
	Populist	J. L. Gilbert	10,719	25.0
	Prohibition	W. H. Somers	1,669	3.9
Total votes			42,933	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

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