1896 United States House of Representatives elections in California

1896 United States House of Representatives elections in California
	November 3, 1896
	November 3, 1896
All 7 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Election results by district.

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.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896
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	—

California's 1st congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Republican hold

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Republican hold

California's 4th congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

California's 5th congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Republican hold

California's 6th congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Populist gain from Republican

California's 7th congressional district election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Turnout
	Populist gain from Republican

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