United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
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The U.S. House election, 1932 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1932 which coincided with the landslide election of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The overwhelming unpopularity of incumbent Herbert Hoover caused his Republican Party to lose over 100 seats to Roosevelt's Democratic Party and the small Farmer-Labor Party. The Democrats retained the majority they had gained through special elections in the last Congress, and expanded it to a commanding level. This round of elections was seen as a referendum on the once popular Republican business practices, which were buried by new, more liberal Democratic ideas. The inability of the Hoover government to cope with the Great Depression was the main issue surrounding this election.
[edit] Overall results
| Party | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 313 | +97 | 71.9% |
| Republican Party | 117 | -101 | 26.8% |
| Farmer-Labor Party | 5 | +4 | 1.1% |
| Totals | 435 | +0 | 100.0% |
| 80.1-100% Republican | 80.1-100% Democratic |
| 60.1-80% Republican | 60.1-80% Democratic |
| 60.1-80% Progressive | |
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
| 6+ Republican gain | 6+ Democratic gain |
| 3-5 Republican gain | 3-5 Democratic gain |
| 1-2 Republican gain | 1-2 Democratic gain |
| no net change | 3-5 Farmer-Labor gain |
[edit] California
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California 1 | Clarence F. Lea | Democratic |
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Running | Clarence F. Lea (D) (unopposed) |
| California 2 | Harry Lane Englebright | Republican |
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Running | Harry Lane Englebright (R) (unopposed) |
| California 3 | Charles F. Curry, Jr. | Republican |
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Running | Frank H. Buck (D) 56.8% Charles F. Curry (R) 43.2% |
| California 4 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican |
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Running | Florence Prag Kahn (R) 85.3% Milen C. Dempster (S) 14.7% |
| California 5 | Richard J. Welch | Republican |
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Running | Richard J. Welch (R) (unopposed) |
| California 6 | Albert E. Carter | Republican |
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Running | Albert E. Carter (R) (unopposed) |
| California 7 | None (District created) | Ralph R. Eltse (R) 45.5% Frank V. Cornish (D) 32.0% J. Stitt Wilson (S) 22.5% |
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| California 8 | Arthur M. Free | Republican |
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Running | John J. McGrath (R) 56.9% Arthur M. Free (R) 43.1% |
| California 9 | Henry E. Barbour | Republican |
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Running | Denver S. Church (D) 61.6% Henry E. Barbour (R) 38.4% |
| California 10 | None (District created) | Henry E. Stubbs (D) 55.3% Arthur S. Crites (R) 44.7% |
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| California 11 | William E. Evans | Republican |
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Running | William E. Evans (R) 51.8% Albert D. Hadley (D) 34.3% Marshall V. Hartranft (Liberty) 13.9% |
| California 12 | None (District created) | John H. Hoeppel (D) 45.8% Frederick F. Houser (R) 43.2% Richard M. Cannon (Proh.) 11.0% |
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| California 13 | None (District created) | Charles Kramer (D) 52.7% Charles H. Randall (R) 43.1% George D. Higgins (Liberty) 4.2% |
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| California 14 | None (District created) | Thomas F. Ford (D) 57.1% William D. Campbell (R) 42.9% |
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| California 15 | None (District created) | William I. Traeger (R) 52.8% John M. Costello (D) 45.1% Errol O. Shour (W/I) 2.1% |
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| California 16 | Joe Crail | Republican |
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Retiring | John F. Dockweiler (D) 54.9% Clyde Woodworth (R) 45.1% |
| California 17 | None (District created) | Charles J. Colden (D) 62.2% A. E. Henning (R) 32.9% Ernest E. Debs (Liberty) 4.9% |
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| California 18 | None (District created) | John H. Burke (D) 53.3% Robert Henderson (R) 37.4% William E. Hinshaw (I) 9.3% |
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| California 19 | None (District created) | Sam L. Collins (R) 51.0% B. Z. McKinney (D) 46.4% Horatio S. Hoard (Liberty) 2.6% |
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| California 20 | Philip D. Swing | Republican |
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Retiring | George Burnham (R) 50.3% Claude Chandler (D) 49.7% |
[edit] See also
| Preceded by 1930 |
U.S. House elections | Succeeded by 1934 |
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