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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 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, 1962. California gained eight districts as a result of the 1960 census, seven of which were won by Democrats and one by a Republican. Of California's existing districts, Democrats picked up three and lost one.
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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962PartyVotes%BeforeAfter+/– Democratic 2,891,618 51.88% 16 25 +9 Republican 2,679,662 48.08% 14 13 -1 Scattering 2,166 0.04% 0 0 0 Totals 5,573,446 100.00% 30 38 +8
Results
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 14District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38__NOTOC__
District 1
California's 1st congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.)
100,962
50.75
Republican Party (United States)
Don H. Clausen
97,949
49.23
Scattering
31
0.02
198,942
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
106,239
64.62
Republican Party (United States)
Frederic H. Nagel
58,150
35.37
Scattering
8
0.00
164,397
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
John E. Moss (incumbent)
138,257
74.82
Republican Party (United States)
George W. G. Smith
46,510
25.17
Scattering
24
0.01
184,791
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert L. Leggett
55,563
56.50
Republican Party (United States)
L. V. Honsinger
42,762
43.48
Scattering
20
0.02
98,345
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
John F. Shelley (incumbent)
64,493
80.44
Republican Party (United States)
Roland S. Charles
15,670
19.54
Scattering
16
0.02
80,179
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
William S. Mailliard (incumbent)
105,762
58.69
Democratic Party (United States)
John A. O'Connell
74,429
41.30
Scattering
3
0.00
180,194
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)
86,215
64.48
Republican Party (United States)
Leonard L. Cantando
47,409
35.46
Scattering
76
0.06
133,700
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
George P. Miller (incumbent)
97,014
72.49
Republican Party (United States)
Harold Petersen
36,810
27.51
Scattering
3
0.00
133,827
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Don Edwards
79,616
65.94
Republican Party (United States)
Joseph F. Donovan
41,104
34.04
Scattering
24
0.02
120,744
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)
106,419
60.70
Democratic Party (United States)
James P. Thurber, Jr.
68,885
39.29
Scattering
21
0.01
175,325
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)
101,963
62.33
Democratic Party (United States)
John D. Kaster
61,623
37.67
Scattering
5
0.00
163,591
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Burt L. Talcott
75,424
61.31
Democratic Party (United States)
William K. Steward
47,576
38.67
Scattering
26
0.02
123,026
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Charles M. Teague (incumbent)
84,743
64.94
Democratic Party (United States)
George J. Holgate
45,746
35.05
Scattering
12
0.01
130,501
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent)
99,040
62.88
Democratic Party (United States)
Charles R. Weidner
58,469
37.12
Scattering
9
0.01
157,518
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
John J. McFall (incumbent)
97,322
69.99
Republican Party (United States)
Clifford B. Bull
41,726
30.01
Scattering
5
0.00
139,053
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
108,339
71.87
Republican Party (United States)
Arthur L. Selland
42,401
28.13
Scattering
11
0.01
150,751
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Cecil R. King (incumbent)
74,964
67.15
Republican Party (United States)
Ted Bruinsma
36,663
32.84
Scattering
5
0.00
111,632
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Harlan Hagen (incumbent)
91,684
58.88
Republican Party (United States)
G. Ray Arnett
64,037
41.12
Scattering
4
0.00
155,725
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Chet Holifield (incumbent)
78,436
61.55
Republican Party (United States)
Robert T. Ramsay
48,976
38.43
Scattering
21
0.02
127,433
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
H. Allen Smith (incumbent)
119,938
70.63
Democratic Party (United States)
Leon Mayer
49,850
29.36
Scattering
16
0.01
169,804
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Augustus F. Hawkins
73,465
84.54
Republican Party (United States)
Herman Smith
13,371
15.39
Scattering
68
0.08
86,904
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
James C. Corman (incumbent)
75,294
53.62
Republican Party (United States)
Charles S. Foote
65,087
46.35
Scattering
33
0.02
140,414
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Clyde Doyle (incumbent)
83,269
64.17
Republican Party (United States)
Emmett A. Schwartz
46,488
35.82
Scattering
12
0.01
129,769
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)
120,884
70.33
Democratic Party (United States)
Knox Mellon
50,970
29.66
Scattering
19
0.01
171,873
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Ronald B. Cameron
62,371
53.07
Republican Party (United States)
John H. Rousselot (incumbent)
53,961
45.91
Scattering
1,192
1.01
117,524
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
James Roosevelt (incumbent)
112,162
68.29
Republican Party (United States)
Daniel Beltz
52,063
31.70
Scattering
21
0.01
164,246
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Everett G. Burkhalter
66,979
52.10
Republican Party (United States)
Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent)
61,538
47.86
Scattering
49
0.04
128,566
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)
162,233
63.97
Democratic Party (United States)
Jerry Pacht
91,305
36.00
Scattering
64
0.03
253,602
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
George Brown, Jr.
73,740
55.64
Republican Party (United States)
H. L. Richardson, Jr.
58,760
44.34
Scattering
27
0.02
132,527
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward R. Roybal
69,008
56.50
Republican Party (United States)
Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent)
53,104
43.48
Scattering
16
0.01
122,128
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 31
California's 31st congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Charles H. Wilson
76,631
52.19
Republican Party (United States)
Gordon Hahn
70,154
47.78
Scattering
35
0.02
146,820
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 32
California's 32nd congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Craig Hosmer (incumbent)
115,915
70.74
Democratic Party (United States)
J. J. Johovich
47,917
29.24
Scattering
33
0.02
163,865
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 33
California's 33rd congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)
96,192
59.02
Republican Party (United States)
William R. Thomas
66,764
40.97
Scattering
18
0.01
162,974
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 34
California's 34th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard T. Hanna
90,758
55.94
Republican Party (United States)
Robert A. Geier
71,478
44.05
Scattering
16
0.01
162,252
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 35
California's 35th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
James B. Utt (incumbent)
133,737
68.52
Democratic Party (United States)
Burton Shamsky
61,395
31.45
Scattering
54
0.03
195,186
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 36
California's 36th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Wilson (incumbent)
91,626
61.77
Democratic Party (United States)
William C. Godfrey
56,637
38.18
Scattering
69
0.05
148,332
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 37
California's 37th congressional district election, 1962
Democratic Party (United States)
Lionel Van Deerlin
63,821
51.32
Republican Party (United States)
Dick Wilson
60,460
48.62
Scattering
70
0.06
124,351
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 38
California's 38th congressional district election, 1962
Republican Party (United States)
Patrick M. Martin
68,583
55.92
Democratic Party (United States)
Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)
54,022
44.05
Scattering
30
0.02
122,605
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
See also
88th United States Congress
Political party strength in California
Political party strength in U.S. states
1962 United States House of Representatives elections
References
California Elections Page
Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
External links
California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
1962
California
United States House of Representatives