United States House of Representatives elections, 1944

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The U.S. House election, 1944 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1944 which coincided with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's re-election to a fourth term.

Roosevelt's popularity allowed his Democratic Party to gain a total of twenty seats from the Republican and minor parties, cementing the Democratic majority. Also, Americans rallied behind allied success in World War II, and in turn voted favorably for the administration's course of action.

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage	Popular Vote
Democratic Party	242	+20	55.6%	50.6%
Farmer-Labor Party	0	-1	0.0%	0.0%
Other	1	+0	0.2%	1.9%
Progressive Party	1	-1	0.2%	0.2%
Republican Party	191	-18	43.9%	47.2%
Totals	435	+0	100.0%	100.0%

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic

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

[edit] California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	Clarence F. Lea	Democratic	1916	Running	Clarence F. Lea (D) (unopposed)
California 2	Clair Engle	Democratic	1943	Running	Clair Engle (D) 63.8% Jesse M. Mayo (R) 36.2%
California 3	Justin L. Johnson	Republican	1942	Running	Justin L. Johnson (R) (unopposed)
California 4	Thomas Rolph	Republican	1940	Running	Franck R. Havenner (D) 50.1% Thomas Rolph (R) 49.9%
California 5	Richard J. Welch	Republican	1926	Running	Richard J. Welch (R) (unopposed)
California 6	Albert E. Carter	Republican	1924	Running	George P. Miller (D) 52% Albert E. Carter (R) 48%
California 7	John H. Tolan	Democratic	1934	Running	John H. Tolan (D) 57.9% Chesley M. Walter (R) 42.1%
California 8	John Z. Anderson	Republican	1938	Running	John Z. Anderson (R) 56.5% Arthur L. Johnson (D) 43.5%
California 9	Bertrand W. Gearhart	Republican	1934	Running	Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) (unopposed)
California 10	Alfred J. Elliott	Democratic	1938	Running	Alfred J. Elliott (D) (unopposed)
California 11	George E. Outland	Democratic	1942	Running	George E. Outland (D) 56% A. J. Dingeman (R) 44%
California 12	Jerry Voorhis	Democratic	1936	Running	Jerry Voorhis (D) 55.3% Roy P. McLaughlin (R) 44.7%
California 13	Norris Poulson	Republican	1932	Running	Ned R. Healy (D) 55% Norris Paulson (R) 45%
California 14	Thomas F. Ford	Democratic	1932	Retiring	Helen Gahagan Douglas (D) 51.6% William D. Campbell (R) 48.4%
California 15	John M. Costello	Democratic	1934	Defeated in primary	Gordon L. McDonough (R) 56.8% Hal Styles (D) 41.7% Johannes Nielson-Lange (Proh.) 1.5%
California 16	Ellis E. Patterson	Democratic	1944	Running	Ellis E. Patterson (D) 54.1% Jesse Randolph Kellems (R) 45.9%
California 17	Cecil R. King	Democratic	1942	Running	Cecil R. King (D) (unopposed)
California 18	William Ward Johnson	Republican	1939	Running	Clyde Doyle (D) 55.7% William Ward Johnson (R) 44.3%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Running	Chet Holifield (D) 71.8% Carlton H. Casjens (R) 28.2%
California 20	John Carl Hinshaw	Republican	1938	Running	John Carl Hinshaw (R) 51.8% Archibald B. Young (D) 46.5% Charles H. Randall (Proh.) 1.5%
California 21	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1936	Running	Harry R. Sheppard (D) 58.5% Earl S. Webb (R) 41.5%
California 22	John J. Phillips	Republican	1942	Running	John J. Phillips (R) (unopposed)
California 23	Edouard Izac	Democratic	1936	Running	Edouard Izac (D) 55.1% James B. Abbey (R) 44.9%