United States House of Representatives elections, 1950

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The U.S. House election, 1950 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1950 which occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term.

As the Korean War began and Truman's personal popularity plummeted for a second time during his presidency, his Democratic Party lost a net 28 seats to the Republican Party. The Democrats retained a narrow majority in the House.

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage	Popular Vote
Democratic Party	235	-28	54.0%	48.94%
Republican Party	199	+28	45.7%	48.85%
Independents	1	+1	0.2%	0.3%
Other	0	-1	0.0%	1.9%
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	Hubert B. Scudder	Republican	1948	Running	Hubert B. Scudder (R) 54% Roger Kent (D) 46%
California 2	Clair Engle	Democratic	1943	Running	Clair Engle (D) (unopposed)
California 3	Justin L. Johnson	Republican	1942	Running	Justin L. Johnson (R) (unopposed)
California 4	Franck R. Havenner	Democratic	1936/1944	Running	Franck R. Havenner (D) 67.2% Raymond D. Smith (R) 32.8%
California 5	John Shelley	Democratic	1949	Running	John Shelley (D) (unopposed)
California 6	George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Running	George P. Miller (D) (unopposed)
California 7	John J. Allen, Jr.	Republican	1946	Running	John J. Allen, Jr. (R) 55.3% Lyle E. Cook (D) 44.7%
California 8	Jack Z. Anderson	Republican	1938	Running	Jack Z. Anderson (R) 83.1% John A. Peterson (IP) 16.9%
California 9	Cecil F. White	Democratic	1948	Running	Allan O. Hunter (R) 52% Cecil F. White (D) 48%
California 10	Thomas H. Werdel	Republican	1948	Running	Thomas H. Werdel (R) 53.6% Ardis M. Walker (D) 46.4%
California 11	Ernest K. Bramblett	Republican	1946	Running	Ernest K. Bramblett (R) 52.1% Marion R. Walker (D) 47.9%
California 12	Richard Nixon	Republican	1946	Running for Senate	Patrick J. Hillings (R) 60.1% Steve Zetterberg (D) 39.9%
California 13	Norris Poulson	Republican	1932/1946	Running	Norris Poulson (R) 84.9% Ellen P. Davidson (IP) 15.1%
California 14	Helen Gahagan Douglas	Democratic	1944	Running for Senate	Sam Yorty (D) 49.4% Jack W. Hardy (R) 36.8% Charlotta A. Bass (IP) 13.8%
California 15	Gordon L. McDonough	Republican	1944	Running	Gordon L. McDonough (R) 87.2% Jeanne Cole (IP) 12.8%
California 16	Donald L. Jackson	Republican	1946	Running	Donald L. Jackson (R) 59.3% Esther Murray (D) 40.7%
California 17	Cecil R. King	Democratic	1942	Running	Cecil R. King (D) (unopposed)
California 18	Clyde Doyle	Democratic	1948	Running	Clyde Doyle (D) 50.5% Craig Hosmer (R) 49.5%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Running	Chet Holifield (D) 90.9% Myra Tanner Weiss (I) 9.1%
California 20	John Carl Hinshaw	Republican	1938	Running	John Carl Hinshaw (R) 85.1% William B. Esterman (IP) 10.7% Frank Nelson (Proh.) 4.2%
California 21	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1936	Running	Harry R. Sheppard (D) 57.4% R. E. Reynolds (R) 42.6%
California 22	John J. Phillips	Republican	1942	Running	John J. Phillips (R) (unopposed)
California 23	Clinton D. McKinnon	Democratic	1948	Running	Clinton D. McKinnon (D) 51% Leslie E. Gehres (R) 49%