United States House of Representatives elections, 1960

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The U.S. House election, 1960 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1960 which coincided with the election of President John F. Kennedy. In spite of Kennedy's victory, his Democratic Party actually lost twenty seats to the opposition Republican Party. This may have been a backlash to the major Democratic gains in the previous election. An end to the economic down turn of the middle portion of the decade was also a factor. Nonetheless, the Democrats retained a clear majority in the House.

Notable freshmen included future Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and future independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson (R-Ill.).

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage	Popular Vote
Democratic Party	263	-20	60.1%	54.3%
Independents	0	-1	0.0%	0.0%
Republican Party	174	+21	39.8%	44.8%
Totals	437	+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	Clement Woodnutt Miller	Democratic	1958	Running	Clement Woodnutt Miller (D) 51.6% Frederick G. Dupuis (R) 48.4%
California 2	Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	1958	Running	Harold T. Johnson (D) 62.7% Curtis W. Tarr (R) 37.3%
California 3	John E. Moss	Democratic	1952	Running	John E. Moss (D) (unopposed)
California 4	William S. Mailliard	Republican	1952	Running	William S. Mailliard (R) 65.3% Phillips S. Davies (D) 34.7%
California 5	John Shelley	Democratic	1949	Running	John Shelley (D) 83.7% Nick Verreos (R) 16.3%
California 6	John F. Baldwin, Jr.	Republican	1954	Running	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R) 58.7% Douglas R. Page (D) 41.3%
California 7	Jeffery Cohelan	Democratic	1958	Running	Jeffery Cohelan (D) 57.1% Lewis F. Sherman (R) 42.9%
California 8	George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Running	George P. Miller (D) 62% Robert E. Hannon (R) 38%
California 9	J. Arthur Younger	Republican	1952	Running	J. Arthur Younger (R) 59.2% John D. Kaster (D) 40.8%
California 10	Charles S. Gubser	Republican	1952	Running	Charles S. Gubser (R) 58.9% Russell B. Bryan (D) 41.1%
California 11	John J. McFall	Democratic	1956	Running	John J. McFall (D) 65.4% Clifford B. Bull (R) 34.6%
California 12	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	1954	Running	Bernice F. Sisk (D) (unopposed)
California 13	Charles M. Teague	Republican	1954	Running	Charles M. Teague (R) 65% L. Boyd Finch (D) 35%
California 14	Harlan Hagen	Democratic	1954	Running	Harlan Hagen (D) 56.5% G. Ray Arnett (R) 43.5%
California 15	Gordon L. McDonough	Republican	1944	Running	Gordon L. McDonough (R) 51.3% Emery S. Petty (D) 48.7%
California 16	Donald L. Jackson	Republican	1946	Retiring	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) 55.4% Jerry Pacht (D) 44.6%
California 17	Cecil R. King	Democratic	1942	Running	Cecil R. King (D) 67.7% Tom Coffee (R) 32.3%
California 18	Craig Hosmer	Republican	1952	Running	Craig Hosmer (R) 70% D. Patrick Ahern (D) 30%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Running	Chet Holifield (D) 78.2% Gordon S. McWilliams (R) 21.8%
California 20	H. Allen Smith	Republican	1956	Running	H. Allen Smith (R) 70.1% Eugene Radding (D) 29.9%
California 21	Edgar W. Hiestand	Republican	1952	Running	Edgar W. Hiestand (R) 58.4% Mrs. Rudd Brown (D) 41.6%
California 22	Joseph F. Holt	Republican	1952	Retiring	James C. Corman (D) 51.1% Lemoine Blanchard (R) 48.9%
California 23	Clyde Doyle	Democratic	1948	Running	Clyde Doyle (D) 74.2% Emmett A. Schwartz (R) 25.8%
California 24	Glenard P. Lipscomb	Republican	1953	Running	Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) 59.7% Norman Hass (D) 40.3%
California 25	George A. Kasem	Democratic	1958	Running	John H. Rousselot (R) 53.6% George A. Kasem (D) 46.4%
California 26	James Roosevelt	Democratic	1954	Running	James Roosevelt (D) 73.4% William E. McIntyre (R) 26.6%
California 27	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1936	Running	Harry R. Sheppard (D) 66.8% Robert M. Castle (R) 33.2%
California 28	James B. Utt	Republican	1952	Running	James B. Utt (R) 60.9% Max E. Woods (D) 39.1%
California 29	Dalip Singh Saund	Democratic	1956	Running	Dalip Singh Saund (D) 57.1% Charles H. Jameson (R) 42.9%
California 30	Bob Wilson	Republican	1952	Running	Bob Wilson (R) 59.3% Walter Wencke (D) 40.7%