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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916
All 11 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Republican hold Democratic hold Democratic gain Progressive hold Prohibition hold

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916 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 7, 1916. The delegation's only Independent incumbent retired and the open seat was won by the Democrats.

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	396,345	44.9%	5	0
	Democratic	204,381	23.2%	4	+1
	Prohibition	99,669	11.3%	1	0
	Progressive	88,401	10.0%	1	0
	Socialist	59,886	6.8%	0	0
	Independent	33,270	3.8%	0	-1
Totals		881,952	100.0%	11	—

California's 1st congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea	32,797	48.8
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	28,769	42.8
	Socialist	Mary M. Morgan	3,730	5.5
	Prohibition	Jay Scott Ryder	1,935	2.9
Total votes			67,231	100.0
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	Democratic gain from Independent

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	30,042	71
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	12,282	29
Total votes			42,324	100
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	Democratic hold

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	48,193	66.7
	Democratic	O. W. Kennedy	16,900	23.4
	Socialist	Ben Cooper	4,455	6.2
	Prohibition	Edwin F. Van Vlear	2,694	3.7
Total votes			72,242	100.0
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	Republican hold

California's 4th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julius Kahn (incumbent)	51,968	77.2
	Democratic	J. M. Fernald	10,579	15.7
	Socialist	Allen K. Gifford	3,775	5.6
	Prohibition	Henry W. Hutchinson	981	1.5
Total votes			67,303	100.0
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	Republican hold

California's 5th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (incumbent)	59,333	84.7
	Socialist	Charles A. Preston	6,708	9.6
	Prohibition	Frederick Head	4,046	5.8
Total votes			70,087	100.0
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	Republican hold

California's 6th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	John A. Elston (incumbent)	56,520	64.6
	Republican	H. Avery Whitney	19,787	22.6
	Socialist	Luella Twining	7,588	8.7
	Prohibition	Harlow E. Wolcott	3,605	4.1
Total votes			87,500	100.0
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	Progressive hold

California's 7th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denver S. Church (incumbent)	38,787	51.0
	Republican	W. W. Phillips	27,676	36.4
	Socialist	Harry M. McKee	5,492	7.2
	Prohibition	J. F. Butler	4,042	5.3
Total votes			75,997	100.0
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	Democratic hold

California's 8th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes (incumbent)	50,659	68.6
	Progressive	George S. Walker	17,576	23.8
	Socialist	Cora Pattleton Wilson	5,564	7.5
Total votes			73,799	100.0
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	Republican hold

California's 9th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	Charles H. Randall (incumbent)	58,826	57.8
	Independent	Charles W. Bell	33,270	32.7
	Socialist	Ralph L. Criswell	9,661	9.5
Total votes			101,757	100.0
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	Prohibition hold

California's 10th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Z. Osborne	63,913	49.5
	Democratic	Rufus W. Bowden	33,225	25.7
	Progressive	Henry Stanley Benedict	14,305	11.1
	Socialist	James H. Ryckman	9,000	7.0
	Prohibition	Henry Clay Needham	8,781	6.8
Total votes			129,224	100.0
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	Republican hold

California's 11th congressional district election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Kettner (incumbent)	42,051	44.5
	Republican	Robert C. Harbison	33,765	35.7
	Prohibition	James S. Edwards	14,759	15.6
	Socialist	Marcus W. Robbins	3,913	4.1
Total votes			94,488	100.0
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	Democratic hold