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Parents > United States > California > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1940 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1940 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1940 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1941 - 12:00pm
Term End August 06, 1945 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedThomas Walker June 24, 2003 10:57am
Data Sources
Description Term end due to death.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/1934
NameHiram W. Johnson Votes1,946,572 (94.66%)
Term01/03/1935 - 01/03/1941 Margin1,837,824 (+89.37%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won08/13/1945
NameWilliam F. Knowland Votes1 (100.00%)
Term08/14/1945 - 11/06/1946 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 27, 1940 CA US Senate - R Primary
Hiram W. Johnson
R 746,847
Aug 27, 1940 CA US Senate - D Primary
Hiram W. Johnson
D 1,007,926
Aug 27, 1940 CA US Senate - PRG Primary
Hiram W. Johnson
PRG 3,355
Aug 27, 1940 CA US Senate - PRB Primary
Fred Dyster
PRB 1,692

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Name (I) Sen. Hiram W. Johnson Fred Dyster Anita Whitney (W) John Anson Ford  
PartyRepublican Prohibition Communist Independent  
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Uncertified Votes 2,238,899 (82.62%) 366,044 (13.51%) 97,478 (3.60%) 7,415 (0.27%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -1,872,855 (-69.11%) -2,141,421 (-79.02%) -2,231,484 (-82.35%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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