List of Los Angeles municipal election returns

} This is a list of Los Angeles municipal election returns. They are the semiofficial returns as provided to the press by the city clerk's office. The list does not include municipal judgeships, Board of Education races, boards of freeholders nor propositions, which can be found in the sources cited.

1915

1915 primary

Not yet entered.

1915 general

1917

1917 primary

One precinct did not report.

Mayor Frederick T. Woodman (elected) / Meredith P. Snyder / Charles E. Sebastian

Auditor John S. Myers (reelected) / C.H. Knapp / Louise Auerbach

City attorney Albert Lee Stephens (reelected) / Warren L. Willliams

City Council Sixty-four men and four women were in the May primary: Seventeen men and one woman were chosen for the final vote in June. They were Estelle Lawton Lindsey 19,214 / Fred C. Wheeler 18,024 / J.S Conwell 17,877 / Neal P. Olsen 16,776 / Walter Mallard 15,096 / Frederick C. Langdon 15,212 / Henry H. Lyon 14,452 / John B . Powell 12,845 / Foster C. Wright 13,085 / Ralph Luther Criswell 11,930 / Albert B. Conrad 11,755 / John B. Reeves 11,282 / Martin F. Betkouski 11,093 / W.A. Roberts 10,977 / O.P. Conway 10,991 / Frank L. Cleaveland 10,914 / A.D. Houghton 10,807 / Bert L. Farmer 10,458. Otto J. Zahn, with 7,417 votes was a future City Council member who did not make the cut.

1917 general

City Council Seventeen men and one woman were in the June general election. Nine men were elected. They were Walter Mallard 60,617 / Neal P. Olsen 60,009 / O.P. Conaway 50,863 / J.S. Conwell 49,980 / Albert B. Conrad 49,970 / Bert L. Farmer 49,075 / Frank L. Cleaveland 48,247 / Ralph Luther Criswell 45,356 / John B. Reeves 44,962. The runners-up were John B. Powell 42,709 / Henry H. Lyon 41,127 / A.D. Houghton 40,699 / Foster C. Wright 31,547 / Frederick C. Langdon 31,264 / Martin Betkouski 31,222 / Estelle Lawton Lindsey 28,891 / Fred C. Wheeler 28,487 / W.A. Roberts 27,270.

1919

1919 primary

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder 23,368 (nominated) / Frederick T. Woodman 19,504 (nominated) / Weaver 13,864 / Williams 4,316 / Irene Smith 1,516 / Small 116

Auditor John S. Myers 42,815 (reelected) 42,815 / Morehouse 10,288

City attorney Burnell 21,791 (nominated) / James 11,511 (nominated) / Metcalf 10,163 / Burks 7,194 / Layng 1,887

City Council The following eighteen people were nominated to run in the June election: Farmer 31,114 / Boyle Workman 26,503 / Langdon 22,679 / Fred C. Wheeler 22,023 / (W.J.?) Sanborn 20,811 / Fleming 19,923 / Ralph Luther Criswell 19,068 / Mallard 18,295 / Cleaveland 16,326 / Conaway 16,210 / Braunton 16,001 / Seward 15,098 / Conrad 14,739 / Purcell 13,499 / Reeves 13,094 / Olsen 13,092 / True 12,886 / Houghton 11,406.

1919 general

Incomplete returns.

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder (elected) / Frederick T. Woodman

City attorney Burnell (elected) / James

City Council The following nine men were elected: Boyle Workman / Farmer / Ralph Luther Criswell / Sanborn / Langdon / Fleming / Mallard / Wheeler / Conaway.

1921

1921 primary

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder 33,378 (nominated) / George E. Cryer (nominated) 30,854 / Boyle Workman 12,982 / William L. Smith 1,469 / Alfred A. Wright 512 / Hayden Morgan 325

Auditor John S. Myers 40,301 (elected) / Chester C. Ashley 13,027 / B.E. Morehouse 9,082 / Michael Weisz 2,570

City attorney Jess E. Stephens 61,619 (elected)

City Council Walter Mullard 34,595 (nominated) / O.P. Conaway 29,653 (nominated) / Ralph L. Criswell 28,778 (nominated) / F.C. Langdon 28,113 (nominated) / F.C. Wheeler 27,801 (nominated) / E.J. Delorey 25,123 (nominated) / F.L. Cleaveland 24,576 (nominated) / Benjamin Bogardus 22,485 (nominated) / W.J. Sanborn 22,197 (nominated) / W.C. Mushet 20,699 (nominated) / R.M. Allen 20,218 (nominated) / A.B. Conrad 19,750 (nominated) / F.H. True 18,930 (nominated) / Ida W. Darling 18,946 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 18,296 (nominated) / Edward Roberts 12,312 (nominated) / W.A. Roberts 11,210 (nominated) / W.C. Steele 10,628 (nominated) / Frank Purcell 10,010 / Emma B. Swindell 9,526 / Henry A. Hart 9,495 / J.M. Edwards 8,616 / George P. Mills 8,512 / Titus Alexander 8,487 / James Shackleford 7,993 / J.W. Toms 7,929 / Thomas M. Coughlin 7,548 / John B. Franklin 7,635 / Frank Blair 6,949 / Rosa Smith 6,407 / Harry Loomis 6,179 / Oscar C. Zahn 5,869 / C.M. O'Leary 5,742 / L..J. Wright 5,489 / Frank Shannon 5,423 / Cassius E. Bly 5,222 / W.H. Sanders 5,108 / J.L Seamans 4,471 / W.J. Thompson 4,182 / E.B. Harris 3,563 / J.E. Parish 3,187 / Irving A. Mandell 3,137 / Harry S. Fish 3,003 / Julius Levitt 2,787

1921 general

Mayor George E. Cryer 37,510 (elected) / Meredith P. Snyder 33,411

City Council Robert Stewart Sparks 27,215 (elected) / R.L. Criswell 26,854 (elected) / Walter Mallard 26,374 (elected) / W.C. Mushet 24,690 (elected) / W.J. Sanborn 24,682 (elected) / F.C. Langdon 24,605 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 24,469 (elected) / O.P. Conaway 24,331 (elected) / F.C. Wheeler 23,975 (elected) / E.J. Delorey 23,334 / F.L. Cleaveland 22,875 / Benjamin Bogardus 22,452 / Ida Works Darling 21,306 / A.B. Conrad 20,024 / F.H True 19,285 / W.C. Steele 15,421 / Edward Roberts 14,353 / W.A. Roberts 14,247

1923

1923 primary

Mayor George E. Cryer 61,766 (elected) / Farmer 17,672 / Moore 7,175 / Hancock 3,306 / Knapp 725

Auditor Myers 60,977 (elected) / Wright 16,061

City attorney Stephens 73,860 (elected)

City Council Criswell 11,583 (nominated) / Mallard 10,120 (nominated) / Allan 38,918 (nominated) / Sanborn 36,191 (nominated) / Mushet 35,137 (nominated) / Boyle Workman 34,526 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 26,971 (nominated) / Edwin Baker 26,615 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 23,695 (nominated) / Wheeler 22,418 (nominated) / Charles J. Colden 24,217 (nominated) / Wardlaw 19,959 (nominated) / Wallace G. Oaks 165,659 (nominated) / Robert T. Brain 14,119 (nominated) / I.F. Hughes 12,698 (nominated) / Glen MacWilliams 12,327 (nominated) / C.W. Clegg 10,806 (nominated) / Irwin W. Camp 10,330 (nominated) / A.L. Colby 9,883 / Marian Tracie Whiting 9,779 / Titus Alexander 9,637 / Eugene W. Brown 9,244 / Greely Kolts 8,660 / Fred Frank 8,648 / Coughlin 8,483? / Wright 8,412? / William Edwards 8,280 / Charles H. Wood 7,466? / Bernard Goss 7,452 / James G. King 7,431? / Lewis E. Bishop 7,2?5 / Booker T. Washington Jr. 6,752 / William Charlton 6,522 / Charles G. Weickman 6,431 / George T. Jeffers 6,401 / Philip Jacobson 6,350 / Arthur V. Tyler 6,318 / Beaumont 5,746 / M.A. Shuster 5,642 / James Brown 5,545 / C.B. Conlin 4,866 / L.C. Dodelan 3,918 / Harris 3,899 / George E. Killmer 3,683 / J.D. Huddle 2,482 / Anson B. Edgerly 2,158 / Edward C. Primus 1,934

1923 general

City Council

Robert M. Allan 50,909 / Boyle Workman 50,356 / Mallard 49,880 / Criswell 49,661 / Winfred J. Sanborn 45,745 / Mushet 40,898 / Gregory 37,089 / Wheeler 35,500 / Baker 34,942 / Colden 34,670 / Robert Stewart Sparks 34,458 / Wardlaw 33,411 / William M. Hughes 24,013 / Oaks 23,550 / Brain 21,331 / Clegg 17,313 / Camp 16,309 / MacWilliams 15,954

1925

1925 primary

Citywide 1925–29

Mayor George E. Cryer 82,188 (reelected) / Benjamin F. Bledsoe 67,722 / Miles S. Gregory 9,540 / Edgar McKee 300 / E.J. Rindler 332 / Ralph L. Knapp 229

Controller John S. Myers 64,049 (nominated) / W.C. Mushet 47,447 (nominated) / Arthur Eldridge 26,913

City attorney Jess E. Stephens 129,461 (reelected)

City Council 1925–27

1st Charles T. Wardlaw 3,106 (nominated) / Charles H. Randall 2,851 (nominated) / Edgar Lampton 1,593 / Arthur M. Fellows 627 / Clara L. McDonald 328

2nd Robert M. Allan 6,262 (reelected) / Harry D. Brown 3,179 / Milton L. Garrigus 1,426 / Victor M. Clark 1,070

3rd Edwin O. Loucks 2,945 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,729 (nominated) / Irwin W. Camp 1,373 / William La Plante 1,140 / Fred H. Leavitt 972 / Arthur O. Parker 883 / Arthur St. Claire Perry 735 / Frank Shannon 651 / H. Bernard Abbott 637 / William Vinson McCoy 510

4th Boyle Workman 5,489 (reelected / Henry Kraemer 2,817 / Charles D. Ray 2,275

5th R.S. Sparks 3,282 (nominated) / John Topham 2,324 (nominated) / Willard E. Badham 2,239 / Robert P. Sheldon 1,148 / Charles C. Weickman 898 / G.W. James 652 / W.H. Elliott 252 / Frederick G. Topp 63

6th C.W. Clegg 3,555 (nominated) / Edward E. Moore, 3,061 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer, 3,045 / B.A. Byrne 784 / Sarah Hawley 703 / H.J. Grimes 552 / Harry B. Lady 278 / Nathan Nagel 271 / E.A. Crandall 270 / Paul Lade 97

7th Ralph Luther Criswell 3,436 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 2,216 (nominated) / George F. Ryan 925 / S.B.W. May 657 / Edgard J. Nagle 467 / Eldon C. Rookledge 236

8th Evan Lewis 1,445 (nominated) / Frank L. Shaw 1,383 (nominated); Greely Kolts 1,136 / George F. Gillett 1,100 / Harry F. Burke 1,014 / Bruce A. Nelson 731 / James M. Alexander 567 / Arne A. Nordskog 539 / W. F. Vellage 491 / Herbert J. Raymond 391 / George D. McClellan 358 / Edward R. Kerns 258 / James R. Gentry 211 / Benjamin S. Lauder 194 / David S. Reynolds 185

9th Winfred J. Sanborn 4,578 (reelected) / Thomas L. Dodge 2,119 / Bruce M. John 751 / W.G. Browning 656 / Fred W. Kahlert 290 / W.S. Maharg 114

10th Mark A. Pierce 2,302 (nominated) / Charles E. Downs 1,722 (nominated) / Joseph J. Meyers 1,394 / P.M. Abbott 1,131 / George A. Bell 712 / A.B. Jamison 236

11th F.C. Langdon 2,172 (nominated) / Peirson M. Hall 1,636 (nominated) / George W. Rochester 912 / Frank H. Mouser 886 / Sidney W. Neighbors 573 / Marcus S. Casenave 468 / Alfred A. Wright 382 / Arch L. Mitchell 307

12th A.J. Barnes 2,812 (nominated) / E.J. McCully 2,068 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,684 / Leslie R. Saunders 1,619 / J.L. Edwards 863 / Lin William Price 717 / Amos L. Colby 571 / W.H. Hartman 99

13th Joseph L. Pedrotti 1,887 (nominated) / Joseph F. Fitzpatrick 1,510 (nominated) / Fred W. Fuller 1,476 / Carl Ingold Jacobson 1,459 / John E. Arnold 1,459 / Bearl Sprott 968 / Edward J. Kelly 677 / E. M. Stewart 505 / James C. Borton 464 / Thomas M. Coughlin 365

14th Edwin Baker 4,526 (nominated) / I.C. Ash 4,374 (nominated) / Charles S. Lamb 1,091; W.A. Roberts 963 / Elsie G. Collins 651

15th Charles J. Colden 4,324 (nominated) / James H. Dodson Jr. 2,501 (nominated) / Henry E. Carter 1,808 / E.M. Reimiller 1,173 / George I. Maxwell 269 / Charles B. Minter 191 / Edward Harris 70

1925 general

Citywide 1925–29

Controller John S. Myers 67,442 (elected) / W.C. Mushet 38,750

City Council 1925–27

1st Charles H. Randall 4,292 (elected) / Charles T. Wardlaw 3,719

2nd I.F. Hughes 4,981 (elected) / Edwin O. Loucks 2,661

5th R.S. Sparks 4,379 (elected) / John Topham 3,075

6th E.E. Moore 5,237 (elected) / C.W. Clegg 4,656

7th Ralph Luther Criswell 3,477 (elected) / Howard W. Davis 2,768

8th Frank L. Shaw 3,446 (elected) / Evan Lewis 2,617

10th Charles E. Downs 2,972 (elected) / Mark A. Pierce 2,726

11th Peirson M. Hall 3,083 (elected) / Frederick C. Langdon 1,936

12th A.J. Barnes 3,978 (elected) / E.J. McCully 2,936

13th Joseph F. Fitzpatrick 3,722 (elected) / Carl Ingold Jacobson 3,644 / Joseph L. Pedrotti 2,405

14th I.C. Ash 6,384 (elected) / Edwin Baker 4,202

15th Charles J. Colden 4,750 (elected) / James H. Dodson Jr. 4,599

1927

1927 primary

City Council 1927–29

1st Charles Randall 4,691 (elected) / John E. Lambert 2,596 / Frank W. Berkshire 1,676 / Clara McDonald 233

2nd Arthur Alber 4,980 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 2,399 / J.F. Anderson 155

3rd Ernest L. Webster 1,734 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,089 (nominated) / John M. Pratt 805 / De Vier Ely 786 / J.C. Barthel 498 / Williams 432 / William Vinson McCoy 298 / E.W. McGill 175

4th William M. Hughes 3,286 (elected) / Boyle Workman 2,883

5th Virgil A. Martin 3,153 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 2,214 (nominated) / Charles D. Strickler 1,571 / John Topham 1,362 / Alma Nordstrom 475 / Tupper S. Malone 342

6th Edward E. Moore 4,757 (nominated) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 2,642 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer 2,579 / Thomas H. Hanna 1,421 / Bradford D. Bauens 243

7th Howard W. Davis 3,305 (elected) / Ralph Luther Criswell 2,468 / George W. Grimmer 432 / A. Kreling 162

8th Frank L. Shaw 3,785 (elected) / James R. Gentry 1,822 / William F. Vellage 400

9th Winfred J. Sanborn 3,241 (elected) / M.T. Poling 1,706 / Jon Grand 427

10th E. Snapper Ingram 1,298 (nominated) / John G. Todd 1,060 (nominated) / Otto J. Zahn 1,002 / George D. Hutchison 951 / Joseph J. Meyers 811 / P.M. Abbott 451 / J.A. Bristow 202

11th Peirson M. Hall 2,874 (elected) / H.E. Binkley 1,009 / Frank H. Mouser 981

12th Douglas Eads Foster 3,622 (nominated) / A.J. Barnes 1,921 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,911 / R.M. Angler 216

13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 4,585 (elected) / William M. Byrne 3,162 / William Rudolph 522 / James G. King 259 / Oscar W. Odell 138 / John E. Arnold 109 / Albert G. Sloan 107

14th William G. Bonelli 5,760 (elected) / Harrie R. Collins 1,392 / Andrew S. Wilson 1,251 / A.H. Nickel 584 / Harold P. Fetter 566 / Karl F. Schweitzer 501 / Helga M. Qually 457 / Robert E. Parrott 199

15th Charles J. Colden 5,661 (elected) / Reimiller 1,372 / Edwards 1,322 / Cox 646 / Maginnis 365 / Chais 212 / Anderson 164

1927 general

City Council 1927–29

3rd Ernest L. Webster 9,608 (elected) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,386

5th Virgil A. Martin 7,843 (elected) / Robert Stewart Sparks 2,889

6th Lester R. Rice-Wray 8,327 (elected) / Edward E. Moore 4,757

10th E. Snapper Ingram 3,746 (elected) / Todd 2,855

12th Douglas Eads Foster 5,319 (elected) / Horn 3,012

1929

1929 primary

Citywide 1929–33

Mayor John C. Porter 75,198 (nominated / William G. Bonelli 45,200 (nominated) / John R. Quinn 39,425 / Perry H. Greer 22,022 / William La Plante 8,182 / Charles J. Colden 4,331 / Carlin G. Smith 3,550 / Nicholas B. Harris 3,503 / Lloyd S. Nix 2,361 / Boyle Workman 2,057 / Charles Hopper 207 / Ralph L. Knapp 188 / Adam C. Derkum 179 / David Horsley 73

Controller John S. Myers 129,251 (elected) / John R. Gaudin 28,729

City attorney Erwin P. Werner 82,094 (nominated) / Peirson M. Hall (nominated) 61,226 / Donald M. Keith 33,698 / Leslie H. Kranz 4,794

City Council 1929–31

1st Charles Randall 4,734 (nominated) / W.C. McColl 2, 247 (nominated) / Charles G. Young 1,346 / Truitt W. Hughes 1,025 / Estelle M. Holman 384

2nd Thomas E. Cooke 7,486 (elected) / P.W. Croake / 1,814 / Milton H. Withers 1,314 / Robert D. Clarke 851 / Jesse McComas 656

3rd Ernest L. Webster 7,800 (elected) / J. Walter Kays 3,875 / Albert J. Chotiner 2,037

4th Robert L. Burns 4,312 (nominated) / William M. Hughes 3,313 (nominated) / Neal P. Olsen 1,752 / Willard G. Thorpe 1,560

5th Virgil A. Martin 5,397 (nominated) / S. DeVier Ely 2,856 (nominated) / Joseph Oberwise 1,886 / Byron B. Brainard 1,623 / U.S. Frye 818

6th James G. McAllister 6,676 (elected) / John A. Westrom 1,980 / Charles K. Elliott 1,165 / George A. Lynch 744 / H.J. Grimes 575 / Thomas F. Franklin 554

7th Howard W. Davis 6,408 (elected) / E.J. Nagle 2,447 / Charles L. Ryan 1,285 / George W. Grimmer 1,022 / Willis W. Fuller 903

8th Evan Lewis 2,743 (nominated) / James Gentry 1,932 (nominated) / J.W. Toms 1,873 / Harold F. Marsden 1,786 / Harry F. Burke 1,784 / C.R. McFadden 888 / L.B. Bueter 537 / William T. Connor 391 / Peter Casserly 293 / Don Lake 179

9th Winfred J. Sanborn 4,356 (nominated) / Frank Belcher (nominated) 2,655 / John Veith 1,520 / Lester M. Steele 1, 118 / John Grand 341

10th E. Snapper Ingram 6,073 (elected) / George Underwood 3,045 / William J. Durm 1,304 / G.S. Mattern 573 / H.N. Witt, 356

11th Lester R. Rice-Wray 3,054 (nominated) / J.C. Barthel 1,757 (nominated) / Edward A. Gerety Sr. 1,749 / Alfred A. Newton 1,482 / John T. Connelly 1,398 / Thomas F. Padden 1,277 / Nora O. Weaver 1,085 / Thomas H. Hanna 916 / Arthur Hirschhorn 675 / A.V. Dedrick 458

12th Douglas Eads Foster 5,219 (nominated) / Thomas W. Williams 3,168 (nominated) / J. Stanley Farlinger 1,708 / Frank E. Fensch 1,535 / William N. Wenning 1,423 / William Francis Ireland 866

13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 7,039 (elected) / Leslie R. Saunders 1,872 / Bearl Sprott 1,564 / Frederick W. Ferguson 815 / William B. Ferguson 624 / Walter L. La Pointe 602 / Wayne C. Stewart 276

14th Charles Alfred Holland 5,326 (nominated) / Sherrill H. Osborne 2,687 (nominated) / Edward L. Thrasher 1,733 / Earl S. Parker 1,311 / James E. Long Sr. 1,182 / Lee R. Williams 1,064 / Ernest D. Snow 802 / Oscar Fifer 768 / J.E. Bambaugh 349 / Donald W. Spooner 257

15th James E. Dodson Jr. 2,903 (nominated) / A.E. Henning 2,780 (nominated) / Frank McGinley 2,745 / C.F. Sampson 2,144 / Edward Kosin 500 / Wilmer E. Bromley 391 / Arthur L. Frazee 159

1929 general

Citywide 1929–1933

Mayor John C. Porter 151,905 (elected) / William G. Bonelli 106,515

City attorney Werner 152,566 (elected) / Hall 82,444

City Council 1929–1931

1st Charles Randall 8,529 (elected) / McColl 7,375

4th Robert L. Burns 7,763 (elected) / Hughes 6,599

5th Virgil A. Martin 9.039 (elected) / Ely 7,490

8th Evan Lewis 8,119 (elected) / Gentry 7,380

9th Winfred J. Sanborn 7,396 (elected) / Belcher 5,550

11th J.C. Barthel 11,410 (elected) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 6,637

12th Thomas W. Williams 9,461 (elected) / Foster 8,234

14th Charles Alfred Holland 10,838 (elected) / Osborne 7,975

15th A.E. Henning 8,666 (elected) / Dodson 7,500

1931

1931 primary

City Council 1931–33

1st Charles Randall 5,856 / William C. McColl 3,732 / Frank W. Rice 888

2nd Thomas F. Cooke 2,716 / James M. Hyde 2,618 / Henry G. Lyman 1,962 / Edward L. Davin 587

3rd Ernest L. Webster 5,021 / James Stuart McKnight 4,081 / Abram C. Denman 2,028 / D.W. MacMillan 317

4th Robert L. Burns 3,607 / H.Z. Osborne 2,601 / A.J. Spencer 659 / Leonard O. Hall 468 / A.E. Raessler 147

5th Virgil A. Martin 2,962 / Roy L. Donley 1,771 / Byron B. Brainard 1,743 / Frank J. Waters 1,584 / Joseph Oberwise 977 / Robert Stewart Sparks 321 / Sidney A. Wilson 304 / Victor E. Breul 119

6th James G. McAllister 4,540 / Charles L. Clark 2,141 / Claude R. Read 1,591 / Oliver K. Jones 243 / George I. Hughes 217

7th Howard W. Davis 4,466 / Ralph L. Criswell 2,995 / Edward J. Nagle 908 / George Grant 462

8th Evan Lewis 3,627 / John S. Horn 1,713 / James R. Gentry 1,480 / Ernest E. Debs 430 / Harry F. Burke 410 / L.B. Bueter 389 / Daniel J. O'Mara 227 / Thomas De Fabries 117

9th Winfred J. Sanborn 3,044 / G.W.C. Baker 2,868 / Frank Belcher 2,014 / William W. Busic 1,118 / John Vieth 814 / John W. Greenwood 332 / Sam Shulem 191

10th E. Snapper Ingram 3,336 / George Underwood 2,598 / George A. Pendleton 1,745 / George A. Bell 545 / Joseph F. Curran 438

11th J.C. Barthel 1,958 / Clarence E. Coe 1,535 / Louis L. Goodman 1,456 / Charles H. Treat 1,126 / Edward J. Morgan 1,010 / Thomas F. Padden 839 / Edward A. Gerety Sr. 723/ Arthur Johnson 587 / John B. Young 539 / Glen Ingles 483 / Sidney A. Cherniss 378 / Stanley Sayer 362 / Philip Baldwin 124 / Lester R. Rice-Wray 120 / T.S. Aisbitt 55

12th Thomas Francis Ford 4,236 / Douglas Eads Foster 3,136 / Miles S. Gregory 2,424 / Lyndon R. Foster 379 / Daniel Ballmer 293

13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 3,802 / Henry E. Holbrook 1,141 / A. Judson Samis 978 / Joseph Napolitano 972 / Leslie R. Saunders 827 / H.J. O'Neill 658 / Claude C. Brooks 612 / Roy Hampton 555 / Andrew G. Vaughn 164 / Joseph Despart 142 / Florence E. Gilmour 73

14th Clarence Alfred Holland 4,903 / Edward L. Thrasher 2,654 / Thomas L. Doherty 1,938 / A.E. Nelson 1,075 / W.K. Dowan 1,091 / Joseph Reece 602 / Emmett L. Pickerel 45

15th A.E. Henning 5,604 / Frank McGinley 5,490 / Alick W. Anderson 444 / Fred C. Hermann 254

1931 general

City Council 1931–33

2nd James M. Hyde 5,258 (elected) / Thomas F. Cooke 4,861

3rd James Stuart McKnight 7,866 (elected) / Ernest L. Webster 6,687

4th Robert L. Burns 5,399 (elected) / Henry Z. Osborne 5,093

8th Evan Lewis 7,241 (elected) / John S. Horn 3,701

9th George W.C. Baker (elected) 6,881 / Winfred J. Sanborn 6,019

10th E. Snapper Ingram 5,807 (elected) / George Underwood 4,891

11th Clarence E. Coe 5,460 (elected) / Charles W. Dempster 4,444 / J.C. Barthel 3,621

12th Thomas Francis Ford 8,315 (elected) / Douglas E. Foster 5,882

13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 6,424 (elected) / Henry E. Holbrook 5,070

14th Edward L. Thrasher 7,569 (elected) / Charles Alfred Holland 7,009

15th A.E. Henning 9,611 (elected) / Frank McGinley 8,213

1933

1933 primary

Citywide 1933–37

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 118,775 (nominated) / John C. Porter (nominated) 111.540 / George E. Cryer 36,193 / Charles W. Dempster 35,285 / Charles S. Hutson 10,639 / Frank C. Shoemaker 5,339 / Chaim Shapiro 4,702 / Martin C. Neuner 3,511 / George H. McLain 2,354 / Lawrence Ross 2,311

Controller John S. Myers 169,561 (elected) / James C. Quinn 95,702

City attorney Ray L. Chesbro 155,335 (elected) / E.P. Werner 140,827

City Council 1933-35

1st Jim Wilson 4,958 (nominated) / Charles H. Randall (nominated) 4,889 / Mark C. Sutton 3,653 / Sterling Martin 1,661 / George C. Audet 1,074 / Ray A. Schafer 950 / George Mozee 835 / George E. Menner 728 / Harry E. Beatty 485

2nd James M. Hyde 5,629 (nominated) / Leon N. Raab 3,922 (nominated) / William C. Harvey 2,886 / Harry B. Leonard 2,263 / E.D. Horkheimer 1,101

3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 7,016 (nominated) / James S. McKnight 2,884 (nominated) / R.L. Joyner 2,028 / Albert Jack Chotiner 1,572 / Robert Bonner 1,120 / Paul V. Parker 900 / George A. Heap 893 / Harry W. Boles 830 / Vance Evans 403

4th Robert L. Burns 8,446 (elected) / H.Z. Osborne 5,068 / P.F. Jordan 1,417 / Julius Krieger 1,162

5th Roy L. Donley 8,618 (nominated) / Byron B. Brainard 6,090 / Virgil A. Martin 4,305

6th James G. McAllister 8,528 (nominated) / Earl Gay 3,820 (nominated) / Lee D. Matthews 2,960 / Harry E. Defty 2,724 / J. Earl Scott 1,371 / Charles Hopper 1,084

7th Howard W. Davis 9,361 (elected) / Bert L. Farmer 3,386 / Alex Salot 1,417 / C.C. Terzo 1,061

8th Evan Lewis 7,074 (nominated) / James R. Gentry 5,322 (nominated) / Jacob Massion 4,438 / Ezra W. Chase 516

9th George W.C. Baker 11,855 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 4,122 / H.A. Weiner 2,715 / James Scofield 1,663

10th E. Snapper Ingram 7,886 (elected) / Thomas D. Long 6,423

11th Clarence E. Coe 4,711 (nominated) / C.W. Breedlove 1,884 (nominated) / Arthur Johnson 1,718 / L.l. Goodman 1,510 / Ted E. Felt 1,221 / G.N. Kirkman 1,183 / G.C. Baker 995 / J.G. Levenson 926 / J.C. Barthel 570

12th, full term John W. Baumgartner 9,253 (nominated) / Charles A. McNeill 5,356 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 3,988

12th, unexpired term of Council Member James T. Carroll James T. Carroll 8,224 / George W. Scott 6,651

13th Darwin W. Tate 6,081 (nominated) / Carl Ingold Jacobson 5,624 (nominated) / James E. Keogh 2,659 / R.V. McClain 860 / Henry Reichard 427

14th Edward L. Thrasher 8,624 (nominated) / L. Roy Williams 6,116 (nominated) / Thomas L. Doherty 3,461 / William Authorson 827

15th A.E. Henning 5,905 (nominated) / F.P. Buyer 3,481 (nominated) / F.O. Adler 3,348 / N.A. Smith 1,351 / Gus H. Homer 855 / Irvin G. Lewis 828 / George H. Nixon 761

1933 general

Citywide 1933–37

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 187,053 (elected) / John C. Porter 155,513

City Council 1933-35

1st Jim Wilson 15,693 (elected) / Charles Randall 8,375

2nd James M. Hyde 10,474 (elected) / Leon N. Raab 9,813

3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 15,698 (elected) / James Stuart McKnight 5,582

5th Byron B. Brainard 13,163 (elected) / Roy Donley 10,499

6th Earl C. Gay 12,131 (elected) / James G. McAllister 11,856

8th Evan Lewis 12,953 (elected) / James R. Gentry 12,129

11th Charles Winchester Breedlove 11,275 (elected) / Clarence E. Coe 9,082

12th John W. Baumgartner 13,894 (elected) / C.A. McNeill 9,343

13th Darwin William Tate 14,043 (elected) / Carl Ingold Jacobson

14th Edward L. Thrasher 14,675 (elected) / L.R. Williams 9,997

15th F.P. Buyer 11,354 (elected) / A.E. Henning 10,290

1935

1935 primary

City Council 1935-37

EPIC after a name indicates endorsement by End Poverty in California

1st Jim Wilson 7,940 (nominated) / Barclay W. Bradley (EPIC) 6,533 (nominated) / John H. Fritz 1,782 / Donald W. Moore 1,144 / George Salisbury 382

2nd James M. Hyde (EPIC) 6,346 (nominated) / Edmund R. Bohan 6,346 (nominated) / William D. Neil 2,443 / Frank H. Greer 946 / James Quinn 927 / Carleton Bainbridge 510

3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 10,701 (elected) / James M. Carter (EPIC) 4,687

4th Robert L. Burns 9,056 (elected) / G. Howard Fenton 2,375 / Roy Wheeler (EPIC write-in) 1,478

5th Byron B. Brainard 8,687 (nominated) / Charles W. Dempster (EPIC) 6,590 (nominated) / Dan Crowley 846 / Martin B. Kugler 722 / Eleanor Savay 665

6th Earl C. Gay 8,256 (nominated) / Lottie Barkow (EPIC) 3,706 (nominated) / Andrae B. Nordskog 1,497 / Louis E. Ottie 1,320 / L.E. Orr 990 / Charles N. Rapfogel 916 / Harry E. Defty 688 / Douglas J. Hamilton 618 / Charlie Hopper 401 / Charles E. Fergason 394

7th Will H. Kindig (EPIC) 5,514 (nominated) / Dwight Baker 3,927 (nominated) / Homer Crutchfield 2,674 / Horace A. Wilson 1,336 / John J. Marstellar 364

8th Evan Lewis 7,438 (nominated) / Arthur P. Moran (EPIC) 4,119 (nominated) / Jack Massion 3,313 / Leo S. Tilley 2,234 / Earl Heller 705

9th Parley Parker Christensen (EPIC) 5,542 (nominated) / George W.C. Baker 5,437 (nominated) / Winfred J. Sanborn 2,071 / Jack Y. Berman 1,909 / William L. Cummings 1,607 / Karlton I. Pidgeon 1,031 / Howard E. Dorsey 689 / R.E. Lucatoria 666 /

10th G. Vernon Bennett (EPIC) 5,974 (nominated) / E. Snapper Ingram 5,810 (nominated) / Karl F. Euper 899 / Allan M. Rose 703 / Austin L. Tournoux 387 / Lenna G. Walradt 371

11th Full term Robert S. MacAlister 4,267 (nominated) / Howard B. Rose (EPIC) 3,961 (nominated) / J.W. O'Connor 1,426 / Charles W. Hooper 1,401 / Arthur Johnson 1,312 / Louis L. Goodman 1,143 / Alfred Watterson 896 / Jack J. Casson 472 / Edward W. McGill 464 / David MacFarlane 362 / H. Clarke Trigg 344 / Fred W. Bentine 118

11th Unexpired term Robert S. MacAlister 6,190 (elected) / Arthur Johnson 2,193 / Charles W. Hooper 1,902 / Jack J. Casson 1,186

12th John W. Baumgartner (EPIC) 10,676 (elected) / Charles A. McNeill 5,823 / Harry Lee Jones (write-in) 213

13th Darwin William Tate 9,164 (elected) / Rube Borough (EPIC) 5,429 / James E. Moore 1,182 / Sam D. Barry 522 / Clarence H. Bright 506 / Walter R. Mozee 251

14th Edward L. Thrasher 7,889 (nominated) / Royal M. Davis (EPIC) 3,343 (nominated) / L. Roy Williams 3,039 / Harold P. Fetter 1,855 / Lewis C. Martyn 898 / Frank J. Rogers 883 / Harmond B. Amacker 828 / Robert E. Rose 769

15th Edwin G. Gettins (EPIC) 5,629 (nominated) 5,629 / Franklin P. Buyer 5,407 (nominated) / Royal S. Riddle 2,073 / Frederick O. Adler 1,882 / John T. Rawls 1,422

1935 general

City Council 1935-37

1st Jim Wilson 11,109 (elected) / Bradley W. Barclay 8,952

2nd James M. Hyde 7,652 (elected) / Edmund R. Bohan 7,234

5th Byron B. Brainard 11,260 (elected) / Charles W. Dempster 8,585

6th Earl C. Gay 12.244 (elected) / Lottie E. Barkow 6,955

7th Will H. Kindig 8.077 (elected) / Dwight Baker 7,597

8th Evan Lewis 10,395 (elected) / Arthur P. Moran 8,964

9th Parley Parker Christensen 11,114 (elected) / George W.C. Baker 9,695

10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,794 (elected) / E. Snapper Ingram 8,064 '''11th''' [[R.S. MacAlister 9,499 (elected) / Howard B. Rose 7,515

14th Edward L. Thrasher 12,921 (elected) / Royal M. Davis 7,439

15th Franklin P. Buyer 9,051 / Edwin G. Gettins 8,392

1937

1937 primary

Citywide 1937-41

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 104,481 (nominated) / Ford 77,703 (nominated) / McDonough 40,526 / Wirsching 15,764 / Nordskog 4,833 / Shoemaker 2,142

Controller Hoye 134,713 (elected) / Collins 41,367 / Cox 22,500

City Attorney Chesebro (elected) 116,647 / Taplin 76,912 / Cryer 19,205 / Hubbard 8,501 / Moidel 4,885

City Council 1937-39

1st Jim Wilson 8,948 (elected) / Robinson 2,769 / Quesinberry 2,489

2nd Norris J. Nelson 4,603 (nominated) / James M. Hyde 4,227  (nominated) / Quinn 1,354 / Alberti 1,353 / Quigley 660

3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 8,043 (elected) / Burke 2,350

4th Robert L. Burns 8,333 (elected)

5th Byron B. Brainard 9,683 (elected) / Donley 3,591 / Merrill 1,971

6th Earl C. Gay 10,284 (elected) / Crahan 1,287 / Deegan 1,569

7th Howard W. Davis 8,010 (elected) / Will H. Kindig 6,705

8th Evan Lewis 7,913 (elected) / Massion 2,646 / Crosswhite 1,175 / Rees 1,004 / Smith 606 / Quinn 184

9th Howard E. Dorsey 4,017 (nominated) / Jack Y. Berman 2,450 (nominated) / Armstrong 2,295 / Bowman 2,110 / Winfred J. Sanborn 1,989 / Peterson 1,952 / Farrow 1,081 / Pritchard 730 / Briggs 661 / Wainess 592 / Sheinart 241 / Koehler 131

10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,065 (elected) / McLain 5,306

11th R.S. MacAlister 7,849 (elected) / Voigt 3,742 / Barthel 1,319

12th John W. Baumgartner 9,679 (elected)

13th Darwin William Tate 10,085 (elected) / Johnson 4,812

14th Edward L. Thrasher 10,406 (elected) / Rose 7,113

15th F.P. Buyer 7,511 (elected) / Draper 4,337 / Nixon 1,460 / Gallagher 901 / Fisher 692

1937 general

Citywide 1937-41

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 169,848 (elected) / John Anson Ford 144,079

City Counci 1937-39l

2nd James M. Hyde 9,161 (elected) / Norris J. Nelson 8,981

9th Howard E. Dorsey 12,636 / Jack Y. Berman 10,651

See also

• History of Los Angeles
• Los Angeles City Council

References

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