Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data (links) from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.

Office
Candidate Name
Vote Total

% Vote


1915  

Charles Hiram Randall, born in Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska 23 July 1865, attended public schools, published newspapers at Kimball and at Harrisburg, Nebraska 1885-1992.  From 1992-1904, Randall worked as a railway mail clerk.  He moved to California in 1904, there working as a newspaper editor and publisher.  He was a member of the Municipal Park Commission of Los Angeles in 1909-10, a member of the State Assembly 1911-1912, and was elected to Congress on the Prohibition ticket in 1915 through 1921.  He was defeated for re-election in 1920.

     In the 1918 election Randall was listed as "Prohibition/Democratic."  He received 38,782 votes (52.99%).  In the 1920 election, he was again listed as "Prohibition/Democratic" and received 36,675 votes (34.78%).

     Randall was a member of the City Council of Los Angeles in 1925-1933.  He was again defeated for Congress in 1934.  He died in Los Angeles on 18 February 1951 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, at Glendale.  (Adapted from "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997," by Michael J. Dubin.)


1920

Senator

James S. Edwards 57,768 6.32

Congr. Dist. 9
    (Pasadena)

Charles J. Randall 36,675 34.78
*

State Senate 33
    (Los Angeles Co.)

Marie C. Brehm 13,060 37.56
*

Assembly 66
    (Los Angeles Co.)

Lucius Christian Dale 2,116 21.77
*

1922

Senator

E. Clay Needham 70,748 7.80

Secretary of State

James P.M. Jensen 126,473 15.02
*

Congr. Dist. 9
    (Pasadena)

Charles H. Randall 45,794 41.87
*

1924

Congr. Dist. 9
    (Pasadena)

Charles H. Randall 67,735 36.11
*

1926

Secretary of State

James P.M. Jensen 102,951 9.82

Congr. Dist. 9
    (Pasadena)

Charles H. Randall 61,719 35.92
*

Assembly 17
    (Los Angeles)

Dana G. Boleyn 7,048 20.72

1928

Senator

Charles. H. Randall 92,106 5.94

Assembly 69
    (Los Angeles)

David H. MacDougall 11,152 16.83
*

1930  

Secretary of State

M. Len Hutchins 152,034 12.10

Treasurer

Sylvanus H. Kellogg 79,619 6.56

1932

Senator

Robert P. Shuler 560,088 25.78

Congr. Dist. 12

Richard M. Cannon 10,308 10.95

Congr. Dist. 15

Errol O. Shour 2,721
write-in

Assembly 65

Martin Luther Thomas 6,429 19.04

1934

Secretary of State

Frank G.H. Stevens 17,6276 8.34
*

Attorney General

Errol O. Shour 39,6852 19.26
*

State Senate 38
    (Los Angeles Co.)

Percy Fenton Adams 23,591 2.80

1936

Assembly 55

Dana G. Boleyn 586 2.02

Assembly 63

Percy Fenton Adams 737 2.25

1938

Secretary of State

Nellie S. Harriss 77,076 3.26
*

Treasurer

L.B. Stewart

write-in

Controller

Ellen G. Pritchard 83,229 3.54
*

Attorney General

Claude A. Watson 93,085 3.99
*

State Senate 38
    (Los Angeles Co.)

William W. Castleberry 173
write-in

1940

Senator

Fred Dyster 366,044 13.51
*

Congress 3
  (Sacramento)

C.H. Farman
10,539
7.08
*

Congress 13
  (Los Angeles)

Charles H. Randall
36,406
21.67
*

Assembly 61

Emil E. Fredeen
4,183
8.53
*

Assembly 66

Paul R. Jarman
975
2.64

Los Angeles County

  Supervisor 2

Percy Fenton Adams 7,384 6.21  

  Supervisor 5
    (Pasadena)

Virgil G. Hinshaw 17,134 12.29  

1942    

Governor

Fred Dyster
10,640
0.48

Attorney General

Claude A. Watson
81,988
3.99

Congress 12

Robert P. Shuler
40,780
43.16

Congress 15

B. Tarkington Dowden
10,185
9.93

Congress 20

Virgil G. Hinshaw
6,864
5.31

Bd. Equalization 4

Henry R. Schmidt
176,472
17.12

S. Sen. 38

Elmer E. Freedeen
68,753
8.76

Assembly 47

Hawley N. Bidwell
2,065
7.72

Assembly 52

Earl R.Chalfant
804
3.53

Assembly 79

Royal B. Churchill
1,377
5.00

1944      

Cong. Dist. 15

Johannes Nielsen-Lange 2,694 1.53

Cong. Dist.  20
  (Pasadena) 

Charles H. Randall  3,615 1.66

Assembly 74
  (W. Orange County)

Wesley G. Edwards 4,221 13.69
*

Assembly 79
  (San Diego)

Royal B. Churchill 4,347 10.59
*

1946      

Governor

Henry R. Schmidt
180,579
7.15
*

Controller

Virgil G. Hinshaw
207,690
8.93
*

Attorney General 

Claude A. Watson 
85,688
3.33

Senate

Douglas Corrigan   
42,683
1.61
 
(Corrigan received an additional 2,464 as write-ins) 

Congress 12 (Whittier)

John Henry Hoeppel
1,476
1.26

1950      

Congress

Virgil G. Hinshaw 172,458 5.2
*

Attorney General

Claude A. Watson 96,732 2.69

Cong. Dist. 20
  (Pasadena-Glendale)

Frank Nelson 10,339 4.17
*

State Senate 38
  (Los Angeles Co.)

Harry R. Schmidt  193,259 14.65
*
"Henry R. Schmidt" in 1946 and "Harry R. Schmidt" in 1950 probably are the same person -- names are as shown on the respective ballots.

Assembly 45
  (Pasadena)

Charles H. Randall   3,045 15.58
*

Assembly 60
  (Santa Monica)

Charles G. Doehrer    952 1.51

1952

Cong. Dist. 21
  (Pasadena)

Frank Nelson
(write-in, no tally)
   

Assembly 25
  (San Mateo Co.)

Roland P. Young
 5,251
9.28

Los Angeles County -
  District Attorney

Claude A. Watson 332,173 30.35

1954

Secretary of State

Frank G.H. Stevens 70,318 1.79

Controller

Fred H. Ross 46,760 1.20

Attorney General

Edwin M. Cooper 204,171 5.46
*

State Senate 38
  (L.A. County)

Frank Nelson 46,665 2.91

1956

Senator

Ray Gourley 22,410 0.42

Assembly 48
  (Pasadena)

Frank Nelson 844 1.19

1958

Secretary of State

Mel J. Miller 129,140 2.52

Assembly 54
  (Los Angeles)

Leslie E. Rice 1,297 2.45

1966

Lt. Governor

Edgar E. Zimmerman
173 on write-in

Controller

Ray Lindquist
185 on write-in

1979  
 

Long Beach School Board

William C. Bledsoe
4,346
8.98
 

1980  
 

San Diego County
     Director, Palomar
     Resource Cons. Dist.

Eugene Armistead 46,353 44.12