1875 California gubernatorial election
September 1, 1875
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The 1875 California gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1875, to elect the governor of California.
Campaign
William Irwin, who became acting lieutenant governor in 1875 when Romualdo Pacheco succeeded to the governorship, secured the Democratic nomination later that year and became the next elected governor of California.[1]
John Bidwell was nominated by the People's Independent Party, which was composed mostly of former Republicans.[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William Irwin | 61,509 | 50.03% | +2.14% | |
| Republican | Timothy Guy Phelps | 31,322 | 25.48% | −26.64% | |
| People's Independent | John Bidwell | 29,752 | 24.20% | +24.40% | |
| Prohibition | William E. Lovett | 356 | 0.29% | +0.29% | |
| Scattering | 9 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 30,187 | 24.55% | |||
| Total votes | 122,948 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +28.78% | |||
Results by county
| County | William Irwin Democratic |
Timothy Guy Phelps Republican |
John Bidwell People's Independent |
William E. Lovett Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 2,483 | 46.16% | 1,956 | 36.36% | 895 | 16.64% | 45 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 527 | 9.80% | 5,379 |
| Alpine | 80 | 36.70% | 51 | 23.39% | 87 | 39.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -3.21% | 218 |
| Amador | 1,150 | 52.51% | 638 | 29.19% | 393 | 17.98% | 5 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 | 23.42% | 2,186 |
| Butte | 1,375 | 48.43% | 318 | 11.20% | 1,146 | 40.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 229[a] | 8.07% | 2,839 |
| Calaveras | 903 | 49.43% | 522 | 28.57% | 402 | 22.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 381 | 20.85% | 1,827 |
| Colusa | 1,275 | 67.42% | 68 | 3.60% | 548 | 28.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 727[a] | 38.45% | 1,891 |
| Contra Costa | 699 | 37.40% | 765 | 40.93% | 396 | 21.19% | 9 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -66 | -3.53% | 1,869 |
| Del Norte | 236 | 56.19% | 48 | 11.43% | 136 | 32.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 100[a] | 23.81% | 420 |
| El Dorado | 1,238 | 48.84% | 740 | 29.19% | 556 | 21.93% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 498 | 19.64% | 2,535 |
| Fresno | 651 | 72.58% | 49 | 5.46% | 197 | 21.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 454[a] | 50.61% | 897 |
| Humboldt | 714 | 36.82% | 951 | 49.05% | 272 | 14.03% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -237 | -12.22% | 1,939 |
| Inyo | 359 | 45.39% | 179 | 22.63% | 248 | 31.35% | 5 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 111[a] | 14.03% | 791 |
| Kern | 694 | 57.40% | 138 | 11.41% | 376 | 31.10% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 318[a] | 26.30% | 1,209 |
| Lake | 663 | 68.92% | 82 | 8.52% | 211 | 21.93% | 6 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 452[a] | 46.99% | 962 |
| Lassen | 199 | 37.34% | 134 | 25.14% | 200 | 37.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1 | -0.19% | 533 |
| Los Angeles | 2,898 | 56.73% | 667 | 13.06% | 1,543 | 30.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,355[a] | 26.53% | 5,108 |
| Marin | 471 | 43.65% | 310 | 28.73% | 298 | 27.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 161 | 14.92% | 1,079 |
| Mariposa | 484 | 50.73% | 58 | 6.08% | 412 | 43.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 72[a] | 7.55% | 954 |
| Mendocino | 1,071 | 60.99% | 204 | 11.62% | 481 | 27.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 590[a] | 33.60% | 1,756 |
| Merced | 585 | 50.69% | 172 | 14.90% | 397 | 34.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 188[a] | 16.29% | 1,154 |
| Modoc | 336 | 53.59% | 7 | 1.12% | 284 | 45.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 52[a] | 8.29% | 627 |
| Mono | 80 | 31.87% | 37 | 14.74% | 133 | 52.99% | 1 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -53 | -21.12% | 251 |
| Monterey | 886 | 42.95% | 736 | 35.68% | 441 | 21.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 7.27% | 2,063 |
| Napa | 989 | 53.00% | 629 | 33.71% | 248 | 13.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 360 | 19.29% | 1,866 |
| Nevada | 1,664 | 44.70% | 1,067 | 28.66% | 990 | 26.59% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 597 | 16.04% | 3,723 |
| Placer | 881 | 34.43% | 1,065 | 41.62% | 606 | 23.68% | 7 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -184 | -7.19% | 2,559 |
| Plumas | 550 | 45.64% | 230 | 19.09% | 425 | 35.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 125[a] | 10.37% | 1,205 |
| Sacramento | 2,361 | 42.98% | 1,483 | 27.00% | 1,649 | 30.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 712[a] | 12.96% | 5,493 |
| San Benito | 643 | 54.68% | 285 | 24.23% | 199 | 16.92% | 49 | 4.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 358 | 30.44% | 1,176 |
| San Bernardino | 729 | 53.56% | 204 | 14.99% | 427 | 31.37% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 302[a] | 22.19% | 1,361 |
| San Diego | 755 | 47.16% | 593 | 37.04% | 252 | 15.74% | 1 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 162 | 10.12% | 1,601 |
| San Francisco | 14,199 | 55.61% | 5,179 | 20.28% | 6,080 | 23.81% | 71 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.02% | 8,119[a] | 31.80% | 25,534 |
| San Joaquin | 1,440 | 38.97% | 1,805 | 48.85% | 449 | 12.15% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -365 | -9.88% | 3,695 |
| San Luis Obispo | 756 | 48.21% | 199 | 12.69% | 596 | 38.01% | 17 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 160[a] | 10.20% | 1,568 |
| San Mateo | 623 | 38.86% | 828 | 51.65% | 141 | 8.80% | 11 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -205 | -12.79% | 1,603 |
| Santa Barbara | 798 | 45.57% | 409 | 23.36% | 541 | 30.90% | 3 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 257[a] | 14.68% | 1,751 |
| Santa Clara | 2,634 | 51.81% | 1,695 | 33.34% | 733 | 14.42% | 22 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | 18.47% | 5,084 |
| Santa Cruz | 834 | 40.35% | 645 | 31.20% | 578 | 27.96% | 8 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.10% | 189 | 9.14% | 2,067 |
| Shasta | 614 | 51.08% | 288 | 23.96% | 296 | 24.63% | 4 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 318[a] | 26.46% | 1,202 |
| Sierra | 470 | 34.89% | 348 | 25.84% | 519 | 38.53% | 10 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -49 | -3.64% | 1,347 |
| Siskiyou | 886 | 57.91% | 490 | 32.03% | 154 | 10.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 396 | 25.88% | 1,530 |
| Solano | 1,480 | 43.44% | 1,391 | 40.83% | 532 | 15.61% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 2.61% | 3,407 |
| Sonoma | 2,106 | 58.23% | 736 | 20.35% | 737 | 20.38% | 38 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,369[a] | 37.85% | 3,617 |
| Stanislaus | 788 | 60.29% | 382 | 29.23% | 137 | 10.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 406 | 31.06% | 1,307 |
| Sutter | 555 | 45.16% | 184 | 14.97% | 490 | 39.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 5.29% | 1,229 |
| Tehama | 599 | 52.54% | 404 | 35.44% | 136 | 11.93% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 17.11% | 1,140 |
| Trinity | 400 | 48.84% | 334 | 40.78% | 75 | 9.16% | 10 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 66 | 8.06% | 819 |
| Tulare | 846 | 54.06% | 285 | 18.21% | 434 | 27.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 412 | 26.33% | 1,565 |
| Tuolumne | 931 | 53.08% | 501 | 28.56% | 322 | 18.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 430 | 24.52% | 1,754 |
| Ventura | 414 | 42.86% | 120 | 12.42% | 413 | 42.75% | 17 | 1.76% | 2 | 0.21% | 1[a] | 0.10% | 966 |
| Yolo | 1,169 | 53.28% | 136 | 6.20% | 889 | 40.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 280[a] | 12.76% | 2,194 |
| Yuba | 865 | 41.23% | 577 | 27.50% | 652 | 31.08% | 4 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 213[a] | 10.15% | 2,098 |
| Total | 61,509 | 50.03% | 31,322 | 25.48% | 29,752 | 24.20% | 356 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.01% | 30,187 | 24.55% | 122,948 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Alameda
- Amador
- Marin
- Napa
- Nevada
- Plumas
- Sacramento
- San Francisco
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Solano
- Trinity
- Yuba
Counties that flipped from Republican to People's Independent
Notes
References
- ^ "The Governor-Senator". Vol. 3, no. 129. Los Angeles Herald. February 27, 1875. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ Holt, Michael F. (2008). By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 49.
- ^ a b California State Archives, Abstract of Votes Polled, throughout the State of California, at a General Election held September 1st, 1875