1867 California gubernatorial election
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The 1867 California gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1867, to elect the governor of California. The election pitted Democrat Henry Haight Against National Union George Gorham. Haight Defeated Gorham by slightly over ten points. Republicans opposed to Gorham, who had support from pre-war Unionist Democrats, ran an alternate Republican ticket headed by Caleb T. Fay.[1]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Henry Huntly Haight | 49,905 | 54.04% | +13.06% | |
National Union | George Congdon Gorham | 40,359 | 43.70% | −15.32% | |
Independent Republican | Caleb T. Fay | 2,088 | 2.26% | ||
Majority | 9,546 | 10.34% | |||
Total votes | 92,352 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic gain from National Union | Swing | +28.39% |
Results by county
[edit]County | Henry H. Haight Democratic |
George C. Gorham National Union |
Caleb T. Fay Independent Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 1,092 | 45.82% | 1,266 | 53.13% | 25 | 1.05% | -174 | -7.30% | 2,383 |
Alpine | 106 | 38.27% | 149 | 53.79% | 22 | 7.94% | -43 | -15.52% | 277 |
Amador | 1,358 | 55.14% | 1,076 | 43.69% | 29 | 1.18% | 282 | 11.45% | 2,463 |
Butte | 1,148 | 53.45% | 882 | 41.06% | 118 | 5.49% | 266 | 12.38% | 2,148 |
Calaveras | 1,380 | 51.86% | 1,250 | 46.97% | 31 | 1.16% | 130 | 4.89% | 2,661 |
Colusa | 544 | 70.47% | 197 | 25.52% | 31 | 4.02% | 347 | 44.95% | 772 |
Contra Costa | 599 | 44.73% | 719 | 53.70% | 21 | 1.57% | -120 | -8.96% | 1,339 |
Del Norte | 178 | 53.94% | 150 | 45.45% | 2 | 0.61% | 28 | 8.48% | 330 |
El Dorado | 1,835 | 51.88% | 1,579 | 44.64% | 123 | 3.48% | 256 | 7.24% | 3,537 |
Fresno | 325 | 87.37% | 47 | 12.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 278 | 74.73% | 372 |
Humboldt | 393 | 37.04% | 657 | 61.92% | 11 | 1.04% | -264 | -24.88% | 1,061 |
Inyo | 105 | 51.98% | 95 | 47.03% | 2 | 0.99% | 10 | 4.95% | 202 |
Kern | 385 | 70.13% | 164 | 29.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 221 | 40.26% | 549 |
Klamath | 215 | 60.39% | 136 | 38.20% | 5 | 1.40% | 79 | 22.19% | 356 |
Lake | 508 | 69.12% | 221 | 30.07% | 6 | 0.82% | 287 | 39.05% | 735 |
Lassen | 103 | 37.05% | 162 | 58.27% | 13 | 4.68% | -59 | -21.22% | 278 |
Los Angeles | 989 | 57.43% | 727 | 42.22% | 6 | 0.35% | 262 | 15.21% | 1,722 |
Marin | 344 | 39.77% | 515 | 59.54% | 6 | 0.69% | -171 | -19.77% | 865 |
Mariposa | 835 | 57.75% | 599 | 41.42% | 12 | 0.83% | 236 | 16.32% | 1,446 |
Mendocino | 898 | 63.42% | 512 | 36.16% | 6 | 0.42% | 386 | 27.26% | 1,416 |
Merced | 255 | 82.79% | 52 | 16.88% | 1 | 0.32% | 203 | 65.91% | 308 |
Mono | 101 | 44.49% | 117 | 51.54% | 9 | 3.96% | -16 | -7.05% | 227 |
Monterey | 544 | 56.55% | 414 | 43.04% | 4 | 0.42% | 130 | 13.51% | 962 |
Napa | 750 | 52.45% | 655 | 45.80% | 25 | 1.75% | 95 | 6.64% | 1,430 |
Nevada | 2,283 | 49.81% | 2,176 | 47.48% | 124 | 2.71% | 107 | 2.33% | 4,583 |
Placer | 1,590 | 46.85% | 1,672 | 49.26% | 132 | 3.89% | -82 | -2.42% | 3,394 |
Plumas | 708 | 46.79% | 781 | 51.62% | 24 | 1.59% | -73 | -4.82% | 1,513 |
Sacramento | 2,141 | 49.93% | 1,677 | 39.11% | 470 | 10.96% | 464 | 10.82% | 4,288 |
San Bernardino | 426 | 64.55% | 234 | 34.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 192 | 29.09% | 660 |
San Diego | 179 | 68.58% | 82 | 31.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 97 | 37.16% | 261 |
San Francisco | 10,571 | 61.13% | 6,363 | 36.79% | 360 | 2.08% | 4,208 | 24.33% | 17,294 |
San Joaquin | 1,592 | 48.61% | 1,668 | 50.93% | 15 | 0.46% | -76 | -2.32% | 3,275 |
San Luis Obispo | 177 | 41.45% | 242 | 56.67% | 8 | 1.87% | -65 | -15.22% | 427 |
San Mateo | 355 | 45.22% | 427 | 54.39% | 3 | 0.38% | -72 | -9.17% | 785 |
Santa Barbara | 301 | 49.34% | 309 | 50.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -8 | -1.31% | 610 |
Santa Clara | 2,031 | 52.37% | 1,839 | 47.42% | 8 | 0.21% | 192 | 4.95% | 3,878 |
Santa Cruz | 703 | 44.75% | 868 | 55.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -165 | -10.50% | 1,571 |
Shasta | 512 | 46.50% | 541 | 49.14% | 48 | 4.36% | -29 | -2.63% | 1,101 |
Sierra | 698 | 39.89% | 955 | 54.57% | 97 | 5.54% | -257 | -14.69% | 1,750 |
Siskiyou | 985 | 55.87% | 744 | 42.20% | 34 | 1.93% | 241 | 13.67% | 1,763 |
Solano | 1,228 | 50.89% | 1,155 | 47.87% | 30 | 1.24% | 73 | 3.03% | 2,413 |
Sonoma | 2,565 | 61.06% | 1,625 | 38.68% | 11 | 0.26% | 940 | 22.38% | 4,201 |
Stanislaus | 451 | 67.01% | 219 | 32.54% | 3 | 0.45% | 232 | 34.47% | 673 |
Sutter | 660 | 53.31% | 555 | 44.83% | 23 | 1.86% | 105 | 8.48% | 1,238 |
Tehama | 373 | 53.13% | 326 | 46.44% | 3 | 0.43% | 47 | 6.70% | 702 |
Trinity | 444 | 46.06% | 509 | 52.80% | 11 | 1.14% | -65 | -6.74% | 964 |
Tulare | 618 | 70.55% | 255 | 29.11% | 3 | 0.34% | 363 | 41.44% | 876 |
Tuolumne | 1,350 | 55.46% | 1,068 | 43.88% | 16 | 0.66% | 282 | 11.59% | 2,434 |
Yolo | 796 | 54.15% | 573 | 38.98% | 101 | 6.87% | 223 | 15.17% | 1,470 |
Yuba | 1,178 | 49.31% | 1,155 | 48.35% | 56 | 2.34% | 23 | 0.96% | 2,389 |
Total | 49,905 | 54.04% | 40,359 | 43.70% | 2,088 | 2.26% | 9,546 | 10.34% | 92,352 |
Counties that flipped from National Union to Democratic
[edit]- Amador
- Butte
- Calaveras
- Del Norte
- El Dorado
- Klamath
- Mendocino
- Monterey
- Napa
- Nevada
- Sacramento
- San Francisco
- Santa Clara
- Siskiyou
- Solano
- Sutter
- Tehama
- Yolo
- Yuba
References
[edit]- ^ "Revised State Union Ticket". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Sacramento Daily Union. September 4, 1867. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ a b California State Archives, Abstract of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on Wednesday, the Fourth Day of September, A.D. 1867