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1857 California gubernatorial election

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1857 California gubernatorial election
← 1855 September 2, 1857 1859 →
 
Nominee John B. Weller Edward Stanly George Washington Bowie
Party Democratic Republican Know Nothing
Popular vote 53,122 21,040 19,481
Percentage 56.71% 22.46% 20.80%
Governor before election

J. Neely Johnson
Know Nothing

Elected Governor

John B. Weller
Democratic

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The 1857 California gubernatorial election was held on September 2, 1857, to elect the governor of California.

Results

California gubernatorial election, 1857
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John B. Weller 53,122 56.71% +9.26%
Republican Edward Stanly 21,040 22.46% +22.46%
Know Nothing George Washington Bowie 19,481 20.80% −31.73%
Scattering 29 0.03% +0.01%
Majority 32,082 34.25%
Total votes 93,672 100.00%
Democratic gain from Know Nothing Swing +39.32%

Results by county

County John B. Weller
Democratic 		Edward Stanly
Republican 		George W. Bowie
Know Nothing 		Scattering
Write-in 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 784 44.90% 945 54.12% 14 0.80% 3 0.17% -161 -9.22% 1,746
Amador 1,619 52.09% 492 15.83% 997 32.08% 0 0.00% 622 20.01% 3,108
Butte 2,341 55.19% 1,043 24.59% 853 20.11% 5 0.12% 1,298 30.60% 4,242
Calaveras 2,603 68.57% 505 13.30% 688 18.12% 0 0.00% 1,915 50.45% 3,796
Colusa 321 59.89% 37 6.90% 178 33.21% 0 0.00% 143 26.68% 536
Contra Costa 532 60.80% 270 30.86% 73 8.34% 0 0.00% 262 29.94% 875
Del Norte 310 70.62% 67 15.26% 64 14.12% 0 0.00% 243 55.35% 439
El Dorado 3,129 50.80% 1,337 21.70% 1,693 27.48% 1 0.02% 1,436 23.31% 6,160
Fresno 276 99.64% 1 0.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 275 99.28% 277
Humboldt 366 67.28% 178 32.72% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 188 34.56% 544
Klamath 485 85.54% 22 3.88% 60 10.58% 0 0.00% 425 74.96% 567
Los Angeles 1,304 93.08% 82 5.85% 15 1.07% 0 0.00% 1,222 87.22% 1,401
Marin 444 70.03% 188 29.65% 2 0.32% 0 0.00% 256 40.38% 634
Mariposa 1,217 67.24% 152 8.40% 441 24.36% 0 0.00% 776 42.87% 1,810
Merced 257 90.18% 9 3.16% 19 6.67% 0 0.00% 238 83.51% 285
Monterey 509 82.10% 91 14.68% 20 3.23% 0 0.00% 418 67.42% 620
Napa 765 75.97% 224 22.24% 18 1.79% 0 0.00% 541 53.72% 1,007
Nevada 2,956 53.33% 967 17.45% 1,606 28.97% 14 0.25% 1,350 24.36% 5,543
Placer 1,978 48.04% 715 17.37% 1,424 34.59% 0 0.00% 554 13.46% 4,117
Plumas 1,460 77.04% 199 10.50% 236 12.45% 0 0.00% 1,224 64.59% 1,895
Sacramento 2,518 39.00% 1,844 28.56% 2,092 32.40% 2 0.03% 426 6.60% 6,456
San Bernardino 414 98.34% 7 1.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 407 96.67% 421
San Diego 207 99.52% 1 0.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 206 99.04% 208
San Francisco 4,430 42.90% 5,535 53.60% 361 3.50% 1 0.01% -1,105 -10.70% 10,327
San Joaquin 1,549 60.86% 394 15.48% 602 23.65% 0 0.00% 947 37.21% 2,545
San Luis Obispo 225 80.36% 55 19.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 170 60.71% 280
San Mateo 229 54.65% 190 45.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 39 9.31% 419
Santa Barbara 469 98.95% 3 0.63% 2 0.42% 0 0.00% 466 98.31% 474
Santa Clara 1,298 58.26% 891 39.99% 37 1.66% 2 0.09% 407 18.27% 2,228
Santa Cruz 450 57.54% 265 33.89% 67 8.57% 0 0.00% 185 23.66% 782
Shasta 1,406 62.91% 109 4.88% 720 32.21% 0 0.00% 686 30.69% 2,235
Sierra 2,555 52.81% 473 9.78% 1,810 37.41% 0 0.00% 745 15.40% 4,838
Siskiyou 2,425 61.11% 331 8.34% 1,212 30.54% 0 0.00% 1,213 30.57% 3,968
Solano 923 61.17% 329 21.80% 257 17.03% 0 0.00% 594 39.36% 1,509
Sonoma 1,742 68.99% 521 20.63% 262 10.38% 0 0.00% 1,221 48.36% 2,525
Stanislaus 419 75.22% 8 1.44% 130 23.34% 0 0.00% 289 51.89% 557
Sutter 550 66.43% 181 21.86% 97 11.71% 0 0.00% 369 44.57% 828
Tehama 563 67.91% 41 4.95% 225 27.14% 0 0.00% 338 40.77% 829
Trinity 901 52.14% 118 6.83% 709 41.03% 0 0.00% 192 11.11% 1,728
Tulare 404 93.74% 23 5.34% 4 0.93% 0 0.00% 381 88.40% 431
Tuolumne 3,133 56.92% 1,307 23.75% 1,064 19.33% 0 0.00% 1,826 33.18% 5,504
Yolo 521 46.77% 173 15.53% 419 37.61% 1 0.09% 102 9.16% 1,114
Yuba 2,135 55.25% 717 18.56% 1,012 26.19% 0 0.00% 1,123 29.06% 3,864
Total 53,122 56.71% 21,040 22.46% 19,481 20.80% 29 0.03% 32,082 34.25% 93,672

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. ^ Margin over Bowie

References

  1. ^ California State Archives, Statement of the Votes Polled in the State of California, on the Second Day of September, A.D. 1857
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