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1867 California gubernatorial election presidential Flag of California (1864).pngborder 1863 California gubernatorial election 1863 1871 California gubernatorial election 1871 no September 4, 1867 Henry Haight (3x4a).jpg Henry Huntly Haight Democratic Party (United States) 49,905 54.04% Hon. Gorham Crop.jpg George Congdon Gorham National Union Party (United States) 40,359 43.70% 1867 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results
Haight
#A5B0FF 40–50%
#7996E2 50–60%
#6674DE 60–70%
#584CDE 70–80%
#3933E5 80–90%
Gorham
#FFB2B2 40–50%
#E27F7F 50–60%
#D75D5D 60–70% Governor Frederick Low National Union Party (United States) William Irwin Democratic Party (United States)
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 Unionist George Gorham. Congressman John Bidwell had also sought the National Union nomination, but lost due to his anti-monopoly stance. 13 June 1867 THE SACRAMENTO CONVENTION–NOMINATION OF GEORGE GORHAM. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18670613.2.19&srpos=9&e=01-06-1867-30-06-1867--en--20--1--txt-txIN-bidwell+gorham----1867--- The Daily Alta California San Francisco 21 October 2024 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.Revised State Union Ticket https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18670904.2.11.3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- California Digital Newspaper Collection Sacramento Daily Union 16 July 2024 en 4 Sep 1867
Results
California gubernatorial election, 1867California 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
Democratic Party (United States)
Henry Huntly Haight
49,905
54.04%
+13.06%
National Union Party (United States)
George Congdon Gorham
40,359
43.70%
-15.32%
Independent Republican (United States)
Caleb T. Fay
2,088
2.26%
9,546 10.34%
92,352
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
National Union Party (United States)
+28.39%
Results by county
County Henry H. HaightDemocratic George C. GorhamNational Union Caleb T. FayIndependent Republican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Alameda1,09245.82%1,26653.13%251.05%-174-7.30%2,383Alpine10638.27%14953.79%227.94%-43-15.52%277Amador1,35855.14%1,07643.69%291.18%28211.45%2,463Butte1,14853.45%88241.06%1185.49%26612.38%2,148Calaveras1,38051.86%1,25046.97%311.16%1304.89%2,661Colusa54470.47%19725.52%314.02%34744.95%772Contra Costa59944.73%71953.70%211.57%-120-8.96%1,339Del Norte17853.94%15045.45%20.61%288.48%330El Dorado1,83551.88%1,57944.64%1233.48%2567.24%3,537Fresno32587.37%4712.63%00.00%27874.73%372Humboldt39337.04%65761.92%111.04%-264-24.88%1,061Inyo10551.98%9547.03%20.99%104.95%202Kern38570.13%16429.87%00.00%22140.26%549Klamath21560.39%13638.20%51.40%7922.19%356Lake50869.12%22130.07%60.82%28739.05%735Lassen10337.05%16258.27%134.68%-59-21.22%278Los Angeles98957.43%72742.22%60.35%26215.21%1,722Marin34439.77%51559.54%60.69%-171-19.77%865Mariposa83557.75%59941.42%120.83%23616.32%1,446Mendocino89863.42%51236.16%60.42%38627.26%1,416Merced25582.79%5216.88%10.32%20365.91%308Mono10144.49%11751.54%93.96%-16-7.05%227Monterey54456.55%41443.04%40.42%13013.51%962Napa75052.45%65545.80%251.75%956.64%1,430Nevada2,28349.81%2,17647.48%1242.71%1072.33%4,583Placer1,59046.85%1,67249.26%1323.89%-82-2.42%3,394Plumas70846.79%78151.62%241.59%-73-4.82%1,513Sacramento2,14149.93%1,67739.11%47010.96%46410.82%4,288San Bernardino42664.55%23434.45%00.00%19229.09%660San Diego17968.58%8231.42%00.00%9737.16%261San Francisco10,57161.13%6,36336.79%3602.08%4,20824.33%17,294San Joaquin1,59248.61%1,66850.93%150.46%-76-2.32%3,275San Luis Obispo17741.45%24256.67%81.87%-65-15.22%427San Mateo35545.22%42754.39%30.38%-72-9.17%785Santa Barbara30149.34%30950.66%00.00%-8-1.31%610Santa Clara2,03152.37%1,83947.42%80.21%1924.95%3,878Santa Cruz70344.75%86855.25%00.00%-165-10.50%1,571Shasta51246.50%54149.14%484.36%-29-2.63%1,101Sierra69839.89%95554.57%975.54%-257-14.69%1,750Siskiyou98555.87%74442.20%341.93%24113.67%1,763Solano1,22850.89%1,15547.87%301.24%733.03%2,413Sonoma2,56561.06%1,62538.68%110.26%94022.38%4,201Stanislaus45167.01%21932.54%30.45%23234.47%673Sutter66053.31%55544.83%231.86%1058.48%1,238Tehama37353.13%32646.44%30.43%476.70%702Trinity44446.06%50952.80%111.14%-65-6.74%964Tulare61870.55%25529.11%30.34%36341.44%876Tuolumne1,35055.46%1,06843.88%160.66%28211.59%2,434Yolo79654.15%57338.98%1016.87%22315.17%1,470Yuba1,17849.31%1,15548.35%562.34%230.96%2,389Total 49,90554.04%40,35943.70%2,0882.26%9,54610.34%92,352
Counties that flipped from National Union to Democratic
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Del Norte
El Dorado
Klamath
Mendocino
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Sacramento
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Siskiyou
Solano
Sutter
Tehama
Yolo
Yuba
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