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1871 California gubernatorial election presidential Flag of California (1864).pngborder 1867 California gubernatorial election 1867 1875 California gubernatorial election 1875 no September 6, 1871 Newton Booth - Brady-Handy Crop.jpg Newton Booth Republican Party (United States) 61,819 52.12% Henry Haight (3x4a).jpg Henry Huntly Haight Democratic Party (United States) 56,800 47.88% 1871 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results
Booth
#E27F7F 50–60%
#D75D5D 60–70%
Haight
#7996E2 50–60%
#6674DE 60–70%
#584CDE 70–80%
#3933E5 80–90% Governor H. H. Haight Democratic Party (United States) Newton Booth Republican Party (United States)
The 1871 California gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1871, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent Henry Haight lost his bid for reelection.
Results
California gubernatorial election, 1871California State Archives, Abstract of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on Wednesday, the Fifth Day of September, A.D. 1871
Republican Party (United States)
Newton Booth
61,819
52.12%
+8.41%
Democratic Party (United States)
Henry Huntly Haight (incumbent)
56,800
47.88%
-6.15%
Scattering
1
0.00%
5,019 4.23%
118,620
100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
+14.57%
Results by county
County Newton BoothRepublican Henry H. HaightDemocratic ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Alameda2,48961.311,57138.6900.00%91822.614,060Alpine13659.91%9140.09%00.00%4519.82%227Amador1,13251.57%1,06348.43%00.00%693.14%2,195Butte1,45849.22%1,50450.78%00.00%-46-1.55%2,962Calaveras1,06247.73%1,16352.27%00.00%-101-4.54%2,225Colusa49735.20%91564.80%00.00%-418-29.60%1,412Contra Costa1,06660.29%70239.71%00.00%36420.59%1,768Del Norte18847.00%21253.00%00.00%-24-6.00%400El Dorado1,53249.66%1,55350.34%00.00%-21-0.68%3,085Fresno13017.83%59982.17%00.00%-469-64.33%729Humboldt1,09462.73%65037.27%00.00%44425.46%1,744Inyo26445.91%31154.09%00.00%-47-8.17%575Kern17132.02%36367.98%00.00%-192-35.96%534Klamath15137.66%25062.34%00.00%-99-24.69%401Lake26933.88%52566.12%00.00%-256-32.24%794Lassen24856.62%19043.38%00.00%5813.24%438Los Angeles1,42140.62%2,07759.38%00.00%-656-18.75%3,498Marin68755.54%55044.46%00.00%13711.08%1,237Mariposa54144.49%67555.51%00.00%-134-11.02%1,216Mendocino69438.38%1,11461.62%00.00%-420-23.23%1,808Merced15225.76%43874.24%00.00%-286-48.47%590Mono11758.21%8441.79%00.00%3316.42%201Monterey1,12948.43%1,20251.57%00.00%-73-3.13%2,331Napa97954.09%83145.91%00.00%1488.18%1,810Nevada2,46252.51%2,22747.49%00.00%2355.01%4,689Placer1,69856.08%1,33043.92%00.00%36812.15%3,028Plumas64551.77%60148.23%00.00%443.53%1,246Sacramento3,73458.52%2,64741.48%00.00%1,08717.03%6,381San Bernardino41344.03%52555.97%00.00%-112-11.94%938San Diego63149.11%65450.89%00.00%-23-1.79%1,285San Francisco13,97755.92%11,01844.08%00.00%2,95911.84%24,995San Joaquin2,00652.66%1,80347.34%00.00%2035.33%3,809San Luis Obispo56349.00%58651.00%00.00%-23-2.00%1,149San Mateo92558.73%65041.27%00.00%27517.46%1,575Santa BarbaraNot included in the official canvassElection Returns of Santa Barbara County https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBWP18710923.2.12&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- California Digital Newspaper Collection Santa Barbara Press 16 July 2024 en 23 Sep 1871 76251.42%72048.58%00.00%422.83%1,482Santa Clara2,77253.13%2,44446.85%10.02%3286.29%5,217Santa Cruz1,21360.95%77739.05%00.00%43621.91%1,990Shasta63849.73%64550.27%00.00%-7-0.55%1,283Sierra1,17364.95%63335.05%00.00%54029.90%1,806Siskiyou87244.20%1,10155.80%00.00%-229-11.61%1,973Solano2,70166.49%1,36133.51%00.00%1,34032.99%4,062Sonoma1,88142.82%2,51257.18%00.00%-631-14.36%4,393Stanislaus52739.21%81760.79%00.00%-290-21.58%1,344Sutter63048.69%66451.31%00.00%-34-2.63%1,294Tehama54247.25%60552.75%00.00%-63-5.49%1,147Trinity42950.41%42249.59%00.00%70.82%851Tulare43738.57%69661.43%00.00%-259-22.86%1,133Tuolumne89945.29%1,08654.71%00.00%-187-9.42%1,985Yolo1,06448.58%1,12651.42%00.00%-62-2.83%2,190Yuba1,38052.73%1,23747.27%00.00%1435.46%2,617TotalDoes not include the votes from Santa Barbara County61,81952.12%56,80047.88%10.00%5,0194.23%118,620
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Amador
Napa
Nevada
Sacramento
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Yuba
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
San Luis Obispo
Shasta
Notes
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