1879 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1879 California gubernatorial election presidential Flag of California (1864).pngborder 1875 California gubernatorial election 1875 1882 California gubernatorial election 1882 no September 3, 1879 George Clement Perkins (cropped).jpg George Clement Perkins Republican Party (United States) 67,965 42.42% Our Next Governor! Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, Nominee of the New Constitution Party Crop.jpg Hugh J. Glenn Democratic Party (United States) 47,667 29.75% William F. White Crop.jpg William F. White Workingmen's 44,482 27.76% 1879 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsPerkins: #FFC8CD 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Glenn: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%White: #E6E6E6 30–40% #D9D9D9 40–50% Governor William Irwin Democratic Party (United States) George C. Perkins Republican Party (United States) The 1879 California gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1879, to elect the governor of California. George Clement Perkins won a plurality of votes, marking the fourth consecutive election in which the incumbent governor's party was defeated. Earlier that year, on May 7, 1879, voters in California approved a new constitution which, effective in 1880, moved the dates of elections to even-numbered years to coincide with elections for federal offices. Thus, the next election for governor would be held on November 7, 1882. As such, Perkins' term as governor would last only three years. Results California gubernatorial election, 1879California State Archives, Abstract of Statement of the vote of California, polled at the General Election held September 3rd, 1879 Republican Party (United States) George Clement Perkins 67,965 42.42% +16.95% Democratic Party (United States) Hugh J. Glenn 47,647 29.75% -20.29% Workingmen's William F. White 44,482 27.76% +27.76% Prohibition Party (United States) A. C. Clark 119 0.07% -0.22% Scattering 2 0.00% 20,318 12.68% 160,215 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +37.23% Results by county County George C. PerkinsRepublican Hugh J. GlennDemocratic William F. WhiteWorkingmen's A. C. ClarkProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda5,17953.91%1,41814.76%3,00731.30%30.03%00.00%2,172"White" Margin over White22.61%9,607Alpine11162.01%5932.96%95.03%00.00%00.00%5229.05%179Amador1,03341.42%1,13645.55%32513.03%00.00%00.00%-103-4.13%2,494Butte1,71550.06%1,47743.11%2336.80%10.03%00.00%2386.95%3,426Calaveras77035.78%74834.76%63429.46%00.00%00.00%221.02%2,152Colusa65929.06%1,50666.40%1024.50%10.04%00.00%-847-37.35%2,268Contra Costa91944.76%57628.06%55827.18%00.00%00.00%34316.71%2,053Del Norte26948.47%10218.38%18433.15%00.00%00.00%85"White"15.32%555El Dorado1,16343.22%1,12641.84%40214.94%00.00%00.00%371.37%2,691Fresno28521.11%95170.44%1148.44%00.00%00.00%-666-49.33%1,350Humboldt1,31743.77%36512.13%1,32744.10%00.00%00.00%-10-0.33%3,009Inyo25244.52%29552.12%193.36%00.00%00.00%-43-7.60%566Kern32828.20%77766.81%584.99%00.00%00.00%-449-38.61%1,163Lake34025.93%78960.18%18213.88%00.00%00.00%-449-34.25%1,311Lassen28739.10%42457.77%212.86%10.14%10.14%-137-18.66%734Los Angeles1,93028.42%2,74340.40%2,09330.82%240.35%00.00%-650"White"-9.57%6,790Marin65848.13%32223.56%38728.31%00.00%00.00%271"White"19.82%1,367Mariposa31731.14%61560.41%868.45%00.00%00.00%-298-29.27%1,018Mendocino75232.30%1,39860.05%1767.56%20.09%00.00%-646-27.75%2,328Merced34331.79%57353.10%16215.01%10.09%00.00%-230-21.32%1,079Modoc27232.11%56566.71%60.71%40.47%00.00%-293-34.59%847Mono78647.01%49429.55%39123.39%10.06%00.00%29217.46%1,672Monterey83935.61%75031.83%76732.56%00.00%00.00%72"White"3.06%2,356Napa96041.27%83335.81%52922.74%40.17%00.00%1275.46%2,326Nevada1,75543.06%82420.22%1,49636.70%10.02%00.00%259"White"6.35%4,076Placer1,21343.32%75927.11%82829.57%00.00%00.00%385"White"13.75%2,800Plumas70253.79%50038.31%1007.66%30.23%00.00%202"White"15.48%1,305Sacramento3,50555.65%1,37021.75%1,42222.58%10.02%00.00%2,083"White"33.07%6,298San Benito22720.71%62156.66%24722.54%00.00%10.09%-374"White"-34.12%1,096San Bernardino50933.31%63641.62%38325.07%00.00%00.00%-127-8.31%1,528San Diego62744.37%67847.98%1087.64%00.00%00.00%-51-3.61%1,413San Francisco18,94445.71%3,9009.41%15,59344.86%70.02%00.00%351"White"0.85%41,444San Joaquin2,07845.83%1,83840.54%60913.43%90.20%00.00%2405.29%4,534San Luis Obispo63132.44%64633.21%66534.19%30.15%00.00%-19Margin over Glenn-0.98%1,945San Mateo64740.62%42426.62%52232.77%00.00%00.00%125"White"7.85%1,593Santa Barbara75537.01%68933.77%58628.73%100.49%00.00%663.24%2,040Santa Clara2,70344.90%1,32922.08%1,98833.02%00.00%00.00%715"White"11.88%6,020Santa Cruz90136.76%80032.64%75030.60%00.00%00.00%1014.12%2,451Shasta57635.47%80849.75%24014.78%00.00%00.00%-232-14.29%1,624Sierra82654.70%45730.26%22514.90%20.13%00.00%36924.44%1,510Siskiyou66639.20%91753.97%1166.83%00.00%00.00%-251-14.77%1,699Solano1,62543.86%91824.78%1,16231.36%00.00%00.00%463"White"12.50%3,705Sonoma1,61133.77%2,52352.88%62013.00%170.36%00.00%-912-19.12%4,771Stanislaus59335.64%99459.74%744.45%30.18%00.00%-401-24.10%1,664Sutter67052.92%47037.12%1219.56%50.39%00.00%20015.80%1,266Tehama51734.63%86457.87%1127.50%00.00%00.00%-347-23.24%1,493Trinity43047.62%30734.00%15216.83%141.55%00.00%12313.62%903Tulare61129.70%1,25961.21%1869.04%10.05%00.00%-648-31.50%2,057Tuolumne73842.98%57933.72%40023.30%00.00%00.00%1599.26%1,717Ventura32126.62%73761.11%14812.27%00.00%00.00%-416-34.49%1,206Yolo1,02740.71%1,16446.14%33213.16%00.00%00.00%-137-5.43%2,523Yuba1,07348.93%59427.09%52523.94%10.05%00.00%47921.84%2,193Total67,96542.42%47,64729.74%44,48227.76%1190.07%20.00%20,31812.68%160,215 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Alameda Butte Calaveras Del Norte El Dorado Marin Monterey Napa Nevada Plumas Sacramento San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Solano Sutter Trinity Tuolumne Yuba Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican Alpine Mono Sierra Counties that flipped from Independent to Democratic Lassen Counties that flipped from Republican to Workingmen's Humboldt Counties that flipped from Democratic to Workingmen's San Luis Obispo Notes References 1879 California gubernatorial Category:September 1879 in the United States