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1859 United States House of Representatives election in California
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California held its election September 7, 1859. From statehood to 1864, California's members were elected at-large, with the top finishers winning election.Rosin Michael L. Summer 2022 How Did California Receive a Third House Seat In The Middle Of the Thirty-Seventh Congress? https://www.jstor.org/stable/27194924 Southern California Quarterly 104 2 147 JSTOR
District Incumbent This race Member Party First elected Results Candidates CA AL X2 seats on a general ticketVassar Alex September 28, 2026 JoinCalifornia - 09-07-1859 Election https://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1859-09-07 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260602070656/https://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1859-09-07 June 2, 2026 September 28, 2026 JoinCalifornia Charles L. Scott Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected. John C. Burch (Democratic) 28.4%
Charles L. Scott (Democratic) 28.1%
Joseph C. McKibbin (Anti-Lecompton Democratic) 21.4%
Edward D. Baker (Republican) 20.4%
S. A. Booker (Anti-Lecompton Democratic) 1.5%
P. H. Sibley (Republican) 0.1% Joseph C. McKibbin Anti-Lecompton Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.New member elected.Democratic hold.
See also
1858 and 1859 United States House of Representatives elections
List of United States representatives from California
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