1861 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1861 California gubernatorial election presidential Flag of California (1850).pngborder no 1859 California gubernatorial election 1859 1863 California gubernatorial election 1863 September 4, 1861 Portrait of Leland Stanford Crop.jpg Leland Stanford Republican Party (United States) 56,036 46.41% John R. McConnell.jpg John R. McConnell Chivalry Democratic 33,751 27.96% John Conness (3x4) a.jpg John Conness Union Democratic 30,944 25.63% 1861 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsStanford: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%McConnell: #D7F4D7 30–40% #AFE9AF 40–50% #73D873 50–60% #42CA42 60–70% #30A630 70–80%Conness: #A5B0FF 40–50% #584CDE 70–80% Governor of California John G. Downey Democratic Party (United States) Governor of California Leland Stanford Republican Party (United States) The 1861 California gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1861. Incumbent Governor John G. Downey was not a candidate for renomination, as his Democratic Party had violently ruptured over the issue of slavery and secession. Downey was a Lecompton Democrat, those who favored slavery in the Kansas Territory and who were running as now as the Breckenridge or "Chivalry" Democrats. These Chivalry Democrats supported Attorney General John McConnell. Anti-slavery or anti-secession Democrats were the "Unionist" Democrats who favored John Conness. With the dire split in the Democratic Party, even more bitter than in 1859, former Republican nominee Leland Stanford won a plurality of the popular vote and became the first Republican governor of California. Both Stanford and Conness later served in the United States Senate. Results California gubernatorial election, 1861California State Archives, Statement of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on the Fourth Day of September, A.D. 1861 California Republican Party Leland Stanford 56,036 46.80% +37.06% Southern Democratic (United States) John McConnell 32,751 27.35% -31.77% Union Democratic #2222bb John Conness 30,944 25.84% -5.28% 23,285 19.45% 119,731 100.00% California Republican Party California Democratic Party +68.83% Results by county County Leland StanfordRepublican John R. McConnellSouthern Democratic John ConnessDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Alameda1,93269.02%35612.72%51118.26%1,421"Conness" Margin over Conness50.77%2,799Amador1,29938.39%82724.44%1,25837.17%41"Conness"1.21%3,384Butte1,73242.53%1,10627.16%1,23430.30%498"Conness"12.23%4,072Calaveras1,98038.39%1,57230.48%1,60631.14%374"Conness"7.25%5,158Colusa34830.88%58151.55%19817.57%-233-20.67%1,127Contra Costa95960.50%33020.82%29618.68%62939.68%1,585Del Norte17238.31%21347.44%6414.25%-41-9.13%449El Dorado2,77543.72%1,37021.59%2,20234.69%573"Conness"9.03%6,347Fresno5412.05%31670.54%7817.41%-238"Conness"-53.13%448Humboldt40241.57%20521.20%36037.23%42"Conness"4.34%967Klamath19826.98%30141.01%23532.02%-66"Conness"-8.99%734Lake9229.39%16753.35%5417.25%-75-23.96%313Los Angeles45524.62%1,19564.66%19810.71%-740-40.04%1,848Marin59153.48%30927.96%20518.55%28225.52%1,105Mariposa56630.38%71038.11%58731.51%-123"Conness"-6.60%1,863Mendocino49337.21%55942.19%27320.60%-66-4.98%1,325Merced5912.97%30967.91%8719.12%-222"Conness"-48.79%455Mono35025.07%52837.82%51837.11%-10"Conness"-0.71%1,396Monterey49948.03%23522.62%30529.36%194"Conness"18.67%1,039Napa76748.03%55334.63%27717.35%21413.40%1,597Nevada3,25049.62%1,77927.16%1,52123.22%1,47122.46%6,550Placer2,22248.54%89319.51%1,46331.96%759"Conness"16.58%4,578Plumas65937.06%51729.08%60233.86%57"Conness"3.21%1,778Sacramento3,26445.16%1.12715.59%2,83639.24%428"Conness"5.92%7,227San Bernardino29730.97%40141.81%26127.22%-104-10.84%959San Diego12246.21%9034.09%5219.70%3212.12%264San Francisco10,72870.82%1,2438.21%3,17820.98%7,550"Conness"49.84%15,149San Joaquin1,83747.85%1,58841.36%41410.78%2496.49%3,839San Luis Obispo17636.82%20041.84%10221.34%-24-5.02%478San Mateo70259.24%1008.44%38332.32%319"Conness"26.92%1,185Santa Barbara13122.17%244.06%43673.77%-305-51.61%591Santa Clara1,99557.88%1,08131.36%37110.76%91426.52%3,447Santa Cruz91662.48%36725.03%18312.48%54937.45%1,466Shasta62626.87%62826.95%1,07646.18%-448"McConnell" Margin over McConnell-19.23%2,330Sierra2,14745.01%1,42329.83%1,20025.16%72415.18%4,770Siskiyou1,16836.90%71722.65%1,28040.44%-112-3.54%3,165Solano1,44955.86%68926.56%45617.58%76029.30%2,594Sonoma1,60844.63%1,61644.85%37910.52%-8-0.22%3,603Stanislaus24727.66%41546.47%23125.87%-168-18.81%893Sutter55839.32%57040.17%29120.51%-12-0.85%1,419Tehama40531.64%50739.61%36828.75%-102-7.97%1,280Trinity88839.07%60826.75%77734.18%111"Conness"4.88%2,273Tulare15313.19%67157.84%33628.97%-335"Conness"-28.88%1,160Tuolumne2,02543.67%1,63635.28%97621.05%3898.39%4,637Yolo72640.63%69438.84%36720.54%321.79%1,787Yuba2,01446.86%1,42533.15%85919.99%58913.70%4,298Total 56,03646.80%32,75127.35%30,99425.84%23,28519.45%119,731 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Alameda Amador Butte Calaveras Contra Costa El Dorado Humboldt Marin Monterey Napa Nevada Placer Plumas Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz Sierra Solano Trinity Tuolumne Yolo Yuba Notes References External links History https://web.archive.org/web/20161026164012/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/tinkhamch16.html October 26, 2016 California Gubernatorial 1861 Category:September 1861 in the United States