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1851 Controller General Election Results - California
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  Controller
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Winslow S. PierceDemocratic 20,711 54.10%
Alexander G. AbellWhig 17,571 45.90%
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  1851 California County Map of General Election Results for Controller  
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Election Notes:
  • This was California's first popular election for State Controller. John S. Houston had been appointed as the state's first Controller in 1849.
  • The statement of vote does not list any votes for San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Solano counties. Votes from these counties were published in newspapers of the time and these counties are also listed on the separate abstract for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from 9/24/1851 Sacramento Daily Union. https://www.cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18510924.2.9.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: California State Archives, "Comptroller," Statement of the Returns of the General Election held for the State of California on the third day of September A.D. 1851 (Vallejo, 1851)
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