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1867 Controller General Election Results - California
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  Controller
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Robert WattDemocratic 48,841 52.67%
Josiah HowellUnion 41,887 45.17%
William JonesRepublican 2,001 2.16%
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  1867 California County Map of General Election Results for Controller  
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Election Notes:
  • The non-Union Republican ticket was organized by Republicans opposed to George Gorham, who was the gubernatorial candidate on the Union ticket.
  • Candidates party affiliations obtained from the 9/4/1867 Sacramento Daily Union. https://www.cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18670904
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: California State Archives, "State Controller," Abstract of the Votes polled at a General Election Held in the State of California on Wednesday the Fourth day of September A.D. 1867 (Sacramento, 1867)
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