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1871 Controller General Election Results - California
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  Controller
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
James J. GreenRepublican 62,001 52.34%
N. O. DeWittDemocratic 56,460 47.66%
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  1871 California County Map of General Election Results for Controller  
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Election Notes:
  • The votes from Santa Barbara County were not included in the canvass. The statewide totals listed here are the certified totals and do NOT include the Santa Barbara figures.
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 11/25/1871 Placer Herald (of Auburn). https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014998/1871-11-25/ed-1/seq-2/
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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 Sixth day of September A. D. 1871 (Sacramento, 1871)
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