1882 Controller General Election Results

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Controller
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

John P. Dunn

Democratic

86,031

52.49%

W. A. Davies

Republican

74,152

45.25%

Harvey W. Rice

Prohibition

2,435

1.49%

M. E. Morse

Greenback

1,085

0.66%

D. K. Zumwalt

Prohibition

183

0.11%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 11/9/1882 Sacramento Daily Record-Union. According to History of Political Conventions in California 1849-1892, Zumwalt declined the Prohibition nomination was Rice was the party's official nominee.

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Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State, Official Returns of the Vote for State Officers of the State of California, November 7, 1882 (Sacramento, 1882)

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