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1851 Gubernatorial General Election Results - California
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  Gubernatorial
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
John BiglerDemocratic 23,175 50.48%
Pierson B. ReadingWhig 22,735 49.52%
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  1851 California County Map of General Election Results for Governor  
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Election Notes:
  • The state legislature's canvass gives the following figures in Butte County: 1,409 for Bigler and 1,207 for Reading. This results in statewide totals of 23,174 for Bigler and 22,733 for Reading.
  • 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, "Governor," Abstract of Returns of an Election held for Governor and Lieut. Governor on the third day of September A.D. 1851 in the Several Counties of this State (Vallejo, 1851)
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