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1855 Gubernatorial General Election Results - California
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  Gubernatorial
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
J. Neely JohnsonAmerican 51,157 52.52%
John BiglerDemocratic 46,220 47.45%
Scattering- 21 0.02%
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  1855 California County Map of General Election Results for Governor  
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Election Notes:
  • The state legislature's canvass did not include the votes from Shasta and Stanislaus counties. The Journal of Assembly gives the totals as 49,078 for Johnson and 44,370 for Bigler.
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 9/5/1855 Sacramento Daily Union. https://www.cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18550905.2.12.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: California State Archives, For Governor (Sacramento, 1855)
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