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1871 Secretary of State General Election Results - California
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  Secretary of State
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Drury MeloneRepublican 60,992 51.61%
W. B. C. BrownDemocratic 57,190 48.39%
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  1871 California County Map of General Election Results for Secretary of State  
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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, "Secretary of State," 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)
Results for and Individual County:
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