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1857 Attorney General General Election Results - California
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  Attorney General
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Thomas H. WilliamsDemocratic 55,561 59.28%
T. B. McFarlandAmerican 19,701 21.02%
A. A. SargentRepublican 18,418 19.65%
Scattering- 47 0.05%
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  1857 California County Map of General Election Results for Attorney General  
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Election Notes:
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 9/19/1857 Placer Herald (of Auburn). https://www.cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=PH18570919.2.2&srpos=38&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: California State Archives, "For Attorney General," Statement of the Votes Polled in the State of California, on the Second Day of September, A.D. 1857 (Sacramento, 1857)
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