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1859 Attorney General General Election Results - California
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  Attorney General
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Thomas H. WilliamsDemocratic (Lecompton) 59,492 59.45%
Edmund RandolphDemocratic (Anti-Lecompton) 31,168 31.15%
H. S. LoveRepublican 9,403 9.40%
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  1859 California County Map of General Election Results for Attorney General  
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Election Notes:
  • In 1859, the Democratic Party in the state was divided over slavery, specifically the potential expansion of slavery into Kansas. Two factions emerged for the 1859 state general election: the Lecompton faction, which supported the proposed pro-slavery constitution in Kansas, and the abolitionist Anti-Lecompton faction.
  • The stated total for Randolph is 33,168 but the county figures add up to 33,166.
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 9/10/1859 Sacramento Daily Union. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18590910.2.2&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 at a general election held in the State of California on the seventh day of September A.D. 1859 (Sacramento, 1859)
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