1882 Attorney General General Election Results

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Attorney General
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Edward C. Marshall

Democratic

87,174

53.11%

Augustus L. Hart

Republican

72,955

44.45%

Will D. Gould

Prohibition

2,897

1.77%

Mrs. M. Todd

Greenback

1,109

0.68%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 11/9/1882 Sacramento Daily Record-Union. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014381/1882-11-09/ed-1/seq-3/

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Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State. Official Returns of the Vote for State Officers of the State of California, November 7, 1882, California Secretary of State (https://archive.org/details/statementofvoteo1886cali/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater) (accessed 19 Dec 2023)

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