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1861 Gubernatorial General Election Results - California
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  Gubernatorial
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Leland StanfordRepublican 56,036 46.80%
John R. McConnellDemocratic (Breckinridge) 32,751 27.35%
John ConnessDemocratic (Union) 30,944 25.84%
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  1861 California County Map of General Election Results for Governor  
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Election Notes:
  • The Journal of the Assembly gives the totals as 55,935 for Stanford, 32,782 for McConnell, and 30,944 for Conness.
  • Candidates party affiliations obtained from the 9/7/1861 Sacramento Daily Union. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18610907.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: California State Archives, "For Governor," Statement of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California on the Fourth Day of September A.D. 1861 (Sacramento, 1861)
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