1886 Gubernatorial General Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Washington Bartlett

Democratic

84,970

43.43%

John F. Swift

Republican

84,316

43.10%

C. C. O'Donnell

Independent

12,227

6.25%

Peter D. Wigginton

American

7,347

3.76%

Joel Russell

Prohibition

6,432

3.29%

Scattering

Write-in

336

0.17%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Washington Bartlett died on September 12, 1887 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Robert Waterman.

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State. Statement of the Vote of the State of California, at the General Election Held November 2, A.D. 1886, California Secretary of State (https://archive.org/details/statementofvoteo1886cali/page/n35/mode/2up?view=theater) (accessed 20 Sep 2023)

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