1882 State Treasurer General Election Results

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State Treasurer
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

William A. January

Democratic

86,591

52.57%

John Weil

Republican

74,096

44.99%

J. B. Mullen

Prohibition

2,971

1.80%

L. Keating

Greenback

1,052

0.64%

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/
William January would resign on December 24, 1883. Denis J. Oullahan was appointed to fill the vacancy and served the remainder of the term.

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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 18 Dec 2023)

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