The stated total for Tarpey is 92,476 but the county figures add up to 92,478.
Robert Waterman became governor upon the death of Washington Bartlett on September 12, 1887. The President pro tempore of the Senate, Stephen M. White, served as acting Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of the term (White did not resign from his legislative seat).
Candidates' party affiliations obtained from 11/3/1886 Sacramento Daily Record-Union. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014381/1886-11-03/ed-1/seq-3/
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/n37/mode/2up?view=theater) (accessed 15 Dec 2023)