1871 California gubernatorial election

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The 1871 California gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1871, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent Henry Haight lost his bid for reelection.

Results

California gubernatorial election, 1871^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Newton Booth	61,819	52.12%	+8.41%
	Democratic	Henry Huntly Haight (incumbent)	56,800	47.88%	−6.15%
		Scattering	1	0.00%
Majority			5,019	4.23%
Total votes			118,620	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

County	Newton Booth Republican		Henry H. Haight Democratic		Scattering Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast^[1]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[1]
Alameda	2,489	61.31	1,571	38.69	0	0.00%	918	22.61	4,060
Alpine	136	59.91%	91	40.09%	0	0.00%	45	19.82%	227
Amador	1,132	51.57%	1,063	48.43%	0	0.00%	69	3.14%	2,195
Butte	1,458	49.22%	1,504	50.78%	0	0.00%	-46	-1.55%	2,962
Calaveras	1,062	47.73%	1,163	52.27%	0	0.00%	-101	-4.54%	2,225
Colusa	497	35.20%	915	64.80%	0	0.00%	-418	-29.60%	1,412
Contra Costa	1,066	60.29%	702	39.71%	0	0.00%	364	20.59%	1,768
Del Norte	188	47.00%	212	53.00%	0	0.00%	-24	-6.00%	400
El Dorado	1,532	49.66%	1,553	50.34%	0	0.00%	-21	-0.68%	3,085
Fresno	130	17.83%	599	82.17%	0	0.00%	-469	-64.33%	729
Humboldt	1,094	62.73%	650	37.27%	0	0.00%	444	25.46%	1,744
Inyo	264	45.91%	311	54.09%	0	0.00%	-47	-8.17%	575
Kern	171	32.02%	363	67.98%	0	0.00%	-192	-35.96%	534
Klamath	151	37.66%	250	62.34%	0	0.00%	-99	-24.69%	401
Lake	269	33.88%	525	66.12%	0	0.00%	-256	-32.24%	794
Lassen	248	56.62%	190	43.38%	0	0.00%	58	13.24%	438
Los Angeles	1,421	40.62%	2,077	59.38%	0	0.00%	-656	-18.75%	3,498
Marin	687	55.54%	550	44.46%	0	0.00%	137	11.08%	1,237
Mariposa	541	44.49%	675	55.51%	0	0.00%	-134	-11.02%	1,216
Mendocino	694	38.38%	1,114	61.62%	0	0.00%	-420	-23.23%	1,808
Merced	152	25.76%	438	74.24%	0	0.00%	-286	-48.47%	590
Mono	117	58.21%	84	41.79%	0	0.00%	33	16.42%	201
Monterey	1,129	48.43%	1,202	51.57%	0	0.00%	-73	-3.13%	2,331
Napa	979	54.09%	831	45.91%	0	0.00%	148	8.18%	1,810
Nevada	2,462	52.51%	2,227	47.49%	0	0.00%	235	5.01%	4,689
Placer	1,698	56.08%	1,330	43.92%	0	0.00%	368	12.15%	3,028
Plumas	645	51.77%	601	48.23%	0	0.00%	44	3.53%	1,246
Sacramento	3,734	58.52%	2,647	41.48%	0	0.00%	1,087	17.03%	6,381
San Bernardino	413	44.03%	525	55.97%	0	0.00%	-112	-11.94%	938
San Diego	631	49.11%	654	50.89%	0	0.00%	-23	-1.79%	1,285
San Francisco	13,977	55.92%	11,018	44.08%	0	0.00%	2,959	11.84%	24,995
San Joaquin	2,006	52.66%	1,803	47.34%	0	0.00%	203	5.33%	3,809
San Luis Obispo	563	49.00%	586	51.00%	0	0.00%	-23	-2.00%	1,149
San Mateo	925	58.73%	650	41.27%	0	0.00%	275	17.46%	1,575
Santa Barbara^[a]^[2]	762	51.42%	720	48.58%	0	0.00%	42	2.83%	1,482
Santa Clara	2,772	53.13%	2,444	46.85%	1	0.02%	328	6.29%	5,217
Santa Cruz	1,213	60.95%	777	39.05%	0	0.00%	436	21.91%	1,990
Shasta	638	49.73%	645	50.27%	0	0.00%	-7	-0.55%	1,283
Sierra	1,173	64.95%	633	35.05%	0	0.00%	540	29.90%	1,806
Siskiyou	872	44.20%	1,101	55.80%	0	0.00%	-229	-11.61%	1,973
Solano	2,701	66.49%	1,361	33.51%	0	0.00%	1,340	32.99%	4,062
Sonoma	1,881	42.82%	2,512	57.18%	0	0.00%	-631	-14.36%	4,393
Stanislaus	527	39.21%	817	60.79%	0	0.00%	-290	-21.58%	1,344
Sutter	630	48.69%	664	51.31%	0	0.00%	-34	-2.63%	1,294
Tehama	542	47.25%	605	52.75%	0	0.00%	-63	-5.49%	1,147
Trinity	429	50.41%	422	49.59%	0	0.00%	7	0.82%	851
Tulare	437	38.57%	696	61.43%	0	0.00%	-259	-22.86%	1,133
Tuolumne	899	45.29%	1,086	54.71%	0	0.00%	-187	-9.42%	1,985
Yolo	1,064	48.58%	1,126	51.42%	0	0.00%	-62	-2.83%	2,190
Yuba	1,380	52.73%	1,237	47.27%	0	0.00%	143	5.46%	2,617
Total^[b]	61,819	52.12%	56,800	47.88%	1	0.00%	5,019	4.23%	118,620

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

^ Not included in the official canvass
^ Does not include the votes from Santa Barbara County

References

^ ^a ^b California State Archives, Abstract of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on Wednesday, the Fifth Day of September, A.D. 1871
^ "Election Returns of Santa Barbara County". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Santa Barbara Press. September 23, 1871. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

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[2] Not included in the official canvass

[4] Does not include the votes from Santa Barbara County

[results-1] California State Archives, Abstract of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on Wednesday, the Fifth Day of September, A.D. 1871

[3] "Election Returns of Santa Barbara County". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Santa Barbara Press. September 23, 1871. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

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