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The 1875 California gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1875, to elect the governor of California.
William Irwin, who became acting lieutenant governor in 1875 when Romualdo Pacheco succeeded to the governorship, secured the Democratic nomination later that year and became the next elected governor of California. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William Irwin | 61,509 | 50.03% | +2.14% | |
| Republican | Timothy Guy Phelps | 31,322 | 25.48% | −26.64% | |
| Independent | John Bidwell | 29,752 | 24.20% | +24.40% | |
| Prohibition | William E. Lovett | 356 | 0.29% | +0.29% | |
| Scattering | 9 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 30,187 | 24.55% | |||
| Total votes | 122,948 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +28.78% | |||
| County | William Irwin Democratic | Timothy Guy Phelps Republican | John Bidwell Independent | William E. Lovett Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast [2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 2,483 | 46.16% | 1,956 | 36.36% | 895 | 16.64% | 45 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 527 | 9.80% | 5,379 |
| Alpine | 80 | 36.70% | 51 | 23.39% | 87 | 39.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -3.21% | 218 |
| Amador | 1,150 | 52.51% | 638 | 29.19% | 393 | 17.98% | 5 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 | 23.42% | 2,186 |
| Butte | 1,375 | 48.43% | 318 | 11.20% | 1,146 | 40.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 229 [lower-alpha 2] | 8.07% | 2,839 |
| Calaveras | 903 | 49.43% | 522 | 28.57% | 402 | 22.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 381 | 20.85% | 1,827 |
| Colusa | 1,275 | 67.42% | 68 | 3.60% | 548 | 28.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 727 [lower-alpha 2] | 38.45% | 1,891 |
| Contra Costa | 699 | 37.40% | 765 | 40.93% | 396 | 21.19% | 9 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -66 | -3.53% | 1,869 |
| Del Norte | 236 | 56.19% | 48 | 11.43% | 136 | 32.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 100 [lower-alpha 2] | 23.81% | 420 |
| El Dorado | 1,238 | 48.84% | 740 | 29.19% | 556 | 21.93% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 498 | 19.64% | 2,535 |
| Fresno | 651 | 72.58% | 49 | 5.46% | 197 | 21.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 454 [lower-alpha 2] | 50.61% | 897 |
| Humboldt | 714 | 36.82% | 951 | 49.05% | 272 | 14.03% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -237 | -12.22% | 1,939 |
| Inyo | 359 | 45.39% | 179 | 22.63% | 248 | 31.35% | 5 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 [lower-alpha 2] | 14.03% | 791 |
| Kern | 694 | 57.40% | 138 | 11.41% | 376 | 31.10% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 318 [lower-alpha 2] | 26.30% | 1,209 |
| Lake | 663 | 68.92% | 82 | 8.52% | 211 | 21.93% | 6 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 452 [lower-alpha 2] | 46.99% | 962 |
| Lassen | 199 | 37.34% | 134 | 25.14% | 200 | 37.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1 | -0.19% | 533 |
| Los Angeles | 2,898 | 56.73% | 667 | 13.06% | 1,543 | 30.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,355 [lower-alpha 2] | 26.53% | 5,108 |
| Marin | 471 | 43.65% | 310 | 28.73% | 298 | 27.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 161 | 14.92% | 1,079 |
| Mariposa | 484 | 50.73% | 58 | 6.08% | 412 | 43.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 72 [lower-alpha 2] | 7.55% | 954 |
| Mendocino | 1,071 | 60.99% | 204 | 11.62% | 481 | 27.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 [lower-alpha 2] | 33.60% | 1,756 |
| Merced | 585 | 50.69% | 172 | 14.90% | 397 | 34.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 188 [lower-alpha 2] | 16.29% | 1,154 |
| Modoc | 336 | 53.59% | 7 | 1.12% | 284 | 45.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 52 [lower-alpha 2] | 8.29% | 627 |
| Mono | 80 | 31.87% | 37 | 14.74% | 133 | 52.99% | 1 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -53 | -21.12% | 251 |
| Monterey | 886 | 42.95% | 736 | 35.68% | 441 | 21.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 7.27% | 2,063 |
| Napa | 989 | 53.00% | 629 | 33.71% | 248 | 13.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 360 | 19.29% | 1,866 |
| Nevada | 1,664 | 44.70% | 1,067 | 28.66% | 990 | 26.59% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 597 | 16.04% | 3,723 |
| Placer | 881 | 34.43% | 1,065 | 41.62% | 606 | 23.68% | 7 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -184 | -7.19% | 2,559 |
| Plumas | 550 | 45.64% | 230 | 19.09% | 425 | 35.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 125 [lower-alpha 2] | 10.37% | 1,205 |
| Sacramento | 2,361 | 42.98% | 1,483 | 27.00% | 1,649 | 30.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 712 [lower-alpha 2] | 12.96% | 5,493 |
| San Benito | 643 | 54.68% | 285 | 24.23% | 199 | 16.92% | 49 | 4.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 358 | 30.44% | 1,176 |
| San Bernardino | 729 | 53.56% | 204 | 14.99% | 427 | 31.37% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 [lower-alpha 2] | 22.19% | 1,361 |
| San Diego | 755 | 47.16% | 593 | 37.04% | 252 | 15.74% | 1 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 162 | 10.12% | 1,601 |
| San Francisco | 14,199 | 55.61% | 5,179 | 20.28% | 6,080 | 23.81% | 71 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.02% | 8,119 [lower-alpha 2] | 31.80% | 25,534 |
| San Joaquin | 1,440 | 38.97% | 1,805 | 48.85% | 449 | 12.15% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -365 | -9.88% | 3,695 |
| San Luis Obispo | 756 | 48.21% | 199 | 12.69% | 596 | 38.01% | 17 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 160 [lower-alpha 2] | 10.20% | 1,568 |
| San Mateo | 623 | 38.86% | 828 | 51.65% | 141 | 8.80% | 11 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -205 | -12.79% | 1,603 |
| Santa Barbara | 798 | 45.57% | 409 | 23.36% | 541 | 30.90% | 3 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 257 [lower-alpha 2] | 14.68% | 1,751 |
| Santa Clara | 2,634 | 51.81% | 1,695 | 33.34% | 733 | 14.42% | 22 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | 18.47% | 5,084 |
| Santa Cruz | 834 | 40.35% | 645 | 31.20% | 578 | 27.96% | 8 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.10% | 189 | 9.14% | 2,067 |
| Shasta | 614 | 51.08% | 288 | 23.96% | 296 | 24.63% | 4 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 318 [lower-alpha 2] | 26.46% | 1,202 |
| Sierra | 470 | 34.89% | 348 | 25.84% | 519 | 38.53% | 10 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -49 | -3.64% | 1,347 |
| Siskiyou | 886 | 57.91% | 490 | 32.03% | 154 | 10.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 396 | 25.88% | 1,530 |
| Solano | 1,480 | 43.44% | 1,391 | 40.83% | 532 | 15.61% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 2.61% | 3,407 |
| Sonoma | 2,106 | 58.23% | 736 | 20.35% | 737 | 20.38% | 38 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,369 [lower-alpha 2] | 37.85% | 3,617 |
| Stanislaus | 788 | 60.29% | 382 | 29.23% | 137 | 10.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 406 | 31.06% | 1,307 |
| Sutter | 555 | 45.16% | 184 | 14.97% | 490 | 39.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 5.29% | 1,229 |
| Tehama | 599 | 52.54% | 404 | 35.44% | 136 | 11.93% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 17.11% | 1,140 |
| Trinity | 400 | 48.84% | 334 | 40.78% | 75 | 9.16% | 10 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 66 | 8.06% | 819 |
| Tulare | 846 | 54.06% | 285 | 18.21% | 434 | 27.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 412 | 26.33% | 1,565 |
| Tuolumne | 931 | 53.08% | 501 | 28.56% | 322 | 18.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 430 | 24.52% | 1,754 |
| Ventura | 414 | 42.86% | 120 | 12.42% | 413 | 42.75% | 17 | 1.76% | 2 | 0.21% | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0.10% | 966 |
| Yolo | 1,169 | 53.28% | 136 | 6.20% | 889 | 40.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 280 [lower-alpha 2] | 12.76% | 2,194 |
| Yuba | 865 | 41.23% | 577 | 27.50% | 652 | 31.08% | 4 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 [lower-alpha 2] | 10.15% | 2,098 |
| Total | 61,509 | 50.03% | 31,322 | 25.48% | 29,752 | 24.20% | 356 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.01% | 30,187 | 24.55% | 122,948 |
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