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The 1875 California gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 1875, to elect the governor of California.
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The 1875 California gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 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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