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The 1875 California gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 1875 to elect the governor of California.
The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California. The California Governor is the chief executive of the state government and the commander-in-chief of the California National Guard and the California State Military Reserve.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William Irwin | 61,509 | 50.03 | |
| Republican | Timothy Guy Phelps | 31,322 | 25.48 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Bidwell | 29,752 | 24.20 | |
| Prohibition | William E. Lovett | 356 | 0.29 | |
| Other | Write-ins | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 122,948 | 100 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
The Regents of the University of California is the governing board of the University of California. The board has 26 voting members.
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José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. was a Californio politician and diplomat. He was elected and appointed to various California state and federal offices and posts throughout his more than thirty-year career, including serving in the California State Senate, as the 12th governor of California, and three terms in the United States House of Representatives. Pacheco remains the only Hispanic or Latino governor in the state's history as part of the U.S. He was also the state's first governor to be born in California and the only governor to be born in the state before statehood. Pacheco represented California in the United States House of Representatives as a Member of the Republican Party from March 4, 1877 to February 7, 1878, and from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1883. He was the first Hispanic Representative from a U.S. state; several others had previously served as delegates for U.S. territories and as such did not have full voting privileges.
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