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1886 California gubernatorial election

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Nominee Washington Bartlett John Franklin Swift Charles C. O'Donnell
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 84,970 84,316 12,227
Percentage 43.43% 43.10% 6.25%

County results
Bartlett:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Swift:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

Governor before election

George Stoneman
Democratic

Elected Governor

Washington Bartlett
Democratic

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The 1886 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886, to elect the governor of California. Washington Bartlett won a narrow plurality of the votes to become the state's 16th governor. For the first time since 1863, the incumbent party retained control of the governor's mansion.

Bartlett's term as governor would prove to be the second-shortest in the state's history: he died only eight months into his term on September 17, 1887. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Robert Waterman, who had been elected at the same time as Bartlett.

Results

California gubernatorial election, 1886
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Washington Bartlett 84,970 43.43% −11.64%
Republican John Franklin Swift 84,316 43.10% +2.31%
Independent Charles C. O'Donnell 12,227 6.25%
American Party Peter D. Wigginton 7,347 3.76% +3.76%
Prohibition Joel Russell 6,432 3.29% −0.22%
Scattering 336 0.17%
Majority 654 0.33%
Total votes 195,628 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -13.95%

Results by county

County Washington Bartlett
Democratic
John Franklin Swift
Republican
Charles C. O'Donnell
Independent
Peter D. Wigginton
American
Joel Russell
Prohibition
Scattering
Write-in
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 3,882 32.63% 5,514 46.34% 810 6.81% 1,407 11.83% 280 2.35% 5 0.04% -1,632 -13.72% 11,898
Alpine 25 29.76% 59 70.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -34 -40.48% 84
Amador 1,375 49.23% 1,298 46.47% 9 0.32% 15 0.54% 95 3.40% 1 0.04% 77 2.76% 2,793
Butte 1,967 47.00% 1,935 46.24% 134 3.20% 49 1.17% 100 2.39% 0 0.00% 32 0.76% 4,185
Calaveras 1,231 48.97% 1,254 49.88% 5 0.20% 4 0.16% 18 0.72% 2 0.08% -23 -0.91% 2,514
Colusa 1,702 62.37% 880 32.25% 50 1.83% 11 0.40% 86 3.15% 0 0.00% 822 30.12% 2,729
Contra Costa 1,147 43.86% 1,251 47.84% 37 1.41% 97 3.71% 83 3.17% 0 0.00% -104 -3.98% 2,615
Del Norte 290 47.85% 244 40.26% 5 0.83% 24 3.96% 43 7.10% 0 0.00% 46 7.59% 606
El Dorado 1,403 50.40% 1,231 44.22% 28 1.01% 14 0.50% 106 3.81% 2 0.07% 172 6.18% 2,784
Fresno 1,740 52.13% 1,101 32.98% 64 1.92% 286 8.57% 147 4.40% 0 0.00% 639 19.14% 3,338
Humboldt 1,474 38.10% 1,877 48.51% 11 0.28% 85 2.20% 421 10.88% 1 0.03% -403 -10.42% 3,869
Inyo 283 43.81% 336 52.01% 7 1.08% 15 2.32% 5 0.77% 0 0.00% -53 -8.20% 646
Kern 828 57.62% 525 36.53% 24 1.67% 50 3.48% 10 0.70% 0 0.00% 303 21.09% 1,437
Lake 804 56.18% 592 41.37% 0 0.00% 4 0.28% 31 2.17% 0 0.00% 212 14.81% 1,431
Lassen 484 51.22% 443 46.88% 2 0.21% 11 1.16% 5 0.53% 0 0.00% 41 4.34% 945
Los Angeles 5,064 43.30% 5,489 46.94% 133 1.14% 117 1.00% 797 6.84% 94 0.80% -425 -3.63% 11,694
Marin 577 38.96% 681 45.98% 92 6.21% 119 8.04% 12 0.81% 0 0.00% -104 -7.02% 1,481
Mariposa 630 57.17% 441 40.02% 10 0.91% 15 1.36% 6 0.54% 0 0.00% 189 17.15% 1,102
Mendocino 1,552 51.84% 1,219 40.71% 13 0.43% 85 2.84% 102 3.41% 23 0.77% 333 11.12% 2,994
Merced 939 54.25% 639 36.92% 5 0.29% 67 3.87% 81 4.68% 0 0.00% 300 17.33% 1,731
Modoc 636 54.45% 464 39.73% 1 0.09% 7 0.60% 60 5.14% 0 0.00% 172 14.73% 1,168
Mono 257 35.89% 425 59.36% 2 0.28% 20 2.79% 9 1.26% 3 0.42% -168 -23.46% 716
Monterey 1,444 48.05% 1,393 46.36% 29 0.97% 33 1.10% 106 3.53% 0 0.00% 51 1.70% 3,005
Napa 1,340 45.69% 1,323 45.11% 113 3.85% 98 3.34% 52 1.77% 7 0.24% 17 0.58% 2,933
Nevada 1,792 42.78% 2,186 52.18% 39 0.93% 48 1.15% 121 2.89% 3 0.07% -394 -9.41% 4,189
Placer 1,413 44.18% 1,665 52.06% 21 0.66% 32 1.00% 67 2.10% 0 0.00% -252 -7.88% 3,198
Plumas 577 45.65% 666 52.69% 3 0.24% 12 0.95% 6 0.47% 0 0.00% -89 -7.04% 1,264
Sacramento 2,331 34.26% 3,908 57.45% 266 3.91% 106 1.56% 192 2.82% 0 0.00% -1,577 -23.18% 6,803
San Benito 702 47.89% 532 36.29% 4 0.27% 25 1.71% 202 13.78% 1 0.07% 170 11.60% 1,466
San Bernardino 1,503 46.49% 1,481 45.81% 22 0.68% 15 0.46% 205 6.34% 7 0.22% 22 0.68% 3,233
San Diego 1,159 41.01% 1,362 48.20% 43 1.52% 22 0.78% 240 8.49% 0 0.00% -203 -7.18% 2,826
San Francisco 17,449 38.37% 15,675 34.46% 8,885 19.54% 3,127 6.88% 235 0.52% 110 0.24% 1,774 3.90% 45,481
San Joaquin 2,651 45.46% 2,446 41.94% 62 1.06% 211 3.62% 424 7.27% 38 0.65% 205 3.52% 5,832
San Luis Obispo 1,196 46.34% 1,212 46.96% 12 0.46% 55 2.13% 106 4.11% 0 0.00% -16 -0.62% 2,581
San Mateo 740 40.59% 920 50.47% 94 5.16% 44 2.41% 25 1.37% 0 0.00% -180 -9.87% 1,823
Santa Barbara 1,134 44.88% 1,174 46.46% 6 0.24% 12 0.47% 201 7.95% 0 0.00% -40 -1.58% 2,527
Santa Clara 3,079 41.35% 3,501 47.01% 271 3.64% 247 3.32% 337 4.53% 12 0.16% -422 -5.67% 7,447
Santa Cruz 1,189 39.63% 1,362 45.40% 150 5.00% 53 1.77% 244 8.13% 2 0.07% -173 -5.77% 3,000
Shasta 1,227 47.10% 1,298 49.83% 18 0.69% 9 0.35% 52 2.00% 1 0.04% -71 -2.73% 2,605
Sierra 575 36.74% 924 59.04% 7 0.45% 34 2.17% 25 1.60% 0 0.00% -349 -22.30% 1,565
Siskiyou 995 50.61% 934 47.51% 5 0.25% 5 0.25% 27 1.37% 0 0.00% 61 3.10% 1,966
Solano 2,047 47.64% 1,957 45.54% 55 1.28% 117 2.72% 115 2.68% 6 0.14% 90 2.09% 4,297
Sonoma 2,699 45.16% 2,631 44.03% 268 4.48% 154 2.58% 224 3.75% 0 0.00% 68 1.14% 5,976
Stanislaus 1,086 60.17% 596 33.02% 16 0.89% 36 1.99% 70 3.88% 1 0.06% 490 27.15% 1,805
Sutter 653 46.64% 661 47.21% 2 0.14% 2 0.14% 81 5.79% 1 0.07% -8 -0.57% 1,400
Tehama 1,039 46.49% 931 41.66% 243 10.87% 7 0.31% 15 0.67% 0 0.00% 108 4.83% 2,235
Trinity 469 48.30% 463 47.68% 4 0.41% 33 3.40% 2 0.21% 0 0.00% 6 0.62% 971
Tulare 1,905 49.88% 1,475 38.62% 25 0.65% 183 4.79% 225 5.89% 6 0.16% 430 11.26% 3,819
Tuolumne 1,115 55.81% 782 39.14% 13 0.65% 22 1.10% 66 3.30% 0 0.00% 333 16.67% 1,998
Ventura 634 44.62% 721 50.74% 1 0.07% 13 0.91% 44 3.10% 8 0.56% -87 -6.12% 1,421
Yolo 1,408 48.82% 1,196 41.47% 92 3.19% 30 1.04% 157 5.44% 1 0.03% 212 7.35% 2,884
Yuba 1,129 48.71% 1,043 45.00% 16 0.69% 60 2.59% 69 2.98% 1 0.04% 86 3.71% 2,318
Total 84,970 43.43% 84,316 43.10% 12,227 6.25% 7,347 3.76% 6,432 3.29% 336 0.17% 654 0.33% 195,628

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. Wigginton's American Party is not the same as the Know Nothing Party of the 1850s, although its nativist ideology was similar to that of the Know Nothings

References

  1. ^ Statement of the Vote of the State of California at the General Election Held November 2, A.D. 1886. Sacramento, California. p. 11. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
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