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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.
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 County results Bartlett: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Swift: 40–50% 50–60% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| 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[a] | 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
edit| 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[1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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
edit- Alameda
- Calaveras
- Contra Costa
- Inyo
- Los Angeles
- Marin
- Placer
- Plumas
- Sacramento
- San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Shasta
- Sutter
- Ventura
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
