1875 California gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1875 California gubernatorial election
Type:	presidential
Previous Election:	1871 California gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1871
Next Election:	1879 California gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1879
Ongoing:	no
Election Date:	September 7, 1875
Image1:	William Irwin, 1827-1886 LCCN2002723389 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	William Irwin
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	61,509
Percentage1:	50.03%
Nominee2:	Timothy Guy Phelps
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	31,322
Percentage2:	25.48%
Image3:	Hon. John A. Bidwell (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:	John Bidwell
Party3:	Independent
Popular Vote3:	29,752
Percentage3:	24.20%
Map Size:	300px
Governor
Before Election:	Romualdo Pacheco
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	William Irwin
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

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

Campaign

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]

Results

Results by county

County	William Irwin Democratic		Timothy Guy Phelps Republican		John Bidwell Independent		William E. Lovett Prohibition		Scattering Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	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		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		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		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		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		14.03%		791
	Kern		694		57.40%		138		11.41%		376		31.10%		1		0.08%		0		0.00%		318		26.30%		1,209
	Lake		663		68.92%		82		8.52%		211		21.93%		6		0.62%		0		0.00%		452		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		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		7.55%		954
	Mendocino		1,071		60.99%		204		11.62%		481		27.39%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		590		33.60%		1,756
	Merced		585		50.69%		172		14.90%		397		34.40%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		188		16.29%		1,154
	Modoc		336		53.59%		7		1.12%		284		45.30%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		52		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		10.37%		1,205
	Sacramento		2,361		42.98%		1,483		27.00%		1,649		30.02%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		712		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		0.10%		966
	Yolo		1,169		53.28%		136		6.20%		889		40.52%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		280		12.76%		2,194
	Yuba		865		41.23%		577		27.50%		652		31.08%		4		0.19%		0		0.00%		213		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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Alameda
• Amador
• Marin
• Napa
• Nevada
• Plumas
• Sacramento
• San Francisco
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Clara
• Santa Cruz
• Solano
• Trinity
• Yuba

Counties that flipped from Republican to Indpendent

• Alpine
• Lassen
• Mono
• Sierra

Notes and References

1. News: The Governor-Senator. . 2 February 2024 . 129 . Los Angeles Herald . 27 February 1875. 3 .