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1861 California gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1861 California gubernatorial election
type	presidential
flag_image	Flag of California (1850).pngborder
ongoing	no
previous_election	1859 California gubernatorial election
previous_year	1859
next_election	1863 California gubernatorial election
next_year	1863
election_date	September 4, 1861
image1	Portrait of Leland Stanford Crop.jpg
nominee1	Leland Stanford
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	56,036
percentage1	46.41%
image2	John R. McConnell.jpg
nominee2	John R. McConnell
party2	Chivalry Democratic
popular_vote2	33,751
percentage2	27.96%
image3	John Conness (3x4) a.jpg
nominee3	John Conness
party3	Union Democratic
popular_vote3	30,944
percentage3	25.63%
map_image	1861 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	County results
Stanford:
McConnell:
Conness:
title	Governor of California
before_election	John G. Downey
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
posttitle	Governor of California
after_election	Leland Stanford
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Stanford:
McConnell:
Conness:

The 1861 California gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1861. Incumbent Governor John G. Downey was not a candidate for renomination, as his Democratic Party had violently ruptured over the issue of slavery and secession. Downey was a Lecompton Democrat, those who favored slavery in the Kansas Territory and who were running as now as the Breckenridge or "Chivalry" Democrats. These Chivalry Democrats supported Attorney General John McConnell. Anti-slavery or anti-secession Democrats were the "Unionist" Democrats who favored John Conness.

With the dire split in the Democratic Party, even more bitter than in 1859, former Republican nominee Leland Stanford won a plurality of the popular vote and became the first Republican governor of California. Both Stanford and Conness later served in the United States Senate.

Results

Results by county

County	Leland Stanford
Republican	John R. McConnell
Southern Democratic	John Conness
Democratic	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	56,036	46.80%	32,751	27.35%	30,994	25.84%	23,285	19.45%	119,731
	Alameda		1,932		69.02%		356		12.72%		511		18.26%		1,421		50.77%		2,799
	Amador		1,299		38.39%		827		24.44%		1,258		37.17%		41		1.21%		3,384
	Butte		1,732		42.53%		1,106		27.16%		1,234		30.30%		498		12.23%		4,072
	Calaveras		1,980		38.39%		1,572		30.48%		1,606		31.14%		374		7.25%		5,158
	Colusa		348		30.88%		581		51.55%		198		17.57%		-233		-20.67%		1,127
	Contra Costa		959		60.50%		330		20.82%		296		18.68%		629		39.68%		1,585
	Del Norte		172		38.31%		213		47.44%		64		14.25%		-41		-9.13%		449
	El Dorado		2,775		43.72%		1,370		21.59%		2,202		34.69%		573		9.03%		6,347
	Fresno		54		12.05%		316		70.54%		78		17.41%		-238		-53.13%		448
	Humboldt		402		41.57%		205		21.20%		360		37.23%		42		4.34%		967
	Klamath		198		26.98%		301		41.01%		235		32.02%		-66		-8.99%		734
	Lake		92		29.39%		167		53.35%		54		17.25%		-75		-23.96%		313
	Los Angeles		455		24.62%		1,195		64.66%		198		10.71%		-740		-40.04%		1,848
	Marin		591		53.48%		309		27.96%		205		18.55%		282		25.52%		1,105
	Mariposa		566		30.38%		710		38.11%		587		31.51%		-123		-6.60%		1,863
	Mendocino		493		37.21%		559		42.19%		273		20.60%		-66		-4.98%		1,325
	Merced		59		12.97%		309		67.91%		87		19.12%		-222		-48.79%		455
	Mono		350		25.07%		528		37.82%		518		37.11%		-10		-0.71%		1,396
	Monterey		499		48.03%		235		22.62%		305		29.36%		194		18.67%		1,039
	Napa		767		48.03%		553		34.63%		277		17.35%		214		13.40%		1,597
	Nevada		3,250		49.62%		1,779		27.16%		1,521		23.22%		1,471		22.46%		6,550
	Placer		2,222		48.54%		893		19.51%		1,463		31.96%		759		16.58%		4,578
	Plumas		659		37.06%		517		29.08%		602		33.86%		57		3.21%		1,778
	Sacramento		3,264		45.16%		1.127		15.59%		2,836		39.24%		428		5.92%		7,227
	San Bernardino		297		30.97%		401		41.81%		261		27.22%		-104		-10.84%		959
	San Diego		122		46.21%		90		34.09%		52		19.70%		32		12.12%		264
	San Francisco		10,728		70.82%		1,243		8.21%		3,178		20.98%		7,550		49.84%		15,149
	San Joaquin		1,837		47.85%		1,588		41.36%		414		10.78%		249		6.49%		3,839
	San Luis Obispo		176		36.82%		200		41.84%		102		21.34%		-24		-5.02%		478
	San Mateo		702		59.24%		100		8.44%		383		32.32%		319		26.92%		1,185
	Santa Barbara		131		22.17%		24		4.06%		436		73.77%		-305		-51.61%		591
	Santa Clara		1,995		57.88%		1,081		31.36%		371		10.76%		914		26.52%		3,447
	Santa Cruz		916		62.48%		367		25.03%		183		12.48%		549		37.45%		1,466
	Shasta		626		26.87%		628		26.95%		1,076		46.18%		-448		-19.23%		2,330
	Sierra		2,147		45.01%		1,423		29.83%		1,200		25.16%		724		15.18%		4,770
	Siskiyou		1,168		36.90%		717		22.65%		1,280		40.44%		-112		-3.54%		3,165
	Solano		1,449		55.86%		689		26.56%		456		17.58%		760		29.30%		2,594
	Sonoma		1,608		44.63%		1,616		44.85%		379		10.52%		-8		-0.22%		3,603
	Stanislaus		247		27.66%		415		46.47%		231		25.87%		-168		-18.81%		893
	Sutter		558		39.32%		570		40.17%		291		20.51%		-12		-0.85%		1,419
	Tehama		405		31.64%		507		39.61%		368		28.75%		-102		-7.97%		1,280
	Trinity		888		39.07%		608		26.75%		777		34.18%		111		4.88%		2,273
	Tulare		153		13.19%		671		57.84%		336		28.97%		-335		-28.88%		1,160
	Tuolumne		2,025		43.67%		1,636		35.28%		976		21.05%		389		8.39%		4,637
	Yolo		726		40.63%		694		38.84%		367		20.54%		32		1.79%		1,787
	Yuba		2,014		46.86%		1,425		33.15%		859		19.99%		589		13.70%		4,298

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Alameda
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Contra Costa
El Dorado
Humboldt
Marin
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Placer
Plumas
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Sierra
Solano
Trinity
Tuolumne
Yolo
Yuba

Notes

References

California State Archives, Statement of the Votes Polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on the Fourth Day of September, A.D. 1861

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