The 1875 California gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 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.
John Bidwell was nominated by the People's Independent Party, which was composed mostly of former Republicans.
Results
Results by county County William IrwinDemocratic Timothy Guy PhelpsRepublican John BidwellPeople's Independent William E. LovettProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda2,48346.16%1,95636.36%89516.64%450.84%00.00%5279.80%5,379Alpine8036.70%5123.39%8739.91%00.00%00.00%-7-3.21%218Amador1,15052.51%63829.19%39317.98%50.23%00.00%51223.42%2,186Butte1,37548.43%31811.20%1,14640.37%00.00%00.00%2298.07%2,839Calaveras90349.43%52228.57%40222.00%00.00%00.00%38120.85%1,827Colusa1,27567.42%683.60%54828.98%00.00%00.00%72738.45%1,891Contra Costa69937.40%76540.93%39621.19%90.48%00.00%-66-3.53%1,869Del Norte23656.19%4811.43%13632.38%00.00%00.00%10023.81%420El Dorado1,23848.84%74029.19%55621.93%10.04%00.00%49819.64%2,535Fresno65172.58%495.46%19721.96%00.00%00.00%45450.61%897Humboldt71436.82%95149.05%27214.03%20.10%00.00%-237-12.22%1,939Inyo35945.39%17922.63%24831.35%50.63%00.00%11114.03%791Kern69457.40%13811.41%37631.10%10.08%00.00%31826.30%1,209Lake66368.92%828.52%21121.93%60.62%00.00%45246.99%962Lassen19937.34%13425.14%20037.52%00.00%00.00%-1-0.19%533Los Angeles2,89856.73%66713.06%1,54330.21%00.00%00.00%1,35526.53%5,108Marin47143.65%31028.73%29827.62%00.00%00.00%16114.92%1,079Mariposa48450.73%586.08%41243.19%00.00%00.00%727.55%954Mendocino1,07160.99%20411.62%48127.39%00.00%00.00%59033.60%1,756Merced58550.69%17214.90%39734.40%00.00%00.00%18816.29%1,154Modoc33653.59%71.12%28445.30%00.00%00.00%528.29%627Mono8031.87%3714.74%13352.99%10.40%00.00%-53-21.12%251Monterey88642.95%73635.68%44121.38%00.00%00.00%1507.27%2,063Napa98953.00%62933.71%24813.29%00.00%00.00%36019.29%1,866Nevada1,66444.70%1,06728.66%99026.59%20.05%00.00%59716.04%3,723Placer88134.43%1,06541.62%60623.68%70.27%00.00%-184-7.19%2,559Plumas55045.64%23019.09%42535.27%00.00%00.00%12510.37%1,205Sacramento2,36142.98%1,48327.00%1,64930.02%00.00%00.00%71212.96%5,493San Benito64354.68%28524.23%19916.92%494.17%00.00%35830.44%1,176San Bernardino72953.56%20414.99%42731.37%10.07%00.00%30222.19%1,361San Diego75547.16%59337.04%25215.74%10.26%00.00%16210.12%1,601San Francisco14,19955.61%5,17920.28%6,08023.81%710.28%50.02%8,11931.80%25,534San Joaquin1,44038.97%1,80548.85%44912.15%10.03%00.00%-365-9.88%3,695San Luis Obispo75648.21%19912.69%59638.01%171.08%00.00%16010.20%1,568San Mateo62338.86%82851.65%1418.80%110.69%00.00%-205-12.79%1,603Santa Barbara79845.57%40923.36%54130.90%30.17%00.00%25714.68%1,751Santa Clara2,63451.81%1,69533.34%73314.42%220.43%00.00%93918.47%5,084Santa Cruz83440.35%64531.20%57827.96%80.39%20.10%1899.14%2,067Shasta61451.08%28823.96%29624.63%40.33%00.00%31826.46%1,202Sierra47034.89%34825.84%51938.53%100.74%00.00%-49-3.64%1,347Siskiyou88657.91%49032.03%15410.07%00.00%00.00%39625.88%1,530Solano1,48043.44%1,39140.83%53215.61%40.12%00.00%892.61%3,407Sonoma2,10658.23%73620.35%73720.38%381.05%00.00%1,36937.85%3,617Stanislaus78860.29%38229.23%13710.48%00.00%00.00%40631.06%1,307Sutter55545.16%18414.97%49039.87%00.00%00.00%655.29%1,229Tehama59952.54%40435.44%13611.93%10.09%00.00%19517.11%1,140Trinity40048.84%33440.78%759.16%101.22%00.00%668.06%819Tulare84654.06%28518.21%43427.73%00.00%00.00%41226.33%1,565Tuolumne93153.08%50128.56%32218.36%00.00%00.00%43024.52%1,754Ventura41442.86%12012.42%41342.75%171.76%20.21%10.10%966Yolo1,16953.28%1366.20%88940.52%00.00%00.00%28012.76%2,194Yuba86541.23%57727.50%65231.08%40.19%00.00%21310.15%2,098Total61,50950.03%31,32225.48%29,75224.20%3560.29%90.01%30,18724.55%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 People's Independent Alpine Lassen Mono Sierra
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