The 1855 California gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1855, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent governor John Bigler lost his bid for reelection.
Results
Results by county County J. Neely JohnsonKnow Nothing John BiglerDemocratic ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Alameda62536.49%1,08863.51%00.00%-463-27.03%1,713Amador2,03554.21%1,71945.79%00.00%3168.42%3,754Butte1,69454.56%1,41145.44%00.00%2839.11%3,105Calaveras2,18649.61%2,22050.39%00.00%-34-0.77%4,406Colusa35955.92%28344.08%00.00%7611.84%642Contra Costa36046.94%40753.06%00.00%-47-6.13%767El Dorado4,92955.51%3,94844.46%30.03%98111.05%8,880Humboldt28278.55%7721.45%00.00%20557.10%359Klamath54553.07%48246.93%00.00%636.13%1,027Los Angeles55637.59%92362.41%00.00%-367-24.81%1,479Marin17334.19%33365.81%00.00%-160-31.62%506Mariposa1,25556.56%96443.44%00.00%29113.11%2,219Merced10254.55%8545.45%00.00%179.09%187Monterey48572.93%18027.07%00.00%30545.86%665Napa51966.54%26133.46%00.00%25833.08%780Nevada2,86153.32%2,50246.63%30.06%3596.69%5,366Placer3,12857.50%2,31242.50%00.00%81615.00%5,440Plumas1,11160.15%73639.85%00.00%37520.30%1,847Sacramento3,54454.89%2,91245.11%00.00%6329.79%6,456San Bernardino144.05%33295.95%00.00%-318-91.91%346San Diego177.66%20491.89%10.45%-187-84.23%222San Francisco5,21342.21%7,13857.79%00.00%-1,925-15.59%12,351San Joaquin1,44758.51%1,02641.49%00.00%42117.02%2,473San Luis Obispo4527.61%11872.39%00.00%-73-44.79%163Santa Barbara3910.46%33389.28%10.27%-294-78.82%373Santa Clara1,13553.14%99446.54%70.33%1416.60%2,136Santa Cruz34757.64%25542.36%00.00%9215.28%602Shasta1,41852.11%1,30247.85%10.04%1164.26%2,721Sierra3,07058.83%2,14841.17%00.00%92217.67%5,218Siskiyou2,04559.92%1,36840.08%00.00%67719.84%3,413Solano75356.03%59143.97%00.00%16212.05%1,344Sonoma89248.82%93351.07%20.11%-41-2.24%1,827Stanislaus22542.94%29957.06%00.00%-74-14.12%524Sutter34047.16%38152.84%00.00%-41-5.69%721Trinity1,13268.65%51731.35%00.00%61537.30%1,649Tulare14040.70%20459.30%00.00%-64-18.60%344Tuolumne2,80553.95%2,39145.99%30.06%4147.96%5,199Yolo60351.85%56048.15%00.00%433.70%1,163Yuba2,72854.44%2,28345.56%00.00%4458.88%5,011Total 51,15752.52%46,22047.45%210.02%4,9375.07%97,398
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Know Nothing El Dorado Mariposa Monterey Nevada Placer San Joaquin Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Trinity Tuolumne Yuba
Counties that flipped from Whig to Know Nothing Butte Colusa Humboldt Klamath Napa Sacramento Santa Clara Santa Cruz Yolo
Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic Contra Costa Marin San Diego San Luis Obispo Sonoma
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