1890 California gubernatorial election
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The 1890 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent governor Robert Waterman, who had succeeded Washington Bartlett after the latter's death only eight months into his term in 1887, declined to seek a full term due to his own health issues. Republican former Congressman Henry Markham defeated Democratic Mayor of San Francisco Edward B. Pond in a close race.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Henry Markham | 125,129 | 49.56% | +6.46% | |
| Democratic | Edward B. Pond | 117,184 | 46.42% | +2.98% | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 10,073 | 3.99% | +0.70% | |
| Scattering | 71 | 0.03% | |||
| Majority | 7,945 | 3.15% | |||
| Total votes | 252,457 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +3.48% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Henry Markham Republican |
Edward B. Pond Democratic |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 9,333 | 55.92% | 6,274 | 37.59% | 1,080 | 6.47% | 2 | 0.01% | 3,059 | 18.33% | 16,689 |
| Alpine | 56 | 74.67% | 19 | 25.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 37 | 49.33% | 75 |
| Amador | 1,333 | 47.64% | 1,345 | 48.07% | 120 | 4.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -12 | -0.43% | 2,798 |
| Butte | 2,060 | 46.10% | 2,141 | 47.91% | 268 | 6.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -81 | -1.81% | 4,469 |
| Calaveras | 1,380 | 51.13% | 1,278 | 47.35% | 41 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 102 | 3.78% | 2,699 |
| Colusa | 1,258 | 35.44% | 2,243 | 63.18% | 49 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -985 | -27.75% | 3,550 |
| Contra Costa | 1,509 | 53.62% | 1,202 | 42.71% | 103 | 3.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 307 | 10.91% | 2,814 |
| Del Norte | 220 | 34.00% | 309 | 47.76% | 118 | 18.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -89 | -13.76% | 647 |
| El Dorado | 1,282 | 47.20% | 1,371 | 50.48% | 63 | 2.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -89 | -3.28% | 2,716 |
| Fresno | 2,686 | 42.89% | 3,298 | 52.66% | 279 | 4.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -612 | -9.77% | 6,263 |
| Humboldt | 2,410 | 48.87% | 1,927 | 39.08% | 594 | 12.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 | 9.80% | 4,931 |
| Inyo | 469 | 57.26% | 305 | 37.24% | 45 | 5.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 164 | 20.02% | 819 |
| Kern | 1,006 | 41.23% | 1,361 | 55.78% | 73 | 2.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -355 | -14.55% | 2,440 |
| Lake | 678 | 43.94% | 801 | 51.91% | 64 | 4.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -123 | -7.97% | 1,543 |
| Lassen | 491 | 46.85% | 531 | 50.67% | 26 | 2.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -40 | -3.82% | 1,048 |
| Los Angeles | 10,272 | 51.08% | 8,494 | 42.24% | 1,338 | 6.65% | 5 | 0.02% | 1,778 | 8.84% | 20,109 |
| Marin | 1,073 | 55.91% | 820 | 42.73% | 24 | 1.25% | 2 | 0.10% | 253 | 13.18% | 1,919 |
| Mariposa | 452 | 41.97% | 619 | 57.47% | 6 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -167 | -15.51% | 1,077 |
| Mendocino | 1,764 | 44.18% | 2,021 | 50.61% | 208 | 5.21% | 0 | 0.00% | -257 | -6.44% | 3,993 |
| Merced | 838 | 44.20% | 980 | 51.69% | 78 | 4.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -142 | -7.49% | 1,896 |
| Modoc | 484 | 42.23% | 612 | 53.40% | 50 | 4.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -128 | -11.17% | 1,146 |
| Mono | 334 | 62.66% | 173 | 32.46% | 26 | 4.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 161 | 30.21% | 533 |
| Monterey | 1,956 | 50.12% | 1,834 | 46.99% | 113 | 2.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 3.13% | 3,903 |
| Napa | 1,877 | 55.06% | 1,475 | 43.27% | 57 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 402 | 11.79% | 3,409 |
| Nevada | 2,060 | 50.05% | 1,941 | 47.16% | 115 | 2.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 2.89% | 4,116 |
| Orange | 1,394 | 48.86% | 1,189 | 41.68% | 270 | 9.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 205 | 7.19% | 2,853 |
| Placer | 1,793 | 49.19% | 1,720 | 47.19% | 132 | 3.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 2.00% | 3,645 |
| Plumas | 640 | 54.47% | 521 | 44.34% | 14 | 1.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 10.13% | 1,175 |
| Sacramento | 4,724 | 55.48% | 3,635 | 42.69% | 156 | 1.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,089 | 12.79% | 8,515 |
| San Benito | 683 | 42.26% | 850 | 52.60% | 83 | 5.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -167 | -10.33% | 1,616 |
| San Bernardino | 3,082 | 53.15% | 2,290 | 39.49% | 427 | 7.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 792 | 13.66% | 5,799 |
| San Diego | 3,942 | 53.96% | 2,967 | 40.61% | 395 | 5.41% | 2 | 0.03% | 975 | 13.35% | 7,306 |
| San Francisco | 27,218 | 49.20% | 27,429 | 49.59% | 619 | 1.12% | 51 | 0.09% | -211 | -0.38% | 55,317 |
| San Joaquin | 3,066 | 48.73% | 2,841 | 45.15% | 385 | 6.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 3.58% | 6,292 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,719 | 50.28% | 1,568 | 45.86% | 132 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 151 | 4.42% | 3,419 |
| San Mateo | 1,142 | 55.01% | 912 | 43.93% | 22 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 11.08% | 2,076 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,763 | 49.77% | 1,591 | 44.92% | 188 | 5.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 172 | 4.86% | 3,542 |
| Santa Clara | 4,505 | 48.98% | 4,194 | 45.60% | 497 | 5.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 311 | 3.38% | 9,197 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,029 | 51.54% | 1,666 | 42.32% | 242 | 6.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 363 | 9.22% | 3,937 |
| Shasta | 1,587 | 49.89% | 1,459 | 45.87% | 135 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 128 | 4.02% | 3,181 |
| Sierra | 886 | 56.25% | 674 | 42.79% | 15 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 13.46% | 1,575 |
| Siskiyou | 1,379 | 48.12% | 1,393 | 48.60% | 94 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -14 | -0.49% | 2,866 |
| Solano | 2,527 | 54.01% | 2,004 | 42.83% | 146 | 3.12% | 2 | 0.04% | 523 | 11.18% | 4,679 |
| Sonoma | 3,278 | 47.93% | 3,289 | 48.09% | 268 | 3.92% | 4 | 0.06% | -11 | -0.16% | 6,839 |
| Stanislaus | 918 | 38.06% | 1,363 | 56.51% | 131 | 5.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -445 | -18.45% | 2,412 |
| Sutter | 731 | 48.70% | 722 | 48.10% | 48 | 3.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.60% | 1,501 |
| Tehama | 1,106 | 44.20% | 1,330 | 53.16% | 66 | 2.64% | 0 | 0.00% | -224 | -8.95% | 2,502 |
| Trinity | 521 | 50.34% | 502 | 48.50% | 12 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 1.84% | 1,035 |
| Tulare | 2,356 | 43.82% | 2,705 | 50.32% | 315 | 5.86% | 0 | 0.00% | -349 | -6.49% | 5,376 |
| Tuolumne | 828 | 40.85% | 1,137 | 56.09% | 62 | 3.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -309 | -15.24% | 2,027 |
| Ventura | 1,307[a][2] | 54.16% | 1,014 | 42.02% | 91 | 3.77% | 1 | 0.04% | 293 | 12.14% | 2,413 |
| Yolo | 1,481 | 45.58% | 1,628 | 50.11% | 139 | 4.28% | 1 | 0.03% | -147 | -4.52% | 3,249 |
| Yuba | 1,243 | 49.50% | 1,217 | 48.47% | 51 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 1.04% | 2,511 |
| Total | 125,129 | 49.56% | 117,184 | 46.42% | 10,073 | 3.99% | 71 | 0.03% | 7,945 | 3.15% | 252,457 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The 1891 Blue Book appears to contain a misprint for Markham in this county; it gives his vote in Ventura County as 1,207, but this causes his county figures to not add up to the correct statewide total. All other contemporary sources from the time such as newspapers and almanacs agree that 1,307 is the correct figure.
References
[edit]- ^ a b California Secretary of State. California Blue Book, or State Roster 1891. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 88. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ "Official Vote of Ventura County - 1890". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Ventura Free Press. November 14, 1890. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
