1898 California gubernatorial election
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The 1898 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, to elect the Governor of California. Republican lawyer Henry Gage defeated Democratic-Fusion[1] Congressman James G. Maguire. For the eighth time in nine elections, the incumbent party failed to retain the governorship. However, that string of flips ended with this election as Republicans won the next nine consecutive gubernatorial elections in California.[a]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Henry Gage | 148,354 | 51.68% | +12.76% | |
| Democratic | James G. Maguire | 129,261 | 45.03% | +5.69% | |
| Socialist Labor | Job Harriman | 5,143 | 1.79 | +1.79% | |
| Prohibition | Joseph E. McComas | 4,297 | 1.50 | −2.21% | |
| Scattering | 9 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 19,093 | 6.65% | |||
| Total votes | 287,064 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | +7.07% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Henry Gage Republican |
James G. Maguire Democratic |
Job Harriman Socialist Labor |
Joseph E. McComas Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 12,080 | 57.24% | 8,308 | 39.37% | 496 | 2.35% | 220 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.00% | 3,772 | 17.87% | 21,105 |
| Alpine | 64 | 69.57% | 28 | 30.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 39.13% | 92 |
| Amador | 1,351 | 49.93% | 1,304 | 48.19% | 24 | 0.89% | 27 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 1.74% | 2,706 |
| Butte | 2,245 | 51.38% | 2,012 | 46.05% | 43 | 0.98% | 69 | 1.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 233 | 5.33% | 4,369 |
| Calaveras | 1,609 | 52.24% | 1,432 | 46.49% | 23 | 0.75% | 16 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 177 | 5.75% | 3,080 |
| Colusa | 664 | 37.14% | 1,076 | 60.18% | 30 | 1.68% | 18 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -412 | -23.04% | 1,788 |
| Contra Costa | 1,893 | 55.42% | 1,472 | 43.09% | 22 | 0.64% | 29 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 421 | 12.32% | 3,416 |
| Del Norte | 354 | 51.98% | 305 | 44.79% | 13 | 1.91% | 9 | 1.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 7.20% | 681 |
| El Dorado | 1,332 | 47.45% | 1,415 | 50.41% | 34 | 1.21% | 26 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -83 | -2.96% | 2,807 |
| Fresno | 2,783 | 43.20% | 3,390 | 52.62% | 117 | 1.82% | 152 | 2.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -607 | -9.42% | 6,442 |
| Glenn | 561 | 39.79% | 828 | 58.72% | 7 | 0.50% | 14 | 0.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -267 | -18.94% | 1,410 |
| Humboldt | 3,171 | 56.78% | 2,207 | 39.52% | 123 | 2.20% | 84 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 964 | 17.26% | 5,585 |
| Inyo | 478 | 47.05% | 508 | 50.00% | 13 | 1.28% | 17 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -30 | -2.95% | 1,016 |
| Kern | 1,723 | 46.61% | 1,886 | 51.01% | 67 | 1.81% | 21 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -163 | -4.41% | 3,697 |
| Kings | 918 | 49.51% | 898 | 48.44% | 11 | 0.59% | 27 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 1.08% | 1,854 |
| Lake | 627 | 42.83% | 757 | 51.71% | 30 | 2.05% | 50 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -130 | -8.88% | 1,464 |
| Lassen | 558 | 54.39% | 438 | 42.69% | 16 | 1.56% | 14 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 120 | 11.70% | 1,026 |
| Los Angeles | 14,983 | 52.29% | 12,052 | 42.06% | 479 | 1.67% | 1,138 | 3.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,931 | 10.23% | 28,652 |
| Madera | 558 | 41.15% | 765 | 56.42% | 17 | 1.25% | 16 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -207 | -15.27% | 1,356 |
| Marin | 1,345 | 57.36% | 945 | 40.30% | 47 | 2.00% | 8 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 17.06% | 2,345 |
| Mariposa | 521 | 40.08% | 747 | 57.46% | 13 | 1.00% | 19 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | -226 | -17.38% | 1,300 |
| Mendocino | 2,004 | 46.90% | 2,188 | 51.21% | 25 | 0.59% | 56 | 1.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -184 | -4.31% | 4,273 |
| Merced | 801 | 41.61% | 1,074 | 55.79% | 18 | 0.94% | 32 | 1.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -273 | -14.18% | 1,925 |
| Modoc | 375 | 39.72% | 549 | 58.16% | 12 | 1.27% | 8 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | -174 | -18.43% | 944 |
| Mono | 335 | 57.66% | 241 | 41.48% | 2 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 94 | 16.18% | 581 |
| Monterey | 1,995 | 47.77% | 2,050 | 49.09% | 54 | 1.29% | 77 | 1.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -55 | -1.32% | 4,176 |
| Napa | 1,947 | 53.89% | 1,578 | 43.68% | 41 | 1.13% | 47 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 369 | 10.21% | 3,613 |
| Nevada | 2,577 | 55.80% | 1,971 | 42.68% | 19 | 0.41% | 50 | 1.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 606 | 13.12% | 4,618 |
| Orange | 1,992 | 50.03% | 1,781 | 44.73% | 32 | 0.80% | 177 | 4.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 211 | 5.30% | 3,982 |
| Placer | 2,216 | 54.25% | 1,808 | 44.26% | 26 | 0.64% | 34 | 0.83% | 1 | 0.02% | 408 | 9.99% | 4,085 |
| Plumas | 660 | 54.10% | 544 | 44.59% | 8 | 0.66% | 8 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 116 | 9.51% | 1,220 |
| Riverside | 2,118 | 54.53% | 1,518 | 39.08% | 69 | 1.78% | 179 | 4.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 600 | 15.45% | 3,884 |
| Sacramento | 5,689 | 61.42% | 3,414 | 36.86% | 102 | 1.10% | 57 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,275 | 24.56% | 9,262 |
| San Benito | 738 | 42.05% | 984 | 56.07% | 14 | 0.80% | 19 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -246 | -14.02% | 1,755 |
| San Bernardino | 2,688 | 48.74% | 2,506 | 45.44% | 98 | 1.78% | 223 | 4.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 182 | 3.30% | 5,515 |
| San Diego | 3,506 | 49.26% | 3,259 | 45.79% | 208 | 2.92% | 144 | 2.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 247 | 3.47% | 7,117 |
| San Francisco | 28,218 | 51.90% | 24,632 | 45.30% | 1,388 | 2.55% | 134 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,586 | 6.60% | 54,372 |
| San Joaquin | 3,894 | 54.73% | 3,018 | 42.42% | 121 | 1.70% | 80 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.03% | 876 | 12.31% | 7,115 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,657 | 46.27% | 1,828 | 51.05% | 31 | 0.87% | 65 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -171 | -4.78% | 3,581 |
| San Mateo | 1,587 | 58.03% | 1,098 | 40.15% | 36 | 1.32% | 14 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 489 | 17.88% | 2,735 |
| Santa Barbara | 2,072 | 51.83% | 1,736 | 43.42% | 95 | 2.38% | 95 | 2.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 8.40% | 3,998 |
| Santa Clara | 6,821 | 56.02% | 4,883 | 40.11% | 292 | 2.40% | 179 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,938 | 15.92% | 12,175 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,149 | 48.83% | 2,081 | 47.28% | 93 | 2.11% | 78 | 1.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 68 | 1.55% | 4,401 |
| Shasta | 1,598 | 42.62% | 2,028 | 54.09% | 71 | 1.89% | 52 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | -430 | -11.47% | 3,749 |
| Sierra | 757 | 60.71% | 480 | 38.49% | 5 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.08% | 277 | 22.21% | 1,247 |
| Siskiyou | 1,737 | 49.37% | 1,722 | 48.95% | 38 | 1.08% | 21 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.43% | 3,518 |
| Solano | 3,005 | 55.50% | 2,262 | 41.78% | 95 | 1.75% | 52 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 743 | 13.72% | 5,414 |
| Sonoma | 4,063 | 51.87% | 3,587 | 45.79% | 100 | 1.28% | 83 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 476 | 6.08% | 7,833 |
| Stanislaus | 1,127 | 44.69% | 1,336 | 52.97% | 21 | 0.83% | 38 | 1.51% | 0 | 0.00% | -209 | -8.29% | 2,522 |
| Sutter | 880 | 54.42% | 704 | 43.54% | 13 | 0.80% | 20 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 176 | 10.88% | 1,617 |
| Tehama | 1,088 | 47.35% | 1,170 | 50.91% | 25 | 1.09% | 15 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | -82 | -3.57% | 2,298 |
| Trinity | 687 | 53.17% | 584 | 45.20% | 14 | 1.08% | 7 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 103 | 7.97% | 1,292 |
| Tulare | 1,725 | 40.58% | 2,245 | 52.81% | 204 | 4.80% | 74 | 1.74% | 3 | 0.07% | -520 | -12.23% | 4,251 |
| Tuolumne | 1,219 | 41.92% | 1,598 | 54.95% | 42 | 1.44% | 49 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -379 | -13.03% | 2,908 |
| Ventura | 1,643 | 52.16% | 1,369 | 43.46% | 57 | 1.81% | 81 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 274 | 8.70% | 3,150 |
| Yolo | 1,695 | 49.46% | 1,651 | 48.18% | 33 | 0.96% | 48 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 44 | 1.28% | 3,427 |
| Yuba | 1,273 | 54.87% | 1,011 | 43.58% | 16 | 0.69% | 20 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 262 | 11.29% | 2,320 |
| Total | 148,354 | 51.68% | 129,261 | 45.03% | 5,143 | 1.79% | 4,297 | 1.50% | 9 | 0.00% | 19,093 | 6.65% | 287,064 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from People's to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from People's to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hiram Johnson was reelected in 1914 on the Progressive ticket, but had originally been elected as a Republican in 1910 and resumed that party affiliation for the US Senate election in 1916
- ^ Was tied in 1894; flip from Democratic is relative to 1890
References
[edit]- ^ "Maguire by acclamation". San Francisco Call. San Francisco. August 19, 1898. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. California Blue Book, or State Roster 1899. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 227. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
