1861 California gubernatorial election
Results
Results
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### Results by county

| County | Leland StanfordRepublican | | John R. McConnellSouthern Democratic | | John ConnessDemocratic | | Margin | | Total votes cast |
| \# | % | \# | % | \# | % | \# | % |
| [Alameda](/wiki/Alameda_County%2C_California "Alameda County, California") | 1,932 | 69\.02% | 356 | 12\.72% | 511 | 18\.26% | 1,421 | 50\.77% | 2,799 |
| [Amador](/wiki/Amador_County%2C_California "Amador County, California") | 1,299 | 38\.39% | 827 | 24\.44% | 1,258 | 37\.17% | 41 | 1\.21% | 3,384 |
| [Butte](/wiki/Butte_County%2C_California "Butte County, California") | 1,732 | 42\.53% | 1,106 | 27\.16% | 1,234 | 30\.30% | 498 | 12\.23% | 4,072 |
| [Calaveras](/wiki/Calaveras_County%2C_California "Calaveras County, California") | 1,980 | 38\.39% | 1,572 | 30\.48% | 1,606 | 31\.14% | 374 | 7\.25% | 5,158 |
| [Colusa](/wiki/Colusa_County%2C_California "Colusa County, California") | 348 | 30\.88% | 581 | 51\.55% | 198 | 17\.57% | \-233 | \-20\.67% | 1,127 |
| [Contra Costa](/wiki/Contra_Costa_County%2C_California "Contra Costa County, California") | 959 | 60\.50% | 330 | 20\.82% | 296 | 18\.68% | 629 | 39\.68% | 1,585 |
| [Del Norte](/wiki/Del_Norte_County%2C_California "Del Norte County, California") | 172 | 38\.31% | 213 | 47\.44% | 64 | 14\.25% | \-41 | \-9\.13% | 449 |
| [El Dorado](/wiki/El_Dorado_County%2C_California "El Dorado County, California") | 2,775 | 43\.72% | 1,370 | 21\.59% | 2,202 | 34\.69% | 573 | 9\.03% | 6,347 |
| [Fresno](/wiki/Fresno_County%2C_California "Fresno County, California") | 54 | 12\.05% | 316 | 70\.54% | 78 | 17\.41% | \-238 | \-53\.13% | 448 |
| [Humboldt](/wiki/Humboldt_County%2C_California "Humboldt County, California") | 402 | 41\.57% | 205 | 21\.20% | 360 | 37\.23% | 42 | 4\.34% | 967 |
| [Klamath](/wiki/Klamath_County%2C_California "Klamath County, California") | 198 | 26\.98% | 301 | 41\.01% | 235 | 32\.02% | \-66 | \-8\.99% | 734 |
| [Lake](/wiki/Lake_County%2C_California "Lake County, California") | 92 | 29\.39% | 167 | 53\.35% | 54 | 17\.25% | \-75 | \-23\.96% | 313 |
| [Los Angeles](/wiki/Los_Angeles_County%2C_California "Los Angeles County, California") | 455 | 24\.62% | 1,195 | 64\.66% | 198 | 10\.71% | \-740 | \-40\.04% | 1,848 |
| [Marin](/wiki/Marin_County%2C_California "Marin County, California") | 591 | 53\.48% | 309 | 27\.96% | 205 | 18\.55% | 282 | 25\.52% | 1,105 |
| [Mariposa](/wiki/Mariposa_County%2C_California "Mariposa County, California") | 566 | 30\.38% | 710 | 38\.11% | 587 | 31\.51% | \-123 | \-6\.60% | 1,863 |
| [Mendocino](/wiki/Mendocino_County%2C_California "Mendocino County, California") | 493 | 37\.21% | 559 | 42\.19% | 273 | 20\.60% | \-66 | \-4\.98% | 1,325 |
| [Merced](/wiki/Merced_County%2C_California "Merced County, California") | 59 | 12\.97% | 309 | 67\.91% | 87 | 19\.12% | \-222 | \-48\.79% | 455 |
| [Mono](/wiki/Mono_County%2C_California "Mono County, California") | 350 | 25\.07% | 528 | 37\.82% | 518 | 37\.11% | \-10 | \-0\.71% | 1,396 |
| [Monterey](/wiki/Monterey_County%2C_California "Monterey County, California") | 499 | 48\.03% | 235 | 22\.62% | 305 | 29\.36% | 194 | 18\.67% | 1,039 |
| [Napa](/wiki/Napa_County%2C_California "Napa County, California") | 767 | 48\.03% | 553 | 34\.63% | 277 | 17\.35% | 214 | 13\.40% | 1,597 |
| [Nevada](/wiki/Nevada_County%2C_California "Nevada County, California") | 3,250 | 49\.62% | 1,779 | 27\.16% | 1,521 | 23\.22% | 1,471 | 22\.46% | 6,550 |
| [Placer](/wiki/Placer_County%2C_California "Placer County, California") | 2,222 | 48\.54% | 893 | 19\.51% | 1,463 | 31\.96% | 759 | 16\.58% | 4,578 |
| [Plumas](/wiki/Plumas_County%2C_California "Plumas County, California") | 659 | 37\.06% | 517 | 29\.08% | 602 | 33\.86% | 57 | 3\.21% | 1,778 |
| [Sacramento](/wiki/Sacramento_County%2C_California "Sacramento County, California") | 3,264 | 45\.16% | 1\.127 | 15\.59% | 2,836 | 39\.24% | 428 | 5\.92% | 7,227 |
| [San Bernardino](/wiki/San_Bernardino_County%2C_California "San Bernardino County, California") | 297 | 30\.97% | 401 | 41\.81% | 261 | 27\.22% | \-104 | \-10\.84% | 959 |
| [San Diego](/wiki/San_Diego_County%2C_California "San Diego County, California") | 122 | 46\.21% | 90 | 34\.09% | 52 | 19\.70% | 32 | 12\.12% | 264 |
| [San Francisco](/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California "San Francisco, California") | 10,728 | 70\.82% | 1,243 | 8\.21% | 3,178 | 20\.98% | 7,550 | 49\.84% | 15,149 |
| [San Joaquin](/wiki/San_Joaquin_County%2C_California "San Joaquin County, California") | 1,837 | 47\.85% | 1,588 | 41\.36% | 414 | 10\.78% | 249 | 6\.49% | 3,839 |
| [San Luis Obispo](/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_County%2C_California "San Luis Obispo County, California") | 176 | 36\.82% | 200 | 41\.84% | 102 | 21\.34% | \-24 | \-5\.02% | 478 |
| [San Mateo](/wiki/San_Mateo_County%2C_California "San Mateo County, California") | 702 | 59\.24% | 100 | 8\.44% | 383 | 32\.32% | 319 | 26\.92% | 1,185 |
| [Santa Barbara](/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County%2C_California "Santa Barbara County, California") | 131 | 22\.17% | 24 | 4\.06% | 436 | 73\.77% | \-305 | \-51\.61% | 591 |
| [Santa Clara](/wiki/Santa_Clara_County%2C_California "Santa Clara County, California") | 1,995 | 57\.88% | 1,081 | 31\.36% | 371 | 10\.76% | 914 | 26\.52% | 3,447 |
| [Santa Cruz](/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County%2C_California "Santa Cruz County, California") | 916 | 62\.48% | 367 | 25\.03% | 183 | 12\.48% | 549 | 37\.45% | 1,466 |
| [Shasta](/wiki/Shasta_County%2C_California "Shasta County, California") | 626 | 26\.87% | 628 | 26\.95% | 1,076 | 46\.18% | \-448 | \-19\.23% | 2,330 |
| [Sierra](/wiki/Sierra_County%2C_California "Sierra County, California") | 2,147 | 45\.01% | 1,423 | 29\.83% | 1,200 | 25\.16% | 724 | 15\.18% | 4,770 |
| [Siskiyou](/wiki/Siskiyou_County%2C_California "Siskiyou County, California") | 1,168 | 36\.90% | 717 | 22\.65% | 1,280 | 40\.44% | \-112 | \-3\.54% | 3,165 |
| [Solano](/wiki/Solano_County%2C_California "Solano County, California") | 1,449 | 55\.86% | 689 | 26\.56% | 456 | 17\.58% | 760 | 29\.30% | 2,594 |
| [Sonoma](/wiki/Sonoma_County%2C_California "Sonoma County, California") | 1,608 | 44\.63% | 1,616 | 44\.85% | 379 | 10\.52% | \-8 | \-0\.22% | 3,603 |
| [Stanislaus](/wiki/Stanislaus_County%2C_California "Stanislaus County, California") | 247 | 27\.66% | 415 | 46\.47% | 231 | 25\.87% | \-168 | \-18\.81% | 893 |
| [Sutter](/wiki/Sutter_County%2C_California "Sutter County, California") | 558 | 39\.32% | 570 | 40\.17% | 291 | 20\.51% | \-12 | \-0\.85% | 1,419 |
| [Tehama](/wiki/Tehama_County%2C_California "Tehama County, California") | 405 | 31\.64% | 507 | 39\.61% | 368 | 28\.75% | \-102 | \-7\.97% | 1,280 |
| [Trinity](/wiki/Trinity_County%2C_California "Trinity County, California") | 888 | 39\.07% | 608 | 26\.75% | 777 | 34\.18% | 111 | 4\.88% | 2,273 |
| [Tulare](/wiki/Tulare_County%2C_California "Tulare County, California") | 153 | 13\.19% | 671 | 57\.84% | 336 | 28\.97% | \-335 | \-28\.88% | 1,160 |
| [Tuolumne](/wiki/Tuolumne_County%2C_California "Tuolumne County, California") | 2,025 | 43\.67% | 1,636 | 35\.28% | 976 | 21\.05% | 389 | 8\.39% | 4,637 |
| [Yolo](/wiki/Yolo_County%2C_California "Yolo County, California") | 726 | 40\.63% | 694 | 38\.84% | 367 | 20\.54% | 32 | 1\.79% | 1,787 |
| [Yuba](/wiki/Yuba_County%2C_California "Yuba County, California") | 2,014 | 46\.86% | 1,425 | 33\.15% | 859 | 19\.99% | 589 | 13\.70% | 4,298 |
| Total | 56,036 | 46\.80% | 32,751 | 27\.35% | 30,994 | 25\.84% | 23,285 | 19\.45% | 119,731 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* [Alameda](/wiki/Alameda_County%2C_California "Alameda County, California")
* [Amador](/wiki/Amador_County%2C_California "Amador County, California")
* [Butte](/wiki/Butte_County%2C_California "Butte County, California")
* [Calaveras](/wiki/Calaveras_County%2C_California "Calaveras County, California")
* [Contra Costa](/wiki/Contra_Costa_County%2C_California "Contra Costa County, California")
* [El Dorado](/wiki/El_Dorado_County%2C_California "El Dorado County, California")
* [Humboldt](/wiki/Humboldt_County%2C_California "Humboldt County, California")
* [Marin](/wiki/Marin_County%2C_California "Marin County, California")
* [Monterey](/wiki/Monterey_County%2C_California "Monterey County, California")
* [Napa](/wiki/Napa_County%2C_California "Napa County, California")
* [Nevada](/wiki/Nevada_County%2C_California "Nevada County, California")
* [Placer](/wiki/Placer_County%2C_California "Placer County, California")
* [Plumas](/wiki/Plumas_County%2C_California "Plumas County, California")
* [Sacramento](/wiki/Sacramento_County%2C_California "Sacramento County, California")
* [San Diego](/wiki/San_Diego_County%2C_California "San Diego County, California")
* [San Francisco](/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California "San Francisco, California")
* [San Joaquin](/wiki/San_Joaquin_County%2C_California "San Joaquin County, California")
* [San Mateo](/wiki/San_Mateo_County%2C_California "San Mateo County, California")
* [Santa Clara](/wiki/Santa_Clara_County%2C_California "Santa Clara County, California")
* [Santa Cruz](/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County%2C_California "Santa Cruz County, California")
* [Sierra](/wiki/Sierra_County%2C_California "Sierra County, California")
* [Solano](/wiki/Solano_County%2C_California "Solano County, California")
* [Trinity](/wiki/Trinity_County%2C_California "Trinity County, California")
* [Tuolumne](/wiki/Tuolumne_County%2C_California "Tuolumne County, California")
* [Yolo](/wiki/Yolo_County%2C_California "Yolo County, California")
* [Yuba](/wiki/Yuba_County%2C_California "Yuba County, California")

Does Santa Clara County, California exist?