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The1886 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886, to elect thegovernor of California.Washington Bartlett won a narrow plurality of the votes to become the state's 16th governor. For the first time since1863, the incumbent party retained control of the governor's mansion.
Bartlett's term as governor would prove to be the second-shortest in the state's history: he died only eight months into his term on September 17, 1887. He was succeeded by Lieutenant GovernorRobert Waterman, who had been elected at the same time as Bartlett.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Washington Bartlett | 84,970 | 43.43% | −11.64% | |
| Republican | John Franklin Swift | 84,316 | 43.10% | +2.31% | |
| Independent | Charles C. O'Donnell | 12,227 | 6.25% | ||
| American Party | Peter D. Wigginton[a] | 7,347 | 3.76% | +3.76% | |
| Prohibition | Joel Russell | 6,432 | 3.29% | −0.22% | |
| Scattering | 336 | 0.17% | |||
| Majority | 654 | 0.33% | |||
| Total votes | 195,628 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | -13.95% | |||
| County | Washington Bartlett Democratic | John Franklin Swift Republican | Charles C. O'Donnell Independent | Peter D. Wigginton American | Joel Russell Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 3,882 | 32.63% | 5,514 | 46.34% | 810 | 6.81% | 1,407 | 11.83% | 280 | 2.35% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,632 | -13.72% | 11,898 |
| Alpine | 25 | 29.76% | 59 | 70.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -34 | -40.48% | 84 |
| Amador | 1,375 | 49.23% | 1,298 | 46.47% | 9 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.54% | 95 | 3.40% | 1 | 0.04% | 77 | 2.76% | 2,793 |
| Butte | 1,967 | 47.00% | 1,935 | 46.24% | 134 | 3.20% | 49 | 1.17% | 100 | 2.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 0.76% | 4,185 |
| Calaveras | 1,231 | 48.97% | 1,254 | 49.88% | 5 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.16% | 18 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.08% | -23 | -0.91% | 2,514 |
| Colusa | 1,702 | 62.37% | 880 | 32.25% | 50 | 1.83% | 11 | 0.40% | 86 | 3.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 822 | 30.12% | 2,729 |
| Contra Costa | 1,147 | 43.86% | 1,251 | 47.84% | 37 | 1.41% | 97 | 3.71% | 83 | 3.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -104 | -3.98% | 2,615 |
| Del Norte | 290 | 47.85% | 244 | 40.26% | 5 | 0.83% | 24 | 3.96% | 43 | 7.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 7.59% | 606 |
| El Dorado | 1,403 | 50.40% | 1,231 | 44.22% | 28 | 1.01% | 14 | 0.50% | 106 | 3.81% | 2 | 0.07% | 172 | 6.18% | 2,784 |
| Fresno | 1,740 | 52.13% | 1,101 | 32.98% | 64 | 1.92% | 286 | 8.57% | 147 | 4.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 639 | 19.14% | 3,338 |
| Humboldt | 1,474 | 38.10% | 1,877 | 48.51% | 11 | 0.28% | 85 | 2.20% | 421 | 10.88% | 1 | 0.03% | -403 | -10.42% | 3,869 |
| Inyo | 283 | 43.81% | 336 | 52.01% | 7 | 1.08% | 15 | 2.32% | 5 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -53 | -8.20% | 646 |
| Kern | 828 | 57.62% | 525 | 36.53% | 24 | 1.67% | 50 | 3.48% | 10 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 303 | 21.09% | 1,437 |
| Lake | 804 | 56.18% | 592 | 41.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.28% | 31 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 14.81% | 1,431 |
| Lassen | 484 | 51.22% | 443 | 46.88% | 2 | 0.21% | 11 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 41 | 4.34% | 945 |
| Los Angeles | 5,064 | 43.30% | 5,489 | 46.94% | 133 | 1.14% | 117 | 1.00% | 797 | 6.84% | 94 | 0.80% | -425 | -3.63% | 11,694 |
| Marin | 577 | 38.96% | 681 | 45.98% | 92 | 6.21% | 119 | 8.04% | 12 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -104 | -7.02% | 1,481 |
| Mariposa | 630 | 57.17% | 441 | 40.02% | 10 | 0.91% | 15 | 1.36% | 6 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 189 | 17.15% | 1,102 |
| Mendocino | 1,552 | 51.84% | 1,219 | 40.71% | 13 | 0.43% | 85 | 2.84% | 102 | 3.41% | 23 | 0.77% | 333 | 11.12% | 2,994 |
| Merced | 939 | 54.25% | 639 | 36.92% | 5 | 0.29% | 67 | 3.87% | 81 | 4.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 300 | 17.33% | 1,731 |
| Modoc | 636 | 54.45% | 464 | 39.73% | 1 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.60% | 60 | 5.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 172 | 14.73% | 1,168 |
| Mono | 257 | 35.89% | 425 | 59.36% | 2 | 0.28% | 20 | 2.79% | 9 | 1.26% | 3 | 0.42% | -168 | -23.46% | 716 |
| Monterey | 1,444 | 48.05% | 1,393 | 46.36% | 29 | 0.97% | 33 | 1.10% | 106 | 3.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 51 | 1.70% | 3,005 |
| Napa | 1,340 | 45.69% | 1,323 | 45.11% | 113 | 3.85% | 98 | 3.34% | 52 | 1.77% | 7 | 0.24% | 17 | 0.58% | 2,933 |
| Nevada | 1,792 | 42.78% | 2,186 | 52.18% | 39 | 0.93% | 48 | 1.15% | 121 | 2.89% | 3 | 0.07% | -394 | -9.41% | 4,189 |
| Placer | 1,413 | 44.18% | 1,665 | 52.06% | 21 | 0.66% | 32 | 1.00% | 67 | 2.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -252 | -7.88% | 3,198 |
| Plumas | 577 | 45.65% | 666 | 52.69% | 3 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.95% | 6 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -89 | -7.04% | 1,264 |
| Sacramento | 2,331 | 34.26% | 3,908 | 57.45% | 266 | 3.91% | 106 | 1.56% | 192 | 2.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,577 | -23.18% | 6,803 |
| San Benito | 702 | 47.89% | 532 | 36.29% | 4 | 0.27% | 25 | 1.71% | 202 | 13.78% | 1 | 0.07% | 170 | 11.60% | 1,466 |
| San Bernardino | 1,503 | 46.49% | 1,481 | 45.81% | 22 | 0.68% | 15 | 0.46% | 205 | 6.34% | 7 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.68% | 3,233 |
| San Diego | 1,159 | 41.01% | 1,362 | 48.20% | 43 | 1.52% | 22 | 0.78% | 240 | 8.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -203 | -7.18% | 2,826 |
| San Francisco | 17,449 | 38.37% | 15,675 | 34.46% | 8,885 | 19.54% | 3,127 | 6.88% | 235 | 0.52% | 110 | 0.24% | 1,774 | 3.90% | 45,481 |
| San Joaquin | 2,651 | 45.46% | 2,446 | 41.94% | 62 | 1.06% | 211 | 3.62% | 424 | 7.27% | 38 | 0.65% | 205 | 3.52% | 5,832 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,196 | 46.34% | 1,212 | 46.96% | 12 | 0.46% | 55 | 2.13% | 106 | 4.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -16 | -0.62% | 2,581 |
| San Mateo | 740 | 40.59% | 920 | 50.47% | 94 | 5.16% | 44 | 2.41% | 25 | 1.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -180 | -9.87% | 1,823 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,134 | 44.88% | 1,174 | 46.46% | 6 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.47% | 201 | 7.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -40 | -1.58% | 2,527 |
| Santa Clara | 3,079 | 41.35% | 3,501 | 47.01% | 271 | 3.64% | 247 | 3.32% | 337 | 4.53% | 12 | 0.16% | -422 | -5.67% | 7,447 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,189 | 39.63% | 1,362 | 45.40% | 150 | 5.00% | 53 | 1.77% | 244 | 8.13% | 2 | 0.07% | -173 | -5.77% | 3,000 |
| Shasta | 1,227 | 47.10% | 1,298 | 49.83% | 18 | 0.69% | 9 | 0.35% | 52 | 2.00% | 1 | 0.04% | -71 | -2.73% | 2,605 |
| Sierra | 575 | 36.74% | 924 | 59.04% | 7 | 0.45% | 34 | 2.17% | 25 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -349 | -22.30% | 1,565 |
| Siskiyou | 995 | 50.61% | 934 | 47.51% | 5 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.25% | 27 | 1.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 61 | 3.10% | 1,966 |
| Solano | 2,047 | 47.64% | 1,957 | 45.54% | 55 | 1.28% | 117 | 2.72% | 115 | 2.68% | 6 | 0.14% | 90 | 2.09% | 4,297 |
| Sonoma | 2,699 | 45.16% | 2,631 | 44.03% | 268 | 4.48% | 154 | 2.58% | 224 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 68 | 1.14% | 5,976 |
| Stanislaus | 1,086 | 60.17% | 596 | 33.02% | 16 | 0.89% | 36 | 1.99% | 70 | 3.88% | 1 | 0.06% | 490 | 27.15% | 1,805 |
| Sutter | 653 | 46.64% | 661 | 47.21% | 2 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.14% | 81 | 5.79% | 1 | 0.07% | -8 | -0.57% | 1,400 |
| Tehama | 1,039 | 46.49% | 931 | 41.66% | 243 | 10.87% | 7 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 108 | 4.83% | 2,235 |
| Trinity | 469 | 48.30% | 463 | 47.68% | 4 | 0.41% | 33 | 3.40% | 2 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.62% | 971 |
| Tulare | 1,905 | 49.88% | 1,475 | 38.62% | 25 | 0.65% | 183 | 4.79% | 225 | 5.89% | 6 | 0.16% | 430 | 11.26% | 3,819 |
| Tuolumne | 1,115 | 55.81% | 782 | 39.14% | 13 | 0.65% | 22 | 1.10% | 66 | 3.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 | 16.67% | 1,998 |
| Ventura | 634 | 44.62% | 721 | 50.74% | 1 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.91% | 44 | 3.10% | 8 | 0.56% | -87 | -6.12% | 1,421 |
| Yolo | 1,408 | 48.82% | 1,196 | 41.47% | 92 | 3.19% | 30 | 1.04% | 157 | 5.44% | 1 | 0.03% | 212 | 7.35% | 2,884 |
| Yuba | 1,129 | 48.71% | 1,043 | 45.00% | 16 | 0.69% | 60 | 2.59% | 69 | 2.98% | 1 | 0.04% | 86 | 3.71% | 2,318 |
| Total | 84,970 | 43.43% | 84,316 | 43.10% | 12,227 | 6.25% | 7,347 | 3.76% | 6,432 | 3.29% | 336 | 0.17% | 654 | 0.33% | 195,628 |
