1867 California gubernatorial election

1867 California gubernatorial election
← 1863 September 4, 1867 1871 →
 
Nominee Henry Huntly Haight George Congdon Gorham
Party Democratic National Union
Popular vote 49,905 40,359
Percentage 54.04% 43.70%

Governor before election

Frederick Low
National Union

Elected Governor

William Irwin
Democratic

The 1867 California gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1867, to elect the governor of California. The election pitted Democrat Henry Haight Against National Union George Gorham. Haight Defeated Gorham by slightly over ten points. Republicans opposed to Gorham, who had support from pre-war Unionist Democrats, ran an alternate Republican ticket headed by Caleb T. Fay.[1]

  1. ^ "Revised State Union Ticket". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Sacramento Daily Union. September 4, 1867. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

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