Sierra County History Illustrated History of PLUMAS, LASSEN & SIERRA Counties with CALIFORNIA from 1513 to 1850, Farriss & Smith, 1882, San Francisco Transcribed by Peggy Hooper, Oct 2009 This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://calarchives4u.com/ These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. PRESIDENTIAL AND GUBERNATORIAL VOTES FROM 1852 TO 1880 page 436-437 Year Election Candidates Party Vote Total 1852 Presidential Franklin Pierce Democrat 1,619 Winfield Scott Whig 1,348 2,967 1853 Gubernatorial John Bigler Democrat 1,906 William Waldo Whig 1,515 3,421 1855 Gubernatorial J. Neeley Johnson Know-Nothing 3,070 John Bigler Democrat 2,148 5,218 1856 Presidential James Buchanan Democrat 2,506 Millard Fillmore American 2,205 John C. Fremont Republican 693 5,404 1857 Gubernatorial John B. Weller Democrat 2,555 Edward Stanley Republican 473 George W. Bowie American 1,810 4,838 1859 Gubernatorial Milton S. Latham Democrat 2,814 John Curry A. L. Democrat 1,666 Leland Stanford Republican 295 4,775 1860 Presidential Abraham Lincoln Republican 1,468 Stephen A. Douglas I. Democrat 1,539 John C. Beckenridge Democrat 1,347 John Bell Con. Union 389 4,743 1861 Gubernatorial Leland Stanford Republican 2,147 J. R. McConnell Democrat 1,423 John Conness Union Dem 1,200 4,770 1863 Gubernatorial Frederick F. Low Union 2,380 John G. Downey Democrat 1,303 3,683 1864 Presidential Abraham Lincoln Union 2,501 George B. McClellan Democrat 1,037 3,538 1867 Gubernatorial George C. Gorham Republican 955 Henry H. Haight Democrat 698 Caleb T. Fay Ind. Repub. 97 1,750 1868 Presidential Ulysses S. Grant Republican 1,328 Horatio Seymour Democrat 794 2,122 1871 Gubernatorial Newton Booth Republican 1,173 Henry H. Haight Democrat 633 1,806 1872 Presidential Ulysses S. Grant Republican 926 Horace Greeley Lib. Dem 374 1,300 1875 Gubernatorial John Bidwell Independent 519 William Irwin Democrat 470 T. G. Phelps Republican 348 1,337 1876 Presidential Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 917 Samuel J. Tilden Democrat 511 1,428 1879 Adoption of New Const. Yes 514 No 731 1,245 Year Election Candidates Party Vote Total 1879 Gubernatorial George C. Perkins Republican 826 Hugh J. Glenn Dem. and New Const 457 William F. White Workingmen 225 Scattering 2 1,510 1880 Presidential James A. Garfield Republican 997 W. S. Hancock Democrat 560 James B. Weaver Greenback 12 1,569