October 7, 1850
General Election
A proposition appeared on the 1850 General Election ballot as to where the California State Capitol should be located. The propositions received the following votes;
Vallejo
San Jose - 1292
San Diego - 14
Monterey - 399
Santa Cruz - 2
James F. Reed's proposition (a different location in San Jose) - 651
Gilroy - 71
Eureka - 301
Stockton - 6
Sacramento - 160
San Francisco - 25
Benicia - 70
Nevada - 82
Downieville - 150
Hamilton - 10
Yuba City - 14
| Attorney General | |||
| James A. McDougall | Democratic | 66.6% | Win |
| John D. Munford | Whig | 33.4% | Loss |
| Clerk of the Supreme Court | |||
| John F. Morse | Whig | 30.3% | Loss |
| E. H. Tharp | Democratic | 69.7% | Win |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction | |||
| E. B. Bateman | Nonpartisan | 16.1% | Loss |
| B. Brierly | Nonpartisan | 16% | Loss |
| John G. Marvin | Nonpartisan | 27.7% | Win |
| James Nooney | Whig | 22.8% | Loss |
| Frederick P. Tracy | Democratic | 17.5% | Loss |
| CD-AL | |||
| Edward C. Marshall | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-01 | |||
| Jonathan Warner | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-02 | |||
| Stephen C. Foster | Democratic | Win | |
| Alexander W. Hope | Whig | Win | |
| SD-03 | |||
| Pablo De La Guerra | Whig | Win | |
| SD-04 | |||
| Selim E. Woodworth | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| SD-05 | |||
| Horace W. Carpentier | Democratic | Loss | |
| George B. Tingley | Whig | Win | |
| SD-06 | |||
| David C. Broderick | Democratic | Win | |
| Elcan Heydenfeldt | Whig | Win | |
| SD-07 | |||
| Thomas B. Van Buren | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-08 | |||
| David F. Douglass | Whig | Win | |
| SD-09 | |||
| Benjamin S. Lippincott | Independent | Win | |
| SD-10 | |||
| James Miller | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-11 | |||
| Martin E. Cooke | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| Thomas J. Green | Democratic | Win | |
| John H. McKune | Unknown | 31.4% | Loss |
| Henry E. Robinson | Democratic | 39.1% | Win |
| William E. Shannon | Unknown | 29.5% | Loss |
| SD-14 | |||
| Elisha O. Crosby | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| Alonzo Adams | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| John Cook | Whig | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| Andres Pico | Whig | Win | |
| Abel Stearns | Whig | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| Henry Carnes | Democratic | Win | |
| Jose M. Covarrubias | Democratic | Win | |
| C. J. Freeman | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| E. B. Kellogg | Independent | Win | |
| Andrew Randall | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| Thomas Bodley | Whig | Win | |
| Elam Brown | Whig | Win | |
| A. C. Campbell | Whig | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| F. C. Bennett | Whig | Win | |
| Jesse D. Carr | Whig | Win | |
| William C. Hoff | Democratic | Win | |
| Isaac N. Thorne | Whig | Win | |
| James S. Wethered | Whig | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| William C. McDougall | Whig | Win | |
| Frederick Yeiser | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| John Y. Lind | Democratic | Win | |
| Duncan W. Murphy | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| Drury P. Baldwin | Whig | Win | |
| Benjamin F. Moore | Whig | Win | |
| W. W. Wilkins | Whig | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| Samuel A. Merritt | Democratic | Win | |
| H. S. Richardson | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| John S. Bradford | Democratic | Win | |
| George W. Crane | Whig | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| John Bigler | Democratic | Win | |
| L. F. Dunlap | Unknown | Win | |
| Charles Robinson | Whig | 100% | Win |
| AD-13 | |||
| Gaven D. Hall | Democratic | Win | |
| Jeptha J. Kendrick | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| Stephen J. Field | Democratic | Win | |
| Joseph W. McCorkle | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| A. G. McCandless | Whig | Win | |
| Robert F. Saunders | Democratic | Win | |