September 6, 1871
General Election
Note: A total of 120,101 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| Newton Booth | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
| Henry H. Haight | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Edward J. Lewis | Democratic | 47.8% | Loss |
| Romualdo Pacheco | Republican | 52.2% | Win |
| Secretary of State | |||
| William B. C. Brown | Democratic | 48.4% | Loss |
| Drury Malone | Republican | 51.6% | Win |
| Controller | |||
| R. O. DeWitt | Democratic | 47.7% | Loss |
| James J. Green | Republican | 52.3% | Win |
| Treasurer | |||
| Ferdinand Baehr | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
| Antonio F. Coronel | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
| Attorney General | |||
| Joseph Hamilton | Democratic | 48.5% | Loss |
| John Lord Love | Republican | 51.5% | Win |
| Surveyor General | |||
| John W. Bost | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
| Robert Gardner | Republican | 51.7% | Win |
| State Printer | |||
| John T. Barry | Democratic | 47.7% | Loss |
| Thomas A. Springer | Republican | 52.3% | Win |
| Clerk of the Supreme Court | |||
| Thomas Laspeyre | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
| Grant I. Taggart | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
| CD-01 | |||
| Lawrence Archer | Democratic | 48.4% | Loss |
| Sherman O. Houghton | Republican | 51.6% | Win |
| CD-02 | |||
| James W. Coffroth | Democratic | 46% | Loss |
| Aaron A. Sargent | Republican | 54% | Win |
| CD-03 | |||
| John M. Coghlan | Republican | 51.7% | Win |
| George Pearce | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
| SD-01 | |||
| James McCoy | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-05 | |||
| Thomas J. Keyes | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-06 | |||
| Thomas Beck | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-08 | |||
| Seldon J. Finney | Republican | Win | |
| W. T. Garratt | Republican | Win | |
| George Oulton | Republican | Win | |
| Thomas N. Wand | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-10 | |||
| David Goodale | Republican | Win | |
| SD-11 | |||
| George S. Evans | Republican | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| Moses C. Andross | Republican | Win | |
| SD-13 | |||
| Barlow Dyer | Republican | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| Henry Larkin | Democratic | Win | |
| H. J. McKusick | Republican | Win | |
| SD-16 | |||
| James A. Duffy | Republican | Win | |
| SD-18 | |||
| William Wirt Pendegast | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-19 | |||
| Benjamin F. Tuttle | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-20 | |||
| Jacob H. Neff | Republican | Win | |
| SD-21 | |||
| Charles Kent | Republican | Win | |
| SD-23 | |||
| L. T. Crane | Republican | Win | |
| Samuel C. Hutchings | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-24 | |||
| David Boucher | Republican | Win | |
| SD-25 | |||
| John Boggs | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-26 | |||
| John McMurray | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-27 | |||
| John J. De Haven | Republican | Win | |
| SD-28 | |||
| William Irwin | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| George W. Dannals | Democratic | Win | |
| F. M. Slaughter | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| Asa Ellis | Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas D. Mott | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| Joel H. Cooper | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| Jeremiah Burckhalter | Democratic | Win | |
| James N. Walker | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| J. B. Sensabaugh | Democratic | Win | |
| John W. Wilcox | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| G. W. Bockius | Republican | Win | |
| H. M. Hayes | Republican | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| Frederick C. Franck | Republican | Win | |
| James P. Sargent | Republican | Win | |
| Francis E. Spencer | Republican | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| W. A. Aldrich | Republican | Win | |
| Curtis Baird | Republican | Win | |
| Charles Goodall | Republican | Win | |
| Giles H. Gray | Republican | Win | |
| W. T. James | Republican | Win | |
| Charles Jost | Republican | Win | |
| Samuel McCullough | Republican | Win | |
| David Meeker | Republican | Win | |
| Henry R. Reed | Republican | Win | |
| John Seibe | Republican | Win | |
| Thomas B. Shannon | Republican | Win | |
| William R. Wheaton | Republican | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| E. T. Crane | Republican | Win | |
| Enoch H. Pardee | Republican | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| Joseph W. Galloway | Republican | Win | |
| J. B. Rice | Republican | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| R. C. Sargent | Republican | Win | |
| F. J. Woodward | Republican | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| P. B. Bacon | Republican | Win | |
| W. C. Connolly | Democratic | Win | |
| George A. Whiting | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-13 | |||
| C. L. F. Brown | Republican | Win | |
| John L. Gibson | Democratic | Win | |
| L. M. Schrack | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| Cyrus Coleman | Republican | Win | |
| John A. Eagon | Independent | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| William Barklage | Republican | Win | |
| A. J. Bayley | Democratic | Win | |
| Samuel H. Center | Republican | Win | |
| Robert Chalmers | Republican | Win | |
| AD-16 | |||
| C. G. W. French | Republican | Win | |
| Obed Harvey | Republican | Win | |
| Peter J. Hopper | Republican | Win | |
| William Johnston | Republican | Win | |
| E. B. Mott | Republican | Win | |
| AD-17 | |||
| Frank S. Freeman | Republican | Win | |
| Martin J. Wright | Republican | Win | |
| AD-18 | |||
| George B. Mathers | Democratic | Win | |
| W. W. Stillwagon | Republican | Win | |
| AD-19 | |||
| William Caldwell | Democratic | Win | |
| Edward C. Hinshaw | Democratic | Win | |
| Beverly B. Munday | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-20 | |||
| O. H. Lee | Republican | Win | |
| Henry Long | Republican | Win | |
| Jacob Welty | Republican | Win | |
| AD-21 | |||
| S. Barker | Republican | Win | |
| Robert Bell | Republican | Win | |
| John M. Days | Democratic | Win | |
| Henry Everett | Republican | Win | |
| AD-22 | |||
| Benjamin J. Sammons | Republican | Win | |
| D. L. Whitney | Republican | Win | |
| AD-23 | |||
| Campbell P. Berry | Democratic | Win | |
| John C. Bradley | Republican | Win | |
| William Edgar | Republican | Win | |
| F. R. Lofton | Republican | Win | |
| AD-24 | |||
| B. W. Barnes | Republican | Win | |
| W. N. DeHaven | Republican | Win | |
| Joshua N. Turner | Republican | Win | |
| AD-25 | |||
| Loomis Ward | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-26 | |||
| Alexander R. Andrews | Democratic | Win | |
| Wiley J. Tinnin | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-27 | |||
| Thomas H. Rector | Democratic | Win | |
| Joseph Russ | Republican | Win | |
| AD-28 | |||
| W. A. Little | Democratic | Win | |
| John K. Luttrell | Democratic | Win | |