October 8, 1853
General Election
Note: A total of 76,424 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| John Bigler | Democratic | 50.4% | Win |
| William Waldo | Whig | 49.6% | Loss |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Henry Eno | Whig | 42.6% | Loss |
| Samuel Purdy | Democratic | 57.4% | Win |
| Controller | |||
| Samuel Bell | Democratic | 54.5% | Win |
| Gilbert F. Winters | Whig | 45.5% | Loss |
| Treasurer | |||
| Samuel Knight Sr. | Whig | 45.9% | Loss |
| Selden A. McMeans | Democratic | 54.1% | Win |
| Attorney General | |||
| John R. McConnell | Democratic | 53.9% | Win |
| D. K. Newell | Whig | 46.1% | Loss |
| Surveyor General | |||
| S. H. Marlette | Democratic | 54.8% | Win |
| Selim E. Woodworth | Whig | 45.2% | Loss |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction | |||
| Sherman Day | Whig | 46% | Loss |
| Paul K. Hubbs | Democratic | 54% | Win |
| SD-03 | |||
| Pablo De La Guerra | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-04 | |||
| B. C. Whiting | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-06 | |||
| Samuel Brannan | Democratic | Win | |
| John S. Hager | Union | Win | |
| William M. Lent | Democratic | Win | |
| Elliott J. Moore | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-08 | |||
| Charles A. Leake | Democratic | Win | |
| E. D. Sawyer | Whig | Win | |
| SD-09 | |||
| Thomas Kendall | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-10 | |||
| Edward McGarry | Whig | Win | |
| SD-11 | |||
| Gilbert W. Colby | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| Gaven D. Hall | Democratic | Win | |
| George W. Hook | Democratic | Win | |
| Benjamin F. Keene | Democratic | Win | |
| H. G. Livermore | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-13 | |||
| Royal T. Sprague | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles A. Tuttle | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| Charles H. Bryan | Democratic | Win | |
| James H. Gardiner | Democratic | Win | |
| James G. Stebbins | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-16 | |||
| John T. Crenshaw | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-17 | |||
| Elisha T. Peck | Whig | Win | |
| SD-19 | |||
| James M. Hudspeth | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-22 | |||
| William B. May | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| Charles P. Noel | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| Charles E. Carr | Democratic | Win | |
| Jefferson Hunt | Democratic | Win | |
| Edward Hunter | Democratic | Win | |
| J. P. McFarland | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| Pedro C. Carrillo | Democratic | Win | |
| Parker H. French | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| Delos R. Ashley | Democratic | Win | |
| William W. Stow | Whig | Win | |
| Joseph S. Watkins | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| William S. Letcher | Whig | Win | |
| Freeman S. McKinney | Whig | Win | |
| F. M. Warmcastle | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| John W. Bagley | Democratic | Win | |
| James A. Gilbert | Democratic | Win | |
| Alfred A. Green | Democratic | Win | |
| J. C. Hubbard | Democratic | Win | |
| Numa Hubert | Democratic | Win | |
| F. W. Koll | Democratic | Win | |
| Elijah Nichols | Democratic | Win | |
| Edwin B. Purdy | Democratic | Win | |
| William J. Sweasey | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| A. C. Bradford | Democratic | Win | |
| John Stemmons | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| Marion W. Gordon | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| A. J. Houghtaling | Whig | Win | |
| William C. Pratt | Democratic | Win | |
| Martin Rowan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| H. B. Godard | Democratic | Win | |
| John J. Hoff | Democratic | Win | |
| B. D. Horr | Whig | Win | |
| James T. Hoyt | Democratic | Win | |
| James W. Mandeville | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| John C. Henry | Whig | Win | |
| Philemon T. Herbert | Democratic | Win | |
| John A. Tivy | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| Thomas R. Davidson | Democratic | Win | |
| John M. McBrayer | Democratic | Win | |
| Francis A. Park | Democratic | Win | |
| John W. Park | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| S. A. Ballou | Democratic | Win | |
| Alfred Briggs | Democratic | Win | |
| John Conness | Democratic | Win | |
| Hannibal Hollister | Democratic | Win | |
| George McDonald | Democratic | Win | |
| M. Spencer | Democratic | Win | |
| E. C. Springer | Democratic | Win | |
| Edward A. Stevenson | Democratic | Win | |
| D. P. Tallmadge | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-13 | |||
| B. L. Fairfield | Democratic | Win | |
| Benjamin F. Myres | Democratic | Win | |
| James D. O'Neill | Democratic | Win | |
| George H. Van Cleft | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| E. O. F. Hastings | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| Francis Anderson | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles W. Dannals | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles S. Fairfax | Democratic | Win | |
| John C. James | Democratic | Win | |
| J. C. Jones | Democratic | Win | |
| Henry B. Kellogg | Democratic | Win | |
| James G. McDuffie | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-16 | |||
| John H. Bostwick | Democratic | Win | |
| Edward F. Burton | Whig | Win | |
| Isaac N. Dawley | Democratic | Win | |
| William H. Lindsey | Whig | Win | |
| H. P. Sweetland | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-17 | |||
| Seneca Ewer | Democratic | Win | |
| Richard Irwin | Democratic | Win | |
| John B. McGee | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-18 | |||
| W. D. Aylett | Democratic | Win | |
| John A. Ring | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-19 | |||
| James W. Bennett | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Lindsey Carson | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| David Clingan | Democratic | Win | |
| Joseph Hooker | Nonpartisan | Loss | |
| AD-20 | |||
| George N. Cornwall | Democratic | Win | |
| Bernard C. Whitman | Whig | Win | |
| AD-21 | |||
| George W. Bowie | Whig | Win | |
| Humphrey Griffith | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-22 | |||
| John Musser | Democratic | Win | |
| Stephen G. Whipple | Democratic | Win | |