September 2, 1857
General Election
Note: A total of 93,643 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| George W. Bowie | Know Nothing | 20.8% | Loss |
| Edward Stanly | Democratic | 22.5% | Loss |
| John B. Weller | Democratic | 56.7% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| D. W. Cheesman | Republican | 17.9% | Loss |
| J. A. Raymond | Know Nothing | 21% | Loss |
| John Walkup | Democratic | 61.1% | Win |
| Controller | |||
| L. C. Gunn | Republican | 17.6% | Loss |
| James W. Mandeville | Democratic | 61.2% | Win |
| George W. Whitman | Know Nothing | 21.3% | Loss |
| Treasurer | |||
| J. R. Crandall | Nonpartisan | 20.7% | Loss |
| Thomas Findley | Democratic | 61.6% | Win |
| Leland Stanford | Nonpartisan | 17.7% | Loss |
| Attorney General | |||
| Thomas B. McFarland | Know Nothing | 21% | Loss |
| Aaron A. Sargent | Republican | 19.7% | Loss |
| Thomas H. Williams | Democratic | 59.3% | Win |
| Surveyor General | |||
| L. B. Healey | Know Nothing | 21% | Loss |
| Horace A. Higley | Democratic | 59.6% | Win |
| P. M. Randall | Republican | 19.4% | Loss |
| State Printer | |||
| B. H. Monson | Know Nothing | 21.2% | Loss |
| F. B. Murdock | Republican | 17.5% | Loss |
| John O'Meara | Democratic | 61.3% | Win |
| SD-02 | |||
| Romualdo Pacheco | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-03 | |||
| D. S. Gregory | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-05 | |||
| Gilbert A. Grant | Republican | Win | |
| Timothy G. Phelps | Republican | Win | |
| Samuel Soule | Republican | Win | |
| SD-07 | |||
| William Holden | Democratic | Win | |
| George H. Rogers | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-09 | |||
| John A. Brewster | Know Nothing | 72.8% | Loss |
| William I. Ferguson | Democratic | Win | |
| Josiah Johnson | Democratic | Win | |
| Alexander B. Nixon | Republican | 27.2% | Loss |
| SD-10 | |||
| Humphrey Griffith | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| Jehu Berry | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-13 | |||
| E. Garter | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-14 | |||
| John Coulter | Democratic | Win | |
| A. S. Hart | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| Isaac Allen | Democratic | Win | |
| Jesse O. Goodwin | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-16 | |||
| Edward F. Burton | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-17 | |||
| James Anderson | Democratic | Win | |
| Jehiel H. Baker | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-18 | |||
| William B. Dickenson | Democratic | Win | |
| S. F. Hamm | Democratic | Win | |
| Samuel M. Johnson | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-19 | |||
| Lewis N. Ketcham | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-20 | |||
| William T. Ferguson | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-21 | |||
| John C. Burch | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| Robert W. Groom | Democratic | Win | |
| Henry Hancock | Democratic | Win | |
| Andres Pico | Democratic | Win | |
| Isaac W. Smith | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| Russell Heath | Democratic | Win | |
| Henry M. Osgood | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| George W. Crane | Democratic | Win | |
| Israel C. Willson | Independent | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| J. A. Hobart | Republican | Win | |
| W. W. McCoy | Democratic | Win | |
| Solon S. Simons | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| James A. Banks | Republican | Win | |
| Caleb Burbank | Republican | Win | |
| John W. Cherry | Republican | Win | |
| S. B. Gordon | Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas Gray | Republican | Win | |
| S. W. Holliday | Republican | Win | |
| Jacob B. Moore | Republican | Win | |
| Cyrus Palmer | Republican | Win | |
| William W. Shepard | Republican | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| A. H. Mitchell | Democratic | Win | |
| John H. Tatman | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. N. Ward | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| P. M. Haldeman | Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas T. Hamlin | Democratic | Win | |
| William J. Markley | Democratic | Win | |
| George W. Thomas | Democratic | Win | |
| A. A. H. Tuttle | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| G. C. Holman | Democratic | Win | |
| A. G. Stakes | Democratic | Win | |
| F. M. Warmcastle | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| R. D. Ferguson | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles S. Howell | Democratic | Win | |
| James E. Sheridan | Democratic | Win | |
| Moses Stout | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| Thomas H. Anderson | Democratic | Win | |
| N. H. Davis | Democratic | Win | |
| William Minis | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| Uriah Edwards | Democratic | Win | |
| J. S. Ormsby | Democratic | Win | |
| James T. Stocker | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| R. P. Hirst | Democratic | Win | |
| A. B. Walker | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-13 | |||
| Edward J. Lewis | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles R. Street | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| S. A. Ballou | Democratic | Win | |
| James Hitchens | Democratic | Win | |
| J. L. C. Sherwin | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| Francis L. Aud | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles E. De Long | Democratic | Win | |
| Benjamin E. S. Ely | Democratic | Win | |
| James O. Harris | Democratic | Win | |
| B. R. Spilman | Democratic | Win | |
| Ninian E. Whiteside | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-16 | |||
| John Caldwell | Democratic | Win | |
| William H. Hill | Democratic | Win | |
| James K. Smith | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. B. Warfield | Democratic | Win | |
| George A. Young | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-17 | |||
| D. B. Curtis | Democratic | Win | |
| Nicolas Kalber | Democratic | Win | |
| A. P. K. Safford | Democratic | Win | |
| William C. Stratton | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-18 | |||
| David E. Buel | Democratic | Win | |
| J. D. Galbraith | Democratic | Win | |
| A. J. Graham | Democratic | Win | |
| Harvey Lee | Democratic | Win | |
| D. T. Loofbourrow | Democratic | Win | |
| H. A. Moses | Democratic | Win | |
| Charles W. Pearis | Democratic | Win | |
| J. S. Tipton | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-19 | |||
| Robert M. Briggs | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Homer King | Democratic | Win | |
| B. F. Marshall | Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas O'Brien | Democratic | Win | |
| Eustace Parker | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-20 | |||
| J. A. Clarke | Democratic | Win | |
| R. D. Hill | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-21 | |||
| H. W. Havens | Democratic | Win | |
| Edward Neblett | Democratic | Win | |
Special Election
| Treasurer | |||
| J. R. Crandall | Nonpartisan | 10.9% | Loss |
| James L. English | Democratic | 82.6% | Win |
| Leland Stanford | Nonpartisan | 6.6% | Loss |