September 4, 1861
General Election
Note: A total of 119,730 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| John Conness | Union Democratic | 25.8% | Loss |
| John R. McConnell | Breckinridge Democratic | 27.4% | Loss |
| Leland Stanford | Republican | 46.8% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| John F. Chellis | Republican | 44% | Win |
| Richard Irwin | Union Democratic | 28.9% | Loss |
| Jasper O'Farrell | Breckinridge Democratic | 27.1% | Loss |
| Controller | |||
| Samuel H. Brooks | Breckinridge Democratic | 26.5% | Loss |
| James E. Nuttman | Union Democratic | 29.8% | Loss |
| Gilbert R. Warren | Republican | 43.7% | Win |
| Treasurer | |||
| Delos R. Ashley | Republican | 43.5% | Win |
| Thomas Findley | Breckinridge Democratic | 27.8% | Loss |
| J. T. Landrum | Union Democratic | 28.6% | Loss |
| Attorney General | |||
| George W. Bowie | Union Democratic | 31.8% | Loss |
| Frank M. Pixley | Republican | 41.2% | Win |
| Tod Robinson | Breckinridge Democratic | 27% | Loss |
| Surveyor General | |||
| J. J. Gardiner | Union Democratic | 29.8% | Loss |
| Horace A. Higley | Breckinridge Democratic | 27% | Loss |
| James F. Houghton | Republican | 43.2% | Win |
| State Printer | |||
| Benjamin P. Avery | Republican | 43.7% | Win |
| M. D. Carr | Breckinridge Democratic | 27.1% | Loss |
| John R. Ridge | Union Democratic | 29.2% | Loss |
| Clerk of the Supreme Court | |||
| George S. Evans | Union Democratic | 30.5% | Loss |
| Charles S. Fairfax | Breckinridge Democratic | 27% | Loss |
| Frank F. Fargo | Republican | 42.6% | Win |
| CD-AL | |||
| Henry P. Barber | Independent | 9.5% | Loss |
| Henry Edgerton | Independent | 10.7% | Loss |
| Frank Ganahl | Breckinridge Democratic | 10.2% | Loss |
| John R. Gitchell | Union Democratic | 6.8% | Loss |
| Frederick F. Low | Republican | 11.8% | Win |
| Joseph C. McKibbin | Independent | 10.7% | Loss |
| Timothy G. Phelps | Independent | 15.6% | Win |
| Aaron A. Sargent | Independent | 15.3% | Win |
| D. O. Shattuck | Independent | 9.5% | Loss |
| SD-01 | |||
| Jacob C. Bogart | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-02 | |||
| James R. Vineyard | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-03 | |||
| Romualdo Pacheco | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-04 | |||
| Thomas Baker | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-06 | |||
| George K. Porter | Republican | Win | |
| SD-08 | |||
| B. W. Hathaway | Republican | Win | |
| Richard F. Perkins | Republican | Win | |
| Samuel Soule | Republican | Win | |
| SD-10 | |||
| A. M. Crane | Republican | Win | |
| SD-11 | |||
| Charles H. Chamberlain | Republican | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| Joseph M. Cavis | Union | 48% | Loss |
| Leander Quint | Union Democratic | 52% | Win |
| SD-13 | |||
| P. A. Gallagher | Union Democratic | Win | |
| William T. Lewis | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-14 | |||
| Ransom Burnell | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| Charles E. De Long | Union Democratic | Win | |
| A. St. Clair Denver | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Obed Harvey | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-16 | |||
| E. H. Heacock | Republican | Win | |
| Alexander B. Nixon | Republican | Win | |
| SD-17 | |||
| O. B. Powers | Republican | Win | |
| SD-18 | |||
| William Holden | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-19 | |||
| John H. Hill | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-20 | |||
| William D. Harriman | Republican | Win | |
| Philip W. Thomas | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-21 | |||
| Joseph Kutz | Republican | Win | |
| SD-24 | |||
| R. C. Gaskill | Republican | Win | |
| Richard Irwin | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-25 | |||
| J. Granville Doll | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-26 | |||
| J. Chadbourne | Republican | Loss | |
| Benjamin Shurtleff | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-27 | |||
| Walter Van Dyke | Union Democratic | Win | |
| SD-28 | |||
| George Oulton | Republican | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| Benjamin Barton | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| D. B. Hoffman | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| Murray Morrison | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| John A. Watson | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| Charles W. Dana | Republican | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| James C. Pemberton | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| James Smith | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| T. W. Lane | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| John G. McCullough | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| Juan Y. Cot | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Peter Dean | Republican | Loss | |
| Thomas Eagar | Republican | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| Joseph E. Brown | Republican | Win | |
| Charles Maclay | Republican | Win | |
| John Zuck | Republican | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| George Amerige | Republican | Win | |
| George Barstow | Republican | Win | |
| William W. Battles | Republican | Win | |
| Samuel C. Bigelow | Republican | Win | |
| Benjamin Dore | Republican | Win | |
| Caleb T. Fay | Republican | Win | |
| William Loewy | Republican | Win | |
| James Otis | Republican | Win | |
| William S. Reese | Republican | Win | |
| George B. Reeve | Republican | Win | |
| S. Tilton | Republican | Win | |
| S. S. Tilton | Republican | Win | |
| John W. Van Zandt | Republican | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| Samuel B. Bell | Republican | Win | |
| John H. Moore | Republican | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| A. C. McAlister | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Charles B. Porter | Republican | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| Samuel Meyers | Union Democratic | Win | |
| John Thompson | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| B. K. Davis | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| C. W. Kendall | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Timothy N. Machin | Republican | Win | |
| Nelson M. Orr | Republican | Loss | |
| AD-13 | |||
| Thomas Campbell | Union Democratic | Win | |
| J. W. Griswold | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas O'Brien | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| George W. Seaton | Union Democratic | Win | |
| William A. Waddell | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| Seneca Dean | Union Democratic | Win | |
| John H. Dennis | Union Democratic | Win | |
| John Frazier | Union Democratic | Win | |
| H. G. Parker | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-16 | |||
| William H. Barton | Republican | Win | |
| John E. Benton | Republican | Win | |
| R. D. Ferguson | Union Democratic | Win | |
| James B. Saul | Union Democratic | Win | |
| James H. Warwick | Republican | Win | |
| AD-17 | |||
| Jonathan M. Dudley | Republican | Win | |
| Isaac N. Hoag | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-18 | |||
| T. M. Ames | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Edward Evey | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-19 | |||
| J. G. Dow | Union Democratic | Win | |
| W. A. Eliason | Republican | Win | |
| G. W. Reed | Republican | Win | |
| AD-20 | |||
| Charles C. Dudley | Union Democratic | Win | |
| E. W. Hillyer | Republican | Win | |
| John Yule | Republican | Win | |
| AD-21 | |||
| John M. Avery | Republican | Win | |
| James Collins | Republican | Win | |
| Reuben Leach | Republican | Win | |
| William H. Sears | Republican | Win | |
| AD-22 | |||
| David Love | Republican | Win | |
| E. B. Smith | Republican | Win | |
| AD-23 | |||
| T. O. Jackson | Union Democratic | Win | |
| J. C. Sargent | Republican | Win | |
| Eli Teegarden | Union Democratic | Win | |
| C. E. Wilcoxon | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| AD-24 | |||
| J. M. Cunnard | Republican | Win | |
| George W. Printy | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas B. Shannon | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-25 | |||
| Joseph W. Thompson | Breckinridge Democratic | Win | |
| AD-26 | |||
| John H. Matthews | Union Democratic | Win | |
| George W. Woodman | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-27 | |||
| G. W. Werk | Union Democratic | Win | |
| S. P. Wright | Union Democratic | Win | |
| AD-28 | |||
| William Irwin | Union Democratic | Win | |
| Caleb N. Thornbury | Union Democratic | Win | |