Battle of Backbone Mountain

The 1886 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886, to elect the governor of California.

Results

California gubernatorial election, 1886^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Washington Bartlett	84,965	43.43
	Republican	John Franklin Swift	84,316	43.10
	Nonpartisan	C. C. O'Donnell	12,227	6.25
	Know Nothing	Peter D. Wigginton	7,377	3.77
	Prohibition	Joel Russell	6,432	3.29
	Other	Write-ins	336	0.17
Total votes			195,653	100
	Democratic hold