November 13, 1849
General Election
Note: A total of 14,213 Californians voted in this election (only 12,875 voted on the issue of California's Constitution).
The vote to adopt California's First Constitution was 12,064 in favor and 811 against. Most (just under 80%) of the votes against the constitution came from the Sacramento District.
| Governor | |||
| Peter H. Burnett | Nonpartisan | 47.8% | Win |
| John W. Geary | Nonpartisan | 9.6% | Loss |
| Winfield S. Sherwood | Nonpartisan | 22.7% | Loss |
| William M. Steuart | Nonpartisan | 4.4% | Loss |
| John A. Sutter | Nonpartisan | 15.5% | Loss |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Pablo De La Guerra | Nonpartisan | 1% | Loss |
| John B. Frisbie | Nonpartisan | 11.7% | Loss |
| Francis J. Lippitt | Nonpartisan | 8% | Loss |
| John McDougall | Nonpartisan | 55.5% | Win |
| Richard Roman | Nonpartisan | 17.8% | Loss |
| A. M. Winn | Nonpartisan | 6% | Loss |
| CD-AL | |||
| Louis Dent | Nonpartisan | 8.2% | Loss |
| Kimball H. Dimmick | Nonpartisan | 0.2% | Loss |
| Edward Gilbert | Nonpartisan | 20.6% | Win |
| Peter Halsted | Nonpartisan | 2.4% | Loss |
| L. W. Hastings | Nonpartisan | 0.9% | Loss |
| E. J. C. Kewen | Nonpartisan | 7.3% | Loss |
| P. A. Morse | Nonpartisan | 8.3% | Loss |
| Rodman M. Price | Nonpartisan | 16.3% | Loss |
| Pierson B. Reading | Nonpartisan | 0.7% | Loss |
| William H. Russell | Nonpartisan | 0.4% | Loss |
| William E. Shannon | Nonpartisan | 5.4% | Loss |
| W. M. Sheppard | Nonpartisan | 7.2% | Loss |
| J. S. Thompson | Nonpartisan | 0.3% | Loss |
| George W. Wright | Nonpartisan | 22% | Win |
| SD-Los Angeles | |||
| E. Kirby Chamberlain | Nonpartisan | 31.8% | Win |
| E. Corronel | Nonpartisan | 9.2% | Loss |
| Alexander W. Hope | Nonpartisan | 29.1% | Win |
| Miguel D. Pedrorena | Nonpartisan | 12.4% | Loss |
| J. Temple | Nonpartisan | 17.5% | Loss |
| SD-Monterey | |||
| W. H. McKee | Nonpartisan | 10.3% | Loss |
| J. McLean | Nonpartisan | 12.2% | Loss |
| J. Ramirez | Nonpartisan | 7.5% | Loss |
| Selim E. Woodworth | Nonpartisan | 70% | Win |
| SD-Sacramento | |||
| John Bidwell | Nonpartisan | 21.1% | Win |
| Hardin Bigelow | Nonpartisan | 8.1% | Loss |
| Elisha O. Crosby | Nonpartisan | 15% | Win |
| G. A. Grant | Nonpartisan | 9.7% | Loss |
| Thomas J. Green | Nonpartisan | 14.4% | Win |
| M. Morrison | Nonpartisan | 12.5% | Loss |
| Charles E. Pickett | Nonpartisan | 5.2% | Loss |
| Henry E. Robinson | Nonpartisan | 14% | Win |
| SD-San Francisco | |||
| Nathaniel Bennett | Nonpartisan | 29.8% | Win |
| H. R. Bowie | Nonpartisan | 20.2% | Loss |
| J. A. Brinsmade | Nonpartisan | 19.9% | Loss |
| Gabriel B. Post | Nonpartisan | 30.1% | Win |
| SD-San Joaquin | |||
| David F. Douglass | Nonpartisan | 24.4% | Win |
| Benjamin S. Lippincott | Nonpartisan | 22.9% | Win |
| Henry A. Lyons | Nonpartisan | 14.6% | Loss |
| Nelson Taylor | Nonpartisan | 16.6% | Win |
| Thomas L. Vermeule | Nonpartisan | 21.5% | Win |
| SD-San Jose | |||
| William R. Bassham | Nonpartisan | 100% | Win |
| SD-San Luis Obispo | |||
| W. G. Dana | Nonpartisan | 30.8% | Loss |
| Pablo De La Guerra | Nonpartisan | 69.2% | Win |
| SD-Sonoma | |||
| S. Cooper | Nonpartisan | 8.7% | Loss |
| Jonas Spect | Nonpartisan | 35.2% | Win |
| Mariano G. Vallejo | Nonpartisan | 26.4% | Loss |
| Joel P. Walker | Nonpartisan | 29.7% | Loss |
| AD-Los Angeles | |||
| Alexander P. Crittenden | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Montgomery Martin | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-Monterey | |||
| J. S. Gray | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Theron R. Perlee | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-Sacramento | |||
| H. C. Cardwell | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| P. B. Cornwall | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| William B. Dickenson | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| John T. Hughes | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Elisha W. McKinstry | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| George B. Tingley | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Madison Walthall | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Thomas J. White | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| John F. Williams | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-Santa Barbara | |||
| Jose M. Covarrubias | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| John Scott | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-San Diego | |||
| Oliver S. Witherby | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-San Francisco | |||
| Alexander Patterson | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Edmund Randolph | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Levi Stowell | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| William C. Van Voorhies | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| John H. Watson | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-San Joaquin | |||
| Drury P. Baldwin | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Charles M. Creaner | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Richard W. Heath | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Benjamin F. Moore | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Joseph C. Morehead | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Isaac S. K. Ogier | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| J. F. Stephens | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| J. Stewart | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| J. W. Van Benschoten | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-San Jose | |||
| Joseph Aram | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Elam Brown | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| Benjamin Cory | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-San Luis Obispo | |||
| Henry A. Tefft | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| AD-Sonoma | |||
| J. E. Brackett | Nonpartisan | Win | |
| John S. Bradford | Nonpartisan | Win | |