September 5, 1855
General Election
Note: A total of 97,377 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| John Bigler | Democratic | 47.4% | Loss |
| J. Neely Johnson | Know Nothing | 52.6% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Robert M. Anderson | Know Nothing | 50.9% | Win |
| Samuel Purdy | Democratic | 49.1% | Loss |
| Controller | |||
| Thomas O. Flournoy | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
| George W. Whitman | Know Nothing | 51.7% | Win |
| Treasurer | |||
| Henry Bates | Know Nothing | 51.6% | Win |
| Benjamin F. Keene | Democratic | 48.4% | Loss |
| Attorney General | |||
| William T. Wallace | Know Nothing | 51.8% | Win |
| B. C. Whiting | Democratic | 48.2% | Loss |
| Surveyor General | |||
| John A. Brewster | Know Nothing | 51.6% | Win |
| S. H. Marlette | Democratic | 48.4% | Loss |
| State Printer | |||
| James Allen (II) | Know Nothing | 51.7% | Win |
| George H. Crossette | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
| SD-01 | |||
| B. D. Wilson | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-02 | |||
| Pablo De La Guerra | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-03 | |||
| Delos R. Ashley | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-05 | |||
| Edward D. Baker | Whig | Loss | |
| Wilson Flint | Know Nothing | Win | |
| William W. Hawks | Know Nothing | Win | |
| William J. Shaw | Democratic | Win | |
| Frank Tilford | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-07 | |||
| James W. Coffroth | Know Nothing | Win | |
| James W. Mandeville | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-09 | |||
| William I. Ferguson | Know Nothing | 57% | Win |
| William S. Long | Democratic | 43% | Loss |
| SD-10 | |||
| Sarshel Bynum | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-11 | |||
| H. P. Heintzleman | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| John D. Cosby | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-13 | |||
| Samuel H. Dosh | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-14 | |||
| John B. McGee | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| Wellington C. Burnett | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Charles E. Lippincott | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-16 | |||
| Edwin G. Waite | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-17 | |||
| J. C. Hawthorne | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Charles Westmoreland | Know Nothing | Win | |
| SD-18 | |||
| A. St. Clair Denver | 22.5% | Loss | |
| Henry M. Fiske | Know Nothing | 27.5% | Win |
| Alfred French | Democratic | Win | |
| George W. Hook | Democratic | Win | |
| Samuel M. Johnson | 22.5% | Loss | |
| John G. McCallum | Know Nothing | 27.5% | Win |
| SD-19 | |||
| Dwight Crandall | Democratic | Win | |
| William B. Norman | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| J. Lancaster Brent | Democratic | Win | |
| John G. Downey | Democratic | Win | |
| Jefferson Hunt | Democratic | Win | |
| Jeptha J. Kendrick | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| Manuel A. Castro | Democratic | Win | |
| Jose M. Covarrubias | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| William Blackburn | Know Nothing | Win | |
| R. L. Matthews | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| Thomas M. Coombs | Independent | Win | |
| Caswell Davis | Know Nothing | Win | |
| George Peck | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| John Ewalt | Democratic | Win | |
| James George | Democratic | Win | |
| Thomas Gray | Democratic | Win | |
| Horace Hawes | Democratic | Win | |
| Nathaniel Holland | Democratic | Win | |
| Benjamin S. Lippincott | Democratic | Win | |
| T. W. Moulthrop | Democratic | Win | |
| Sol A. Sharp | Democratic | Win | |
| Herman Wohler | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| Robert B. Lamon | Know Nothing | Win | |
| George H. Rhodes | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Robert R. Swan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| Thomas C. Brunton | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. C. Callbreath | Democratic | Win | |
| M. McGehee | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Thomas J. Oxley | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. T. Van Dusen | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| James W. Hunter | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Aaron R. Melony | Democratic | Win | |
| B. G. Weir | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| George H. Carter | Know Nothing | Win | |
| George Cone | Know Nothing | Win | |
| George W. Leihy | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. W. Pugh | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| Edward Bynum | Democratic | Win | |
| Richard C. Haile | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Andrew M. Stevenson | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| Gilbert R. Brush | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Harmon G. Heald | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. S. Rathburn | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| Edward J. Curtis | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Walter McDonald | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Caspar S. Ricks | Know Nothing | Win | |
| W. W. Upton | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-13 | |||
| Alexander R. Andrews | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Edward J. Lewis | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| John Dick | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Ripley C. Kelly | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Joseph Winston | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| A. J. Batchelder | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Jacob Shearer | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Robert B. Sherrard | Know Nothing | Win | |
| John Sterritt | Know Nothing | Win | |
| R. M. Turner | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Upton B. Winsor | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-16 | |||
| Vincent G. Bell | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Samuel W. Boring | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Daniel Dustin | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Thomas B. McFarland | Know Nothing | Win | |
| G. A. F. Reynolds | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-17 | |||
| T. H. Reed | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Silas Sellick | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Lansing Stout | Know Nothing | Win | |
| R. L. Williams | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-18 | |||
| John Borland | Know Nothing | Win | |
| James E. Bowe | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Stephen T. Gage | Know Nothing | Win | |
| Tyler D. Heiskell | Know Nothing | Win | |
| J. W. Oliver | Know Nothing | Win | |
| W. H. Taylor | Know Nothing | Win | |
| L. S. Welch | Know Nothing | Win | |
| James D. White | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-19 | |||
| Elwood T. Beatty | Democratic | Win | |
| James T. Farley | Know Nothing | Win | |
| James Pearson | Democratic | Win | |
| T. W. Taliaferro | Democratic | Win | |
| George W. Wagner | Know Nothing | Win | |
| AD-20 | |||
| Henry A. Gaston | Know Nothing | Win | |
| A. A. Hoover | Know Nothing | Win | |