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Governor of California
The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. The position was...
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Peter Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was an American politician and the first state Governor of California, serving from December 20, 1849 to January 9, 1851. He was also the first California governor to resign from office....
Date of birth:
- Nov 15, 1807
Date of death:
- May 17, 1895 (age 87 years)
Party:
John McDougall
John McDougall (ca. 1818 – March 30, 1866) was the first lieutenant governor of California from 1849 to 1851, and later governor of California from January 9, 1851 until January 8, 1852.
McDougall was born in Ross County, Ohio ca. 1818, and arrived...
Date of birth:
- 1818
Date of death:
- Mar 30, 1866 (age 48 years)
Party:
John Bigler
John Bigler (January 8, 1805 – November 29, 1871) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to successfully complete an entire...
Date of birth:
- Jan 8, 1805
Date of death:
- Nov 29, 1871 (age 66 years)
Party:
J. Neely Johnson
John Neely Johnson (August 2, 1825 – August 31, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected as the fourth Governor of California from 1856 to 1858, and later appointed justice to the Nevada Supreme Court from 1867 to 1871. As a...
Date of birth:
- Aug 2, 1825
Date of death:
- Aug 31, 1872 (age 47 years)
Party:
John B. Weller
John B. Weller (February 22, 1812 – August 17, 1875) was the fifth governor of California from January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860 and a Congressman from Ohio, U.S. senator from California, and minister to Mexico.
Weller was born in Hamilton County,...
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1812
Date of death:
- Aug 17, 1875 (age 63 years)
Party:
Milton Latham
Milton Slocum Latham (May 23, 1827 – March 4, 1882) was an American politician, and served as the sixth Governor of California and as a member to the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the...
Date of birth:
- May 23, 1827
Date of death:
- Mar 4, 1882 (age 54 years)
Party:
John G. Downey
John Gately Downey (June 24, 1827 – March 1, 1894) was an Irish-American politician and Governor of California from January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862. Until the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, Downey was California's only foreign-born...
Date of birth:
- Jun 24, 1827
Date of death:
- Mar 1, 1894 (age 66 years)
Party:
Leland Stanford
Amasa Leland Stanford (9 March 1824 – 21 June 1893) was an American tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University.
Stanford was born in 1824 in what was then Watervliet, New York (which is now the town of Colonie). He was one of eight...
Date of birth:
- Mar 9, 1824
Date of death:
- Jun 21, 1893 (age 69 years)
Party:
Frederick Low
Frederick Ferdinand Low (January 30, 1828 – July 21, 1894) was an American politician, US congressman and governor of California.
Born in Frankfort (now Winterport, Maine) in 1828, Low attended the Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. Low moved to...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1828
Date of death:
- Jul 21, 1894 (age 66 years)
Party:
Henry Haight
Henry Haight (1820 – 1869) was an American exchange banker and pioneer. He was the manager of the Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co. in San Francisco during the California gold rush era.
He is the uncle of Henry Huntly Haight (1825–1878), tenth...
Date of birth:
- 1820
Date of death:
- 1869 (age 49 years)
Newton Booth
Newton Booth (December 30, 1825 – July 14, 1892) was an American politician.
Born in Salem, Indiana, he attended the common schools. In 1841, his parents Beebe and Hannah Booth moved from Salem to Terre Haute, Indiana. Newton graduated from Asbury...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1825
Date of death:
- Jul 14, 1892 (age 66 years)
Party:
Romualdo Pacheco
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (October 31, 1831 – January 23, 1899) was an American politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1831
Date of death:
- Jan 23, 1899 (age 67 years)
Party:
William Irwin
William Irwin (ca. 1827 – March 15, 1886) was a California politician from the Democratic Party who served as governor of California between 1875 and 1880. He previously served as acting lieutenant governor for nine months in 1875.
Born in Butler...
Date of birth:
- 1827
Date of death:
- Mar 15, 1886 (age 59 years)
Party:
George Clement Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839 – February 26, 1923) was a U.S. Republican politician, who was the fourteenth governor of California from January 8, 1880, to January 10, 1883, and a United States senator from 1893 until 1915. He also served...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1839
Date of death:
- Feb 26, 1923 (age 83 years)
Party:
George Stoneman
George Stoneman, Jr. (August 22, 1822 – September 5, 1894) was a career United States Army officer, a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, and the Governor of California between 1883 and 1887.
Stoneman was born on a family farm in Busti,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1822
Date of death:
- Sep 5, 1894 (age 72 years)
Party:
Washington Bartlett
Washington Montgomery Bartlett (February 29, 1824 – September 12, 1887) was Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1883–1887 and was California's first and to date only Jewish governor.
Bartlett was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1824. He was a life...
Date of birth:
- Feb 29, 1824
Date of death:
- Sep 12, 1887 (age 63 years)
Party:
Robert Waterman
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Date of birth:
- Dec 15, 1826
Date of death:
- Apr 12, 1891 (age 64 years)
Party:
Henry Markham
Henry Harrison Markham (November 16, 1840 – October 9, 1923) was a United States Representative from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887 and Governor of California from January 8, 1891 until January 11, 1895.
Markham was born in Wilmington, New York....
Date of birth:
- Nov 16, 1840
Date of death:
- Oct 9, 1923 (age 82 years)
Party:
James Budd
James Herbert Budd (May 18, 1851 – July 30, 1908) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. Involved in federal and state politics, Budd was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 2nd California district from 1883 to 1885, and...
Date of birth:
- May 18, 1851
Date of death:
- Jul 30, 1908 (age 57 years)
Party:
Henry Gage
Henry Tifft Gage (December 25, 1852 – August 28, 1924) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Republican, Gage was elected to a single term as the 20th Governor of California from 1899 to 1903. Gage was also the U.S. Minister to Portugal...
Date of birth:
- Dec 25, 1852
Date of death:
- Aug 28, 1924 (age 71 years)
Party:
George Pardee
George Cooper Pardee (July 25, 1857 – September 1, 1941) was an American medical doctor and politician. The 21st Governor of California, holding office from January 7, 1903 to January 9, 1907, Pardee was the second native-born Californian to assume...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1857
Date of death:
- Sep 1, 1941 (age 84 years)
Party:
James Gillett
James Norris Gillett (September 20, 1860 – April 21, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican involved in federal and state politics, Gillett was elected both a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California from March...
Date of birth:
- Sep 20, 1860
Date of death:
- Apr 21, 1937 (age 76 years)
Party:
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866 – August 6, 1945) was a leading American progressive and later isolationist politician from California; he served as Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945.
Johnson was...
Date of birth:
- Sep 2, 1866
Date of death:
- Aug 6, 1945 (age 78 years)
Party:
William Stephens
William Dennison Stephens (December 26, 1859 – April 25, 1944) was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was also the 24th Governor of California from 1917 to...
Date of birth:
- Dec 26, 1859
Date of death:
- 1944 (age 84 years)
Party:
Friend Richardson
Friend William Richardson (born William Richardson) (December 1, 1865 – September 6, 1943), was an American newspaper publisher and politician. A member of the Progressive Party and later the Republican Party, Richardson was elected as the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 1, 1865
Date of death:
- Sep 6, 1943 (age 77 years)
Party:
C. C. Young
Clement Calhoun Young (April 28, 1869 – December 24, 1947) was an American teacher and politician who was affiliated with the original Progressive Party and later the Republican Party. He was elected to five consecutive terms in the California State...
Date of birth:
- Apr 28, 1869
Date of death:
- 1967 (age 97 years)
Party:
James Rolph
James Rolph, Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to a single term as the 27th Governor of California from January 6, 1931 until his death on June 2, 1934 at the height...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1869
Date of death:
- Jun 2, 1934 (age 64 years)
Party:
Frank Merriam
Frank Finley Merriam (December 22, 1865 – April 25, 1955) was an American politician who served as the twenty-eighth Governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939. Assuming the governorship at the height of the Great Depression...
Date of birth:
- Dec 22, 1865
Date of death:
- Apr 25, 1955 (age 89 years)
Party:
Culbert Olson
Culbert Levy Olson (November 7, 1876 – April 13, 1962) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the twenty-ninth Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.
Olson was born...
Date of birth:
- Nov 7, 1876
Date of death:
- Apr 13, 1962 (age 85 years)
Party:
Earl Warren
Earl Warren (March 19, 1891– July 9, 1974) was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and the only person elected Governor of California three times. Before holding these positions, Warren served as a district attorney for Alameda County,...
Date of birth:
- Mar 19, 1891
Date of death:
- Jul 9, 1974 (age 83 years)
Party:
Goodwin Knight
Goodwin Jess Knight (December 9, 1896 – May 22, 1970), known as "Goodie Knight", was a U.S. politician who was the 31st Governor of California from 1953 until 1959.
Knight was born in Provo, Utah, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1896
Date of death:
- May 22, 1970 (age 73 years)
Party:
Pat Brown
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. (April 21, 1905 – February 16, 1996) was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967.
Brown was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Edmund and Ida Schuckman Brown. He was one of four children....
Date of birth:
- Apr 21, 1905
Date of death:
- Feb 16, 1996 (age 90 years)
Party:
Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician. He is a former governor of the State of California and the current Attorney General. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles...
Date of birth:
- Apr 7, 1938 (age 71 years)
Party:
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911– June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975).
Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. He began...
Date of birth:
- Feb 6, 1911
Date of death:
- Jun 5, 2004 (age 93 years)
Party:
George Deukmejian
Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. (pronounced /duːkˈmeɪdʒən/) (born June 6, 1928) is an American politician from California who as a Republican served as the thirty-fifth Governor of California (1983–1991) and as California Attorney General (1979–1983)...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1928 (age 81 years)
Party:
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1933 (age 76 years)
Party:
Gray Davis
Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is an American politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003. Davis is a Democrat who was often known as a moderate. Prior to serving as Governor,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 26, 1942 (age 67 years)
Party:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger is the 38th and current governor of the US State of California. He is also known as a famous Bodybuilder, actor and businessman. Born in Thal Austria to Aurelia Jardny and Gustav Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger had a...
Date of birth:
- Jul 30, 1947 (age 62 years)
