Governors of California

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GOVERNORS OF CALIFORNIA

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California was under Spanish and then Mexican rule until it was ceded to the United States under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, following the Mexican–American War. Unlike most other states, California was never organized as a territory, but was admitted directly as a state on September 9, 1850.

Thirty-nine men have served as governor of California, over 40 distinct terms. Jerry Brown, son of Governor Pat Brown, is the only individual to have served two non-consecutive terms as California's governor. California has not yet have a female governor.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Peter Hardeman Burnett	1807	1895	1849-1851		C
2	John McDougall	1818	1866	1851-1852		C
3	John Bigler	1805	1871	1852-1856		C
4	J. Neely Johnson	1825	1872	1856-1858		C
5	John B. Weller	1812	1875	1856-1858		C
6	Milton Latham	1827	1882	1860		C
7	John G. Downey	1827	1894	1860-1862		C
8	Leland Stanford	1824	1893	1862-1863		C
9	Frederick Low	1828	1894	1863-1867		C
10	Henry Huntley Haight	1825	1878	1867-1871		C
11	Newton Booth	1825	1892	1871-1875		C
12	Romualdo Pacheco	1827	1886	1875-1880		C
13	William Irwin	1827	1886	1875-1880		C
14	George Clement Perkins	1839	1923	1880-1883		C
15	George Stoneman	1822	1894	1883-18837		C
16	Washington Bartlett	1824	1887	1887		C
17	Robert Waterman	1826	1891	1887-1891		C
18	Henry Markham	1840	1923	1891-1895		C
19	James Budd	1851	1908	1895-1899		C
20	Henry Tift Gage	1852	1924	1899-1903		C
21	George Pardee	1857	1941	1903-1907		C
22	James Gillett	1860	1937	1907-1911		C
23	Hiram Johnson	1866	1945	1911-1917		C
24	William Stephens	1859	1944	1917-1923		C
25	Friend Richardson	1865	1943	1923-1927		C
26	C. C. Young	1869	1947	1927-1931		C
27	James Rolph	1869	1934	1931-1934		C
28	Frank Merriam	1865	1955	1934-1939		C
29	Culbert Olson	1876	1962	1932-1943		C
30	Earl Warren	1891	1974	1943-1953		C
31	Goodwin Knight	1896	1970	1953-1959		C
32	Pat Brown	1905	1996	1959-1967		C
33	Ronald Reagan	1911	2004	1967-1975		C
34	Jerry Brown	1938	LIVING	1975-1983		C
35	George Deukmejian	1928	2018	1983-1991		C
36	Pete Wilson	1933	LIVING	1991-1999		N/C
37	Gray Davis	1942	LIVING	1999-2003		N/C
38	Arnold Schwarzenegger	1947	LIVING	2003-2011		C
39	Jerry Brown	1938	LIVING	2011-2019		C
40	Gavin Newsom	1967	LIVING	2019-present		C