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Burnett</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1807, d. 1895, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1851</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1852</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John McDougal</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1818, d. 1866, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1852</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1856</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Bigler</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1805, d. 1871, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1856</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1858</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Neely Johnson</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1825, d. 1872, Know-Nothing) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1858</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John B. Weller</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1812, d. 1875, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Milton Slocum Latham</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1827, d. 1882, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Gately Downey</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1827, d. 1894, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/966/000055801/">Leland Stanford</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1824, d. 1893, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1867</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Frederick Ferdinand Low</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1828, d. 1894, Uni) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1867</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Huntley Haight</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1825, d. 1878, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Newton Booth</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1825, d. 1892, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Romualdo Pacheco</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1831, d. 1899, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Irwin</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1827, d. 1886, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>George Clement Perkins</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1839, d. 1923, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/134/000097840/">George Stoneman</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1822, d. 1894, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Washington Bartlett</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1824, d. 1887, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Sep-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Robert Whitney Waterman</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1826, d. 1891, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Harrison Markham</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1840, d. 1923, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Herbert Budd</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1853, d. 1908, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Tifft Gage</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1852, d. 1924, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>George Cooper Pardee</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1857, d. 1941, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Norris Gillett</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1860, d. 1937, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Mar-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/755/000055590/">Hiram Johnson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1866, d. 1945, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Mar-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/377/000206756/">William D. Stephens</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1859, d. 1944, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/376/000206755/">Friend Richardson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1865, d. 1943, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/373/000206752/">C. C. Young</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1869, d. 1947, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/944/000055779/">James Rolph, Jr.</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1869, d. 1934, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jun-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/370/000206749/">Frank Merriam</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1865, d. 1955, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/368/000206747/">Culbert L. Olson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1876, d. 1962, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Oct-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/015/000054850/">Earl Warren</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1891, d. 1974, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Oct-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/625/000119268/">Goodwin Knight</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1896, d. 1970, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/784/000055619/">Pat Brown</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1905, d. 1996, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/359/000022293/">Ronald Reagan</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1911, d. 2004, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/026/000023954/">Jerry Brown</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1938, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/433/000025358/">George Deukmejian</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1928, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/362/000043233/">Pete Wilson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1933, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Nov-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/382/000026304/">Gray Davis</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1942, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Nov-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/685/000022619/">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1947, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: center"><tt><nobr>--</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/026/000023954/">Jerry Brown</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1938, Democrat)</td> </tr> </table> <p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=51755" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/169/000003160/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/169/3160/s3160.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Patterns, Peta, Pot, and Politically Incorrect</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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