The Governors' Gallery

Peter Burnett (1849-1851)
Born: November 15, 1807 in Nashville, TN
Died: May 17, 1895 in San Francisco, CA
Married:Harriet Burnett on Augsut 20, 1828 in Bolivar, TN
Children: Dwight, Martha, Romeetta, Armstead and Sallie
Political Party: Independent Democrat

John McDougal (1851-1852)
Born: Around 1818 in Ross County, Ohio
Died: March 30, 1866 in San Francisco
Married: Jane Palmer on July 13, 1841
Children: Sue, Caroline, Latham, William and Lillie
Political Party: Independent Democrat

John Bigler (1852-1856)
Born: January 8, 1805 in Carlisle, PA
Died: November 29, 1871 in Sacramento, CA
Married: Elizabeth Graham
Children: Virginia
Political Party: Independent Democrat

J. Neely Johnson (1856-1858)
Born: August 2, 1825 in Johnson Township, IN
Died:  August 31, 1872 in Salt Lake City, UT
Married: Mary Zabriskie on June 26, 1851
Children: William and Bessie
Political Party: American (Know-Nothing)

John Weller (1858-1860)
Born: February 22, 1812 in Montgomery, Ohio
Died:  August 17, 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Married: Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brockelbank Staunton on June 20, 1854
Children: Charles, John and William
Political Party: Democrat

Milton Latham (Jan. 9-14, 1860)
Born: May 23, 1827 in Columbus, Ohio
Died: March 4, 1882 in New York City, New York
Married: Sophie Birdsall on October 1, 1853 in San Francisco, California, 2nd wife – Mary McMullen
Children: Milton Latham from second marriage
Political Party: Lecompton Democrat

John Downey (1860-1862)
Born: June 24, 1827 in Roscommon County, Ireland
Died: March 1, 1894
Married: Maria Guirado in 1852
Children: None
Political Party: Lecompton Democrat

Leland Stanford (1862-1863)
Born: March 9, 1824 in Watervliet, New York
Died: June 21, 1893 in Palo Alto, California
Married: Jane Lathrop on September 30, 1850 in Albany, NY
Children: Leland Stanford, Jr.
Political Party: Republican

Frederick Low (1863-1867)
Born: June 30, 1828 in Frankfort, Maine (now Winterport, Maine)
Died: July 21, 1894 in San Francisco, California
Married: Mary Mollie Creed on December 22, 1857
Children: Flora
Political Party: Unionist

Henry Haight (1867-1871)
Born: May 20, 1825 in Rochester, NY
Died: September 2, 1878 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Anna E. Bissell on January 24, 1855
Children: Janette, Mary, Dugald, Henry H., Jr., Louis
Political Party: Democrat

Newton Booth (1871 - 1875)
Born: December 30, 1825 in Salem, IN
Died: July 14, 1892 in Sacramento, CA
Married: Ocativine C. Grover on February 9, 1892
Children: None
Political Party:  Republican (“Dolly Vardens”)

Romualdo Pacheco (Feb.- Dec. 1875)
Born: October 31, 1831 in Santa Barbara, CA
Died: January 23, 1899 in Oakland, CA
Married: Mary McIntyre on October 31, 1863
Children: Maybella Ramona and Romualdo, Jr.
Political Party:  Republican

William Irwin (1875-1880)
Born: around 1827 in Butler County, OH
Died: March 15, 1886 in San Francisco, CA
Married:  Amelia Cassidy on December 21, 1865 in Yreka, CA
Children: Emma
Political Party:  Democrat

George Perkins (1880-1883)
Born: August 23, 1839 in Kennebunkport, Maine
Died: February 26, 1923 in Oakland, California
Married: Ruth (Amelia) Parker on May 3, 1864 in Marysville, CA
Children: Fannie, George, Susan, Fred, Milton, Ruth May and Grace Pansy
Political Party:  Republican

George Stoneman (1883-1887)
Born: August 8, 1822 in Busti, Chautauqua County, New York
Died: September 5, 1894 in Buffalo, New York
Married: Mary Hardisty on November 22, 1871 in Baltimore, MD
Children: Cornelius, George, Jr., Katherine and Adele
Political Party:  Democrat

Washington Bartlett (1887-1887)
Born: February 29, 1824 in Savannah, Georgia
Died: September 12, 1887 in Oakland, California
Political Party:  Democrat

Robert Waterman (1887-1891)
Born: December 15, 1826 in Fairfield, New York
Died: April 12, 1891 in San Diego, California
Married: Jane Gardner on September 29, 1847 in Belvedere, IL
Children: Mary, James, Helen, Waldo, Anna and Abby
Political Party:  Republican

Henry Harrison Markham 1891-1895
Born: November 16, 1840 in Wilmington, New York
Died: October 9, 1923 in Pasadena, California
Married: Mary Dana on May 17, 1876 in Waukesha, Wisconsin
Children: Marie, Alice, Gertrude, Genevieve, and Hildreth
Political Party:  Republican

James Budd (1895-1899)
Born: May 18, 1851 in Janesville, Wisconsin
Died: July 30, 1908 in Stockton, CA
Married: Inez Merrill on October 29, 1873
Children: None
Political Party:  Democrat

Henry Gage (1899-1903)
Born: December 25, 1852 in Geneva, NY
Died: August 28, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Francisca V. Rains on July 15, 1880
Children: Fanita, Lucilla, Francis, Volney, Arthur, Henry
Political Party: Republican

George Pardee (1903-1907)
Born: July 25, 1857 in San Francisco, California
Died: September 1, 1941 in Oakland, California
Married: Helen Penniman on January 25, 1887
Children: Florence, Carol, Madeline and Helen
Political Party: Republican

James Gillett (1907-1911)
Born: September 20, 1860 in Viroqua, Wisconsin
Died: April 20, 1937 in Oakland, California
Married: Isabella Erzgraber on May 8, 1898
Children: Effie, Ethel, Horace, and James
Political Party: Republican

Hiram Johnson (1911-1917)
Born: September 2, 1866 in Sacramento, CA
Died: August 6, 1945 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, MD
Married: Minnie L. McNeal in 1886
Children: Hiram and Archibald
Political Party: Republican

William Stephens (1917-1923)
Born: December 26, 1859 in Eaton, Ohio
Died: April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, California
Married: Flora Rawson on June 17, 1891 in Poway, CA
Children: Barbara
Political Party: Republican

Friend Richardson (1923-1927)
Born: December 14, 1864 in Washtenaw, Michigan
Died: September 6, 1943 in Berkeley, California
Married: Augusta F. Felder on July 23, 1891
Chidlren: Ruth, Paul and John
Political Party: Republican

C. C. Young (1927-1931)
Born: April 28, 1869 in Lisbon, New Hampshire
Died: December 24, 1947 in Berkeley, California
Married: Lyla Vincent on March 15, 1902
Children: Barbara and Lucy
Political Party: Republican

James Rolph (1931-1934)
Born: August 23, 1869 in San Francisco, California
Died: June 2, 1934 in Santa Clara County, California
Married: Annie Reid on June 26, 1900
Children: Annette, James and Georgina
Political Party: Republican

Frank Merriam (1936-1939)
Born: December 22, 1865 in Hopkinton, Iowa
Died: April 25, 1955 in Long Beach, California
Married: Jessie Millisack Lipsey on January 25, 1936
Children: Frank Howard (with 1st wife, Nellie E. Boronson-Day)
Political Party: Republican

Culbert Olson (1939-1943)
Born: November 7, 1876 in Fillmore, Utah
Died: April 13, 1962 in Los Angeles, California
Married: Kate Jeremy in 1905
Children: Richard, Dean and John
Political Party: Democrat

Earl Warren (1943-1953)
Born: March 19, 1891
Died: July 9, 1974
Married: Nina Palmquist Meyers on October 4, 1925
Children: James (adopted son from first Ms. Meyer’s first marriage), Virginia, Earl, Jr., Dorothy, Nina and Robert Political Party: Republican

Goodwin Knight (1954-1959)
Born: December 9, 1896 in Provo, UT
Died: May 22, 1970 in Inglewood, CA
Married: Virginia Piegrue Carlson on August 2, 1954 in Beverly Hills, CA
Children: Carolyn and Marilyn (with first wife, Arvilla Pearl Cooley)
Political Party: Republican

Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (1959-1967)
Born: April 21, 1905 in San Francisco, California
Died: February 16, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California
Married: Bernice Layne on October 30, 1930 in Reno, Nevada
Children: Jerry, Kathleen, Cynthia, Barbara
Political Party: Democrat

Ronald Reagan (1967-1975)
Born: February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois
Died: June 5, 2004 in Los Angeles, California
Married: Nancy Davis on March 4, 1952
Children: Maureen and Michael (with first wife, Jane Wyman) and Patricia and Ronald (with second wife, Nancy Davis)
Political Party: Republican

Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (1975-1983)
Born: April 7, 1938 in San Francisco, California
Died:
Married: Anne Gust on June 18, 2005 in San Francisco
Children: None
Political Party: Democrat

George Deukmejian (1983-1991)
Born: June 6, 1928 in Menands, New York
Died:
Married: Gloria M. Saatjian
Children: Leslie, Andrea, George
Political Party: Republican

Pete Wilson (1991-1999)
Born:  August 23, 1933 in Lake Forest, IL
Died:
Married: Gayle Edlund on May 29, 1983
Children: Todd and Philip
Political Party: Republican

Gray Davis (1999-2003)
Born: December 26, 1942 in Bronx, NY
Died:
Married: Sharon Ryer
Children: None
Political Party: Democrat

Arnold Schwarzenegger 2003-2011
Born: July 30, 1947 in Thal, Austria
Died:
Married: Maria Shriver on April 26, 1986
Children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher
Political Party: Republican

Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (2011-present)
Born: April 7, 1938 in San Francisco, California
Died:
Married: Anne Gust on June 18, 2005 in San Francisco
Children: None
Political Party: Democrat