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Don Pío Pico, last Governor of Alta California. Below is a list of the governors of early California (1769–1850), before its admission as the 31st U.S. state. First explored by Gaspar de Portolá, with colonies established at San Diego and Monterey, California was a remote, sparsely-settled Spanish province of New Spain.
Spanish colonial governors of Las Californias province (1768-1804), and subsequent Alta California province (1804-1822) — the Spanish pre-statehood governors of California For Mexican governors of Alta California territory (1822-1846), see Category: Governors of Alta California .
Spanish period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Spanish period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams–Onís Treaty took effect in 1821. Mexican period: An enlargeable map showing Alta California Territory (black) after the 1824 Constitution of Mexico.
Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, [a] was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula , it had previously comprised the province of Las Californias , but was made a separate province in 1804 (named Nueva California ). [ 1 ]
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General and the Mexican Governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835; [4] [5] author of the first book published in California and Governor of Alta California: William Gaxton: 1893–1963 San Francisco, California, U.S. actor Vaudeville actor, and president of The Lambs Club [6] Myrtle Gonzalez: 1891–1918 Los Angeles, California, U.S. actress
The result of the shifting borders is that some of the ranchos in this list, created by pre-1836 governors, are located partially or entirely in a 30-mile-wide sliver of the former Alta California that is now in Mexico rather than in the U.S. state of California.
Gavin Newsom, the 40th and current governor of California. The governor of California is the head of government of California, 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 governor is also the commander-in ...