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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.
The original California Constitution of 1849 called for elections every two years, with no set start date for the term. An amendment ratified in 1862 increased the term to four years. [ 1 ] The 1879 constitution set the term to begin on the first Monday after January 1, following an election.
1849, November 13. Elections approved the new constitution, a civilian executive and legislators, and various local officials. 1849, December 20, General Riley ceded the California governorship to Peter H. Burnett. 1850, September 9. California statehood ends interim government period.
Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was an American politician who served as the first elected governor of California from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851. Burnett was elected Governor almost one year before California's admission to the Union as the 31st state in September 1850. [a]
The 1849 California gubernatorial election was held on November 13, 1849, to elect the first governor of California. Peter Hardeman Burnett won in a five-way race. Burnett was subsequently sworn in as governor on December 20, 1849, with the military governor, Bennet C. Riley, ceding de facto executive authority to him.
The short-lived declaration of an independent California Republic in 1846 was followed 25 days later by the onset of the Mexican–American War.After the resulting conquest of Alta California by United States military forces and American volunteers, California was administered by the U.S. military from 1846 to 1850.
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from California; In office September 10, 1850 – March 3, 1851: Preceded by: Himself (Shadow Senator) Succeeded by: John B. Weller: United States Shadow Senator from California; In office December 20, 1849 – September 10, 1850: Preceded by: Seat established: Succeeded by: Himself (U.S. Senator) Military Governor of California; In office