Governors of California, 1849-2022 (May be
incomplete!)
Peter
H. Burnett 1849-51
John
McDougal 1851-52
John
Bigler 1852-56
J.
Neely Johnson 1856-58
John
B. Weller 1858-60
Milton
S. Latham 1860
John
G. Downey 1860-62
Leland
Stanford 1862-63
Frederick
F. Low 1863-67
Henry
H. Haight 1867-71
Newton
Booth 1871-75
Romualdo
Pacheco 1875
William
Irwin 1875-80
George
C. Perkins 1880-83
George
Stoneman 1883-87
Washington
Bartlett 1887
Robert
W. Waterman 1887-91
Henry
H. Markham 1891-95
James
Herbert Budd 1895-99
Henry
T. Gage 1899-1903
George
C. Pardee 1903-07
James
N. Gillett 1907-11
Hiram
W. Johnson 1911-17
William
D. Stephens 1917-23
Friend
W. Richardson 1923-27
C.
C. Young 1927-31
James
Rolph, Jr. 1931-34
Frank
F. Merriam 1934-39
Culbert
L. Olson 1939-43
Earl
Warren 1943-53
Goodwin
J. Knight 1953-59
Edmund
G. Brown, Sr. 1959-67
Ronald
Reagan 1967-75
Edmund
G. Brown, Jr. 1975-83
George
Deukmejian 1983-91
Pete
Wilson 1991-99
Gray
Davis 1999-2003
Arnold
Schwarzenegger 2003-
Edmund
G. Brown, Jr. 2011-
Gavin
Newsom 2019-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1849 Nov 13:
Peter
H. Burnett, elected;
Winfield
S. Sherwood, defeated;
John
A. Sutter, defeated;
William
M. Steuart, defeated;
John
W. Geary, defeated.
1851 Sep 3:
John
Bigler (Dem), elected;
Pierson
B. Reading (Whig), defeated.
1853 Sep 7:
John
Bigler (Dem), elected;
William
Waldo (Whig), defeated.
1855 Sep 5:
J.
Neely Johnson (American), elected;
John
Bigler (Dem), defeated.
1857 Sep 2:
John
B. Weller (Dem), elected;
Edward
Stanly (Rep & Settlers and Miners), defeated;
George
W. Bowie (American), defeated.
1859 Sep 7:
Milton
S. Latham (Lecompton Democratic), elected;
John
Currey (Anti-Lecompton Democratic), defeated;
Leland
Stanford (Rep), defeated.
1861 Sep 4:
Leland
Stanford (Rep), elected;
John
Conness (Union Democratic), defeated;
John
R. McConnell (Breckinridge Democratic), defeated.
1863 Sep 2:
Frederick
F. Low (Union), elected;
John
G. Downey (Dem), defeated.
1867 Sep 4:
Henry
H. Haight (Dem), elected;
George
C. Gorham (Union), defeated;
Caleb
T. Fay (Union Republican), defeated.
1871 Sep 6:
Newton
Booth (Rep), elected;
Henry
H. Haight (Dem), defeated.
1875 Sep 7:
William
Irwin (Dem), elected;
Timothy
G. Phelps (Rep), defeated;
John
Bidwell (Ind), defeated;
William
E. Lovett (Prohibition), defeated.
1879 Sep 3:
George
C. Perkins (Rep), elected;
Hugh
J. Glenn (Dem & New Constitution), defeated;
William
F. White (Workingmen), defeated;
A.
C. Clark (Prohibition), defeated.
1882 Nov 7:
George
Stoneman (Dem), elected;
Morris
M. Estee (Rep), defeated;
R.
H. McDonald (Prohibition), defeated;
Thomas
J. McQuiddy (Greenback Labor), defeated.
1886 Nov 2:
Washington
Bartlett (Dem), elected;
John
F. Swift (Rep), defeated;
C.
C. O'Donnell (Ind), defeated;
P.
D. Wigginton (American), defeated;
Joel
Russell (Prohibition & Farmers), defeated.
1887 Sep 12:
Washington
Bartlett, died in office.
1890 Nov 4:
Henry
H. Markham (Rep), elected;
Edward
B. Pond (Dem), defeated;
John
Bidwell (Prohibition & American), defeated.
1898:
James
G. Maguire (Dem), defeated;
Job
Harriman (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1902 Nov 4:
George
C. Pardee (Rep), elected;
Franklin
K. Lane (Dem), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
James
N. Gillett (Rep), elected;
Theodore
A. Bell (Dem), defeated.
1910:
Charles
F. Curry (Rep), defeated in primary.
1910 Nov 8:
Hiram
W. Johnson (Rep), elected;
Theodore
A. Bell (Dem), defeated.
1914 Nov 3:
Hiram
W. Johnson (Progressive), elected;
John
D. Fredericks (Rep), defeated;
John
B. Curtin (Dem), defeated;
Noble
A. Richarson (Socialist), defeated;
Clinton
P. Moore (Prohibition), defeated.
1918:
Thomas
Lee Woolwine (Dem), defeated in primary.
1918 Nov 5:
William
D. Stephens (Rep & Progressive & Prohibition), elected;
Theodore
A. Bell (Ind), defeated;
Henry
H. Roser (Socialist), defeated;
James
Rolph, Jr., defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Friend
W. Richardson (Rep), elected;
Thomas
Lee Woolwine (Dem), defeated;
Alexander
Horr (Socialist), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
C.
C. Young (Rep), elected;
Justus
S. Wardell (Dem), defeated;
Upton
Sinclair (Socialist), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
James
Rolph, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Milton
K. Young (Dem), defeated;
Upton
Sinclair (Socialist), defeated.
1934:
C.
C. Young, defeated for nomination.
1934:
Justus
S. Wardell (Dem), defeated in primary;
Milton
K. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
1934:
Upton
Sinclair (Dem), defeated.
1934 Jun 2:
James
Rolph, Jr., died in office.
1938:
John
F. Dockweiler (Dem), defeated in primary.
1938:
Culbert
L. Olson (Dem), elected.
1942:
Culbert
L. Olson (Dem), defeated.
1950:
James
Roosevelt (Dem), defeated.
1958:
William
F. Knowland (Rep), defeated.
1962:
Richard
M. Nixon, defeated.
1966:
George
Christopher (Rep), defeated in primary.
1966:
Edmund
G. Brown, Sr. (Dem), defeated.
1970:
Jesse
M. Unruh (Dem), defeated;
William
K. Shearer (American Independent), defeated.
1974:
Jerome
R. Waldie (Dem), defeated in primary;
James
Q. Wedworth (Dem), defeated in primary;
Joseph
L. Alioto (Dem), defeated in primary.
1974:
Ed
Reinecke (Rep), defeated in primary.
1974:
Houston
I. Flournoy, defeated.
1974 Jun 4:
James
A. Ware (Rep), defeated in primary.
1978:
William
A. Burkett (Dem), defeated in primary.
1978:
Kenneth
L. Maddy (Rep), defeated in primary.
1978:
Evelle
J. Younger (Rep), defeated;
Mel
Mason (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1982:
John
Garamendi (Dem), defeated in primary.
1982:
Mike
Curb (Rep), defeated in primary.
1982:
Tom
Bradley (Dem), defeated;
Mel
Mason (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
James
C. Griffin (American Independent), defeated.
1986:
Tom
Bradley (Dem), defeated;
B.
Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian), defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Dianne
Feinstein (Dem), defeated.
1994:
John
Garamendi (Dem), defeated in primary.
1994:
Kathleen
Brown (Dem), defeated.
1998:
Jane
F. Harman (Dem), defeated in primary.
1998:
Marsha
Feinland (Peace and Freedom), defeated in primary.
1998:
Dan
Lungren (Rep), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Gray
Davis (Dem), elected.
2002:
Richard
J. Riordan (Rep), defeated in primary.
2002:
Peter
Camejo (Green), defeated.
2002 Nov 5:
Gray
Davis (Dem), elected.
2003 Oct 7:
Arnold
Schwarzenegger (Rep), elected;
Cruz
Bustamante (Dem), defeated;
Tom
McClintock (Rep), defeated;
Peter
Camejo (Green), defeated;
Arianna
Huffington (Ind), defeated;
Peter
V. Ueberroth (Rep), defeated;
Larry
Flynt (Dem), defeated;
Gary
Coleman (Ind), defeated;
George
B. Schwartzman (Ind), defeated;
Mary
Ellen Cook (Ind), defeated;
Bruce
Martin Margolin (Dem), defeated;
Bill
Simon (Rep), defeated;
John
C. Burton (Ind), defeated;
Van
Vo (Rep), defeated;
David
Laughing Horse Robinson (Dem), defeated;
Leo
Gallagher (Ind), defeated;
Cheryl
Bly-Chester (Rep), defeated;
Lawrence
Steven Strauss (Dem), defeated;
Ronald
Jason Palmieri (Dem), defeated;
Calvin
Y. Louie (Dem), defeated;
Badi
Badiozamani (Ind), defeated;
Audie
E. Bock (Dem), defeated;
Ralph
A. Hernandez (Dem), defeated;
Dan
Feinstein (Dem), defeated;
Edward
Thomas Kennedy (Dem), defeated;
Bob
McClain (Ind), defeated;
James
Henry Green (Dem), defeated;
Angelyne
(Ind), defeated;
Garrett
Gruener (Dem), defeated;
Jerome
Kunzman (Ind), defeated;
Jim
Weir (Dem), defeated;
Ivan
Alexander Hall III (Green), defeated;
Ned
Fenton Roscoe (Libertarian), defeated;
Georgina
Russell (Dem), defeated;
Paul
Mariano (Dem), defeated;
Jack
Loyd Grisham (Ind), defeated;
Jonathan
D. Miller (Dem), defeated;
Brooke
Adams (Ind), defeated;
Daniel
T. Watts (Green), defeated;
Christopher
Sproul (Dem), defeated;
Ken
Hamidi (Libertarian), defeated;
Randall
D. Sprague (Rep), defeated;
Nathan
Whitecloud Walton (Ind), defeated;
Frank
A. Macaluso, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
Mohammad
Arif (Ind), defeated;
Marc
Valdez (Dem), defeated;
John
J. Hickey (Libertarian), defeated;
Daniel
C. Ramirez (Dem), defeated;
C.
T. Weber (Peace and Freedom), defeated;
Michael
J. Wozniak (Dem), defeated;
Michael
Schmier (Dem), defeated;
Diana
Foss (Dem), defeated;
Lingel
H. Winters (Dem), defeated;
B.
E. Smith (Ind), defeated;
Joe
Guzzardi (Dem), defeated;
Richard
J. Simmons (Ind), defeated;
Mike
P. McCarthy (Ind), defeated;
Leonard
Padilla (Ind), defeated;
Art
Brown (Dem), defeated;
Iris
Adam (Natural Law), defeated;
Maurice
J. Walker (Green), defeated;
Trek
Thunder Kelly (Ind), defeated;
Darin
Price (Natural Law), defeated;
Vikramjit
S. Bajwa (Dem), defeated;
John
Mortensen (Dem), defeated;
David
Ronald Sams (Rep), defeated;
Sara
Ann Hanlon (Ind), defeated;
Diane
Beall Templin (American Independent), defeated;
Jim
Hoffman (Rep), defeated;
Dick
Lane (Dem), defeated;
Charles
Pineda, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
William
B. Vaughn (Dem), defeated;
Robert
C. Newman II (Rep), defeated;
C.
Stephen Henderson (Ind), defeated;
Scott
A. Mednick (Dem), defeated;
Dorene
Musilli (Rep), defeated;
Jamie
Rosemary Safford (Rep), defeated;
Kurt
E. Rightmyer (Ind), defeated;
Brian
Tracy (Ind), defeated;
Sharon
Rushford (Ind), defeated;
Robert
C. Mannheim (Dem), defeated;
Darryl
L. Mobley (Ind), defeated;
Christopher
Ranken (Dem), defeated;
Patricia
G. Tilley (Ind), defeated;
A.
Lavar Taylor (Dem), defeated;
Michael
Jackson (Rep), defeated;
Douglas
Anderson (Rep), defeated;
Joel
Britton (Ind), defeated;
Alex-St.
James (Rep), defeated;
Darrin
H. Scheidle (Dem), defeated;
Bob
Lynn Edwards (Dem), defeated;
Paul
Mailander (Dem), defeated;
Paul
James Nave (Dem), defeated;
Ed
Beyer (Rep), defeated;
John
W. Beard (Rep), defeated;
Chuck
Walker (Rep), defeated;
William
S. Chambers (Rep), defeated;
Warren
Farrell (Dem), defeated;
Robert
Cullenbine (Dem), defeated;
Dennis
Duggan McMahon (Rep), defeated;
James
M. Vandeventer, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Vip
Bhola (Rep), defeated;
Gerold
Lee Gorman (Dem), defeated;
Kelly
P. Kimball (Dem), defeated;
Mike
McNeilly (Rep), defeated;
Eric
Korevaar (Dem), defeated;
S.
Issa (Rep), defeated;
Bryan
Quinn (Rep), defeated;
Gino
Martorana (Rep), defeated;
Richard
Andrew Gosse (Rep), defeated;
Tim
Sylvester (Dem), defeated;
Paul
W. Vann (Rep), defeated;
Michael
Cheli (Ind), defeated;
Heather
Peters (Rep), defeated;
Jeff
Rainforth (Ind), defeated;
Ronald
J. Friedman (Ind), defeated;
Jeffrey
L. Mock (Rep), defeated;
Bill
Prady (Dem), defeated;
Daniel
W. Richards (Rep), defeated;
Scott
W. Davis (Ind), defeated;
Todd
Carson (Rep), defeated;
Lorraine
Fontanes (Dem), defeated;
Carl
A. Mehr (Rep), defeated;
Jon
W. Zellhoefer (Rep), defeated;
Gary
Leonard (Dem), defeated;
Gregory
J. Pawlik (Rep), defeated;
Reva
Renee Renz (Rep), defeated;
Kevin
Richter (Rep), defeated;
Stephen
L. Knapp (Rep), defeated;
William
James Tsangares (Rep), defeated;
D.
Clements (Rep), defeated;
Robert
A. Dole (Rep), defeated;
David
E. Kessinger (Dem), defeated;
Gene
Forte (Rep), defeated;
Todd
Richard Lewis (Ind), defeated.
2006:
Peter
Camejo (Green), defeated;
Janice
Jordan (Peace and Freedom), defeated.
2010 Jun 8:
Steve
Poizner (Rep), defeated in primary.
2010 Jun 8:
Carlos
Alvarez (Peace and Freedom), nominated.
2010 Nov 2:
Carlos
Alvarez (Peace and Freedom), defeated.
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