Governors of California

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1st		Peter H. Burnett	Dec. 20, 1849-Jan. 9, 1851
2nd		John McDougal	Jan. 9, 1851-Jan. 7, 1852
3rd		John Bigler	Jan. 8, 1852-Jan. 9, 1856
4th		J. Neely Johnson	Jan. 9, 1856-Jan. 8, 1858
5th		John B. Weller	Jan. 8, 1858-Jan. 9, 1860
6th		Milton S. Latham	Jan. 9, 1860-Jan. 14, 1860
7th		John G. Downey	Jan. 14, 1860-Jan. 10, 1862
8th		Leland Stanford	Jan. 10, 1862-Dec. 10, 1863
9th		Frederick F. Low	Dec. 10, 1863-Dec. 5, 1867
10th		Henry H. Haight	Dec. 5, 1867-Dec. 8, 1871
11th		Newton Booth	Dec. 8, 1871-Feb. 27, 1875
12th		Romualdo Pacheco	Feb. 27, 1875-Dec. 9, 1875
13th		William Irwin	Dec. 9, 1875-Jan. 8, 1880
14th		George C. Perkins	Jan. 8, 1880-Jan. 10, 1883
15th		George Stoneman	Jan. 10, 1883-Jan. 8, 1887
16th		Washington Bartlett	Jan. 8, 1887-Sep. 12, 1887
17th		Robert W. Waterman	Sep. 13, 1887-Jan. 8, 1891
18th		Henry H. Markham	Jan. 8, 1891-Jan. 11, 1895
19th		James H. Budd	Jan. 11, 1895-Jan. 4, 1899
20th		Henry T. Gage	Jan. 5, 1899-Jan. 7, 1903
21st		George C. Pardee	Jan. 8, 1903-Jan. 9, 1907
22nd		James N. Gillett	Jan. 9, 1907-Jan. 3, 1911
23rd		Hiram W. Johnson	Jan. 4, 1911-Mar. 15, 1917
24th		William D. Stephens	Mar. 15, 1917-Jan. 10, 1923
25th		Friend W. Richardson	Jan. 9, 1923-Jan. 4, 1927
26th		Clement C. Young	Jan. 4, 1927-Jan. 6, 1931
27th		James Rolph, Jr.	Jan. 6, 1931-Jun. 2, 1934
28th		Frank F. Merriam	Jun. 2, 1934-Jan. 2, 1939
29th		Culbert L. Olson	Jan. 2, 1939-Jan. 4, 1943
30th		Earl Warren	Jan. 4, 1943-Oct. 4, 1953
31st		Goodwin J. Knight	Oct. 5, 1953-Jan. 4, 1959
32nd		Edmund G. Brown	Jan. 5, 1959-1966
33rd		Ronald Reagan	1967-1974