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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.
Peter Hardeman Burnett had only arrived in California a year prior to the election of 1849, but was known for his work Oregon Territory as a judge in their territory's Supreme Court. [1] On January 6, 1849, in a meeting of prominent men in Sacramento , he was appointed President of a committee that formally requested a provisional government to ...
SS Peter H. Burnett was an American Liberty ship built in 1942 for service in World War II. She was later acquired by the United States Navy and renamed USS P.H. Burnett (IX-104) . Her namesake was Peter Hardeman Burnett , an American Governor from 1849 to 1851.
The Act for the Government and Protection of Indians (Chapter 133, Cal. Stats., April 22, 1850), nicknamed the Indian Indenture Act was enacted by the first session of the California State Legislature and signed into law by the 1st Governor of California, Peter Hardeman Burnett.
Harriet Burnett (née Rogers; February 23, 1812 - September 19, 1879) was the inaugural First Lady of California, wife of Peter Hardeman Burnett, governor from 1849 to 1851. Life [ edit ]
On December 20, 1849, Peter Hardeman Burnett became the first Governor of the state of California. [12] Burnett was a proponent of the state's exclusionary policies towards foreign miners, and in particular Chinese ones (he would later support the Chinese Exclusion Act , and also pushed for blacks to leave the state of California or face public ...
Noises Off is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, [1] with a screenplay by Marty Kaplan based on the 1982 play by Michael Frayn. [2] Its ensemble cast includes Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicollette Sheridan, Julie Hagerty and Mark Linn-Baker, [1] as well as featuring the last performance of Denholm Elliott, who died in ...
Peter Hardeman Burnett circa 1860. The Cockstock incident was a major factor in the passage of the first black exclusion law. [5] It centered on a fight between a Molala man, Cockstock, and a free black man, James D. Saules, over ownership of a horse. [2]