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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 ...
Military governors ruled California until 1849, when efforts led by Bennet C. Riley led to the creation of the Constitution of California at the Constitutional Convention of Monterey and the establishment of civilian rule with the election of Peter Hardeman Burnett as the first governor of California. Soon after, California was admitted as a state.
The Burnett Township is a former township of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area region, which includes the present day cities of Santa Teresa, Coyote, Madrone, and Morgan Hill. The township was named after the California Governor Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895).
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 ]
A roadside historical marker near Clear Lake describes the mass killing of Indigenous people, mostly women and children, by U.S. soldiers in 1850.
Peter Hardeman Burnett (resigned January 9, 1851) 2 David C. Broderick (1820–1859) January 9, 1851 – January 8, 1852 (did not run) Democratic: Succeeded from president of the Senate: John McDougal: 3 Samuel Purdy (1819–1882) January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856 (lost election) Democratic: 1851: John Bigler: 1853: 4 Robert M. Anderson (1824 ...
Those would include a condemnation of former Gov. Peter Hardeman Burnett, the state’s first elected governor and a white supremacist who encouraged laws to exclude Black people from California.