Gavin Newsom is the Governor of California, former Lieutenant Governor of California, and former Mayor of San Francisco. Governor Newsom’s top priorities for his administration are tackling our state’s affordability…

PETER H. BURNETT was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on November 15, 1807. In 1832 he migrated to Liberty, Missouri, where he practiced law and served as prosecuting attorney from 1840…

JOHN MCDOUGAL was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1818. He served in the Black Hawk War, and was a captain during the Mexican War. McDougal came to California as…

JOHN BIGLER was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1805. He attended Dickinson College, but never finished. Bigler studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was the editor…

JOHN NEELY JOHNSON was born in Johnson Township, Indiana, on August 2, 1825. He studied law and was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1846. Johnson migrated to California in…

JOHN B. WELLER was born on February 22, 1812, in Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio. He attended Miami University from 1825 to 1829. He studied law, was admitted to the bar…

MILTON SLOCUM LATHAM was born in Columbus, Ohio, on May 23, 1827. In 1845 he graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Latham studied law in Russell County, Alabama, and…

JOHN G. DOWNEY was born on June 24, 1827, in County Roscommon, Ireland. He was educated in the schools of Ireland, was a druggist by profession, and in 1849, he…

LELAND STANFORD was born on March 9, 1824, in Watervliet, New York. He attended Clinton Liberal Institute, in Clinton, New York, and studied law at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New…

FREDERICK LOW was born near Frankfort, Maine, on June 30, 1828. He attended public schools in Frankfort, and further educated himself by attending lectures at the Lowell Institute and Fanueil…