25 Sep 2018 Henry Huntly Haight HENRY HUNTLY HAIGHT was born in Rochester, New York, on May 20, 1825. He graduated from Yale University in 1844, studied law, and then joined his father in a law… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 Newton Booth NEWTON BOOTH was born in Salem, Indiana, on December 30, 1825. He graduated from Asbury College (now DePauw University) in 1846, and then studied law. Migrating to California in 1850,… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 Romualdo Pacheco ROMUALDO PACHECO was born in Santa Barbara, California, on October 31, 1831. He was sent to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he received a New England-style education. Returning to California, Pacheco engaged… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 George Clement Perkins GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS was born in Kennebunkport, Maine, on August 23, 1839. He ran away from home at the age of 12, and spent the next four years at sea.… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 George Stoneman GEORGE STONEMAN was born in Busti, New York, on August 8, 1822. He graduated from West Point in 1846, with high honors. Stoneman served in both the Mexican and Civil… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 Washington Bartlett WASHINGTON BARTLETT was born in Savannah, Georgia, on February 29, 1824. He never attended college, but learned the printing business from his father who owned a newspaper. In 1849 Bartlett… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 Robert Whitney Waterman ROBERT WHITNEY WATERMAN was born in Fairfield, New York, on December 15, 1826. He received a rudimentary education in Sycamore, Illinois. Waterman worked as a store clerk, owned his own… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 Henry Harrison Markham HENRY HARRISON MARKHAM was born in Wilmington, New York, on November 16, 1840. He was educated in the local schools and Wheeler's Academy in Vermont. During the Civil War, he… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 James Herbert Budd JAMES HERBERT BUDD was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on May 18, 1851. In 1858 he moved with his family to California, where he graduated with the first four-year class from… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 Henry Tifft Gage HENRY TIFFT GAGE was born in Geneva, New York, on December 25, 1852. He graduated from high school in East Saginaw, Michigan, and studied law with his father. In 1874… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 George Cooper Pardee GEORGE COOPER PARDEE was born in San Francisco, California, on July 25, 1857. He graduated from the University of California in 1879, and in 1881 earned a master's degree also… National Governors Association
25 Sep 2018 James Norris Gillett JAMES NORRIS GILLETT was born on September 20, 1860, in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He left high school to study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1881. Gillett migrated to… National Governors Association