Peter Hardeman Burnett

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Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.

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instanceOf governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
activeIn 19th-century American politics ⓘ
authored Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer ⓘ
birthDate 1807-11-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Nashville
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1895-05-17 ⓘ
deathPlace San Francisco, California ⓘ
electedAs civilian governor of California ⓘ
ethnicity white American ⓘ
familyName Burnett ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
governorNumber 1 ⓘ
knownFor advocating discriminatory policies against Chinese immigrants ⓘ
supporting exclusionary and racist policies toward African Americans in California ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
laterResidence California ⓘ
legalCareerIn California ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
migration led an overland wagon train to Oregon in 1843 ⓘ
name Peter Hardeman Burnett ⓘ
notableFor being the first elected civilian governor of California after statehood ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd 1851 ⓘ
officeStart 1849 ⓘ
partyAffiliation Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld 1st Governor of California ⓘ
Governor of California ⓘ
previousResidence Missouri ⓘ
Oregon Country ⓘ
publicationYear 1880 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resignationYear 1851 ⓘ
resignedFrom office of Governor of California ⓘ
servedAs justice of the California Supreme Court ⓘ
spouse Harriet Burnett ⓘ
stateGoverned California ⓘ
statehoodContext became governor soon after California was admitted as a U.S. state in 1850 ⓘ
supportedPolicy California exclusion laws targeting Black residents ⓘ
harsh measures against Native Americans in California ⓘ
termAsJusticeEnd 1858 ⓘ
termAsJusticeStart 1857 ⓘ

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Governor of California → firstHolder → Peter Hardeman Burnett ⓘ
Peter Hardeman Burnett → name → Peter Hardeman Burnett ⓘ
Harriet Burnett → spouse → Peter Hardeman Burnett ⓘ