The Online Home of California's Political History
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Q: Who was the first Governor of California to be born in in the State of California (after it became a state).
A: George C. Pardee (born 1857 in San Francisco)
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Only one Medal of Honor awardee has ever been elected to the California Legislature. It was U.S. Navy Captain Willis W. Bradley, who was presented with the Medal during World War I. Bradley later served as Naval Governor of Guam (1929-1931), a Member of Congress from California (1947-1949), before being elected to the Assembly in […]
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