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Line 1: − The '''Governor of California''' is an elected official who is the chief executive of the [[State]] of [[California]]. As chief executive, he and his designates have direct responsibility over the day-to-day affairs of the State. The purpose of the Governor is best summed up by the [[California Constitution]] which says, "The supreme executive power of this State is vested in the Governor. The Governor shall see that the law is faithfully+ − executed." <ref>[http://leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html California Constitution: Article V, Section 1]</ref> − The current Governor is [[Jerry Brown]] who succeeded [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. − − − ==List of Governors== − {|class="wikitable" − !Governor!!Took Office!!Left Office!!Governor!!Took Office!!Left Office!!Governor!!Took Office!!Left Office − |- − |[[Peter Burnett]]||1849||1851||[[George Perkins]]||1880||1883||[[James Rolph]]||1931||1934 − |- − |[[John McDougall]]||1851||1852||[[George Stoneman]]||1883||1887||[[Frank Merriam]]||1934||1939 − |- − |[[John Bigler]]||1852||1856||[[Washington Bartlett]]||1887||1887||[[Culbert Olson]]||1939||1943 − |- − |[[J. Neely Johnson]]||1856||1858||[[Robert Waterman]]||1887||1891||[[Earl Warren]]||1943||1953 − |- − |[[John Weller]]||1858||1860||[[Henry Markham]]||1891||1895||[[Goodwin Knight]]||1953||1959 − |- − |[[Milton Latham]]||1860||1860||[[James Budd]]||1895||1899||[[Pat Brown]]||1959||1967 − |- − |[[John Downey]]||1860||1862||[[Henry Gage]]||1899||1903||[[Ronald Reagan]]||1967||1975 − |- − |[[Leland Stanford]]||1862||1863||[[George Pardee]]||1903||1907||[[Jerry Brown]]||1975||1983 − |- − |[[Frederick Low]]||1863||1867||[[James Gillett]]||1907||1911||[[George Deukmejian]]||1983||1991 − |- − |[[Henry Haight]]||1867||1871||[[Hiram Johnson]]||1911||1917||[[Pete Wilson]]||1991||1999 − |- − |[[Newton Booth]]||1871||1875||[[William Stephens]]||1917||1923||[[Gray Davis]]||1999||2003 − |- − |[[Romualdo Pacheco]]||1875||1875||[[Friend Richardson]]||1923||1927||[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]||2003||2011|| − |- − |[[William Irwin]]||1875||1880||[[Clement Young]]||1927||1931||[[Jerry Brown]]||Current − − |} − − ==References== − <references/> − [[Category:California]] − [[Category:Politicians]]
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#Redirect [[Governors of California]]