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| − | 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
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| − | executed." <ref>[http://leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html California Constitution: Article V, Section 1]</ref>
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| − | The current Governor is [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] who succeeded [[Gray Davis]] in a 2003 recall election.
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| − | ==List of Governors==
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[Henry Gage]]||1899||1903
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[George Pardee]]||1903||1907
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[James Gillett]]||1907||1911
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[James Rolph]]||1931|1934
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[Frank Merriam]]||1934||1939
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[Culbert Olson]]||1939||1943
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| − | |...||...||...||...||[[Earl Warren]]||1943||1953
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| − | |[[Goodwin Knight]]||1953||1959|||Lost election
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| − | |[[Pat Brown]]||1959||1967
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| − | |[[Ronald Reagan]]||1967||1975
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| − | |[[Jerry Brown]]||1975||1983
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| − | |[[George Deukmejian]]||1983||1991
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| − | |...||...||...||[[Hiram Johnson]]||1911||1917||[[Pete Wilson]]||1991||1999
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| − | |[[Henry Markham]]||1891||1895||[[Gray Davis]]||1999||2003
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| − | |...||...||...||[[James Budd]]||1895||1899||[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]||2003||Current
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| − | |[[William Irwin]]||1875||1880||[[Clement Young]]||1927||1931||
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[Category:California]]
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| − | [[Category:Politicians]]
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