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| Affiliation | Independent Democrat |
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| Name | Peter H. Burnett |
| Address |
San Francisco, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 15, 1807
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| Died | May 17, 1895
(87 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Patrick
Jan 16, 2007 07:08pm |
| Tags |
Catholic -
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| Info | Peter Burnett was born in 1807 in Tennessee. He held various jobs over the years, including storekeeper, lawyer, farmer and judge. As a lawyer, he acted as defense counsel for Joseph Smith and other Mormons when they were under indictment. Burnett requested a change of venue and while transporting the prisoners they were able to escape. As a legislator in Oregon, Burnett proposed that all free Negroes be forced to leave the state. Any who failed to leave were to be arrested and flogged every six months until they did leave. Burnett was elected governor of California in 1849 -- before California had even become a state. After his first annual address received criticism from the legislature, he abruptly resigned from office. Burnett, who wrote a book about his passionate conversion to Catholicism, is honored with a memorial in the church at Mission Santa Clara.
Administration under Governor Peter Burnett
- Inaugural Address - December 20, 1849
The Life of Governor Peter Burnett
Born
November 15, 1807
Nashville, Tenessee
Died
May 17, 1895
San Francisco, California
Family
First Lady: Harriet Rogers
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