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Peter Hardeman Burnett

1807 - 1895

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Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was an American politician who served as the first elected Governor of California from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851. Burnett was elected Governor almost one year before California's admission to the Union as the 31st state in September 1850.Raised in a slave-owning family in Missouri, Burnett moved westward after his business career left him heavily in debt. Initially residing in Oregon Country, he became Supreme Judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Hardeman Burnett has received more than 240,437 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Hardeman Burnett is the 15,915th most popular politician (down from 14,136th in 2019), the 11,056th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,917th in 2019) and the 719th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 15,915 out of 15,577Before him are Meglena Kuneva, Charles Rosher, Enele Sopoaga, Elisabeta Lipă, Carter Braxton, and Vere Bird. After him are Ed Lee, Arsen Fadzaev, Anton Rop, Asa Hutchinson, Sean Chen, and Bharrat Jagdeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 52Before him are Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Wilford Woodruff, Arnold Henry Guyot, John Greenleaf Whittier, Pieter Willem Korthals, and Charles Francis Adams Sr..  Among people deceased in 1895, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 79Before him are Joseph Thomson, Charles Frédéric Girard, Calvert Vaux, Henry Seebohm, Walter Q. Gresham, and Lady Charlotte Guest. After him is Hugh McCulloch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 11,056 out of 18,182Before him are Chet Walker (1940), Jacqueline Obradors (1966), Nick Cannon (1980), George Murphy (1902), S. E. Hinton (1948), and Jimmie Johnson (1975). After him are Ed Lee (1952), Lucy Burns (1879), Kim Greist (1958), Anita Ward (1956), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), and Abby Mann (1927).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 719Before him are Gifford Pinchot (1865), Jay Inslee (1951), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886), Samuel Huntington (1731), and Carter Braxton (1736). After him are Ed Lee (1952), Asa Hutchinson (1950), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), William Wirt (1772), Robert P. Patterson (1891), and Don Young (1933).