1807 - 1895
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, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 15,915 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 15,909
1885 - 1974
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 15,910
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 15,911
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 15,912
1736 - 1797
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 15,913
1910 - 1999
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 15,914
1807 - 1895
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 15,915
1952 - 2017
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 15,916
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 15,917
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 15,918
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 15,919
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.74
Rank: 15,920
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 15,921
Among people born in 1807, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 52. Before 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 79. Before him are Joseph Thomson, Charles Frédéric Girard, Calvert Vaux, Henry Seebohm, Walter Q. Gresham, and Lady Charlotte Guest. After him is Hugh McCulloch.
1807 - 1873
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 46
1807 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 47
1807 - 1884
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 48
1807 - 1892
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 49
1807 - 1892
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 50
1807 - 1886
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 51
1807 - 1895
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 52
1858 - 1895
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 73
1822 - 1895
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 74
1824 - 1895
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 75
1832 - 1895
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 76
1832 - 1895
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 77
1812 - 1895
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 78
1807 - 1895
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 79
1808 - 1895
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 80
Among people born in United States, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 11,056 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 11,050
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 11,051
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,052
1902 - 1992
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,053
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,054
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,055
1807 - 1895
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,056
1952 - 2017
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,057
1879 - 1966
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,058
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,059
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,060
1921 - 1990
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,061
1927 - 2008
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 11,062
Among politicians born in United States, Peter Hardeman Burnett ranks 719. Before 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).
1865 - 1946
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 713
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 714
1878 - 1950
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 715
1886 - 1971
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 716
1731 - 1796
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 717
1736 - 1797
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 718
1807 - 1895
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 719
1952 - 2017
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 720
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 721
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 722
1772 - 1834
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 723
1891 - 1952
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 724
1933 - 2022
HPI: 39.71
Rank: 725