John Bigler
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John Bigler
3rd Governor of California
3rd Governor of California
John Bigler (January 8, 1805 – November 29, 1871) was Democratic Governor of California from January 8, 1852 until January 9, 1856. His brother was William Bigler, Governor of Pennsylvania.
Bigler was born in 1805 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His brother William Bigler later became Governor of Pennsylvania.
Bigler was a popular governor and had a lake named after him in 1854. However, during the American Civil War, due to his Confederate sympathies, the lake was renamed to Lake Tahoe. He died in Sacramento, California in 1871.
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| Preceded by: John McDougall |
Governors of California 1852–1856 |
Succeeded by: John Neeley Johnson |
| Preceded by: Thomas J. White |
Speaker of the California State Assembly February 1850–May 1851 |
Succeeded by: Richard P. Hammond |
| Governors of California |  |
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| Burnett • McDougall • Bigler • J. Johnson • Weller • Latham • Downey • Stanford • Low • Haight • Booth • Pacheco • Irwin • Perkins • Stoneman • Bartlett • Waterman • Markham • Budd • Gage • Pardee • Gillett • H. Johnson • Stephens • Richardson • Young • Rolph • Merriam • Olson • Warren • Knight • P. Brown • Reagan • J. Brown • Deukmejian • Wilson • Davis • Schwarzenegger |
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