List of pre-statehood governors of California

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This is a list of governors of California prior to it becoming a U.S. state in 1850. During this time, the area was a first a province of the Spanish colony of New Spain, a province of Mexico, and then an unorganized territory of the United States. For governors of the state, see List of Governors of California.

Contents 1 Spanish Military Governors of California Nueva, 1769-1777 2 Spanish Governors of Las Californias, 1777-1804 3 Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822 4 Mexican Governors of Alta California, 1822-1847 5 President of the California Republic, June-July 1846 6 American Military Governors of California, 1846-1849

[edit] Spanish Military Governors of California Nueva, 1769-1777

• 1769-1770: Gaspar de Portolà
• 1770-1774: Pedro Fages
• 1774-1777: Fernando Rivera y Moncada

[edit] Spanish Governors of Las Californias, 1777-1804

• 1777-1782: Felipe de Neve
• 1782-1791: Pedro Fages
• 1791-1792: José Antonio Roméu
• 1792-1794: José Joaquín de Arrillaga (acting)
• 1794-1800: Diego de Borica
• 1800: Pedro de Alberni (acting)
• 1800-1804: José Joaquín de Arrillaga

[edit] Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822

• 1804-1814: José Joaquín de Arrillaga
• 1814-1815: José Darío Argüello (acting)
• 1815-1822: Pablo Vicente de Solá

[edit] Mexican Governors of Alta California, 1822-1847

• 1822-1825: Luis Antonio Argüello
• 1825-1831: José María de Echeandía
• 1831-1832: Manuel Victoria
• 1832: Pío Pico
• 1832-1833: Agustín V. Zamorano (north) and José María de Echeandía (south)
• 1833-1835: José Figueroa
• 1835: José Castro (acting)
• 1836: Mariano Chico
• 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
• 1836-1837: Juan Bautista Alvarado
• 1837-1838: Carlos Antonio Carrillo
• 1838-1842: Juan Bautista Alvarado
• 1842-1845: Manuel Micheltorena
• 1845-1846: Pío Pico
• 1846-1847: José María Flores (in opposition to the United States in Los Angeles)
• 1847: Andrés Pico (in opposition to the United States in Los Angeles)

(see also Governor of Baja California and Governor of Baja California Sur for the Mexican States of Baja California and Baja California Sur)

[edit] President of the California Republic, June-July 1846

• 1846: William B. Ide (in Sonoma)

[edit] American Military Governors of California, 1846-1849

• 1846: John Drake Sloat
• 1846-1847: Robert Field Stockton
• 1847: John C. Frémont
• 1847: Stephen W. Kearny
• 1847-1849: Richard Barnes Mason (acting)
• 1849: Persifor Frazer Smith
• 1849: Bennet Riley