José Figueroa

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José Figueroa
Governor of Alta California
In office 1833–1835
Preceded by	Agustín V. Zamorano and José María de Echeandía
Succeeded by	José Castro
Personal details
Born	1792
Died	September 19, 1835(1835-09-19)
Profession	Governor, Politician, Soldier
Religion	Roman Catholic

General José Figueroa (1792 – 9 September 1835), was a General and the Mexican territorial Governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835.^[1] Figueroa oversaw the initial secularization of the missions of upper California, which included the expulsion of the Spanish Franciscan mission officials. This also involved the issuing of many Mexican land grants for former mission lands and original Mission Indians homelands.

Legacy

Landmarks named after General José Figueroa include:

Figueroa Mountain, in the San Rafael Mountains, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, California.
Figueroa Street and Figueroa Avenue, in Los Angeles, California.
- Figueroa Street Tunnels
- Figueroa at Wilshire

Figueroa rancho land grants

Mexican land grants in Alta California issued by Governor José Figueroa:

References

↑ Francis J. Weber Prominent visitors to the California missions, 1786-1842 1991 "Jose Figueroa (1792-1835), an Aztecan mestigo, was a veteran of the Sonora frontier. He was Governor of California between 1833 and 1835. "

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Before US	1 de Portolà 2 Fages 3 Rivera 4 de Neve 5 Fages 6 Roméu 7 Arrillaga 8 Arrillaga 9 Borica 10 Alberní 11 Arrillaga 12 J. Argüello 13 Solá 14 L. Argüello 15 Echeandía 16 Victoria 17 P. Pico 18 Zamorano / Echeandía 19 Figueroa 20 Castro 21 Gutierrez 22 Chico 23 Gutierrez 24 Alvarado 25 Carrillo 26 Alvarado 27 Micheltorena 28 P. Pico 29 Flores 30 A. Pico 31 P. Pico 32 Riley 33 Burnett

After US	34 Burnett 35 McDougall 36 Bigler 37 J. Johnson 38 Weller 39 Latham 40 Downey 41 Stanford 42 Low 43 Haight 44 Booth 45 Pacheco 46 Irwin 47 Perkins 48 Stoneman 49 Bartlett 50 Waterman 51 Markham 52 Budd 53 Gage 54 Pardee 55 Gillett 56 H. Johnson 57 Stephens 58 Richardson 59 Young 60 Rolph 61 Merriam 62 Olson 63 Warren 64 Knight 65 P. Brown 66 Reagan 67 J. Brown 68 Deukmejian 69 Wilson 70 Davis 71 Schwarzenegger 72 J. Brown

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Persondata
Name	Figueroa, José
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of Alta California
Date of birth	1792
Place of birth
Date of death	1835-9-19
Place of death

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