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Burnett, Peter Hardeman (Peter)
1807 - He wa born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 15th of November.
1843 - Burnett became part of the exodus of Easterners moving Westward, moving his family to the Oregon Country (now modern-day Oregon) to take up farming in order to solve growing debts in Missouri, an agricultural endeavour that failed.
1844 - Burnett began his forays into politics, getting elected to the provisional legislature.
1846 - Burnett and his family made the complete transition from protestant to become Catholic.
1849 - Burnett announced his intentions to return to politics.
1849 - Burnett easily won the election over four other candidates, and was sworn in as California's first elected civilian governor on the 20th of December in San Jose in front of the California State Legislature.
1857-1858 - He entered a number of careers, serving briefly as a justice in the California Supreme Court, the Sacramento City Council, as well as becoming a San Jose-based lawyer, a noted proponent of Catholicism during the Victorian period, and then the president of the Pacific Bank of San Francisco.
1882 - Burnett was an active supporter of the federal Chinese Exclusion Act.
1895 - He died on the 17th of May at the age of 88 in San Francisco.
1843 - Burnett became part of the exodus of Easterners moving Westward, moving his family to the Oregon Country (now modern-day Oregon) to take up farming in order to solve growing debts in Missouri, an agricultural endeavour that failed.
1844 - Burnett began his forays into politics, getting elected to the provisional legislature.
1846 - Burnett and his family made the complete transition from protestant to become Catholic.
1849 - Burnett announced his intentions to return to politics.
1849 - Burnett easily won the election over four other candidates, and was sworn in as California's first elected civilian governor on the 20th of December in San Jose in front of the California State Legislature.
1857-1858 - He entered a number of careers, serving briefly as a justice in the California Supreme Court, the Sacramento City Council, as well as becoming a San Jose-based lawyer, a noted proponent of Catholicism during the Victorian period, and then the president of the Pacific Bank of San Francisco.
1882 - Burnett was an active supporter of the federal Chinese Exclusion Act.
1895 - He died on the 17th of May at the age of 88 in San Francisco.
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