List of burial places of governors of California

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This is a list of burial places of the governors of California .

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Burial places of the governors of California

No.GovernorDate of deathBurial placeCityCountyStateSite image
1 Peter H. Burnett May 17, 1895 Santa Clara Mission Cemetery [1] Santa Clara Santa Clara California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
2 John McDougall March 30, 1866 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park [2] Cypress Lawn Memorial Park| [lower-alpha 1] Colma San Mateo California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
3 John Bigler November 29, 1871 Sacramento Historic City Cemetery [3] Sacramento Sacramento California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
4 J. Neely Johnson August 31, 1872 Fort Douglas Cemetery [4] Salt Lake City Salt Lake Utah Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
5 John B. Weller August 17, 1875St. John's Cemetery [5] New Orleans Louisiana Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
6 Milton Latham March 4, 1882 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park [6] Cypress Lawn Memorial Park| [lower-alpha 2] Colma San Mateo California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
7 John G. Downey March 1, 1894 Holy Cross Cemetery [7] Colma San Mateo California John Gately Downey grave 1.JPG
8 Leland Stanford June 21, 1893 Stanford Mausoleum [8] Palo Alto Santa Clara California Stanford Moseleum, front, March 2019.jpg
9 Frederick Low July 21, 1894 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park [9] Cypress Lawn Memorial Park| [lower-alpha 3] Colma San Mateo California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
10 Henry Huntly Haight September 2, 1878 Mountain View Cemetery [11] Oakland Alameda California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
11 Newton Booth July 14, 1892 Sacramento Historic City Cemetery [3] Sacramento Sacramento California Newton Booth Grave.jpg
12 Romualdo Pacheco January 23, 1899 Mountain View Cemetery [12] Oakland Alameda California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
13 William Irwin March 15, 1886 Sacramento Historic City Cemetery [3] Sacramento Sacramento California William Irwin Grave.jpg
14 George C. Perkins February 26, 1923 Mountain View Cemetery [13] Oakland Alameda California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
15 George Stoneman September 5, 1894 Bentley Cemetery [14] Lakewood Chautauqua New York Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
16 Washington Bartlett September 12, 1887 Mountain View Cemetery [15] Oakland Alameda California Bartlett-grave.jpg
17 Robert W. Waterman April 12, 1891 Mt. Hope Cemetery [16] San Diego San Diego California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
18 Henry H. Markham October 9, 1923 Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum [17] Altadena Los Angeles California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
19 James Budd July 30, 1908 Stockton Rural Cemetery [18] Stockton San Joaquin California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
20 Henry Gage August 28, 1924 New Calvary Cemetery [19] East Los Angeles Los Angeles California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
21 George Pardee September 1, 1941 Mountain View Cemetery [20] Oakland Alameda California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
22 James Gillett April 20, 1937 Chapel of Memories Columbarium [21] Oakland Alameda California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
23 Hiram Johnson August 6, 1945 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park [22] Colma San Mateo California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
24 William Stephens April 25, 1944 Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery [23] Los Angeles Los Angeles California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
25 Friend Richardson September 6, 1943 Chapel of the Chimes [24] Oakland Alameda California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
26 C. C. Young December 24, 1947 Sunset View Cemetery [25] El Cerrito Contra Costa California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
27 James Rolph June 2, 1934 Greenlawn Memorial Park [26] Colma San Mateo California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
28 Frank Merriam April 25, 1955 Forest Lawn Memorial Park [27] Long Beach Los Angeles California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
29 Culbert Olson April 13, 1962 Forest Lawn Memorial Park [28] Glendale Los Angeles California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
30 Earl Warren July 9, 1974 Arlington National Cemetery [29] Arlington Virgínia Chief Justice Earl Warren (18974663660).jpg
31 Goodwin Knight May 22, 1970 Rose Hills Memorial Park [30] Whittier Los Angeles California Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png
32 Pat Brown February 16, 1996 Holy Cross Cemetery [31] Colma San Mateo California Pat Brown grave, Holy Cross, Colma.JPG
33 Ronald Reagan June 5, 2004 Ronald Reagan Presidential Library [32] Simi Valley Ventura California Grabmal von Ronald und Nancy Reagan.jpg
35 George Deukmejian May 8, 2018UnknownUnknown Seal of the 39th Governor of California.png

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ↑ McDougall was originally buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, and subsequently re-interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. [2]
  2. ↑ Latham and his wife Sophie were originally buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, and subsequently re-interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in 1940. [6]
  3. ↑ Low was originally buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, [10] and subsequently re-interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Santa Clara Mission Cemetery: A Ministry of the Jesuit Community" (PDF). Santa Clara University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-03.
  2. 1 2 "Albert Maver Winn letter : Coloma, California, to John McDougall, Vallejo, California, 1851 July 21". OskiCat. University of California at Berkeley. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Who is Buried in the Cemetery". Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Death of J. Neely Johnson". Sacramento Daily Union. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Governors of California - John Weller". California State Library. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Sophie Latham". The Governor's Gallery. California State Library. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  7. ↑ "John G. Downey - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Landmark: Stanford Mausoleum". PUNCH Spirit of the Peninsula. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Graves of Henry M. Newhall & Heirs, Wyatt Earp, more". SCVHistory. Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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  11. ↑ "Henry Huntly Haight - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ "PACHECO, Romualdo - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  13. ↑ "PERKINS, George Clement - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  14. ↑ Fordney, Ben Fuller (2010). George Stoneman: A Biography of the Union General. McFarland. p. 171. ISBN   9780786483464.
  15. ↑ "Washington Bartlett - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Inside the Icon: Mount Hope Cemetery". San Diego Magazine. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Henry Harrison Markham - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  18. ↑ Kennedy, Glenn A. (May 1968). "Remembered Men in Rural Cemetery" (PDF). San Joaquin Historian. IV (3): 3. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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  20. ↑ "George Cooper Pardee - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  21. ↑ "James Norris Gillett - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  22. ↑ "Hiram Warren Johnson - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  23. ↑ "William Dennison Stephens - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  24. ↑ "The Historic Chapel of the Chimes Oakland: An Architectural Landmark and Cultural Destination" (PDF). Landis Communications, Inc. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  25. ↑ "Former Governor Passes Away". Berkeley Daily Gazette. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Finding Aid to the James Rolph, Jr. Papers". The Online Archive of California. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  27. ↑ "Frank Finley Merriam - National Governors Association". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  28. ↑ "Governors of California - Culbert Olson". California State Library. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  29. ↑ "Earl Warren". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  30. ↑ "Goodwin Jess Knight". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Holy Cross Colma - Holy Cross Cemetery". Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic Cemeteries. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  32. ↑ "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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