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List of burial places of governors of California
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July 02, 2025
This is a
list of burial places of the
governors of California
.
Contents
Burial places of the governors of California
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Burial places of the governors of California
No.
Governor
Date of death
Burial place
City
County
State
Site image
1
Peter H. Burnett
May 17, 1895
Santa Clara Mission Cemetery
[
1
]
Santa Clara
Santa Clara
California
2
John McDougall
March 30, 1866
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
2
]
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
a
]
Colma
San Mateo
3
John Bigler
November 29, 1871
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
[
3
]
Sacramento
Sacramento
4
J. Neely Johnson
August 31, 1872
Fort Douglas Cemetery
[
4
]
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Utah
5
John B. Weller
August 17, 1875
St. John's Cemetery
[
5
]
New Orleans
Louisiana
6
Milton Latham
March 4, 1882
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
6
]
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
b
]
Colma
San Mateo
California
7
John G. Downey
March 1, 1894
Holy Cross Cemetery
[
7
]
8
Leland Stanford
June 21, 1893
Stanford Mausoleum
[
8
]
Palo Alto
Santa Clara
9
Frederick Low
July 21, 1894
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
9
]
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
c
]
Colma
San Mateo
10
Henry Huntly Haight
September 2, 1878
Mountain View Cemetery
[
11
]
Oakland
Alameda
11
Newton Booth
July 14, 1892
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
[
3
]
Sacramento
Sacramento
12
Romualdo Pacheco
January 23, 1899
Mountain View Cemetery
[
12
]
Oakland
Alameda
13
William Irwin
March 15, 1886
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
[
3
]
Sacramento
Sacramento
14
George C. Perkins
February 26, 1923
Mountain View Cemetery
[
13
]
Oakland
Alameda
15
George Stoneman
September 5, 1894
Bentley Cemetery
[
14
]
Lakewood
Chautauqua
New York
16
Washington Bartlett
September 12, 1887
Mountain View Cemetery
[
15
]
Oakland
Alameda
California
17
Robert W. Waterman
April 12, 1891
Mt. Hope Cemetery
[
16
]
San Diego
San Diego
18
Henry H. Markham
October 9, 1923
Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum
[
17
]
Altadena
Los Angeles
19
James Budd
July 30, 1908
Stockton Rural Cemetery
[
18
]
Stockton
San Joaquin
20
Henry Gage
August 28, 1924
New Calvary Cemetery
[
19
]
East Los Angeles
Los Angeles
21
George Pardee
September 1, 1941
Mountain View Cemetery
[
20
]
Oakland
Alameda
22
James Gillett
April 20, 1937
Chapel of Memories Columbarium
[
21
]
23
Hiram Johnson
August 6, 1945
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
[
22
]
Colma
San Mateo
24
William Stephens
April 25, 1944
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
[
23
]
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
25
Friend Richardson
September 6, 1943
Chapel of the Chimes
[
24
]
Oakland
Alameda
26
C. C. Young
December 24, 1947
Sunset View Cemetery
[
25
]
El Cerrito
Contra Costa
27
James Rolph
June 2, 1934
Greenlawn Memorial Park
[
26
]
Colma
San Mateo
28
Frank Merriam
April 25, 1955
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
[
27
]
Long Beach
Los Angeles
29
Culbert Olson
April 13, 1962
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
[
28
]
Glendale
30
Earl Warren
July 9, 1974
Arlington National Cemetery
[
29
]
Arlington
Virginia
31
Goodwin Knight
May 22, 1970
Rose Hills Memorial Park
[
30
]
Whittier
Los Angeles
California
32
Pat Brown
February 16, 1996
Holy Cross Cemetery
[
31
]
Colma
San Mateo
33
Ronald Reagan
June 5, 2004
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
[
32
]
Simi Valley
Ventura
35
George Deukmejian
May 8, 2018
Unknown
See also
List of governors of California
List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States
Explanatory notes
↑
McDougall was originally buried at
Laurel Hill Cemetery
in
San Francisco
, and subsequently re-interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
[
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
]
↑
Low was originally buried at
Laurel Hill Cemetery
in
San Francisco
,
[
10
]
and subsequently re-interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
[
9
]
References
↑
"Santa Clara Mission Cemetery: A Ministry of the Jesuit Community"
(PDF)
. Santa Clara University. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on March 3, 2018.
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
.
1
2
3
"Who is Buried in the Cemetery"
. Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
↑
"Death of J. Neely Johnson"
. Sacramento Daily Union
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"Governors of California - John Weller"
. California State Library
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
1
2
"Sophie Latham"
.
The Governor's Gallery
. California State Library
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
↑
"John G. Downey - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"Landmark: Stanford Mausoleum"
. PUNCH Spirit of the Peninsula
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
1
2
"Graves of Henry M. Newhall & Heirs, Wyatt Earp, more"
.
SCVHistory
. Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"Frederick Low - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"Henry Huntly Haight - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"PACHECO, Romualdo - Biographical Information"
. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"PERKINS, George Clement - Biographical Information"
. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
Fordney, Ben Fuller (2010).
George Stoneman: A Biography of the Union General
. McFarland. p.
171.
ISBN
9780786483464
.
↑
"Washington Bartlett - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 15,
2019
.
↑
"Inside the Icon: Mount Hope Cemetery"
. San Diego Magazine
. Retrieved
November 15,
2019
.
↑
"Henry Harrison Markham - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 15,
2019
.
↑
Kennedy, Glenn A. (May 1968).
"Remembered Men in Rural Cemetery"
(PDF)
.
San Joaquin Historian
.
IV
(3): 3
. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
↑
"Henry Tifft Gage - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 15,
2019
.
↑
"George Cooper Pardee - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
↑
"James Norris Gillett - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
↑
"Hiram Warren Johnson - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
↑
"William Dennison Stephens - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 13,
2019
.
↑
"The Historic Chapel of the Chimes Oakland: An Architectural Landmark and Cultural Destination"
(PDF)
. Landis Communications, Inc
. Retrieved
November 15,
2019
.
↑
"Former Governor Passes Away"
. Berkeley Daily Gazette
. Retrieved
November 15,
2019
.
↑
"Finding Aid to the James Rolph, Jr. Papers"
. The Online Archive of California
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
↑
"Frank Finley Merriam - National Governors Association"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
↑
"Governors of California - Culbert Olson"
. California State Library
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
↑
"Earl Warren"
. Arlington National Cemetery
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
↑
"Goodwin Jess Knight"
. National Governors Association
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
↑
"Holy Cross Colma - Holy Cross Cemetery"
. Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic Cemeteries
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
↑
"Ronald Reagan Presidential Library"
. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
. Retrieved
November 7,
2019
.
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Governors of California
Under Spain
(1769–1822)
Capt. Portolá
Col. Fages
Capt. Rivera
Capt-Gen. de Neve
Col. Fages
Capt. Roméu
Capt. Arrillaga
Col. Bórica
Lt. Col. Alberní
Capt. Arrillaga
Capt. J. Argüello
Don Solá
Under Mexico
(1822–1846)
Capt. L. Argüello
Lt. Col. Echeandía
Gen. Victoria
Don P. Pico
Lt. Col. Echeandía
Brig. Gen. Figueroa
Lt. Col. Castro
Lt. Col. Gutiérrez
Col. Chico
Lt. Col. Gutiérrez
Pres. Alvarado
·
Carrillo
(rival)
Brig. Gen. Micheltorena
Don P. Pico
Under U.S. military
(1846–1850)
Cdre. Sloat
Cdre. Stockton
·
Gen. Flores
(rival)
Gen. Kearny
·
Maj. Frémont
(mutineer)
Gen. Mason
Gen. Smith
Gen. Riley
U.S. state
(since 1850)
Burnett
McDougal
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
J. Brown
Newsom
Before 1850
Since 1850
By education
Spouses
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