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President of California Republic
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This is a list of governors of California prior to it becoming a U.S. state in 1850. From 1769 to 1822, the area was a Spanish province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Upon Mexico's independence from Spain in 1822 until the U.S. annexation in 1848, it was a federal territory of Mexico. It was then briefly an unorganized territory of the United States until statehood was approved by Congress on September 9, 1850 . For governors of the state, see List of Governors of California.
Spanish Military Lt. Governors of California Nueva, 1769-1777
Spanish Governors of Las Californias, 1777-1804
Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822
Mexican Governors of Alta California, 1822-1847
(see also Governor of Baja California and Governor of Baja California Sur for the Mexican States of Baja California and Baja California Sur)
American Military Governors of California, 1846-1849
See also
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