Peter H. Burnett

1st Governor of California
Political Party 	Democratic
Term 	September 9, 1850 - January 9, 1851  (42-43)
Lieutenant Governor	John McDougall
Successor 	John McDougall 
Full Name 	Peter Hardeman Burnett
Birth 	
November 15, 1807
Nashville, Tennessee
Father 	George Washington Burnett  (1770-1838)
Mother 	Dorothy Hardeman  (1786-1843)
Brothers 	
John White Burnett  (1805-1805)
Glen Burnett  (1810-1890)
George William Burnett  (1811-1877)
James White Burnett  (1821-1884)
Thomas Burnett  (1823-1885)
Sisters 	
Constantia Burnett Smith  (1804-1846)
Elizabeth Ann Burnett  (1813-1885)
Mary Henry Jones Burnett  (1815-1843)
Occupation	Lawyer
Death 	
May 17, 1895
San Francisco, California
(87 years)
Marriages
Harriet Walton Rogers  (1812-1879)	
Married August 20, 1828
Widowed September 19, 1879
(51 years)
Children
Dwight Jay Burnett
(m.1850 Mary Wilcox)	
Born 1829
Died 1920
(91 years)
Martha Aletecia Burnett Ryland
(m.1851 Caius Ryland)	
Born 1833
Died 1908
(75 years)
Romietta Jewett Burnett Wallace
(m.1853 William Wallace)	
Born 1836
Died 1910
(74 years)
John May Burnett
(m.1863 Ellen Casey)	
Born 1838
Died 1916
(78 years)
Armistead Lewis Burnett
(m.1860 Flora Johnson)	
Born 1839
Died 1862
(23 years)
Sallie Constantia Burnett Poe
(m.1860 Francis Poe)	
Born 1841
Died 1861
(20 years)