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Pat Brown
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32nd Governor of California | |
In office January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967 |
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Lieutenant | Glenn M. Anderson |
Preceded by | Goodwin Knight |
Succeeded by | Ronald Reagan |
23rd California Attorney General | |
In office January 8, 1951 – January 5, 1959 |
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Governor | Earl Warren Goodwin Knight |
Preceded by | Frederick N. Howser |
Succeeded by | Stanley Mosk |
21st District Attorney of San Francisco | |
In office 1943–1950 |
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Preceded by | Matthew Brady |
Succeeded by | Thomas C. Lynch |
Personal details | |
Born |
Edmund Gerald Brown
April 21, 1905 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | February 16, 1996 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
(aged 90)
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) |
Political party | Democratic (1932 and after) |
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Republican (before 1932) |
Spouse(s) | Bernice Layne |
Children | 4, including Edmund Gerald Jr. and Kathleen Lynn |
Alma mater | San Francisco Law School (LLB) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. (April 21, 1905 – February 16, 1996) was an American politician. Brown served as the 32nd Governor of California from 1959 to 1967. He is the father of the 34th and 39th Governor of California, Jerry Brown. He was succeeded by Ronald Reagan as Governor, but Reagan was soon succeeded by Brown's son Jerry. Brown ran for President of the United States three times; in 1976, 1980 and in 1992.
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Governor Brown with President Kennedy at the White House in April 1961
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