Английская Википедия:Antonio María Pico

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Don Antonio María Pico was a Californio politician, ranchero, and a signer of the California Constitution in 1849.[1] He also served twice as Alcalde of San José.[2]

Biography

Antonio María Pico, a member of the prominent Pico family of California, was born in 1808 in Monterey, California.[1] He was a son of José Dolores Pico and his wife, the former Maria Ysabel de la Asención Cota.

In 1824, Pico left Monterey to serve as a bookkeeper at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

He served as Alcalde of San José (mayor of San Jose) in 1835 and 1844–1845.[3][4][2]

Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted Rancho Pescadero (present day city of Tracy, California) in 1843.

He was elected as a delegate for Santa Clara County to the Monterey Constitutional Convention of 1849 and was a signer of the California Constitution.[1]

In 1859, he led a petition of Californio rancheros to the U.S. Congress describing their taxation as unduly high.[5]

He was elected to the Electoral College in 1860 as an elector for Abraham Lincoln.[1]

Pico died in San José on 23 May 1869.

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