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The first lady of California or first partner of California is the spouse of the governor of California. The role of the spouse of the governor of California has never been codified or officially defined. The spouse figures prominently in the social life of the state, and some spouses have been assisted with a staff in the Executive Office of the Governor. As of 2023, all the state's governors have been men, and not all of them were married while in office.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the current spouse of the governor of California concurrent with the governor's term in office. Her predecessors held the informal but accepted title of First Lady but she opted for the title: First Partner. Governor Newton Booth wed after he retired from politics,[1] and Washington Bartlett was a lifelong bachelor.[2] Jerry Brown was a bachelor throughout his initial gubernatorial service but was married when he once again became governor decades later.[3]

Prior to entering politics, Jane Stanford joined her husband Leland Stanford to help him run a mercantile business in San Francisco. The couple co-founded Stanford University.[4] Bernice Layne Brown, wife of Governor Pat Brown, was also the mother of Governor Jerry Brown. Nancy Reagan was a career actress before her husband Ronald Reagan was first elected governor, and then President of the United States.

There are five living former first ladies: Gloria Deukmejian, widow of George Deukmejian; Gayle Wilson, wife of Pete Wilson; Sharon Davis, wife of Gray Davis; Maria Shriver, ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger; and Anne Gust Brown, wife of Jerry Brown.

List of first ladies and partners of California

Spouses of the governors of California
Name Image Birth–Death Term Governor Notes Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Harriet Burnett.jpg (1812–1879) 1849–1851 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Wilson County, Tennessee and raised in the Methodist faith. Married August 20, 1828, Governor Burnett credited her with being instrumental in his lifetime achievements. Children Dwight, Martha Letitia, Romeetta, John, Armstead and Sallie Шаблон:Sfn[5]
Шаблон:Sortname (1824–1862) 1851–1852 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Indiana, disliked California and returned to Indiana until 1852. Kept a diary of her ocean voyage. Children Sue, Caroline, Latham, William, Lillie. Died in childbirth. [6]
Шаблон:Sortname (c.1809–1873) 1852–1856 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New York. Outlived both her husband and daughter Virginia. [7]
Шаблон:Sortname (1830–1887) 1856–1858 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New Jersey. Hosted California's first gubernatorial inaugural ball. Children William and Bessie . Outlived her husband and remarried to Colonel Sylvester H. Day. [8]
Lizzie Weller (1828–1885) 1858–1860 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New York. The Governor had been married three times before Lizzie, and she had a previous marriage. Children Charles and Josiah, stepsons John and William. [9]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Sophie Latham.jpg (1835–1867) 1860–1860 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New York. No children. Her husband was only Governor for 5 days before becoming United States Senator. [10]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Maria Downey.jpg (1836–1883) 1860–1862 Шаблон:Sortname First California-born gubernatorial spouse, and the first one of Mexican heritage. Her father Don Rafael Guirado was from Guaymas, Mexico. Maria and John Downey had no children. [11]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Portrait of Jane Stanford.jpg (1828–1905) 1862–1863 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New York. One son Leland Stanford Jr. died at age 15 of typhoid fever. She and her husband founded Stanford University to honor their son's life. Her death in Honolulu, via strychnine poisoning, is believed to have been murder. Шаблон:Sfn[12]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Mollie Low.jpg (1840–1910) 1863–1867 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Ohio. Daughter Flora. Fashion-conscious society hostess. [13]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Anna Haight.jpg (1834–1898) 1867–1871 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Missouri. Children Janette, Mary, Dugald, Henry H. Jr. and Louis. [14]
Vacant 1871–1875 Шаблон:Sortname Booth was unmarried while serving as Governor. [1]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:MaryMcIntirePacheco1895.tif (1842–1913) 1875–1875 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Indiana. She was also a playwright. Children Romualdo and Maybella. So far, her husband has been the only Governor of Latino heritage in the state's history. Шаблон:Sfn[15]
Amelia Irwin (1843–1905) 1875–1880 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New York. One daughter Emma. [16]
Ruth Amelia Perkins Файл:Ruth Amelia Perkins.jpg (1843–1921) 1880–1883 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Ireland. Children Fannie, George, Susan, Fred, Milton, Ruth, and Grace. [17]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Mary Stoneman.jpg (c.1836–1915) 1883–1887 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Maryland. Children: Cornelius, George Jr., Katherine, and Adele [18]
Vacant 1887–1887 Шаблон:Sortname Bartlett never married; died 9 months after taking office. [2]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Jane Waterman.jpg (1829–1914) 1887–1891 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Canada. Active in charity work. Children: Mary, James, Helen, Waldo, Anna and Abby [19]
Шаблон:Sortname (1853–1934) 1891–1895 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Illinois, raised in Wisconsin, active in the Congregational Church after they moved to Pasadena, California. Children: Marie, Alice, Gertrude, Genevieve and Hildreth. Genevieve died shortly after Governor Markham took office. [20]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Inez Budd.jpg (1851–1911) 1895–1899 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Connecticut, her family relocated to Stockton, California where she met her husband James. [21]
Шаблон:Sortname (1863–1951) 1899–1903 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Children Fanita, Lucilla, Francis, Volney and Arthur. [22]
Шаблон:Sortname (1857–1947) 1903–1907 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Massachusetts. A graduate of what is now San Jose State University, she spent a decade teaching in Oakland. Daughters Florence, Carol, Madeline and Helen. [23]
Шаблон:Sortname (c.1870–1946) 1907–1911 Шаблон:Sortname Born in San Francisco. Socialite and musician, she married widower James Gillett and became stepmother to his three children. Together, they had four more children Effie, Ethel, Horace and James. [24]
Шаблон:Sortname (1869–1955) 1911–1917 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Sacramento. Sons Hiram and Archibald . [25]
Шаблон:Sortname (1869–1931) 1917–1923 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Chicago, she attended higher education in California and taught school in Poway, California. Daughter Barbara. [26]
Шаблон:Sortname (1869–1955) 1923–1927 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Illinois. Children Ruth, Paul and John. [27]
Шаблон:Sortname (1880–1967) 1927–1932 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Alameda, California. Daughters Barbara and Lucy. The Young family survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [28]
Шаблон:Sortname (1872–1956) 1931–1934 Шаблон:Sortname Born in San Francisco. Hosted tea parties in the governor's mansion, open to the general public. Children Annette, James and Georgina . [29]
Шаблон:Sortname (1869–1948) 1936–1939 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Iowa, married the widowed sitting Governor of California, no children. An advocate of women's issues and health care for the elderly. [30]
Шаблон:Sortname (1883–1939) 1939–1939 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Utah. Children Richard, John and Dean . Held all-night poker parties in the governor's mansion. [31]
Шаблон:Sortname (1893–1993) 1943–1953 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Sweden. Her first husband, Grover Meyers, by whom she had a son James, died in 1920. She married Earl Warren in 1925, and had five children with him: Virginia, Earl Jr., Dorothy, Nina and Robert. She enjoyed being a hostess for her husband. [32]
Шаблон:Sortname (1918–2010) 1954–1959 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Iowa. A World War II military widow, she married the widowed Governor Knight at the end of his first term. [33]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Bernice Layne Brown, 1958.jpg (1908–2002) 1959–1967 Шаблон:Sortname Born in San Francisco. Also mother of Governor Jerry Brown and State Treasurer Kathleen Brown. [34]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Nancy Reagan.jpg (1921–2016) 1967–1975 Шаблон:Sortname Born in New York. National League of Families of American POW-MIA received 100% of her salary from writing a syndicated column as spouse of the governor. [35]
Vacant 1975–1983 Шаблон:Sortname Brown was unmarried during this first tenure as Governor. [3]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Gloria Deukmejian, 1984.jpg (b. 1933) 1983–1991 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Long Beach, California. Children: Leslie, Andrea and George. Advocate for community volunteerism. [36]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Gayle.A.Wilson.Official.jpg (b. 1942) 1991–1999 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Phoenix, Arizona. Sons Todd and Phillip from a previous marriage. [37]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Sharon Davis.jpg (b. 1954) 1999–2003 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Met her husband when she was a flight attendant. Wrote the book The Adventures of Capitol Kitty about a real-life black cat cared for by employees of the State Capitol building in Sacramento. Proceeds of the book went to the Governor's Book Fund, set up by Sharon Davis to benefit school libraries. [38]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Maria Shriver (Los Angeles - Feb. 21, 2008).jpg (b. 1955) 2003–2011 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Illinois. Journalist, founder of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement to inform and find a cure for the disease [39]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Anne Gust official portrait.jpg (b. 1958) 2011–2019 Шаблон:Sortname Born in Michigan. Business executive, attorney [40]
Шаблон:Sortname Файл:Jen Newsom 2018 (cropped).jpeg (b. 1974) 2019–present Шаблон:Sortname Born in San Francisco. Documentary filmmaker and actress. Under Newsom, the office of First Lady is officially retitled as First Partner.[41]

See also

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