• Science • People
Non User
 • Locations • Timeline
Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > George Stoneman

 
George Stoneman ( 1822 - 1894) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the Governor of California between 1883 and 1887. Stoneman was born on a family farm in Busti, New York. His parents were George Stoneman (Sr), a lumberman and justice of the peace, and Catherine Rebecca Cheney. He studied at the Jamestown Academy.

He graduated from West Point in 1846 and served in the Mexican War. His room-mate was "Stonewall" Jackson. During the Civil War he was made Major General of volunteers. He served in a variety of posts after the war. After retiring from the army as a colonel in 1871, he bought a ranch near Los Angeles. In 1882 he was elected the Democratic governor of California.

George Stoneman died while visiting a daughter in Buffalo, New York.

External link


Preceded by:
George PerkinsGeorge Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839 February 26, 1923) was Governor of California from January 8, 1880 to January 10, 1883. From 1893 until 1915 he served in the United States Senate. Perkins, George Clement Perkins, George Clement Perkins, George Cle 		Governors of California Succeeded by:
Washington BartlettWashington Montgomery Bartlett ( February 29, 1824 September 12, 1887) was mayor of San Francisco from 1883- 1887 and was California's only Jewish governor. His term started and ended in 1887 because he died in office of natural causes. Bartlett was born


This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by [ ṣlocalurl: : |action=edit}} expanding it].

Stoneman, George Stoneman, George Stoneman, George

Read more »

Topics: George Stoneman, George Lucas, George W. Bush, George Orwell...

George LucasGeorge Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an American film director famous for his epic Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies. Star Wars in 1977 is considered by some to be the first " high concept" film, although others feel the first was Steven SpieGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. His first four-year term as President began on January 20, 2001 following the controversial U. presidential election, 2000, where for the first time in AmericanGeorge OrwellGeorge Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair ( 25 June 1903 21 January 1950). Noted as a political and cultural commentator, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the twentieth century, though he is be
George H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States ( 1989 1993). Previously, he had served as ambassador to the United Nations ( 1971 1973), director of the CIA 1976 1977, and the 43rd Vice President of the UnitedGeorge BerkeleyGeorge Berkeley (bark-lee) ( March 12, 1685 January 14, 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called subjective idealism, summed up in hiGeorge Edward MooreGeorge Edward Moore also known as G. Moore ( November 4, 1873 October 24, 1958) was a distinguished and hugely influential English philosopher who was educated and taught at the University of Cambridge. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Wittgenstein, and (be
George WashingtonGeorge WhippleGeorge Pappas
George R. R. MartinGeorges BraqueGeorge Clinton
George PeppardGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Stephenson
Non User