List of pre-statehood governors of California: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

This is a list of pre-statehood governors of California. For governors of the state, see List of Governors of California.

Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822

• 1804-1814: José Joaquín de Arillaga
• 1814-1815: José Darío Argüello (acting)
• 1815-1822: Pablo Vicente Solá

• 1822-1825: Luis Antonio Argüello
• 1825-1831: José Maria de Echeandía
• 1831-1832: Manuel Victoria
• 1832: Pío Pico
• 1832-1833: Augustín Zamorano and José Maria de Echeandía
• 1833-1835: José Figueroa
• 1835-1836: José Castro (acting)
• 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
• 1836: Mariano Chico
• 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
• 1836-1842: Juan B. Alvarado
• 1842-1845: Manuel Micheltoreno
• 1845-1846: Pío Pico
• 1846-1847: José María Flores (in opposition to the United States in Los Angeles)
• 1847: Andrés Pico (in opposition to the United States in Los Angeles)

(see also Governor of Baja California for Baja California, which remains part of Mexico)

• 1846: William Brown Ide (in Sonoma)

• 1846: John Drake Sloat
• 1846-1847: Robert Field Stockton
• 1847: John C. Frémont
• 1847: Stephen W. Kearny
• 1847-1849: Richard Barnes Mason (acting)
• 1849: Persifor Frazer Smith
• 1849: Bennett Riley

• 1849-1850: Peter H. Burnett (Democrat)