Romualdo Pacheco
U.S. Congressperson
1831 – 1899
Who was Romualdo Pacheco?
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. was a Californio politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more than thirty-year career, including the California State Senate, the 12th governor of California, and three terms in the United States House of Representatives. Pacheco remains the only Hispanic or Latino governor in the state's history as part of the U.S. He was also the state's first governor to be born in California and the only governor to be born in the state before statehood. Pacheco represented California in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1877 to February 7, 1878, and from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1883. He was the first Hispanic Representative from a U.S. state; several others had previously served as delegates for U.S. territories and as such did not have full voting privileges.
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- Born
- Oct 31, 1831
Santa Barbara - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Mexican American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Santa Barbara
- Died
- Jan 23, 1899
Oakland - Resting place
- Mountain View Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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