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John Bigler (1805-1871) was born in Carlisle Pennsylvania. In 1831 he and his brother William bought the Centre County Democrat newspaper in Bellefonte, PA in 1831. In 1835 he sold the paper to study law and subsequently opened a law practice. In 1848 John traveled to California upon hearing of the gold excitement and soon entered state politics. He served as second Speaker of the California State Assembly during 1850-1851, as third Governor of California from 1852-1856 (during which the state capital moved permanently to Sacramento), and as the ninth United States Ambassador to Chile from 1857 to 1861. William Bigler (1814-1880) was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1831 he and his brother John published the Centre County Democrat in Bellefonte, PA. In 1833 William founded his own political newspaper, the Clearfield Democrat. He became wealthy in the lumber business, and in the 1840s served in the Pennsylvania State Senate. William was the twelfth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855, and served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861. Correspondence, articles, clippings, photographs, and pamphlets relating to the life and family of California governor John Bigler and Pennsylvania governor William Bigler. Bigler. Virginia Walker; John W. Buckton; Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library. California State Library, California History Room
Type
text
Extent
1 manuscript box ; 16 1/2 x 13 x 3 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001548678CSL01-Aleph (OCoLC)915411461
Language
English
Subject
Bigler, John,, 1804-1871 Bigler, William,, 1814-1880 Bigler, Elizabeth Bigler, Washington Sietzinger, Jeremiah Correspondence Photographs Documents
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