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    John Bigler (January 8, 1805 – November 29, 1871) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third governor of California...
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  • Bigler can refer to: Chris Bigler, poker player Erin Bigler (born 1949), American neuropsychologist Heinz Bigler (footballer, born 1925) (1925–2002), Swiss...
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    States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861. His older brother, John Bigler, was elected governor of California during the same period. As of 2023...
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    Sobel 1978, pp. 102–103. "John Bigler". National Governors Association. January 3, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2023. "John Bigler". California State Library...
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  • Governor Bigler may refer to: John Bigler (1805–1871), 3rd Governor of California William Bigler (1814–1880), 12th Governor of Pennsylvania This disambiguation...
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    Johnson as its candidate for governor. Johnson ran against incumbent John Bigler, with Johnson securing the governorship by a comfortable margin. Johnson...
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    enforcement agency in California, and was founded by Governor of California John Bigler and commanded by Harry Love specifically to combat violent crime in the...
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    threatened to divide the state in half, should the state not accept slavery. John Bigler, along with former state senator and lieutenant governor David C. Broderick...
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    choice for governor. Instead, state Democrats nominated Assembly Speaker John Bigler as their party's nominee. McDougal left office on January 8, 1852, after...
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    Lake Tahoe (redirect from Bigler's Lake)
    Bigler" after California's third governor John Bigler. In 1853 William Eddy, the surveyor general of California, identified the lake as Lake Bigler....
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    immigrants and 13 Anglo-Americans. On May 11, 1853, Governor of California John Bigler signed a legislative act creating the "California State Rangers," led...
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    September 7, 1853, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent governor John Bigler successfully ran for reelection, winning over Whig nominee William Waldo...
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  • refers to a Hawaiian. In a notable 1853 letter to Governor of California John Bigler which challenges his proposed immigration policy toward the Chinese,...
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    Kearney and his Workingman's Party as well as by California governor John Bigler, both of whom blamed "coolie labor" for depressed wage levels. In addition...
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    Carillo, and their banded associates." On May 11, 1853, the governor, John Bigler, signed an act to create the "California State Rangers," to be led by...
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    rowboat. The California State Legislature, with the support of Governor John Bigler, moved to Sacramento in 1854. The capital of California under Spanish...
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    renominate incumbent John McDougal as the party's choice for governor. Instead, state Democrats nominated Assembly Speaker John Bigler. Dubin, Michael J...
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    John Karl Fetterman (/ˈfɛtərmən/ FEH-tər-mən; born August 15, 1969) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania...
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  • Reeves Graham Bigler (c. 1809 – November 15, 1873) was First Lady of California, wife of John Bigler, Governor from 1852 to 1856. Bigler was born Elizabeth...
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    September 5, 1855, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent governor John Bigler lost his bid for reelection. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States...
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  • governor of Delaware. Member of Union Lodge No. 5, Middletown, Delaware. John Bigler (1805–1871), third governor of California. Initiated in Pacific Lodge...
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    escalated into a full-scale war. The California state government, under Governor John McDougall, sent the Mariposa Battalion led by James D. Savage to subdue the...
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    which was released on the band's own Blue Star label. Cenci then persuaded John Rook, program director of KQV, to play the single. With local airplay and...
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    California Rangers. The unit was created on May 11, 1853 by Governor John Bigler specifically to capture or kill the "Five Joaquins" gang, who had been...
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  • new Foreign Miners' License Tax was introduced in 1852 under Governor John Bigler, who, like Burnett (but unlike McDougal) was not friendly to Chinese...
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  • States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1937–65. Son of John Biggs. John Bigler (1805–1871), California Assemblyman 1850–52, Governor of California...
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  • and served as its Speaker. Mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist John Hays Hammond is his son. Hammond was born in Hagerstown, Maryland on October...
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    Within three years, the state legislature and newly elected Governor John Bigler had authorized the capital's relocation three more times, to Sacramento...
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    given the title "Brigadier-General of Militia" by California Governor John Bigler after successfully defending the county jail against an angry mob of...
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    designed both seals. In 1855, conflict arose over the seal between Governor John Bigler and the Secretary of State James W. Denver. Denver, who had been elected...
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