Capital: Sacramento

State Nickname: Golden State

State Bird: Valley Quail

State Flower: Golden Poppy

Admitted to the Union: September 9, 1850

December 20, 1849 to January 9, 1851:

Peter H. Burnett

January 9, 1851 to January 8, 1852:

John McDougal

January 8, 1852 to January 9, 1856:

John Bigler

January 9, 1856 to January 8, 1858:

J. Neely Johnson

January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860:

John B. Weller

January 9, 1860 to January 14, 1860:

Milton S. Latham

January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862:

John G. Downey

January 10, 1862 to December 10, 1863:

Leland Stanford

December 10, 1863 to December 5, 1867:

Frederick F. Low

December 5, 1867 to December 8, 1871:

Henry H. Haight

December 8, 1871 to Gebruary 27, 1875:

Newton Booth

February 27, 1875 to December 9, 1875:

Romualdo Pacheco

Decembver 9, 1875 to January 8, 1880:

William Irwin

January 8, 1880 to January 10, 1883:

George C. Perkins

January 10, 1883 to January 8, 1887:

George Stoneman

January 8, 1887 to September 13, 1887:

Washington Bartlett

September 13, 1887 to January 8, 1891:

Robert W. Waterman

January 8, 1891 to January 11, 1895:

Henry H. Markham

January 11m 1895 to January 3, 1899:

James H. Budd

January 3, 1899 to January 6, 1903:

Henry T. Gage

January 3, 1903 to January 8, 1907:

George C. Pardee

January 8, 1907 to January 3, 1911:

James N. Gillett

January 3, 1911 to March 15, 1917:

Hiram W. Johnson

March 15, 1917 to January 9, 1923:

William D. Stephens

January 9, 1923 to January 4, 1927:

Friend William Richardson

January 4, 1927 to January 6, 1931:

Clement C. Young

January 6, 1931 to June 2, 1934:

James Rolph, Jr.

June 2, 1934 to January 2, 1939:

Frank F. Merriam

January 2, 1939 to January 4, 1943:

Culbert L. Olson

January 4, 1943 to October 5, 1953:

Earl Warren

October 5, 1953 to January 5, 1959:

Goodwin J. Knight

January 5, 1959 to January 1, 1967:

Edmund G. Brown

January 1, 1967 to January 6, 1975:

Ronald Reagan

January 6, 1975 to January 3, 1983:

Edmund G. Brown

January 3, 1983 to January 7, 1991:

George Deukmejian

January 7, 1991 to 1999:

Pete Wilson

1999 to 2003:

Gray Davis

2003 --

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I Love You California

Written by F. B. Silverwood
Composed by A. F. Frankenstein

I love you, California, you're the greatest state of all
I love you in the winter, summer, spring, and in the fall.
I love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore,
I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore.

1850: 92,597

1860: 379,985

1870: 560,247

1880: 864,694

1890: 1,208,130

1900: 1,485,053

1910: 2,377,549

1920: 3,426,861

1930: 5,677,251

1940: 6,907,387

1950: 10,586,223

1960: 15,717,204

1970: 19,971,069

1980: 23,667,902

1990: 29,760,021

2000: 33,871,653