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<big align=center><B>Pat Brown</B></big><br>
[[Image:PatBrown.jpg|200px|Pat Brown]]
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| '''Order:''' || 32nd Governor of California
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| '''Term of Office:''' || [[1959]]–[[1967]]
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| '''Predecessor:''' || [[Goodwin Knight]]
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| '''Successor:''' || [[Ronald Reagan]]
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| '''Date of Birth:''' || [[April 21st]], [[1905]]
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| '''Place of Birth:''' || [[San Francisco, California]]
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| '''Date of Death:''' || [[February 16]], [[1996]]
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| '''First Lady:''' || [[Bernice Layne]]
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| '''Profession:''' || [[Politician]]
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| '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:''' || [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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| '''[[Lieutenant Governor of California|Lieutenant Governor]]:''' || [[Glenn M. Anderson]]
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'''Edmund Gerald Brown Sr.''' ([[April 21]], [[1905]] – [[February 16]], [[1996]]), best known as '''Pat Brown''', was the 32nd [[Governor of California]], serving from [[1959]] to [[1967]].
Pat Brown was born in [[San Francisco]], the son of Edmund and Schuckman Brown. He was one of four children. He acquired the nickname "Pat" during his school years. When he was 12 years old, he sold [[Liberty Bonds]] on streetcorners. He would end his spiel with, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
The nickname was a reference to his [[Patrick Henry]]-like oratory. He graduated from [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]], but couldn't afford college. He worked in his father's cigar store and studied law at night. He graduated from San Francisco Law School in [[1927]]. He took some [[University of California]] extension courses, but acquired his broad knowledge through reading widely.
Pat Brown started a law practice in San Francisco. He was an active Republican, before turning Democrat in the early 1930's. He ran as a Republican for the State Assembly in [[1928]], but lost. He waited until [[1939]] to run again. This time as a Democrat for the [[District Attorney]] for San Francisco. Again, he lost. He ran again for the same position in [[1943]], and finally won. He served here for seven years, before running for, and winning, election as Attorney General of California. He served in that role for eight years. While he was the Attorney General, he was the only member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] to win statewide election.
In [[1958]], he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Califonia. He defeated Senator [[William F. Knowland]] by a margin of nearly 20 percentage points. He was reelected in [[1962]], defeating former Vice President [[Richard Nixon]]. He finally lost the [[1966]] election to [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ronald Reagan]].
His terms as governor were wildly successful. It was marked by an enormous water-resources development program (which later evolved into the [[California Aqueduct]]), the enactment of the [[University of California]] master plan, fair employment practices, state economic development commission, and a consumers' council. He sponsored some forty major proposals. Only five failed to pass the legislature: state-wide minimum wage, regulation of unions, campaign finance, and an oil tax. He more than doubled the amount of state highways.
He met his wife, Bernice Layne, when he was young. They were childhood sweethearts. They married in [[1930]]. She was the daughter of a [[San Francisco]] police captain. They had four children. A son, [[Jerry Brown|Jerry]], and three daughters: [[Kathleen Brown]], Barbara Brown Casey, and Cynthia Brown Kelly. In [[1974]], Jerry was elected the 34th [[Governor of California]]. He was reelected in [[1978]], and was defeated in a bid for the U.S. Senate in [[1982]]. Pat's daughter, [[Kathleen Brown]], was elected [[California State Treasurer]] in 1990.
== Quote ==
"My son asked me what I hoped to accomplish as Governor. I told him: essentially to make life more comfortable for people, as far as government can. I think that embraces everything from developing the water resources vital to California's growth, to getting a man to work and back fifteen minutes earlier if it can be done through a state highway program."
== External links ==
*[http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/govsgallery/h/biography/governor_32.html Official Biography and portrait from State of California]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/2380.html Brown family of California at Political Graveyard]
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