John Gately Downey (June 24, 1827 - March 1, 1894) was an Irish-American politician and Governor of California from January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862. Until the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, Downey was California's only foreign-born governor. Downey is also the first Southern Californian to assume the governorship. Wikipedia
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