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Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019.
Jun 28, 2024 · Jerry Brown, American Democratic politician who served as governor of California (1975–83; 2011–19), mayor of Oakland, California (1999–2007), and California’s attorney general (2007–11). He also staged three unsuccessful bids for the U.S. presidency. Learn more about Brown’s life and career.
Dec 28, 2018 · — 1974: Jerry Brown, a Democrat, wins the governorship against Republican Houston Flournoy, the state treasurer, after Reagan decided not to seek a third term. At 36, Brown is California’s youngest governor in more than a century.
Experience the political and personal journey of Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history. First elected at 36 years old and again at 72, explore Brown’s 50-year...
Jan 7, 2019 · California Gov. Jerry Brown is passing his title to fellow Democrat Gavin Newsom. Newsom will be sworn in on Monday as California's 40th governor, marking a generational shift for California's...
Governor of California. Elected Governor in 1974 at age 36, Brown was the youngest California governor in 111 years. Brown declined to run for a third term in 1982, instead running for the United States Senate in 1982.
Aug 29, 2023 · First as a 36-year-old. And then at 72. A natural disrupter, Jerry Brown kickstarted the national debate about climate change and spiraling inequality back in the 1970s.
Dec 28, 2018 · Brown emerged as a global force in the fight against climate change during his second two terms. He championed an extension to California’s cap-and-trade program that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SF Chronicle: Jerry Brown joins Newsom in urging California Supreme Court to remove tax measure from ballot
Mar 10, 2023 · Inside California Politics visited the former governor for a wide-ranging conversation about his life after politics, the biggest issues facing the state, the country and the world, and what ...
