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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.
- Pat Brown
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (April 21, 1905 – February 16,...
- Gubernatorial Portrait of Jerry Brown
Portrait of Jerry Brown, Don Bachardy (1984) Brown at the...
- Anne Gust
Anne Baldwin Gust Brown (born March 15, 1958) is an American...
- Kathleen Brown
Early life and education. Brown was born in San Francisco,...
- George Deukmejian
Courken George Deukmejian Jr. (/ dj uː k ˈ m eɪ dʒ ən /;...
- Elihu Harris
Elihu Mason Harris (born August 15, 1947) is a retired...
- Pat Brown
- Early Life
- Early Career
- Governor of California
- Alleged 2016 Presidential Bid
- Personal Life
- Other Websites
Brown was born in San Francisco, California. His father was Pat Brown who also served as Governor of California until losing re-election to Ronald Reagan. His mother was Bernice Layne Brown. He was raised in San Francisco. Brown studied at Yale University and at the University of California, Berkeley.
Brown began his political career as a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1971. He later served as Secretary of State of Californiafrom 1971 to 1975.
Elected Governor in 1974at 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. However, he was defeated by Republican Mayor Pete Wilson (who himself would later become governor), and many considered his political career to be over. Aft...
Brown had been thought likely to run for the Democratic nomination for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He had expressed some interest in doing so, particularly if Hillary Clinton did not run.However, in an interview in 2014, Brown ruled out running. He did not rule out running for another term as Mayor of Oakland, saying that "I w...
Brown married his girlfriend of fifteen years, Anne Gust, in 2005. In April 2011 Brown had surgery to remove a basal-cell carcinoma from the right side of his nose. In December 2012, media outlets reported that Brown was being treated for early stage (the precise stage and grade was not stated) localized prostate cancerwith a very good health. The ...
Media related to Jerry Brown at Wikimedia Commons Quotations related to Jerry Brownat Wikiquote 1. Jerry Brown for Governor
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. Jerry Brown with a...
- Marina Zenovich
Dec 28, 2018 · Jerry Brown wraps a 5-decade history in California politics. Politics Dec 28, 2018 11:31 AM EDT. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a matter of life and death in 2015 when California Gov. Jerry...
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May 31, 2017 · Remembering Moonbeam: The Legacy of Jerry Brown. By Jack Foley on May 31, 2017. In 1975, a strange and eccentric character ascended to the Capitol building in Sacramento.
Jan 21, 2020 · January 21, 2020. Subscribe to Fiat Vox. UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center and KQED teamed up to record the longest interview that Jerry Brown has ever done — one that offers a first-person account of his nearly five decades in California politics.
Here's a look at key moments in the life of the state's longest-serving governor : — 1938: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr., known as Jerry, is born in San Francisco to Bernice Brown and Edmund Gerald Brown Sr., known as Pat Brown. — 1955: Jerry Brown graduates from St. Ignatius High School in San Francisco. — 1956: Jerry Brown enrolls at the ...
