Henry Huntly Haight was the tenth Governor of California

Governor of California

The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...

 from December 5, 1867 to December 8, 1871.

Life

Son of Fletcher Mathews Haight

Fletcher Mathews Haight

Fletcher Mathews Haight was a United States federal judge.Born in Elmira, New York, Haight read law to enter the bar in 1820. He was in private practice in Bath, New York from 1820 to the present. Private practice, Rochester, New York, -1834. He was a President, City Bank of Rochester from 1834 to...

, he was born in Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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, and graduated from Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

. Haight never held public office of any kind before he was elected Governor of California on the Democratic ticket, beginning his term of office in 1867. He was the first governor to use the offices in the California State Capitol

California State Capitol

The California State Capitol is home to the government of California. The building houses the bicameral state legislature and the office of the governor....

 in Sacramento. He signed the Act, March 23, 1868 creating the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

. After he was governor he made his home in Alameda, California

Alameda, California

Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...

. He died in 1878, and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California

Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

.

Legacy

Though commonly thought to be true, San Francisco's Haight Street

Haight Street

Haight Street, in San Francisco, is perhaps best known as the principal street in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, also known as Upper Haight. It stretches from Market Street to Stanyan Street, at Golden Gate Park. It is named after California pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight ....

 may or may not be named in his honor as it is thought by some that the street may indeed be named after that of his uncle, the pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight

Henry Haight

Henry Huntly Haight was the tenth Governor of California from December 5, 1867 to December 8, 1871.-Life:Son of Fletcher Mathews Haight, he was born in Rochester, New York, and graduated from Yale University...

 (1820–1869).

External links

• Henry Haight biography at the California State Library
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