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Cruz Bustamante - Wikipedia  Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly ... January 4, 1999  January 8, 2007 ... elected Lieutenant Governor in 1998, the first Latino elected to statewide office in California in more than 120 years.
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Davis is ejected; Arnold wins big | Deseret News  Oct 8, 2003 ... Davis became the first California governor pried from office and only the second nationwide to be recalled. ... Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante with 482,376; Republican state Sen. ... and lieutenant governor before becoming governor in 1999. ... The first Hispanic elected to statewide office in more than 120 years,...
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Bustamante, Cruz M.: 1953: Lieutenant Governor, Politician ...  Cruz M. Bustamante is a Democrat who became the first Latino to hold a statewide office in California in over 100 years when he was elected lieutenant governor in ... Education: Fresno City College, 1972-73; Fresno State University, 1973-77. ... When Bustamante was sworn into office, he vowed to create more jobs for...
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The History, Development, and Policy Influence of the California ...  influence over legislative committees, leadership positions, and policy outcomes. ..... CLLC Chaptered Bills and Agenda Diversity, by Legislative Term 1999- ..... Speaker before becoming the first Latino Lieutenant Governor in California's modern ...... Speaker Cruz Bustamante told us that the Latino Caucus, was and is a...
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Cruz Bustamante - Dangerous Mexican Reconquista - American Patrol  Oct 29, 1999 ... Cruz Bustamante is the Lt. Governor of California) ... 1999 LatinoLink ... Cruz Bustamante, who last November became the first Hispanic statewide ... official in more than 120 years, was raised in the serfdom that is California's ... Gray Davis over an appeal of Proposition 187 - the controversial state ballot...
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Arizona Governors | Office of the Arizona Governor  Jan 5, 2015 ... George W. P. Hunt Gubernatorial terms 1912-1917, 1918, .... Born in Arizona, Bruce Babbitt received his undergraduate degree at the Notre...
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Juana Ins de la Cruz - Wikipedia  Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, O.S.H. was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, ... In recognition, she is honored by official government recognition and is an ... The Viceroy and Vicereine of New Spain became her patrons; they ... One noted critic of her writing was the bishop of Puebla, Manuel Fernndez de...
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Sila Maria Calderon | governor of Puerto Rico | Britannica.com  Sila Mara Caldern, (born September 23, 1942, San Juan, Puerto Rico) Puerto ... she became his executive assistant in the administration of Governor Rafael Hernndez Coln. ... In 1996 Caldern was elected mayor of San Juan, and she was ... and in 2001 she was sworn in as the commonwealth's first woman governor.
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Juan Carlos I - King - Biography.com  Aug 3, 2015 ... Biography.com examines Spanish King Juan Carlos I, who succeeded ... Juan Carlos became the king of Spain in 1975 and, after nearly 40 successful ... king of Spain, and he took the throne two days after Franco's death in 1975. Juan Carlos was a well-respected ruler for 39 years before announcing on...
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American Colonies - Argentina - The History Files  The governate of Rio de la Plata was established after the new viceroyalty of Peru took ... and 1776, the province of Argentina within Rio de la Plata was administered ... Pedro de Mendoza offers to explore South America at his own expense, ... is accepted and the conquistador is made the first governor of New Andalusia.
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Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Ros-Lehtinen - Library of Congress  The first Hispanic woman elected to Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, was born in Havana, Cuba on July 15, 1952, and emigrated to the United States when she was seven years old. ... She served until 1986, when she became a State Senator. ... She served as State Senator until 1989, when she was elected to the U.S....
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For US Hispanics, Election '86 brought triumphs and setbacks. Wins ...  Nov 10, 1986 ... Wins in Florida and Texas, but doubt on English-language vote ... By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor November 10, 1986 ... In Florida, Republican Bob Martinez became the state's first Hispanic governor. ... became the first Hispanic to win statewide office in Texas when he...
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Orange County History  FCA Home  It serves as the center of local government for the OC area for the next 108 years. .... Mexican Governor Pio Pico flees California ahead of invading American ... San Juan Capistrano and Santa Ana are designated townships by the state legislature. ... A stagecoach stop is established in what would become the city of Tustin.
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Governor Thomas H. Kean Biography | Center on the American ...  The State's 48th governor, he is a descendant of its very first constitutional governor, William ... Tom Kean was born April 21, 1935 in New York City into one of the most ... His father won the Republican nomination, but lost in the general election to ... strengthened when he was named by President Gerald Ford in 1976 to run...
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List of Governors of Georgia - Wikipedia  The Governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and ... Like most early states, Georgia had claims to western areas, but did not cede its claims ..... There are five living former governors, the oldest being Jimmy Carter (served 19711975, born 1924). .... He was elected on Nov.
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Famous Firsts by Hispanic Americans The first Hispanic-American  The Fifty States; Reference Desk ... The first Hispanic-American politicians, baseball players, and more. Government ... She was also the first woman ever to hold the position. U.S. ... U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Henry Cisneros, 1993. ... Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee: Carlos Santana, 1998.
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Governor Christine Todd Whitman Biography | Center on the ...  Governor of New Jersey-1994-2001. Christine Todd Whitman, the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, and its first woman governor, was elected on...
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Blanco wins, prepares to take office in 2004 - Piney Woods Journal  Blanco wins, prepares to take office in 2004 ... Kathleen Babineaux Blanco became not only the first woman elected Governor of Louisiana but also the first...
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Juan Manuel de Rosas | Argentine military and political leader ...  Juan Manuel de Rosas, (born March 30, 1793, Buenos Aires, Arg.died March 14, ... Manuel Dorrego, governor of Buenos Aires, appointed Rosas head of the ... to outrope and outride his gaucho supporters, imposed a brutal political regime in ... Argentina, of course, had become an independent country, but, as happened...
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Former Governors - Governor John Engler Biography  Former Governors Web Content. - First elected in 1990 as Michigan's 46th governor, Governor John Engler is now America's most senior governor. Engler was...
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Lieutenant governor (United States) - Wikipedia  In the United States, 45 of the 50 states have an office of lieutenant governor including two states in which the elected Speaker of the state Senate (Senator) serves in such a capacity. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is ... In Maine and New Hampshire, the presiding officer of the State Senate...