Romualdo Pacheco
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-02-1857 | Democratic | SD-02 | 0 | Win |
| 09-04-1861 | Union Democratic | SD-03 | 0 | Win |
| 09-02-1863 | Union | Treasurer | 64984 | Win |
| 12-10-1863 | Republican | Treasurer | 0 | Win |
| 09-04-1867 | Union | Treasurer | 45243 | Loss |
| 11-03-1868 | Republican | SD-03 | 0 | Win |
| 09-06-1871 | Republican | Lieutenant Governor | 62555 | Win |
| 02-27-1875 | Republican | Governor | 0 | Win |
| 09-07-1875 | Independent | Lieutenant Governor | 33335 | Loss |
| 09-05-1876 | Republican | CD-04 | 19104 | Win |
| 09-03-1879 | Republican | CD-04 | 15385 | Win |
| 11-02-1880 | Republican | CD-04 | 17768 | Win |
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Candidate Biography:
Jose Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr.
Born: October 31, 1831 in Santa Barbara, Alta California Territory, First Mexican Republic [now California]
Married: Mary Catherine McIntyre (in 1863)
Family: Brother of Mariano G. Pacheco
Military Service: Mexican Army
Died: January 23, 1899 in Oakland, CA
1855-1859: Justice, Santa Barbara County Court
1871: Resigned from the State Senate on October 6.
1875: Resigned as Lieutenant Governor on February 27.
1878: Pacheco's election to Congress was successfully contested by P. D. Wigginton.
1890: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Central American States
1891-1893: U.S. Minister to Honduras and Guatemala
- Pacheco was the youngest Senator in the 1858 Legislature at 27 years old.
- According to the History, Art & Archives of the U.S. House of Representatives (Twitter): In 1876, Romualdo Pacheco's election to the House made him the first Hispanic American Representative in Congress.
- Pacheco was the first Governor of the State of California to have been born in California. He was the only native-born Governor between 1849 and 1902, when George Pardee of Oakland was elected Governor.
- Romualdo Pacheco (father of Governor Pacheco) died in 1831 while protecting the life of Governor Manuel Victoria during an assassination attempt. Victoria was the Governor of the Alta California for one year (in 1831). [Source: California Firsts by Rockwell Hunt]
- LEGISLATION: Pacheco was the author of 50 bills, of which two were signed into law.
- UNACKNOWLEDGED LATINO: This elected official was excluded from the list of "Previous Latino Members of the Legislature" by the Latino Legislative Caucus [accessed 6/1/2011]. This list was later corrected by renaming it "California Latino Legislative Caucus Former Members" [as of 2/16/2014].
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]
Source: Twitter @USHouseHistory 5:25 PM · Sep 7, 2023 https://twitter.com/USHouseHistory/status/1699941871546503411