HIRAM WARREN JOHNSON was born on September 2, 1866, in Sacramento, California. He attended the University of California, but left in his junior year to marry. Johnson worked in various…

WILLIAM DENNISON STEPHENS was born in Eaton, Ohio, on December 26, 1859. After graduating from Eaton High School in 1876, Stephens moved to California, where he became a successful businessman…

FRIEND WILLIAM RICHARDSON, who was raised a devout Quaker and legally changed his name to Friend, a Quaker greeting, was born near Ann Arbor, Michigan, on December 1, 1865. He…

CLEMENT CALHOUN YOUNG was born in Lisbon, New Hampshire, on April 28, 1869. He graduated from the University of California in 1892, and started his teaching career at his alma…

JAMES ROLPH JR. was born in San Francisco, California, on August 23, 1869. He attended Trinity Academy in San Francisco, and started his livelihood in the shipping business as an…

FRANK FINLEY MERRIAM was born in Hopkinton, Iowa, on December 22, 1865. He attended Lenox College, taught school, and worked as a principal, all in his native hometown. Merriam entered…

CULBERT L. OLSON was born in Fillmore, Utah, on November 7, 1876. He attended both Brigham Young University and the University of Michigan, and earned a law degree from Columbian…

EARL WARREN was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 19, 1891. He graduated from the University of California in 1912, and earned a law degree from there two years…

GOODWIN JESS KNIGHT was born on December 9, 1896, in Provo, Utah. His family moved to California in 1904 where he was educated. He graduated from Stanford University in 1919,…

EDMUND "PAT" G. BROWN was born in San Francisco, California, on April 21, 1905. He was nicknamed "Pat" when as a boy selling Liberty Bonds, he ended his speeches by…

RONALD WILSON REAGAN was born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. Most of his childhood was spent in Dixon, Illinois, a small town about 100 miles west of Chicago. Reagan…

GEORGE "DUKE" DEUKMEJIAN was born in Menands, New York. He graduated from Siena College in 1949 with a degree in sociology and earned his law degree from St. John's University…