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Bennett C. Riley

United States Army general and politician

Died when: 65 years 191 days (786 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Bennett C. Riley

Bennet C. Riley (November 27, 1787 – June 6, 1853) was the seventh and last military governor of California. Riley ordered the election of representatives to a state constitutional convention, and handed over all civil authority to a Governor and elected delegates at the end of 1849; the following year, California joined the U.S. as a state.

He participated in the War of 1812 on Lake Ontario. He also served in the United States Army during the Seminole War in Florida, and Mexican–American War.

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