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Sacramento City Government Facts
- City Council meets for the first time on August 1, 1849
- Citizens approve city charter on October 13, 1849
- City Charter recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850
- City incorporated on March 18, 1850
Sacramento City Mayors
| Date |
Name |
Date |
Name |
| 1849 |
William Stout (for three weeks) |
1916-1918 |
Daniel W. Carmichael |
| 1849 |
Albert Maver Winn |
1918-1920 |
John Q. Brown |
| 1850 |
Hardin Bigelow |
1920-1921 |
Charles A. Bliss |
| 1851 |
James R. Hardenberg |
1921-1925 |
Albert Elkus |
| 1852 |
C.I. Hutchinson |
1926-1927 |
Alexander E. Goddard |
| 1853 |
James R. Hardenberg |
1928-1929 |
Ralph E. Conley |
| 1854 |
R.P. Johnson |
1930-1933 |
C.H.S. Bidwell |
| 1855 |
James L. English |
1934-1935 |
Thomas P. Scollan |
| 1856 |
Benjamin B. Redding |
1936-1937 |
Arthur D. Ferguson |
| 1857 |
J.P. Dyer |
1938-1945 |
Thomas B. Monk |
| 1858 |
*Henry L. Nichols, MD, President of the Board |
1946-1947 |
George L. Klumpp |
| 1859-1862 |
* William Shattuck, President of the Board |
1948-1949 |
Belle Cooledge |
| 1863-1871 |
Charles Heman, 1st Trustee & Mayor |
1950-1951 |
Bert E. Geisreiter |
| 1872-1877 |
Christopher Green, 1st Trustee & Mayor |
1952-1953 |
Leslie E. Wood |
| 1878-1880 |
Jabez Turner, 1st Trustee & Mayor |
1954 |
William A. Hicks (Resigned) |
| 1887-1888 |
Eugene J. Gregory, 1st Trustee & Mayor |
1954-1955 |
H.H. Hendren |
| 1889-1892 |
William D. Comstock, 1st Trustee & Mayor |
1956-1959 |
Clarence L. Azevedo |
| 1893-1895 |
Bernard U. Steinman, 1st Trustee & Mayor |
1960-1965 |
James B. McKenney |
| 1896-1897 |
Cyrus H. Hubbard |
1966-1967 |
Walter Christensen |
| 1898-1899 |
William Land |
1968-1975 |
Richard H. Marriott |
| 1900-1903 |
George H. Clark |
1975-1982 |
Phillip L. Isenberg |
| 1904-1905 |
William J. Hassett |
1983 |
R. Burnett Miller |
| 1906-1907 |
Marshall R. Beard |
1983-1992 |
Anne Rudin |
| 1908-1909 |
Clinton L. White |
1992-1999 |
Joseph Serna (died in office) |
| 1910-1912 |
Marshall R. Beard |
1999-2000 |
Jimmy Yee (interim) |
| 1912-1915 |
Michael J. Burke, President |
2000-2008 |
Heather Fargo |
| 1915-1916 |
Gustavaus C. Simmons, President |
2008-2016 |
Kevin Johnson |
| |
|
2016-current |
Darrell Steinberg |
* City and County government merged from 1858-1863
Sacramento County Government Facts
- Chartered by the State of California on February 18, 1850, six months before official statehood
- City and County government merged from 1858-1863
- County courthouse serves as the state capitol from 1854 until the current capitol building in completed in 1869.
Sacramento Trivia
- Paul Revere warned Boston that the British were coming, what did his grandson do for Sacramento?
The first to raise the American flag over Sutter's Fort in 1847.
- In 1853, where was Hoboken in Sacramento?
California State University, Sacramento
- What Kentucky Derby winner was from Sacramento?
Ben Ali, 1886
- Who is the only California governor from Sacramento?
Hiram Johnson
- Who was the first president to visit Sacramento?
Ulysses S. Grant, 1879
- What American Founding Father's son is buried in the City Cemetery?
William Stephen Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton
- Buster Keaton and Will Rogers each filmed a movie classic in Sacramento. What were they?
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) and Steamboat ‘Round the Bend (1935)
- A hamburger drive-in by the name of McDonald's opened in Sacramento in 1955. Where?
The area's first McDonald's, and the national chain's 47th, was located at 5425 Fruitridge Road.
- What was Sacramento's first shopping center?
Town and Country Village
- What was the last movie shown at the Alhambra Theater before it was torn down on September 4, 1972?
A double feature: A Man for All Seasons and Nicholas and Alexandra