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George Cooper Pardee (July 25, 1857 – September 1, 1941) was an American doctor of medicine and politician. As the 21st Governor of California , holding office from January 7, 1903, to January 9, 1907, Pardee was the second native-born Californian to assume the governorship, after Romualdo Pacheco , and the first governor born in ...
Governors of California - George Pardee. George Pardee. 1903–1907. Significant Facts. Born: July 25, 1857 in San Francisco, California. Died: September 1, 1941 in Oakland, California. Married: Helen Penniman on January 25, 1887. Political Party: Republican. Family. Father: Enoch Pardee. Mother: Mary Elizabeth Pardee. Wife: Helen Penniman.
Maximilian Auffhammer. George Pardee Jr. Professor of International Sustainable Development | Associate Dean in the Division of Social Sciences at UC Berkeley. Environmental Economics, Climate Change, Energy Economics.
George C. Pardee & Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Political Science. Fields. Economic history, international economics. Current Status. Sabbatical, Fall 2023 & Spring 2024. PhD. Ph.D. Yale University, 1979. Research Interests.
Enoch’s only child by his first wife Mary, George C. Pardee, followed ever so closely in his father’s footsteps, also becoming an eye doctor in San Francisco and mayor of Oakland. Unlike his father, George did not serve in the state legislature in Sacramento; however, he was elected governor of California in 1902.
He was a delegate to four national presidential conventions, and after joining the Progressive Party in 1912, he served as a presidential elector. He also served as a Republican elector in 1924. Dr. George Pardee died on September 1, 1941, and is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.
The George Cooper Pardee Papers, 1871-1968, contain materials documenting Pardee's political career as governor of California, his role as governor in overseeing relief efforts following the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, and his interests in conservation, forestry, and irrigation in California.
