Pete Wilson

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Pete Wilson
Wilson in June 2020
36th Governor of California
In office
January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999
LieutenantLeo T. McCarthy (1991–95)
Gray Davis (1995–99)
Preceded byGeorge Deukmejian
Succeeded byGray Davis
United States Senator
from California
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991
Preceded bySamuel I. Hayakawa
Succeeded byJohn F. Seymour
29th Mayor of San Diego
In office
December 6, 1971 – January 3, 1983
Preceded byFrancis Earl Curran
Succeeded byWilliam E. Cleator, Sr. (acting)
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 76th district
In office
January 3, 1967 – January 7, 1971
Preceded byClair Burgener
Succeeded byBob Wilson
Personal details
Born
Peter Barton Wilson

(1933-08-23) August 23, 1933 (age 90)
Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Gayle Edlund Wilson
ChildrenTodd Chandler Graham (stepson)
Philip Edlund Graham (stepson)
Alma materYale University
UC Berkeley School of Law
ProfessionPolitician
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
Years of service1955–1958
UnitInfantry commander

Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican Party politician.

Wilson was the 36th Governor of California from 1991 through 1999. Before this, he was a United States Senator from 1983 through 1991, the Mayor of San Diego from 1971 through 1983 and a California State Assemblyman from 1967 through 1971.

A Republican, Wilson passed the anti-immigrant 1994 California Proposition 187. This helped him win reelection while being against immigrant or gay communities amidst demographic shifts.[1] Since then, the only California Republican to win a major statewide election is Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He ran for the Republican nomination for President in 1996.

References[change | change source]

  1. Steele, Jeanette (2007-08-26). "Jeanette Steele, Wilson statue is unveiled as Latinos, gays protest. ''San Diego Union-Tribune, August 26, 2007". Legacy.signonsandiego.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

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