This Year in History

1875

Governors Gallery photo
Governors Gallery photo

This Year in History - 1875

Governors Gallery photo
  • Romualdo Pacheco, California’s Lt. Governor, assumes the office of the governor after Governor Newton Booth resigns. Pacheco is the state’s first California-born governor.
  • California’s largest bank, San Francisco’s Bank of California, collapses due to volatile trading of Nevada mining stocks. The day after the bank’s failure, its president is found floating in San Francisco Bay.
  • In the September elections, Democrats win three of four seats in Congress.
  • The Southern Pacific Railroad expands its rail monopoly to Orange County by extending its tracks south from Los Angeles to Anaheim. Two years later, the line would be extended to Santa Ana.

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The Governors Gallery, CA State Library