John Gately Downey (June 24 1827 – March 1 1894) was an Irish-American politician and the seventh governor of California from January 14 1860 to January 10 1862. Until the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003 Downey was the only governor of California who was not born in the United States. Downey was also the first man from Southern California to be elected as governor.
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