James Herbert Budd (1851 - 1908)

Born 18 May 1851 in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Jul 1908 at age 57 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States

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Preceded by 18th Governor Henry Markham

James Budd 19th Governor of California 1895—1899

Succeeded by 20th Governor Henry Gage

Biography

James Budd is Notable.

James Herbert Budd was born at Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, on the 18th of May, 1851, and descended, on both paternal and maternal sides, from families that were represented in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. His parents were Joseph H. and Lucinda M. (Ash) Budd, both of whom were natives of New York. He moved to California in 1859 with his parents, who settled in Stockton; attended the public schools in Stockton and Brayton College, Oakland, in 1869; subsequently entered the University of California at Berkeley, in which he completed a course by graduation with the class of 1873, the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy being then conferred upon him. In 1873, he married to Miss Inez A. Merrill, a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of M. H. and Celinda A. Merrill. James Budd served as a first lieutenant in the California National Guard and was subsequently promoted to major of the line; serving as a lieutenant-colonel on the Governor's staff in 1873 and 1874; deputy district attorney in 1873 and 1874; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Stockton; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress, 1883-1885; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1884; appointed police and fire commissioner of Stockton in 1889; member of the board for drafting the city charter in 1889; Governor of California, 1894-1898; resumed the practice of law in San Francisco; died in Stockton, California., July 30, 1908. [1]

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #7117646
• Wikipedia: James Budd
• California Governor James Herbert Budd
• Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress: BUDD, James Herbert
• Social Studies Fact Cards: California Governors
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKF-ZLZ : 13 December 2017), James Budd in entry for I H Budd, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXM-QLZ : 12 April 2016), James Budd in household of J H Budd, California, United States; citing p. 54, family 226, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,585.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9G6-91S : accessed 25 September 2018), James H Budd, Precincts 3-5 Stockton city Ward 4, San Joaquin, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 5A, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,108.