John Gately Downey

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1827-06-24

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1894-03-01

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"John Gately Downey" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018825, (accessed May 19, 2025).

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Los Angeles, California, governor. Native of Roscommon County, Ireland. Son of Denis Downey and Bridget Gately Downey. Married to Maria Guirado Downey in 1852. Drug store owner in Los Angeles, California, in 1850. Elected Lieutenant Governor of California in 1859. Succeeded Milton Latham as Governor of California on January 14, 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, p. 350.
California, U.S., Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950 California State Library, Sacramento, CA, Roll #42, Los Angeles County Pioneer Records.
“Ex-Governor Downey Dead,” The Fresno Morning Republican (Fresno, California) March 2, 1894.
“John Downey: 1860-1862,” The Governor’s Library of California, accessed October 31, 2022, https://governors.library.ca.gov/07-Downey.html.

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