Jerry Brown

Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938)

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California's serial governor who left office, took a 28-year break, and came back for more. Jerry Brown served four terms across five decades, making him one of America's longest-serving state executives.

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Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as the mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and the attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the fourth-longest-serving governor in U.S. histo…

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