Carriage House Plans: Attorney General California

Friday 7 December 2012

Attorney General California

Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician who has been the 39th Governor of California since 2011; he previously served as California's 34th Governor from 1975 to 1983. Both before and after his first two terms as Governor, Brown served in various state, local, and party positions. He was a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees (1969–1971), Secretary of State of California (1971–1975), chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989–1991), Mayor of Oakland (1999–2007) and Attorney General of California (2007–2011).Brown sought the Democratic nominations for President of the United States in 1976,1980, and 1992, and was the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in California in 1982, but was unsuccessful in those attempts. He is the son of Pat Brown, the 32nd Governor of California.Brown was born in San Francisco, California, as the only son of four siblings born toBernice Layne Brown, and District Attorney of San Francisco and later Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.Jerry Brown is Irish through his paternal grandfather and German through his paternal grandmother. He was a member of theCalifornia Cadet Corps at St. Ignatius High School, where he graduated in 1955.