Colonel Mariano Chico Navarro (1796–1850) served one of the briefest terms as

Alta California Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as ('New California') among other names, was a province of New Spain, formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of , but ...

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from April 1836 to July 1836. He was both preceded and succeeded by the equally unpopular

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Nicolás Gutiérrez Lieutenant Colonel Nicolás Gutiérrez was twice Acting (law), acting governor of the northern part of The Californias, ''Las Californias'' (what had previously been Alta California) in 1836, from January to May and July to November. Gutiérr ...

, who joined him in exile in

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on November 5, 1836, by a northern revolt.

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