State Profile for California

Added to Union: September 9, 1850 (31st State)	State Official Bird: California Valley Quail
Capital: Sacramento	State Official Flower: Golden Poppy
State Website: http://www.ca.gov/	State Official Tree: Redwood

Historical Figures from California

• Stephen Johnson Field
  
• Anthony McLeod Kennedy
  
• Joseph McKenna
  
• Richard Nixon
  
• Earl Warren
  

Historical Sites in California

• Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda
  
• The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Simi Valley
  

There are 2 sites in California

Did you know?

For nearly 100 years, no Vice President served two full, consecutive terms. In 1825 Vice President Daniel Tompkins's second term ended. No other Vice President saw the end of a second term until Vice President Thomas Marshall in 1921.

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