Antonio María Pico | |
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Alcalde of San José | |
In office 1835 | |
Preceded by | Pedro Chaboya |
Succeeded by | José María Alviso |
In office 1844–1845 | |
Preceded by | Juan Salvio Pacheco II |
Succeeded by | John Burton |
Personal details | |
Born | 1808 Monterey, California |
Died | 23 May 1869 San José, California |
Profession | Politician, ranchero |
Don Antonio María Pico was a Californio politician, ranchero, and a signer of the California Constitution in 1849. [1] He also served twice as Alcalde of San José. [2]
Antonio María Pico, a member of the prominent Pico family of California, was born in 1808 in Monterey, California. [1] He was a son of José Dolores Pico and his wife, the former Maria Ysabel de la Asención Cota.
In 1824, Pico left Monterey to serve as a bookkeeper at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
He served as Alcalde of San José (mayor of San Jose) in 1835 and 1844–1845. [3] [4] [2]
Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted Rancho Pescadero (present day city of Tracy, California) in 1843.
He was elected as a delegate for Santa Clara County to the Monterey Constitutional Convention of 1849 and was a signer of the California Constitution. [1]
In 1859, he led a petition of Californio rancheros to the U.S. Congress describing their taxation as unduly high. [5]
He was elected to the Electoral College in 1860 as an elector for Abraham Lincoln. [1]
Pico died in San José on 23 May 1869.