Maríano Guadalupe Vallejo
Maríano Guadalupe Vallejo (7 July 1808 - 12 January 1890)
was born at Monterey, California, entered the Monterey Presidial Academy in 1823.
Appointed Secretary to the Governor of California in 1825,
he later served as Commander of the Presidio at San Francisco, California, and in 1836 was appointed Commandante General and
Director of Colonization of the Northern Frontier, the
highest military command in northern California. That
appointment terminated during the Bear Flag Revolt. General
Vallejo, in spite of substantial losses suffered as a result
of that revolution chose to remain in his home State and
support separation from Mexico and annexation by the United States. An influential member of the State's Constitutional
Convention, he was elected a member of the first State
Senate (1850). He continued to devote his energies to the
development of California for the remainder of his life.
General Vallejo died at Sonoma, California.
USS Mariano G. Vallejo and the town of Vallejo, California, are named in his honor.
Referenced By
List of people associated with the California gold rush
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