HENRY HUNTLY HAIGHT

'Henry Huntly Haight' (May 20, 1825 – September 2, 1878) was Governor of California from December 5, 1867 to December 8, 1871. Born in Rochester, New York, he graduated from Yale University. He is credited with creating the University of California. He died in 1878 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
He was the first governor to use the offices in the California State Capitol.
Though commonly thought to be true, San Francisco's Haight Street is not named in his honor, but rather that of his uncle, the pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight (1820-1869).^[1]

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1. San Francisco Streets Named for Pioneers

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★ Henry Haight biography at the California State Library