List of United States Political Families (B) - The Browns of California

The Browns of California

• Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr. (1905–1996), Governor of California, 1959–1967; candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, 1960.
  • Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. (born 1938), California Secretary of State 1971–1975, Governor of California 1975–1983, 2011–present; candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States President in 1976, 1980, and 1992; Chair of the California Democratic Party 1989–1991; Mayor of Oakland, 1998–2006; Attorney General of California 2007–2011; son of Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr.
  • Kathleen Brown (born 1946), California State Treasurer 1991–1995, Democratic candidate for Governor of California (1994), daughter of Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr., sister of Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr.
• Harold C. Brown (1908–1998), Justice of the California Court of Appeal, 1966–1976, brother of Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr.
• Geoffrey F. Brown (born 1943), Commissioner California Public Utilities Commission 2001–present, and the Public Defender of San Francisco 1978–2000, nephew of Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr. and Harold C. Brown, cousin of Jerry and Kathleen Brown.

(The Browns are not related to Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco, California and former Speaker of the California State Assembly.)