ANTONIO MARIA PICO
1823 - 1889
Antonio María Pico was a Californio politician, ranchero, and a signer of the Californian Constitution in 1849. He also served twice as Alcalde of San José. Alcalde is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions from 1777 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood. He was was a signer of the Californian Constitution and elected to the Electoral College in 1856 as an elector for Abraham Lincoln.
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