For the record - March 8, 2010
Brown: A March 1 Op-Ed article referred to Jerry Brown as the youngest governor of California. He was not. John Downey, who served as lieutenant governor, was 32 when he ascended to the governorship in 1860, after his predecessor moved to the U.S. Senate. Brown was 36 when first elected governor in 1974.
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