Sacto Facto
Sacramento City Government Facts
- City Council meets for the first time on August 1, 1849
- Citizens approve city charter on October 13, 1849
- City Charter recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850
- City incorporated on March 18, 1850
Mayors of Sacramento
| Date | Name | Date | Name |
| 1849 | William Stout (for three weeks) | 1916-1918 | Daniel W. Carmichael |
| 1849 | Albert Maver Winn | 1918-1920 | John Q. Brown |
| 1850 | Hardin Bigelow | 1920-1921 | Charles A. Bliss |
| 1851 | James R. Hardenberg | 1921-1925 | Albert Elkus |
| 1852 | C.I. Hutchinson | 1926-1927 | Alexander E. Goddard |
| 1853 | James R. Hardenberg | 1928-1929 | Ralph E. Conley |
| 1854 | R.P. Johnson | 1930-1933 | C.H.S. Bidwell |
| 1855 | James L. English | 1934-1935 | Thomas P. Scollan |
| 1856 | Benjamin B. Redding | 1936-1937 | Arthur D. Ferguson |
| 1857 | J.P. Dyer | 1938-1945 | Thomas B. Monk |
| 1858 | *Henry L. Nichols, MD, President of the Board | 1946-1947 | George L. Klumpp |
| 1859-1862 | * William Shattuck, President of the Board | 1948-1949 | Belle Cooledge |
| 1863-1871 | Charles Heman, 1st Trustee & Mayor | 1950-1951 | Bert E. Geisreiter |
| 1872-1877 | Christopher Green, 1st Trustee & Mayor | 1952-1953 | Leslie E. Wood |
| 1878-1880 | Jabez Turner, 1st Trustee & Mayor | 1954 | William A. Hicks (Resigned) |
| 1887-1888 | Eugene J. Gregory, 1st Trustee & Mayor | 1954-1955 | H.H. Hendren |
| 1889-1892 | William D. Comstock, 1st Trustee & Mayor | 1956-1959 | Clarence L. Azevedo |
| 1893-1895 | Bernard U. Steinman, 1st Trustee & Mayor | 1960-1965 | James B. McKenney |
| 1896-1897 | Cyrus H. Hubbard | 1966-1967 | Walter Christensen |
| 1898-1899 | William Land | 1968-1975 | Richard H. Marriott |
| 1900-1903 | George H. Clark | 1975-1982 | Phillip L. Isenberg |
| 1904-1905 | William J. Hassett | 1983 | R. Burnett Miller |
| 1906-1907 | Marshall R. Beard | 1983-1992 | Anne Rudin |
| 1908-1909 | Clinton L. White | 1992-1999 | Joseph Serna (died in office) |
| 1910-1912 | Marshall R. Beard | 1999-2000 | Jimmy Yee (interim) |
| 1912-1915 | Michael J. Burke, President | 2000-2008 | Heather Fargo |
| 1915-1916 | Gustavaus C. Simmons, President | 2008- Current | Kevin Johnson |
* City and County government merged from 1858-1863
Sacramento County Government Facts
- Chartered by the State of California on February 18, 1850, six months before official statehood
- City and County government merged from 1858-1863
- County courthouse serves as the state capitol from 1854 until the current capitol building in completed in 1869.
Sacramento Trivia
- Paul Revere warned Boston that the British were coming, what did his grandson do for Sacramento? The first to raise the American flag over Sutter's Fort in 1847.
- In 1853, where was Hoboken in Sacramento? California State University, Sacramento
- What Kentucky Derby winner was from Sacramento? Ben Ali, 1886
- Who is the only California governor from Sacramento? Hiram Johnson
- Who was the first president to visit Sacramento? Ulysses S. Grant, 1879
- What American Founding Father's son is buried in the City Cemetery? William Stephen Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton
- Buster Keaton and Will Rogers each filmed a movie classic in Sacramento. What were they? Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) and Steamboat ‘Round the Bend (1935)
- A hamburger drive-in by the name of McDonald's opened in Sacramento in 1955. Where? The area's first McDonald's, and the national chain's 47th, was located at 5425 Fruitridge Road.
- What was Sacramento's first shopping center? Town and Country Village
- What was the last movie shown at the Alhambra Theater before it was torn down on September 4, 1972? A double feature: A Man for All Seasons and Nicholas and Alexandra
