Agustín V. Zamorano
| Agustín Vicente Zamorano | |
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 17th Governor of Alta California
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In office 1832–1833 |
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| Preceded by | Pío Pico |
| Succeeded by | José Figueroa |
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| Born | 1798 Spanish Florida |
| Died | 1842 San Diego, Alta California |
| Spouse(s) | María Luisa Argüello |
| Profession | Civil Servant, politician, printer, soldier |
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 Captain
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| Commands | Presidio of San Diego |
Agustín Vicente Zamorano (1798 – 1842), was a printer, soldier, and provisional Mexican Governor of Alta California.
Agustín Zamorano was born in Spanish Florida to Spanish parents within the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. He entered the newly independent Mexican army May 1, 1821 as a cadet, where he served in Mexico.
He then came north in 1825 to the Mexican territory of Alta California, as Secretary of State to Governor José María Echeandía. He served until 1831, during which he would create and print official letterhead, using woodblocks and type, without a printing press.
In February 1827 Zamorano married María Luisa Argüello, daughter of Santiago Argüello, in a noted double wedding in San Diego. His children were Dolores, Luis, Gonzalo, Guadalupe, Josefa, Agustín, and Eulalia. Zamorano participated in the 1831 Mexican Revolution, heading a group of rebels in Monterey, including a number of foreign residents, as Captain of the Monterey Company.
When Governor Manuel Victoria was exiled from California in January 1832, in the face of revolution from stopping the Mexican government's secularization the Alta California missions and redistribution of the land holdings as land grant ranchos Echeandía remained acting governor until an assembly met in Pueblo de Los Angeles. Pío Pico was chosen governor according to the Plan of San Diego, but officials in Los Angeles refused to recognize him.
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