John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1873)

John W. Geary

American general and 1st Mayor of San Francisco

John White Geary was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.

List of governors of Pennsylvania

The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard.