Background
Brown, Jerry was born on April 7, 1938 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edmund Gerald and Bernice (Layne) Brown.
Governor of California state attorney general
Brown, Jerry was born on April 7, 1938 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edmund Gerald and Bernice (Layne) Brown.
Bachelor in Classics, University California, Berkeley, 1961. Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, New Haven, 1964.
Law clerk to Justice Mathew Tobriner California Supreme Court, 1964-1965. Attorney Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, 1966-1969. Board trustees Los Angeles Community College, 1969—1971.
Secretary state State of California, Sacramento, 1971—1975, governor, 1975-1983, since 2011, attorney general, 2007—2011. Chairman California Democratic Party, 1989—1991. Mayor City of Oakland, 1998—2006.
Democratic candidate for President, 1976, 1980, 1992.
Married Anne Baldwin Gust, July 18, 2005.