Some Lesser Known Facts About Jerry Brown
- Does Jerry Brown smoke?: No
- Does Jerry Brown drink alcohol?: No
- His father Pat Brown also served as California Governor.
- He was a cheerleader at St. Ignatius High School.
- When he graduated, he topped in his class at the San Francisco College of Law.
- While holding the office of California Secretary of State (1971 – 1975), he discovered the use of notorious documents by the then President Richard Nixon.
- He was known as a Fiscal Conservative and due to his fiscal restraint the State saw one of the biggest surpluses in the history.
- Jerry Brown walked to work instead of as a passenger in a chauffeured Limousine like previous Governors.
- He is a serious environmentalist and in 1977, he sponsored first ever tax-incentive for rooftop solar among other environmental initiatives.
- Jerry Brown strongly opposed the Death Penalty and vetoed it as a Governor.
- In 1979, he appointed the first openly gay judge in the United States.
- He also appointed the first openly lesbian judge in the United States in 1981.
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