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Francisco Guerrero y Palomares
3rd Alcalde of San Francisco
In office
1836–1837
Preceded by José Joaquín Estudillo
Succeeded by Ygnacio Martínez
6th Alcalde of San Francisco
In office
1839–1842
Preceded by Francisco de Haro
Succeeded by José de Jesús Noé
Personal details
Born 1811
Died 13 July 1851
San Francisco
Resting place Mission Dolores
Spouse Josefa de Haro
Residence Rancho Corral de Tierra

Francisco Guerrero y Palomares (1811 – 13 July 1851) was a Californio politician and ranchero, who served as the third and sixth Alcalde of San Francisco (then known as Yerba Buena). He was notoriously murdered in 1851, in a scandal involving American prospectors seeking to discredit the land claims of Californios.

Life

Guerrero was born in Tepic, New Spain (colonial México). He came to Alta California with the Hijar-Padres Colony in 1834, and settled in Yerba Buena (San Francisco). He was married to Josefa de Haro (daughter of Alcalde Francisco de Haro), and had five sons.

He was the third Alcalde of Yerba Buena in 1836. Guerrero served again as the sixth Alcalde in 1839.

In 1844 he was granted Rancho Corral de Tierra, located in present-day San Mateo County, California. A section of the land grant is now a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Francisco Guerrero was murdered in 1851 by Francis LeBras, in American San Francisco. He is buried at the Mission Dolores cemetery in the City.

Guerrero Street in San Francisco is named in his honor.

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