California
- Klamath County, California - created in 1851 from the northern half of Trinity County, but in 1874 it was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties.
- Pautah County, California - created by the California legislature out of territory the state believed would be ceded to it north of Lake Tahoe, but which was given to Nevada. The county was never officially organized.
Read more about this topic: List Of Former United States Counties
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—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)