| Antonio María Pico | |
| Office1: | Alcalde of San José |
| Term1: | 1835 |
| Predecessor1: | Pedro Chaboya |
| Successor1: | José María Alviso |
| Term2: | 1844–1845 |
| Predecessor2: | Juan Salvio Pacheco II |
| Successor2: | John Burton |
| Birth Date: | 1808 |
| Birth Place: | Monterey, California |
| Death Date: | 23 May 1869 |
| Death Place: | San José, California |
| Profession: | Politician, ranchero |
Don Antonio María Pico was a Californio politician, ranchero, and a signer of the California Constitution in 1849.[1] He also served twice as Alcalde of San José.[2]
Antonio María Pico, a member of the prominent Pico family of California, was born in 1808 in Monterey, California.[1] He was a son of José Dolores Pico and his wife, the former Maria Ysabel de la Asención Cota.
In 1824, Pico left Monterey to serve as a bookkeeper at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
He served as Alcalde of San José (mayor of San Jose) in 1835 and 1844–1845.[3] [4] [2]
Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted Rancho Pescadero (present day city of Tracy, California) in 1843.
He was elected as a delegate for Santa Clara County to the Monterey Constitutional Convention of 1849 and was a signer of the California Constitution.[1]
In 1859, he led a petition of Californio rancheros to the U.S. Congress describing their taxation as unduly high.[5]
He was elected to the Electoral College in 1860 as an elector for Abraham Lincoln.[1]
Pico died in San José on 23 May 1869.