primarily Democrats to the board of regents, and none of the university's predecessors. A friend credited Haight with ending state subsidies for the railroads during his term as governor. Reelection In 1871, Haight lost his bid for reelection to Newton Booth. Haight returned to his Alameda estate and his law practice. Alameda After he was governor, he returned his estate in Alameda, California. Haight later served on the City of Alameda's Board of Trustees, including time as its first president. He also served on the UC Board of Regents. He was also selected for a state Constitutional Convention, but died in 1878. Haight died on September 2, 1878, in San Francisco. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California. Legacy Haight is remembered with his portrait at the State Capitol and the Alameda Museum, as well as a public school and public street in Alameda named after him. In 1892, Alameda named Haight Ave after H.H. Haight. Though it is commonly thought to be true, Haight Street in San Francisco may or may not have been named after Haight himself; it is thought by some that the street was named after his uncle, the pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight (1820–1869). Rename Haight campaign Henry Haight Elementary School in Alameda, California, is named after the former governor. On the 150th anniversary of Haight's inauguration speech, Rasheed Shabazz, a local journalist and activist wrote the school's PTA and asked them to create a petition to rename Haight. On December 12, 2017, Shabazz, addressed the AUSD School Board and asked them to consider renaming Haight Elementary due to white supremacist statements of Haight, citing Haight's inaugural address as governor. AUSD Superintendent Sean McPhetridge "...called on the school board to direct AUSD staff to create a School Renaming Committee" at that meeting. Parents of the school gathered signatures asking the school's principal to form a School Renaming Committee. AUSD proceeded to announce the formation of the Renaming Committee in February 2018. The Coalition to Rename Haight created a website including primary and secondary sources, and a syllabus, about the life and times of Henry H. Haight. On April 23, 2019, the Alameda Board of Education voted to rename "Haight Elementary School" to "Love Elementary School." References External links Henry Haight biography at the California State Library 1825 births 1878 deaths Burials at Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) Democratic Party governors of