Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Coolie(noun) same as Cooly. 2  Coolie(noun) an East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
The position was created in 1849, the year before California became a state. The current governor is Jerry Brown, a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3, 2011, and who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983. In October 2013, Jerry Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as governor.
For other people named Pete Wilson, see Pete Wilson (disambiguation). Peter Barton Pete Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American politician from California who served as the 36th Governor of California (1991â1999), a United States Senator (1983â1991), the Mayor of San Diego (1971â1983) and a California State Assemblyman (1967â1971).