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These are tables of congressional delegations from California in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
United States Senate
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 3 Senators |
|---|---|---|
| John C. Frémont (R) | 31st (1849–1851) | William M. Gwin (D) |
| John B. Weller (D) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | ||
| 34th (1855–1857) | Vacant | |
| William M. Gwin (D) | ||
| David C. Broderick (D) | 35th (1857–1859) | |
| Henry P. Haun (D) | ||
| Milton S. Latham (D) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||
| 37th (1861–1863) | James A. McDougall (D) | |
| John Conness (R) | 38th (1863–1865) | |
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||
| 40th (1867–1869) | Cornelius Cole (R) | |
| Eugene Casserly (D) | 41st (1869–1871) | |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | ||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | Aaron A. Sargent (R) | |
| John S. Hager (D) | ||
| Newton Booth (Anti-Monopolist) |
44th (1875–1877) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) | ||
| 46th (1879–1881) | James T. Farley (D) | |
| John Franklin Miller (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||
| 49th (1885–1887) | Leland Stanford (R) | |
| George Hearst (D) | ||
| Abram P. Williams (R) | ||
| George Hearst (D) | 50th (1887–1889) | |
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||
| Charles N. Felton (R) | 52nd (1891–1893) | |
| Stephen M. White (D) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |
| George C. Perkins (R) | ||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||
| Thomas R. Bard (R) | 56th (1899–1901) | |
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||
| Frank P. Flint (R) | 59th (1905–1907) | |
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||
| John D. Works (R) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |
| 63rd (1913–1915) | ||
| 64th (1915–1917) | James D. Phelan (D) | |
| Hiram Johnson (R) | 65th (1917–1919) | |
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||
| 67th (1921–1923) | Samuel M. Shortridge (R) | |
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | William Gibbs McAdoo (D) | |
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||
| Thomas M. Storke (D) | ||
| 76th (1939–1941) | Sheridan Downey (D) | |
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||
| William F. Knowland (R) | ||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||
| Richard Nixon (R) | ||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||
| Thomas H. Kuchel (R) | ||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||
| Clair Engle (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||
| Pierre Salinger (D) | ||
| George Lloyd Murphy (R) | ||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||
| 91st (1969–1971) | Alan Cranston (D) | |
| John V. Tunney (D) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| S. I. Hayakawa (R) | 95th (1977–1979) | |
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| Pete Wilson (R) | 98th (1983–1985) | |
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||
| John Seymour (R) | ||
| Dianne Feinstein (D) | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Barbara Boxer (D) | |
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||
| 111th (2009–2011) |
Passages
| Congress | Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Appointed Successor | Date of Appointment | Elected Successor | Date of Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd | Seat was vacant from March 4, 1851 due to failure of the legislature to elect. | John B. Weller | January 30, 1852 | |||
| 34th | Seat was vacant from March 4, 1855 due to failure of the legislature to elect. | William M. Gwin | January 13, 1857 | |||
| 35th | David C. Broderick | Died September 16, 1859, mortally wounded in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California. | Henry P. Haun | November 3, 1859 | Milton S. Latham | March 5, 1860 |
| 43rd | Eugene Casserly | Resigned November 29, 1873. | none | John S. Hager | December 23, 1873 | |
| 49th | John Franklin Miller | Died March 8, 1886. | George Hearst | March 23, 1886 | Abram P. Williams | August 4, 1886 |
| 51st, 52nd | George Hearst | Died February 28, 1891. | none | Charles N. Felton | March 19, 1891 | |
| 53rd | Leland Stanford | Died June 21, 1893. | George C. Perkins | July 26, 1893 | George C. Perkins | |
| 56th | Seat was vacant from March 4, 1899 due to failure of the legislature to elect. | Thomas R. Bard | February 7, 1900 | |||
| 75th | William Gibbs McAdoo | Resigned November 8, 1938. | Thomas M. Storke | November 9, 1938 | none | |
| 79th | Hiram Johnson | Died August 6, 1945. | William F. Knowland | August 26, 1945 | William F. Knowland | General election |
| 81st | Sheridan Downey | Resigned November 30, 1950 due to ill health. | Richard Nixon | December 1, 1950 | Richard Nixon | General election |
| 82nd | Richard Nixon | Resigned January 1, 1953 to be Vice President of the United States. | Thomas H. Kuchel | January 2, 1953 | Thomas H. Kuchel | General election |
| 88th | Clair Engle | Died July 30, 1964. | Pierre Salinger | August 4, 1964 | none | |
| 88th | Pierre Salinger | Resigned December 31, 1964. | George Lloyd Murphy | January 1, 1965 | George Lloyd Murphy | General election |
| 91st | George Lloyd Murphy | Resigned January 2, 1971. Tunney had been elected to the next term and took office a day early. | John V. Tunney | January 2, 1971 | John V. Tunney | General election |
| 94th | John V. Tunney | Resigned January 1, 1977. | None; the next elected senator took his seat two days later. | |||
| 102nd | Pete Wilson | Resigned January 7, 1991 to be governor of California. | John F. Seymour | January 10, 1991 | Dianne Feinstein | November 10, 1992 |
United States House of Representatives
- See also: List of United States Representatives from California
- See also: U.S. Representatives from California in succession order
1849 - 1865: At-large seats
| Congress | Elected state-wide on a General ticket | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | |
| 31st (1849–1851) |
George Washington Wright (Independent) | Edward Gilbert (D) | |
| 32nd (1851–1853) |
Edward C. Marshall (D) | Joseph W. McCorkle (D) | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) |
Milton S. Latham (D) | James A. McDougall (D) | |
| 34th (1855–1857) |
James W. Denver (D) | Philemon T. Herbert (D) | |
| 35th (1857–1859) |
Joseph C. McKibbin (D) | Charles L. Scott (D) | |
| 36th (1859–1861) |
John C. Burch (D) | ||
| 37th (1861–1863) |
Timothy Guy Phelps (R) | Aaron A. Sargent (R) | Frederick F. Low (R) |
| 38th (1863–1865) |
Cornelius Cole (Union Republican) | William Higby (R) | Thomas B. Shannon (R) |
1865 - 1873: 3 seats
| Congress | District | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 39th (1865–1867) |
Donald C. McRuer (R) | William Higby (R) | John Bidwell (R) |
| 40th (1867–1869) |
Samuel B. Axtell (D) | James A. Johnson (D) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) |
Aaron A. Sargent (R) | ||
| 42nd (1871–1873) |
Sherman O. Houghton (R) | John M. Coghlan (R) | |
1873 - 1883: 4 seats
| Congress | District | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) |
Charles Clayton (R) | Horace F. Page (R) | John K. Luttrell (D) | Sherman O. Houghton (R) |
| 44th (1875–1877) |
William Adam Piper (D) | Peter D. Wigginton (D) | ||
| 45th (1877–1879) |
Horace Davis (R) | Romualdo Pacheco (R) | ||
| Peter D. Wigginton (D) | ||||
| 46th (1879–1881) |
Campbell P. Berry (D) | Romualdo Pacheco (R) | ||
| 47th (1881–1883) |
William S. Rosecrans (D) | |||
1883 - 1893: 6 seats
| Congress | District | At-large seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st seat | 2nd seat | |
| 48th (1883–1885) |
William S. Rosecrans (D) | James H. Budd (D) | Barclay Henley (D) | Pleasant B. Tully (D) | John R. Glascock (D) | Charles A. Sumner (D) |
| 49th (1885–1887) |
District | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
| Barclay Henley (D) | James A. Louttit (R) | Joseph McKenna (R) | William W. Morrow (R) | Charles N. Felton (R) | Henry H. Markham (R) | |
| 50th (1887–1889) |
Thomas Larkin Thompson (D) | Marion Biggs (D) | William Vandever (R) | |||
| 51st (1889–1891) |
John J. De Haven (R) | Thomas J. Clunie (D) | ||||
| Thomas J. Geary (D) | ||||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) |
Anthony Caminetti (D) | John T. Cutting (R) | Eugene F. Loud (R) | William W. Bowers (R) | ||
| Samuel G. Hilborn (R) | ||||||
1893 - 1903: 7 seats
| Congress | District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 53rd (1893–1895) |
Thomas J. Geary (D) | Anthony Caminetti (D) | Samuel G. Hilborn (R) | James G. Maguire (D) | Eugene F. Loud (R) | Marion Cannon (Pop.) | William W. Bowers (R) |
| Warren B. English (D) | |||||||
| 54th (1895–1897) |
John All Barham (R) | Grove L. Johnson (R) | Samuel G. Hilborn (R) | James McLachlan (R) | |||
| 55th (1897–1899) |
Marion De Vries (D) | Charles A. Barlow (Pop.) | Curtis H. Castle (Pop.) | ||||
| 56th (1899–1901) |
Victor H. Metcalf (R) | Julius Kahn (R) | Russell J. Waters (R) | James C. Needham (R) | |||
| Samuel D. Woods (R) | |||||||
| 57th (1901–1903) |
Frank L. Coombs (R) | James McLachlan (R) | |||||
1903 - 1913: 8 seats
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 58th (1903–1905) |
James N. Gillett (R) | Theodore A. Bell (D) | Edward J. Livernash (D and Union Labor) | William J. Wynn (D) | James C. Needham (R) | James McLachlan (R) | Milton J. Daniels (R) | Victor Metcalf (R) |
| Joseph R. Knowland (R) | ||||||||
| 59th (1905–1907) |
Duncan E. McKinlay (R) | Julius Kahn (R) | Everis A. Hayes (R) | Sylvester C. Smith (R) | ||||
| William F. Englebright (R) | ||||||||
| 60th (1907–1909) |
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| 61st (1909–1911) |
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| 62nd (1911–1913) |
John E. Raker (D) | William Kent (Prog. R) | William D. Stephens (R) | |||||
1913 - 1933: 11 seats
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 63rd (1913–1915) |
William Kent (Independent) | John E. Raker (D) | Charles F. Curry (R) | Julius Kahn (R) | John I. Nolan (R) | Joseph R. Knowland (R) | Denver S. Church (D) | Everis A. Hayes (R) | Charles W. Bell (Prog. R) | William D. Stephens (Prog.) | William Kettner (D) |
| 64th (1915–1917) |
John A. Elston (Prog.) | Charles H. Randall (Prohibitionist) | |||||||||
| Henry S. Benedict (R) | |||||||||||
| 65th (1917–1919) |
Clarence F. Lea (D) | Henry Z. Osborne (R) | |||||||||
| 66th (1919–1921) |
Henry E. Barbour (R) | Hugh S. Hersman (D) | |||||||||
| 67th (1921–1923) |
Arthur M. Free (R) | Walter F. Lineberger (R) | Philip D. Swing (R) | ||||||||
| Mae E. Nolan (R) | James H. MacLafferty (R) | ||||||||||
| 68th (1923–1925) |
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| John D. Fredericks (R) | |||||||||||
| 69th (1925–1927) |
Florence P. Kahn (R) | Lawrence J. Flaherty (R) | Albert E. Carter (R) | ||||||||
| Harry L. Englebright (R) | Richard J. Welch (R) | ||||||||||
| 70th (1927–1929) |
William E. Evans (R) | Joe Crail (R) | |||||||||
| 71st (1929–1931) |
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| 72nd (1931–1933) |
Charles F. Curry, Jr. (R) | ||||||||||
1933 - 1943: 20 seats
| Congress | District | District | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
| 73rd (1933–1935) |
Clarence F. Lea (D) | Harry L. Englebright (R) | Frank H. Buck (D) | Florence P. Kahn (R) | Richard J. Welch (R) | Albert E. Carter (R) | Ralph R. Eltse (R) | John J. McGrath (D) | Denver S. Church (D) | Henry E. Stubbs (D) | William E. Evans (R) | John H. Hoeppel (D) | Charles Kramer (D) | Thomas F. Ford (D) | William I. Traeger (R) | John F. Dockweiler (D) | Charles J. Colden (D) | John H. Burke (D) | Sam L. Collins (R) | George Burnham (R) |
| 74th (1935–1937) |
John H. Tolan (D) | Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) | John S. McGroarty (D) | John M. Costello (D) | Byron N. Scott (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 75th (1937–1939) |
Franck R. Havenner (Prog.) | Jerry Voorhis (D) | Harry R. Sheppard (D) | Edouard V. M. Izac (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| Alfred J. Elliott (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 76th (1939–1941) |
Jack Z. Anderson (R) | John Carl Hinshaw (R) | Leland M. Ford (R) | Lee E. Geyer (D) | Thomas M. Eaton (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 77th (1941–1943) |
Justin L. Johnson (R) | Thomas Rolph (R) | William Ward Johnson (R) | |||||||||||||||||
| Cecil R. King (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1943 - 1953: 23 seats
| Congress | District | District | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | |
| 78th (1943–1945) |
Clarence F. Lea (D) | Harry L. Englebright (R) | Justin L. Johnson (R) | Thomas Rolph (R) | Richard J. Welch (R) | Albert E. Carter (R) | John H. Tolan (D) | Jack Z. Anderson (R) | Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) | Alfred J. Elliott (D) | George E. Outland (D) | Jerry Voorhis (D) | C. Norris Poulson (R) | Thomas F. Ford (D) | John M. Costello (D) | Will Rogers, Jr. (D) | Cecil R. King (D) | William Ward Johnson (R) | Chet Holifield (D) | John Carl Hinshaw (R) | Harry R. Sheppard (D) | John J. Phillips (R) | Edouard V. M. Izac (D) |
| Clair Engle (D) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 79th (1945–1947) |
Franck R. Havenner (D) | George P. Miller (D) | Ned R. Healy (D) | Helen G. Douglas (D) | Gordon L. McDonough (R) | Ellis E. Patterson (D) | Clyde Doyle (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 80th (1947–1949) |
John J. Allen, Jr. (R) | Ernest K. Bramblett (R) | Richard Nixon (R) | C. Norris Poulson (R) | Donald L. Jackson (R) | Willis W. Bradley (R) | Charles K. Fletcher (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 81st (1949–1951) |
Hubert B. Scudder (R) | Cecil F. White (D) | Thomas H. Werdel (R) | Clyde Doyle (D) | Clinton D. McKinnon (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| John F. Shelley (D) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) |
John E. Moss (D) | Allan O. Hunter (R) | Patrick J. Hillings (R) | Samuel W. Yorty (D) | |||||||||||||||||||
1953 - 1963: 30 seats
| Congress | District | District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | |
| 83rd (1953–1955) |
Hubert B. Scudder (R) | Clair Engle (D) | John E. Moss (D) | William S. Mailliard (R) | John F. Shelley (D) | Robert Condon (D) | John J. Allen, Jr. (R) | George P. Miller (D) | Jesse A. Younger (R) | Charles S. Gubser (R) | Justin L. Johnson (R) | Allan O. Hunter (R) | Ernest K. Bramblett (R) | Harlan Hagen (D) | Gordon L. McDonough (R) | Donald L. Jackson (R) | Cecil R. King (D) | Craig Hosmer (R) | Chet Holifield (D) | John Carl Hinshaw (R) | Edgar W. Hiestand (R) | Joseph F. Holt (R) | Clyde Doyle (D) | C. Norris Poulson (R) | Patrick J. Hillings (R) | Samuel W. Yorty (D) | Harry R. Sheppard (D) | James B. Utt (R) | John J. Phillips (R) | Bob Wilson (R) |
| Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 84th (1955–1957) |
John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R) | Bernice F. Sisk (D) | Charles M. Teague (R) | James Roosevelt (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 85th (1957–1959) |
John J. McFall (D) | H. Allen Smith (R) | Dalip Singh Saund (D) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 86th (1959–1961) |
Clement Woodnutt Miller (D) | Harold T. Johnson (D) | Jeffery Cohelan (D) | George A. Kasem (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 87th (1961–1963) |
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) | James C. Corman (D) | John H. Rousselot (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 - 1973: 38 seats
| Congress | District | District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | |
| 88th (1963–1965) |
Don H. Clausen (R) | Harold T. Johnson (D) | John E. Moss (D) | Robert L. Leggett (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||