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U.S. Congressional Delegations from California

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 (D)	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)

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 1973.	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
94th	John V. Tunney	Resigned January 1 1977.	None; the next elected senator took his seat two days later.
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
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
81st	Sheridan Downey	Resigned November 30 1950 due to ill health.	Richard Nixon	December 1 1950	Richard Nixon	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
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

Congress	District
	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	39th	40th	41st	42nd	43rd	44th	45th	46th	47th	48th	49th	50th	51st	52nd	53rd
31st* (1849-1851)	George Washington Wright (Independent)	Edward Gilbert
32nd (1851-1853)	Edward C. Marshall	J. W. McCorkle
33rd (1853-1855)	Milton S. Latham	James A. McDougall
34th* (1855-1857)	James W. Denver	Philemon T. Herbert
35th* (1857-1859)	Joseph C. McKibbin	Charles L. Scott
36th* (1859-1861)	John C. Burch
37th* (1861-1863)	Timothy Guy Phelps	Aaron A. Sargent	Frederick F. Low
38th* (1863-1865)	Cornelius Cole (Union Republican)	William Higby	Thomas B. Shannon
39th (1865-1867)	Donald C. McRuer		John Bidwell
40th (1867-1869)	Samuel B. Axtell		James A. Johnson
41st (1869-1871)		Aaron A. Sargent
42nd (1871-1873)	Sherman O. Houghton		John M. Coghlan
43rd (1873-1875)	Charles Clayton	Horace F. Page	John K. Luttrell	Sherman O. Houghton
44th (1875-1877)	William Adam Piper			Peter D. Wigginton
45th (1877-1879)	Horace Davis			Romualdo Pacheco
				Peter D. Wigginton
46th (1879-1881)			Campbell P. Berry	Romualdo Pacheco
47th (1881-1883)	William S. Rosecrans
48th (1883-1885)		James H. Budd	Barclay Henley	Pleasant B. Tully	John R. Glascock (At-large)	Charles A. Sumner (At-large)
49th (1885-1887)	Barclay Henley	James A. Louttit	Joseph McKenna	William W. Morrow	Charles N. Felton	Henry H. Markham
50th (1887-1889)	Thomas L. Thompson	Marion Biggs				William Vandever
51st (1889-1891)	John J. De Haven				Thomas J. Clunie
	Thomas J. Geary
52nd (1891-1893)		Anthony Caminetti		John T. Cutting	Eugene F. Loud	William W. Bowers
			Samuel G. Hilborn
53rd (1893-1895)				James G. Maguire		Marion Cannon (Populist)	William W. Bowers
			Warren B. English
54th (1895-1897)	John All Barham	Grove L. Johnson	Samuel G. Hilborn			James McLachlan
55th (1897-1899)		Marion De Vries				Charles A. Barlow (Populist)	Curtis H. Castle (Populist)
56th (1899-1901)			Victor H. Metcalf	Julius Kahn		Russell J. Waters	James C. Needham
		Samuel D. Woods
57th (1901-1903)	Frank L. Coombs					James McLachlan
58th (1903-1905)	James N. Gillett	Theodore A. Bell		Edward J. Livernash (D and Union Leader)	William J. Wynn	James C. Needham	James McLachlan	Milton J. Daniels
			Joseph R. Knowland
59th (1905-1907)		Duncan E. McKinlay		Julius Kahn	Everis A. Hayes			Sylvester C. Smith
	William F. Englebright
60th (1907-1909)
61st (1909-1911)
62nd (1911-1913)	John E. Raker	William Kent (Progressive R)					William D. Stephens
63rd (1913-1915)	William Kent	John E. Raker	Charles F. Curry		John I. Nolan	Joseph R. Knowland	Denver S. Church	Everis A. Hayes	Charles W. Bell (Progressive R)	William D. Stephens (Progressive)	William Kettner
64th (1915-1917)						John A. Elston (Progressive)			Charles H. Randall (Prohibitionist)
										Henry S. Benedict
65th (1917-1919)	Clarence F. Lea									Henry Z. Osborne
66th (1919-1921)							Henry E. Barbour	Hugh S. Hersman
67th (1921-1923)								Arthur M. Free	Walter F. Lineberger		Phillip D. Swing
					Mae E. Nolan	James H. MacLafferty
68th (1923-1925)
										John D. Fredericks
69th (1925-1927)				Florence P. Kahn	Lawrence J. Flaherty	Albert E. Carter
		Harry L. Englebright			Richard J. Welch
70th (1927-1929)									William E. Evans	Joe Crail
71st (1929-1931)
72nd (1931-1933)			Charles F. Curry, Jr.
73rd (1933-1935)			Frank H. Buck				Ralph R. Eltse	John J. McGrath	Denver S. Church	Henry E. Stubbs	William E. Evans	John H. Hoeppel	Charles Kramer	Thomas F. Ford	William I. Traeger	John F. Dockweiler	Charles J. Colden	John H. Burke	Sam L. Collins	George Burnham
74th (1935-1937)							John H. Tolan		Bertrand W. Gearhart		John S. McGroarty				John M. Costello			Byron N. Scott
										Alfred J. Elliott
75th (1937-1939)				Franck R. Havenner (Progressive)								Jerry Voorhis							Harry R. Sheppard	Edouard V. M. Izac
76th (1939-1941)								Jack Z. Anderson			Carl Hinshaw					Leland M. Ford	Lee E. Geyer	Thomas M. Eaton
77th (1941-1943)			J. Leroy Johnson	Thomas Rolph														William Ward Johnson
																	Cecil R. King
78th (1943-1945)											George E. Outland		C. Norris Poulson			Will Rogers, Jr.			Chet Holifield	Carl Hinshaw	Harry R. Sheppard	John Phillips	Edouard V. M. Izac
		Clair Engle
79th (1945-1947)				Franck R. Havenner		George P. Miller							Ned R. Healy	Helen G. Douglas	Gordon L. McDonough	Ellis E. Patterson		Clyde Doyle
80th (1947-1949)							John J. Allen, Jr.				Ernest K. Bramblett	Richard Nixon	C. Norris Poulson			Donald L. Jackson		Willis W. Bradley					Charles K. Fletcher
81st (1949-1951)	Hubert B. Scudder								Cecil F. White	Thomas H. Werdel								Clyde Doyle					Clinton D. McKinnon
					John F. Shelley
82nd (1951-1953)			John E. Moss						A. Oakley Hunter			Patrick J. Hillings		Samuel W. Yorty
83rd (1953-1955)				William S. Mailliard		Robert Condon		George P. Miller	J. Arthur Younger	Charles S. Gubser	J. Leroy Johnson	A. Oakley Hunter	Ernest K. Bramblett	Harlan Hagen				Craig Hosmer			Edgar W. Hiestand	Joseph F. Holt	Clyde Doyle	C. Norris Poulson	Patrick J. Hillings	Samuel W. Yorty	Harry R. Sheppard	James B. Utt	John Phillips	Bob Wilson
																								Glenard P. Lipscomb
84th (1955-1957)						John F. Baldwin, Jr.						B. F. Sisk	Charles M. Teague													James Roosevelt
85th (1957-1959)											John J. McFall									H. Allen Smith									Dalip Singh Saund
86th (1959-1961)	Clement Woodnutt Miller	Harold T. Johnson					Jeffery Cohelan																		George A. Kasem
87th (1961-1963)																Alphonzo Bell						James C. Corman			John H. Rousselot
88th (1963-1965)	Don H. Clausen			Robert L. Leggett		William S. Mailliard			Don Edwards		J. Arthur Younger	Burt L. Talcott		John F. Baldwin, Jr.	John J. McFall	B. F. Sisk		Harlan Hagen			Augustus F. Hawkins				Ronald B. Cameron		Everett G. Burkhalter	Alphonzo Bell	George Brown, Jr.	Edward R. Roybal	Charles H. Wilson	Craig Hosmer	Harry R. Sheppard	Richard T. Hanna	James B. Utt	Bob Wilson	Lionel Van Deerlin	Patrick M. Martin
					Phillip Burton																		Del M. Clawson
89th (1965-1967)																											Edwin Reinecke						Kenneth W. Dyal					John V. Tunney
														Jerome R. Waldie												Thomas M. Rees
90th (1967-1969)																		Robert B. Mathias							Charles E. Wiggins								Jerry L. Pettis
											Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.																Barry Goldwater, Jr.
91st (1969-1971)																	Glenn M. Anderson
																								John H. Rousselot											John G. Schmitz
92nd (1971-1973)							Ronald V. Dellums																						George E. Danielson									Victor V. Veysey
93rd (1973-1975)								Pete Stark			Leo Ryan						Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.			Carlos J. Moorhead															Glenn M. Anderson	William M. Ketchum	Yvonne B. Burke	George Brown, Jr.	Andrew J. Hinshaw	Bob Wilson	Lionel Van Deerlin	Clair W. Burgener	Victor V. Veysey
						John L. Burton							Robert J. Lagomarsino
94th (1975-1977)	Harold T. Johnson	Donald H. Clausen			John L. Burton	Phillip Burton	George Miller	Ronald V. Dellums	Pete Stark	Don Edwards		Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.	Norman Mineta	John J. McFall	B. F. Sisk	Burt L. Talcott	John Hans Krebs	William M. Ketchum	Robert J. Lagomarsino	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	James C. Corman	Carlos J. Moorhead	Thomas M. Rees	Henry Waxman	Edward R. Roybal	John H. Rousselot	Alphonzo Bell	Yvonne B. Burke	Augustus F. Hawkins	George E. Danielson		Glenn M. Anderson	Del M. Clawson	Mark W. Hannaford	James F. Lloyd	George Brown, Jr.	Jerry Lyle Pettis	Jerry M. Patterson	Charles E. Wiggins	Andrew J. Hinshaw	Bob Wilson	Lionel Van Deerlin	Clair W. Burgener
																																					Shirley Neil Pettis
95th (1977-1979)																Leon Panetta							Anthony C. Beilenson				Bob Dornan													Robert E. Badham
96th (1979-1981)			Robert T. Matsui	Vic Fazio							William H. Royer			Norman D. Shumway	Tony Coelho		Charles Pashayan, Jr.	William M. Thomas										Julian C. Dixon					Wayne R. Grisham	Daniel E. Lungren			Jerry Lewis		William E. Dannemeyer
97th (1981-1983)	Eugene A. Chappie										Tom Lantos										Bobbi Fiedler										Mervyn M. Dymally				David Dreier						Bill Lowery	Duncan Hunter
																														Matthew G. Martínez
98th (1983-1985)	Douglas H. Bosco	Eugene A. Chappie			Phillip Burton	Barbara Boxer						Ed Zschau						Richard H. Lehman		William M. Thomas						Howard L. Berman	Mel Levine						David Dreier	Esteban E. Torres	Jerry Lewis		Alfred A. McCandless					Daniel E. Lungren	Ron Packard	Jim Bates	Duncan Hunter
					Sala Burton
99th (1985-1987)																																						Bob Dornan
					Nancy Pelosi
100th (1987-1989)		Wally Herger										Ernest L. Konnyu									Elton Gallegly
101st (1989-1991)												Thomas J. Campbell																												Christopher Cox		Dana Rohrabacher
															Gary Condit
102nd (1991-1993)	Frank D. Riggs													John T. Doolittle			Calvin M. Dooley												Maxine Waters															Randy Cunningham
103rd (1993-1995)	Daniel Hamburg		Vic Fazio	John T. Doolittle	Robert T. Matsui	Lynn C. Woolsey		Nancy Pelosi	Ronald V. Dellums	Bill Baker	Richard W. Pombo	Tom Lantos	Pete Stark	Anna G. Eshoo	Norman Y. Mineta	Don Edwards	Leon Panetta	Gary A. Condit	Richard H. Lehman	Calvin M. Dooley	William M. Thomas	Michael Huffington	Elton Gallegly	Anthony C. Beilenson	Howard McKeon		Carlos J. Moorhead	David Dreier	Henry Waxman	Xavier Becerra	Matthew G. Martínez	Julian C. Dixon	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Maxine Waters	Jane Harman	Walter R. Tucker III	Stephen Horn	Edward R. Royce	Jerry Lewis	Jay C. Kim	George Brown, Jr.	Ken Calvert	Alfred A. McCandless	Dana Rohrabacher	Bob Dornan	Christopher Cox	Ron Packard	Lynn Schenk	Bob Filner	Randy Cunningham	Duncan Hunter
																	Sam Farr
104th (1995-1997)	Frank D. Riggs															Zoe Lofgren			George Radanovich			Andrea H. Seastrand																						Sonny Bono					Brian P. Bilbray
															Thomas J. Campbell																						Juanita Millender-McDonald
105th (1997-1999)										Ellen O. Tauscher												Walter H. Capps		Brad Sherman			James E. Rogan																			Loretta Sanchez
									Barbara Lee													Lois Capps																						Mary Bono
106th (1999-2001)	Mike Thompson		Doug Ose																															Grace F. Napolitano		Steven T. Kuykendall					Gary G. Miller
																																										Joe Baca
107th (2001-2003)															Mike Honda												Adam B. Schiff				Hilda L. Solis	Diane E. Watson				Jane Harman												Darrell E. Issa	Susan A. Davis
108th (2003-2005)																		Dennis A. Cardoza			Devin Nunes	William M. Thomas	Lois Capps	Elton Gallegly		David Dreier	Brad Sherman	Howard L. Berman	Adam B. Schiff	Henry Waxman	Xavier Becerra	Hilda L. Solis	Diane E. Watson	Lucille Roybal-Allard				Grace F. Napolitano	Linda T. Sánchez	Edward R. Royce	Jerry Lewis	Gary G. Miller	Joe Baca	Ken Calvert	Mary Bono	Dana Rohrabacher	Loretta Sanchez	Christopher Cox	Darrell E. Issa	Randy Cunningham	Bob Filner		Susan A. Davis

Note: * designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district.

To be merged:

US Senators from California

Senator	Party	Served Since
Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	1992
Barbara Boxer	Democrat	1993

See also List of United States Senators from California since 1850

Members of the House of Representatives from California

33 Democrats and 20 Republicans are representing California in the House in the 108th Congress. Many leading members of the House are from California. Among the Republicans are Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier from the 26th District, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas from the 22nd District, Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter from the 52nd District, Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo from the 11th District, and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Chris Cox from the 48th District. Cox also chairs the Republican Policy Committee, making him the 4th ranking member in the House Republican leadership. Among the Democrats are Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from the 8th District, Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Democrat George Miller from the 7th District, and Intelligence Committee Ranking Democrat Jane Harman from the 36th District.

District	Representative	Party	Served Since
1	Mike Thompson	Democrat	1998
2	Wally Herger	Republican	1986
3	Doug Ose	Republican	1998 (leaving)
4	John Doolittle	Republican	1990
5	Bob Matsui	Democrat	1978
6	Lynn Woolsey	Democrat	1992
7	George Miller	Democrat	1974
8	Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	1986
9	Barbara Lee	Democrat	1998
10	Ellen Tauscher	Democrat	1996
11	Richard Pombo	Republican	1992
12	Tom Lantos	Democrat	1980
13	Pete Stark	Democrat	1972
14	Anna Eshoo	Democrat	1992
15	Mike Honda	Democrat	2000
16	Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	1994
17	Sam Farr	Democrat	1993
18	Dennis Cardoza	Democrat	2002
19	George Radanovich	Republican	1996
20	Cal Dooley	Democrat	1990 (leaving)
21	Devin Nunes	Republican	2002
22	Bill Thomas	Republican	1978
23	Lois Capps	Democrat	1998
24	Elton Gallegly	Republican	1986
25	Howard McKeon	Republican	1992
26	David Dreier	Republican	1980
27	Brad Sherman	Democrat	1996
28	Howard Berman	Democrat	1982
29	Adam Schiff	Democrat	2000
30	Henry Waxman	Democrat	1974
31	Xavier Becerra	Democrat	1992
32	Hilda Solis	Democrat	2000
33	Diane Watson	Democrat	2001
34	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	1992
35	Maxine Waters	Democrat	1990
36	Jane Harman	Democrat	1992-98, 2000
37	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democrat	1996
38	Grace Napolitano	Democrat	1998
39	Linda Sanchez	Democrat	2002
40	Ed Royce	Republican	1992
41	Jerry Lewis	Republican	1978
42	Gary Miller	Republican	1998
43	Joe Baca	Democrat	1999
44	Ken Calvert	Republican	1992
45	Mary Bono	Republican	1998
46	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	1988
47	Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	1996
48	Chris Cox	Republican	1988
49	Darrell Issa	Republican	2000
50	Randy Cunningham	Republican	1990
51	Bob Filner	Democrat	1992
52	Duncan Hunter	Republican	1980
53	Susan Davis	Democrat	2000