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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
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)
35th (1857–1859)
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)
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) 50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891)
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)
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)
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)
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)

Passages

Congress enator eason for Vacancy ppointed Successor ate of Appointment lected Successor ate of Election
Seat was vacant from March 4 1851 due to failure of the legislature to elect. John B. Weller January 30 1852
Seat was vacant from March 4 1855 due to failure of the legislature to elect. William M. Gwin January 13 1857
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
Eugene Casserly Resigned November 29 1873. none John S. Hager December 23 1873
John Franklin Miller Died March 8 1886. George Hearst March 23 1886 Abram P. Williams August 4 1886
George Hearst Died February 28 1891. none Charles N. Felton March 19 1891
Leland Stanford Died June 21 1893. George C. Perkins July 26 1893 George C. Perkins
Seat was vacant from March 4 1899 due to failure of the legislature to elect. Thomas R. Bard February 7 1900
William Gibbs McAdoo Resigned November 8 1938. Thomas M. Storke November 9 1938 none
Hiram Johnson Died August 6 1945. William F. Knowland August 26 1945 William F. Knowland General election
Sheridan Downey Resigned November 30 1950 due to ill health. Richard Nixon December 1 1950 Richard Nixon General election
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
Clair Engle Died July 30 1964. Pierre Salinger August 4 1964 none
Pierre Salinger Resigned December 31 1964. George Lloyd Murphy January 1 1965 George Lloyd Murphy General election
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
John V. Tunney Resigned January 1 1977. None; the next elected senator took his seat two days later.
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

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

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

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

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
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
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

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)
61st
(1909–1911)
62nd
(1911–1913)		 John E. Raker (D) William Kent (Prog. R) William D. Stephens (R)

1913 - 1933: 11 seats

Congress District

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)
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)
72nd
(1931–1933)		 Charles F. Curry, Jr. (R)

1933 - 1943: 20 seats

Congress District District

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

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

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)