These are tables of congressional delegations from California in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
[edit] United States Senate [edit] 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 | [edit] United States House of Representatives [edit] 1849 - 1865: At-large seats [edit] 1865 - 1873: 3 seats [edit] 1873 - 1883: 4 seats [edit] 1883 - 1893: 6 seats [edit] 1893 - 1903: 7 seats [edit] 1903 - 1913: 8 seats [edit] 1913 - 1933: 11 seats [edit] 1933 - 1943: 20 seats [edit] 1943 - 1953: 23 seats [edit] 1953 - 1963: 30 seats [edit] 1963 - 1973: 38 seats [edit] 1973 - 1983: 43 seats [edit] 1983 - 1992: 45 seats; 1993 - 2002: 52 seats; 2003 - present: 53 seats - ^ Robert Matsui died January 1, 2005, after re-election to the 109th Congress but before the Congress started, and was replaced by Doris Matsui on March 10, 2005.
- ^ Ronald V. Dellums resigned February 6, 1998, and was replaced by Barbara Lee on April 7, 1998
- ^ Tom Lantos died February 11, 2008 and was replaced by Jackie Speier on April 10, 2008.
- ^ Juanita Millender-McDonald died April 22, 2007, and was replaced by Laura Richardson on August 21, 2007.
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