President pro tempore of the California State Senate
The President pro tempore of the California State Senate (President Pro Tem) is the highest-ranking leader and most powerful member of the California State Senate. The officeholder also chairs the Senate Rules Committee. At the beginning of each two-year session, all members of the body elect a new State Senate President pro tempore.[1]
List of presidents pro tempore of the California State Senate[]
Dates of office | Officeholder | Political party | Number |
---|---|---|---|
1849 | E. Kirby Chamberlain | Democrat | 1 |
1851 | Whig | 2 | |
1852–1854 | Democrat | 3 | |
1855 | Royal T. Sprague | Democrat | 4 |
1856 | Delos R. Ashley | American | 5 |
1857 | Democrat | 6 | |
1858 | Samuel Augustus Merritt | Democrat | 7 |
1859 | Democrat | 8 | |
1860 | Isaac N. Quinn | Democrat | 9 |
1860 | [2] | Democrat | 10 |
1861 | Richard Irwin | Douglass Democrat | 11 |
1862 | James McMillan Shafter | Republican | 12 |
1863 | Union | 13 | |
1864 | Union | 14 | |
1866 | Union | 15 | |
1868 | Lansing B. Mizner | Union | 16 |
1870 | Edward J. Lewis | Democrat | 17 |
1872 | James T. Farley | Democrat | 18 |
1874 | William Irwin | Democrat | 19 |
1876 | Democrat | 20 | |
1878 | Edward J. Lewis | Democrat | 21 |
1880 | Republican | 22 | |
1881 | Republican | 23 | |
1882-1883 | Reginald F. Del Valle | Democrat | 24 |
1885 | Benjamin Knight Jr. | Democrat | 25 |
1887–1889 | Stephen M. White | Democrat | 26 |
1891 | Republican | 27 | |
1893 | R. B. Carpenter | Republican | 28 |
1895–1903 | Republican | 29 | |
1905–1909 | Republican | 30 | |
1911–1913 | Republican | 31 | |
1915 | Republican | 32 | |
1917–1933 | Republican | 33 | |
1935–1939 | Republican | 34 | |
1939 | Republican | 35 | |
1941 | Republican | 36 | |
1943-1945 | Republican | 37 | |
1947–1953 | Harold J. Powers | Republican | 38 |
1954-1955 | Clarence C. Ward | Republican | 39 |
1955–1956 | Ben Hulse | Republican | 40 |
1957–1969 | Democrat | 41 | |
May 14, 1969 – February 10, 1970 | Republican | 42 | |
February 10, 1970 – November 30, 1970 | Republican | 43 | |
November 30, 1970 – November 30, 1980 | James R. Mills | Democrat | 44 |
November 30, 1981 – January 31, 1994 | David Roberti | Democrat | 45 |
January 31, 1994 – February 5, 1998 | Bill Lockyer | Democrat | 46 |
February 5, 1998 – November 30, 2004 | John L. Burton | Democrat | 47 |
November 30, 2004 – August 21, 2008 | Don Perata | Democrat | 48 |
August 21, 2008 – October 15, 2014 | Darrell Steinberg | Democrat | 49 |
October 15, 2014 – March 21, 2018 | Kevin de León | Democrat | 50 |
March 21, 2018 – Present | Toni Atkins | Democrat | 51 |
References[]
- ^ "Glossary of Legislative Terms". California Legislative Counsel. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ "Charles J. Lansing". JoinCalifornia Election Archive. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
External links[]
- Record of State Senators—1849–2006[permanent dead link] from the California State Senate
- Senate Leadership – California State Senate
Categories:
- California state senators