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 History and Government—Congressional Biographies

Members of Congress: California

Biographies of every U.S. representative and senator from California



Member NameBirth-Death
ALLEN, John Joseph, Jr.1899-1995
ANDERSON, Glenn Malcolm1913-1994
ANDERSON, John Zuinglius1904-1981
AXTELL, Samuel Beach1819-1891
BACA, Joe1947- 
BADHAM, Robert Edward1929-2005
BAKER, William P.1940- 
BALDWIN, John Finley, Jr.1915-1966
BARBOUR, Henry Ellsworth1877-1945
BARD, Thomas Robert1841-1915
BARHAM, John All1843-1926
BARLOW, Charles Averill1858-1927
BATES, Jim1941- 
BECERRA, Xavier1958- 
BEILENSON, Anthony Charles1932- 
BELL, Alphonzo1914-2004
BELL, Charles Webster1857-1927
BELL, Theodore Arlington1872-1922
BENEDICT, Henry Stanley1878-1930
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence1941- 
BERRY, Campbell Polson1834-1901
BIDWELL, John1819-1900
BIGGS, Marion1823-1910
BILBRAY, Brian P.1951- 
BONO, Mary1961- 
BONO, Sonny1935-1998
BOOTH, Newton1825-1892
BOSCO, Douglas Harry1946- 
BOWERS, William Wallace1834-1917
BOXER, Barbara1940- 
BRADLEY, Willis Winter1884-1954
BRAMBLETT, Ernest King1901-1966
BRODERICK, David Colbreth1820-1859
BROWN, George Edward, Jr.1920-1999
BUCK, Frank Henry1887-1942
BUDD, James Herbert1851-1908
BURCH, John Chilton1826-1885
BURGENER, Clair Walter1921-2006
BURKE, John Harley1894-1951
BURKE, Yvonne Brathwaite1932- 
BURKHALTER, Everett Glen1897-1975
BURNHAM, George1868-1939
BURTON, John Lowell1932- 
BURTON, Phillip1926-1983
BURTON, Sala Galante1925-1987
CALVERT, Ken1953- 
CAMERON, Ronald Brooks1927-2006
CAMINETTI, Anthony1854-1923
CAMPBELL, John (of California)1955- 
CAMPBELL, Thomas J.1952- 
CANNON, Marion1834-1920
CAPPS, Lois1938- 
CAPPS, Walter Holden1934-1997
CARDOZA, Dennis A.1959- 
CARTER, Albert Edward1881-1964
CASSERLY, Eugene1820-1883
CASTLE, Curtis Harvey1848-1928
CHAPPIE, Eugene A.1920-1992
CHURCH, Denver Samuel1862-1952
CLAUSEN, Donald Holst1923- 
CLAWSON, Delwin Morgan1914-1992
CLAYTON, Charles1825-1885
CLUNIE, Thomas Jefferson1852-1903
COELHO, Anthony Lee1942- 
COGHLAN, John Maxwell1835-1879
COHELAN, Jeffery1914-1999
COLDEN, Charles J.1870-1938
COLE, Cornelius1822-1924
COLLINS, Samuel LaFort1895-1965
CONDIT, Gary Adrian1948- 
CONDON, Robert Likens1912-1976
CONNESS, John1821-1909
COOMBS, Frank Leslie1853-1934
CORMAN, James Charles1920-2000
COSTA, Jim1952- 
COSTELLO, John Martin1903-1976
COX, Charles Christopher1952- 
CRAIL, Joe1877-1938
CRANSTON, Alan1914-2000
CUNNINGHAM, Randall (Duke)1941-
CURRY, Charles Forrest1858-1930
CURRY, Charles Forrest, Jr.1893-1972
CUTTING, John Tyler1844-1911
DANIELS, Milton John1838-1914
DANIELSON, George Elmore1915-1998
DANNEMEYER, William Edwin1929- 
DAVIS, Horace1831-1916
DAVIS, Susan A.1944- 
DE HAVEN, John Jefferson1849-1913
DE NIVERNAIS, Edward James1866-1938
DE VRIES, Marion1865-1939
DELLUMS, Ronald Vernie1935- 
DENVER, James William1817-1892
DIXON, Julian Carey1934-2000
DOCKWEILER, John Francis1895-1943
DOOLEY, Calvin M.1954- 
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor1950- 
DORNAN, Robert Kenneth1933- 
DOUGLAS, Helen Gahagan1900-1980
DOWNEY, Sheridan1884-1961
DOYLE, Clyde Gilman1887-1963
DREIER, David Timothy1952- 
DYAL, Kenneth Warren1910-1978
DYMALLY, Mervyn Malcolm1926- 
EATON, Thomas Marion1896-1939
EDWARDS, William Donlon (Don)1915- 
ELLIOTT, Alfred James1895-1973
ELSTON, John Arthur1874-1921
ELTSE, Ralph Roscoe1885-1971
ENGLE, Clair1911-1964
ENGLEBRIGHT, Harry Lane1884-1943
ENGLEBRIGHT, William Fellows1855-1915
ENGLISH, Warren Barkley1840-1913
ESHOO, Anna Georges1942- 
EVANS, William Elmer1877-1959
FARLEY, James Thompson1829-1886
FARR, Sam1941- 
FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr.1942- 
FEINSTEIN, Dianne1933- 
FELTON, Charles Norton1832-1914
FIEDLER, Bobbi1937- 
FILNER, Robert1942- 
FLAHERTY, Lawrence James1878-1926
FLETCHER, Charles Kimball1902-1985
FLINT, Frank Putnam1862-1929
FORD, Leland Merritt1893-1965
FORD, Thomas Francis1873-1958
FREDERICKS, John Donnan1869-1945
FREE, Arthur Monroe1879-1953
FRÉMONT, John Charles1813-1890
GALLEGLY, Elton W.1944- 
GEARHART, Bertrand Wesley1890-1955
GEARY, Thomas J.1854-1929
GEYER, Lee Edward1888-1941
GILBERT, Edward1819c-1852
GILLETT, James Norris1860-1937
GLASCOCK, John Raglan1845-1913
GOLDWATER, Barry Morris, Jr.1938- 
GRISHAM, Wayne Richard1923- 
GUBSER, Charles Samuel1916- 
GWIN, William McKendree1805-1885
HAGEN, Harlan Francis1914-1990
HAGER, John Sharpenstein1818-1890
HAMBURG, Daniel1948- 
HANNA, Richard Thomas1914-2001
HANNAFORD, Mark Warren1925-1985
HARMAN, Jane F.1945- 
HAUN, Henry Peter1815-1860
HAVENNER, Franck Roberts1882-1967
HAWKINS, Augustus Freeman (Gus)1907- 
HAYAKAWA, Samuel Ichiye1906-1992
HAYES, Everis Anson1855-1942
HEALY, Ned Romeyn1905-1977
HEARST, George1820-1891
HENLEY, Barclay1843-1914
HERBERT, Philemon Thomas1825-1864
HERGER, Walter William (Wally)1945- 
HERSMAN, Hugh Steel1872-1954
HIESTAND, Edgar Willard1888-1970
HIGBY, William1813-1887
HILBORN, Samuel Greeley1834-1899
HILLINGS, Patrick Jerome1923-1994
HINSHAW, Andrew Jackson1923- 
HINSHAW, John Carl Williams1894-1956
HOEPPEL, John Henry1881-1976
HOLIFIELD, Chester Earl1903-1995
HOLT, Joseph Franklin, III1924-1997
HONDA, Mike1941- 
HORN, John Stephen (Steve)1931- 
HOSMER, Craig1915-1982
HOUGHTON, Sherman Otis1828-1914
HUFFINGTON, Michael1947- 
HUNTER, Allan Oakley1916-1995
HUNTER, Duncan Lee1948- 
ISSA, Darrell1954- 
IZAC, Edouard Victor Michel1891-1990
JACKSON, Donald Lester1910-1981
JOHNSON, Grove Lawrence1841-1926
JOHNSON, Harold Terry1907-1988
JOHNSON, Hiram Warren1866-1945
JOHNSON, James Augustus1829-1896
JOHNSON, Justin Leroy1888-1961
JOHNSON, William Ward1892-1963
KAHN, Florence Prag1866-1948
KAHN, Julius1861-1924
KASEM, George Albert1919-2002
KENT, William1864-1928
KETCHUM, William Matthew1921-1978
KETTNER, William1864-1930
KIM, Jay1939- 
KING, Cecil Rhodes1898-1974
KNOWLAND, Joseph Russell1873-1966
KNOWLAND, William Fife1908-1974
KONNYU, Ernest Leslie1937- 
KRAMER, Charles1879-1943
KREBS, John Hans1926- 
KUCHEL, Thomas Henry1910-1994
KUYKENDALL, Steven T.1947- 
LAGOMARSINO, Robert John1926- 
LANTOS, Thomas Peter1928- 
LATHAM, Milton Slocum1827-1882
LEA, Clarence Frederick1874-1964
LEE, Barbara1946- 
LEGGETT, Robert Louis1926-1997
LEHMAN, Richard Henry1948- 
LEVINE, Meldon Edises1943- 
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy (Jerry)1934- 
LINEBERGER, Walter Franklin1883-1943
LIPSCOMB, Glenard Paul1920-1970
LIVERNASH, Edward James1866-1938
LLOYD, James Fredrick1922- 
LOFGREN, Zoe1947- 
LOUD, Eugene Francis1847-1908
LOUTTIT, James Alexander1848-1906
LOW, Frederick Ferdinand1828-1894
LOWERY, William David1947- 
LUNGREN, Daniel Edward1946- 
LUTTRELL, John King1831-1893
MacLAFFERTY, James Henry1871-1937
MAGUIRE, James George1853-1920
MAILLIARD, William Somers1917-1992
MARKHAM, Henry Harrison1840-1923
MARSHALL, Edward Colston1821-1893
MARTIN, Patrick Minor1924-1968
MARTÍNEZ, Matthew Gilbert1929- 
MATHIAS, Robert Bruce (Bob)1930-2006
MATSUI, Doris Okada1944- 
MATSUI, Robert Takeo1941-2005
McADOO, William Gibbs1863-1941
McCANDLESS, Alfred A.1927- 
MCCARTHY, Kevin1965- 
McCLOSKEY, Paul Norton , Jr. (Pete)1927- 
McCORKLE, Joseph Walker1819-1884
McDONOUGH, Gordon Leo1895-1968
McDOUGALL, James Alexander1817-1867
McFALL, John Joseph1918-2006
McGRATH, John Joseph1872-1951
McGROARTY, John Steven1862-1944
McKENNA, Joseph1843-1926
McKEON, Howard P. (Buck)1938- 
McKIBBIN, Joseph Chambers1824-1896
McKINLAY, Duncan E.1862-1914
McKINNON, Clinton Dotson1906-2001
McLACHLAN, James1852-1940
MCNERNEY, Jerry1951- 
McRUER, Donald Campbell1826-1898
METCALF, Victor Howard1853-1936
MILLENDER-McDONALD, Juanita1938- 
MILLER, Clement Woodnutt1916-1962
MILLER, Gary G.1948- 
MILLER, George1945- 
MILLER, George Paul1891-1982
MILLER, John Franklin1831-1886
MINETA, Norman Yoshio1931- 
MOORHEAD, Carlos John1922- 
MORROW, William W.1843-1929
MOSS, John Emerson1915-1997
MURPHY, George Lloyd1902-1992
NAPOLITANO, Grace F.1936- 
NEEDHAM, James Carson1864-1942
NIXON, Richard Milhous1913-1994
NOLAN, John Ignatius1874-1922
NOLAN, Mae Ella1886-1973
NUNES, Devin1973- 
OSBORNE, Henry Zenas1848-1923
OSE, Doug1955- 
OUTLAND, George Elmer1906-1981
PACHECO, Romualdo1831-1899
PACKARD, Ronald C.1931- 
PAGE, Horace Francis1833-1890
PANETTA, Leon Edward1938- 
PASHAYAN, Charles, Jr.1941- 
PATTERSON, Ellis Ellwood1897-1985
PATTERSON, Jerry Mumford1934- 
PELOSI, Nancy1940- 
PERKINS, George Clement1839-1923
PETTIS, Jerry Lyle1916-1975
PETTIS, Shirley Neil1924- 
PHELAN, James Duval1861-1930
PHELPS, Timothy Guy1824-1899
PHILLIPS, John1887-1983
PIPER, William Adam1826-1899
POMBO, Richard William1961- 
POULSON, C. Norris1895-1982
RADANOVICH, George P.1955- 
RAKER, John Edward1863-1926
RANDALL, Charles Hiram1865-1951
REES, Thomas Mankell1925-2003
REINECKE, Edwin1924- 
RIGGS, Frank D.1950- 
ROGAN, James E.1957- 
ROGERS, William Vann, Jr.1911-1993
ROHRABACHER, Dana1947- 
ROLPH, Thomas1885-1956
ROOSEVELT, James1907-1991
ROSECRANS, William Starke1819-1898
ROUSSELOT, John Harbin1927-2003
ROYBAL, Edward Ross1916-2005
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Lucille1941- 
ROYCE, Edward Randall1951- 
ROYER, William Howard1920- 
RYAN, Leo Joseph1925-1978
SALINGER, Pierre Emil George1925-2004
SÁNCHEZ, Linda T.1969- 
SANCHEZ, Loretta1960- 
SARGENT, Aaron Augustus1827-1887
SAUND, Dalip Singh1899-1973
SCHENK, Lynn1945- 
SCHIFF, Adam1960- 
SCHMITZ, John George1930-2001
SCOTT, Byron Nicholson1903-1991
SCOTT, Charles Lewis1827-1899
SCUDDER, Hubert Baxter1888-1968
SEASTRAND, Andrea1941- 
SEYMOUR, John1937- 
SHANNON, Thomas Bowles1827-1897
SHELLEY, John Francis1905-1974
SHEPPARD, Harry Richard1885-1969
SHERMAN, Brad1954- 
SHORTRIDGE, Samuel Morgan1861-1952
SHUMWAY, Norman David1934- 
SISK, Bernice Frederic1910-1995
SMITH, H. Allen1909-1998
SMITH, Sylvester Clark1858-1913
SOLIS, Hilda1957- 
STANFORD, Leland1824-1893
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.1931- 
STEPHENS, William Dennison1859-1944
STORKE, Thomas More1876-1971
STUBBS, Henry Elbert1881-1937
SUMNER, Charles Allen1835-1903
SWING, Philip David1884-1963
TALCOTT, Burt Lacklen1920- 
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane1951- 
TEAGUE, Charles McKevett1909-1974
THOMAS, William Marshall1941- 
THOMPSON, Michael1951- 
THOMPSON, Thomas Larkin1838-1898
TOLAN, John Harvey1877-1947
TORRES, Esteban Edward1930- 
TRAEGER, William Isham1880-1935
TUCKER, Walter R., III1957- 
TULLY, Pleasant Britton1829-1897
TUNNEY, John Varick1934- 
UTT, James Boyd1899-1970
VAN DEERLIN, Lionel1914- 
VANDEVER, William1817-1893
VEYSEY, Victor Vincent1915-2001
VOORHIS, Horace Jeremiah (Jerry)1901-1984
WALDIE, Jerome Russell1925- 
WATERS, Maxine1938- 
WATERS, Russell Judson1843-1911
WATSON, Diane Edith1933- 
WAXMAN, Henry Arnold1939- 
WELCH, Richard Joseph1869-1949
WELLER, John B.1812-1875
WERDEL, Thomas Harold1905-1966
WHITE, Cecil Fielding1900-1992
WHITE, Stephen Mallory1853-1901
WIGGINS, Charles Edward1927-2000
WIGGINTON, Peter Dinwiddie1839-1890
WILLIAMS, Abram Pease1832-1911
WILSON, Charles Herbert1917-1984
WILSON, Pete1933- 
WILSON, Robert Carlton (Bob)1916-1999
WOODS, Samuel Davis1845-1915
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.1937- 
WORKS, John Downey1847-1928
WRIGHT, George Washington1816-1885
WYNN, William Joseph1860-1935
YORTY, Samuel William1909-1998
YOUNGER, Jesse Arthur1893-1967
ZSCHAU, Edwin Van Wyck1940- 

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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