List of Speakers of the California State Assembly
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This is a list of Speakers of the California State Assembly. It does not number those individuals who serving abbreviated terms; nor those serving during an extraordinary session called by the Governor for a narrowly defined agenda.
Speaker | Portrait | District | Party | Term of service |
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1. Thomas J. White | Sacramento | unaffiliated 1 | December 1849–February 1850 | |
2. John Bigler | ![]() |
Sacramento | Democratic | February 1850–May 1851 |
3. Richard P. Hammond | 7 | Democratic | January 1852–May 1852 | |
4. Isaac B. Wall | 6 | Democratic | January 1853–May 1853 | |
5. Charles S. Fairfax | 15 | Democratic | January 1854–May 1854 | |
6. William W. Stow | 3 | Whig | January 1855–May 1855 | |
7. James T. Farley | ![]() |
19 | American | January 1856–April 1856 |
8. Elwood T. Beatty | 19 | Democratic | January 1857–April 1857 | |
9. Ninian E. Whiteside | 15 | Democratic | January 1858–April 1858 | |
10. William C. Stratton | 17 | Democratic | January 1859–April 1859 | |
11. Phillip Moore | 16 | Democratic | January 1860–April 1860 | |
12. R. Burnell | 19 | Douglas Democratic | January 1861–May 1861 | |
13. George Barstow | 8 | Republican | January 1862–May 1862 | |
14. Tim N. Machin | National Union | January 1863–April 1863 | ||
15. William H. Sears | 21 | National Union | December 1863–April 1864 | |
16. John Yule | 20 | National Union | December 1865–April 1866 | |
17. Caius T. Ryland | 4 | Democratic | December 1867–March 1868 | |
18. George H. Rogers | 8 | Democratic | December 1869–April 1870 | |
19. Thomas Bowles Shannon | 8 | Republican | December 1871–April 1872 | |
20. Morris M. Estee | 8 | Independent 2 | December 1873–March 1874 | |
21. Gideon J. Carpenter | 23 | Democratic | December 1875–April 1876 | |
22. Campbell Polson Berry | ![]() |
25 | Democratic | December 1877–April 1878 |
23. Jabez F. Cowdery | 13 | Republican | January 1880–April 1880 | |
24. William H. Parks | 25 | Republican | January 1881–May 1881 | |
25. Hugh M. La Rue | 18 | Democratic | January 1883–May 1884 | |
– William H. Parks | 25 | Republican | January 1885–September 1886 | |
26. William H. Jordan | Republican | January 1887–March 1887 | ||
27. Robert Howe | 25 | Democratic | January 1889–March 1889 | |
28. Frank Leslie Coombs | ![]() |
Republican | January 1891–March 1891 | |
29. Frank H. Gould | Democratic | January 1893–March 1893 | ||
30. John C. Lynch | 8 | Republican | January 1895–March 1895 | |
– Frank Leslie Coombs | ![]() |
Republican | January 1897–March 1897 | |
31. Howard E. Wright | Republican | January 1899 | ||
32. Alden Anderson | ![]() |
Republican | January 1899–February 1900 | |
33. Cornelius W. Pendleton | Republican | January 1901–March 1901 | ||
34. Arthur G. Fisk | Republican | January 1903–March 1903 | ||
35. Frank C. Prescott | Republican | January 1905–June 1906 | ||
36. Robert L. Beardslee Sr. | Republican | January 1907–November 1907 | ||
37. Philip A. Stanton | Republican | January 1909–October 1910 | ||
38. Arthur Hathaway Hewitt | Republican | January 1911–December 1911 | ||
39. C. C. Young | Republican, Progressive 3 | January 1913–April 1917 | ||
40. Henry W. Wright | Republican | January 1919–April 1921 | ||
41. Frank F. Merriam | Republican | January 1923–October 1926 | ||
42. Edgar C. Levey | Republican | January 1927–May 1931 | ||
43. Walter J. Little | Republican | January 1933–July 1933 | ||
44. Forsythe Charles Clowdsley | Democratic | September 1934 (extraordinary session) | ||
45. Edward Craig | Republican | January 1935–May 1936 | ||
46. William Moseley Jones | Democratic | January 1937–March 1938 | ||
47. Paul Peek | Democratic | January 1939–June 1939 | ||
48. Gordon Hickman Garland | Democratic | January 1940–January 1942 | ||
49. Charles W. Lyon | ![]() |
59 | Republican | January 1943–July 1946 |
50. Sam L. Collins | ![]() |
75 | Republican | January 1947–August 1952 |
51. James W. Silliman | 34 | Republican | January 1953–April 1954 | |
52. Luther H. Lincoln | 15 | Republican | January 1955–April 1958 | |
53. Ralph M. Brown | 30 | Democratic | January 1959–September 1961 | |
54. Jesse M. Unruh | ![]() |
65 | Democratic | September 1961–January 1969 |
55. Robert T. Monagan | 12 | Republican | January 1969–September 1970 | |
56. Bob Moretti | 42 | Democratic | January 1971–June 1974 | |
57. Leo T. McCarthy | 19/184 | Democratic | June 1974–November 1980 | |
58. Willie Brown | ![]() |
17/135 | Democratic | December 2, 1980–June 5, 1995 |
59. Doris Allen | 67 | Republican 6 | June 5, 1995–September 14, 1995 | |
60. Brian Setencich | 30 | Republican 6 | September 14, 1995–January 4, 1996 | |
61. Curt Pringle | 68 | Republican | January 4, 1996–November 30, 1996 | |
62. Cruz M. Bustamante | ![]() |
31 | Democratic | December 2, 1996–February 26, 1998 |
63. Antonio Villaraigosa | ![]() |
45 | Democratic | February 26, 1998–April 13, 2000 |
64. Robert M. Hertzberg | ![]() |
40 | Democratic | April 13, 2000–February 6, 2002 |
65. Herb J. Wesson, Jr. | ![]() |
47 | Democratic | February 6, 2002–February 9, 2004 |
66. Fabian Núñez | ![]() |
46 | Democratic | February 9, 2004–May 13, 2008 |
67. Karen Bass | ![]() |
47 | Democratic | May 13, 2008–March 1, 2010 |
68. John Pérez | ![]() |
46/537 | Democratic | March 1, 2010–May 12, 2014 |
69. Toni Atkins | ![]() |
78 | Democratic | May 12, 2014–March 7, 2016 |
70. Anthony Rendon | ![]() |
63 | Democratic | March 7, 2016–present |
- ^1 The First California Legislature was nonpartisan.
- ^2 Estee was also a Republican, but he was elected to the term in which he was Speaker as an independent.
- ^3 Young was elected as a Republican during the 40th and 42nd sessions (1913 and 1917), but a Progressive during the 41st session (1915).
- ^4 McCarthy's 19th District was renumbered the 18th District after the 1970s redistricting.
- ^5 Brown's 17th District was renumbered the 13th District after the 1990s redistricting.
- ^6 Allen and Setencich were Republican Assemblymembers whom Democrats elected after losing their majority in the chamber.
- ^7 Perez's 46th District was renumbered the 53rd District after the 2010s redistricting.
References[edit]
- Office of the Chief Clerk of the Assembly (2006). "Appendix A, B". California's Legislature. Sacramento: California Legislature, Assembly. OCLC 71402845.
- "Speakers of the Assembly (Ex Officio Regents)". Hall of Distinguished Berkeleyan. The Bancroft Library. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- California State Capitol Museum (2008). "California State Capitol: Legislative History". State of California. Archived from the original on June 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-03.