History / Congress

California's 1st congressional district

57 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1865. Now: James Gallagher R.

Holders
57
29 D · 26 R · 2 I
Longest tenure
11 years
Doug LaMalfa
Current
4 months
James Gallagher, since Jun 10, 2026
history/seat/ca-1Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Donald Campbell McRuer · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Beach Axtell · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratSherman Otis Houghton · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Clayton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Adam Piper · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHorace Davis · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Davis · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Starke Rosecrans · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Starke Rosecrans · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratBarclay Henley · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratThomas Larkin Thompson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jefferson De Haven · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanThomas J. Geary · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas J. Geary · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn All Barham · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn All Barham · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn All Barham · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Leslie Coombs · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames Norris Gillett · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Norris Gillett · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Fellows Englebright · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Fellows Englebright · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Raker · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Kent · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · IndependentWilliam Kent · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · IndependentClarence Frederick Lea · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratClarence Frederick Lea · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratClement Woodnutt Miller · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratDonald Holst Clausen · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Holst Clausen · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Holst Clausen · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanHarold Terry Johnson · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratHarold Terry Johnson · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratEugene A. Chappie · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanDouglas Harry Bosco · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratDaniel Hamburg · 1993-01-05 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratFrank D. Riggs · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanFrank D. Riggs · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanMike Thompson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratMike Thompson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratMike Thompson · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratDoug LaMalfa · 2015-01-06 – 2026-01-06 · RepublicanJames Gallagher · 2026-06-10 – present · RepublicanThomas J. Geary · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Fellows Englebright · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHubert Baxter Scudder · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanDouglas Harry Bosco · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFrank D. Riggs · 1991-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanDoug LaMalfa · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Republican
James Gallagher R
Jun 10, 2026 – present · 4 months
Doug LaMalfa R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 6, 2026 · 11 years
Doug LaMalfa R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Mike Thompson D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Mike Thompson D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Mike Thompson D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Frank D. Riggs R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Frank D. Riggs R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Daniel Hamburg D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1995 · 2 years
Frank D. Riggs R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1993 · 2 years
Douglas Harry Bosco D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Douglas Harry Bosco D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Eugene A. Chappie R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Harold Terry Johnson D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Harold Terry Johnson D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Donald Holst Clausen R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Donald Holst Clausen R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Donald Holst Clausen R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Clement Woodnutt Miller D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Hubert Baxter Scudder R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Clarence Frederick Lea D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Kent I
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Kent I
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Edward Raker D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Fellows Englebright R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Fellows Englebright R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Norris Gillett R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Fellows Englebright R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Norris Gillett R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Frank Leslie Coombs R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John All Barham R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John All Barham R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John All Barham R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas J. Geary D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas J. Geary D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Jefferson De Haven R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas J. Geary D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas Larkin Thompson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Barclay Henley D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Starke Rosecrans D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William Starke Rosecrans D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Horace Davis R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Horace Davis R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Adam Piper D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Charles Clayton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Sherman Otis Houghton R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Samuel Beach Axtell D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Donald Campbell McRuer R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.