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California's 2nd congressional district

51 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1865. Now: Jared Huffman D.

Holders
51
29 R · 22 D
Longest tenure
16 years
Clair Engle
Current
12 years
Jared Huffman, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ca-2Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020William Higby · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanAaron Augustus Sargent · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Francis Page · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Francis Page · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Francis Page · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Francis Page · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Francis Page · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJames Herbert Budd · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Alexander Louttit · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanMarion Biggs · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratMarion Biggs · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratAnthony Caminetti · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratAnthony Caminetti · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratGrove Lawrence Johnson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanMarion De Vries · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratMarion De Vries · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Davis Woods · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanTheodore Arlington Bell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratDuncan E. McKinlay · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanDuncan E. McKinlay · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanDuncan E. McKinlay · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Kent · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Raker · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Raker · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Raker · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Raker · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Raker · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Raker · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Raker · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratHarry Lane Englebright · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Lane Englebright · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Lane Englebright · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Lane Englebright · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanHarry Lane Englebright · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanHarold Terry Johnson · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratHarold Terry Johnson · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHarold Terry Johnson · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratHarold Terry Johnson · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratDonald Holst Clausen · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Holst Clausen · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanWally Herger · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanWally Herger · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanWally Herger · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanWally Herger · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanWally Herger · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanJared Huffman · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratSamuel Davis Woods · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Lane Englebright · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanClair Engle · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratEugene A. Chappie · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJared Huffman · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Jared Huffman D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Jared Huffman D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Wally Herger R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Wally Herger R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Wally Herger R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Wally Herger R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Wally Herger R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Eugene A. Chappie R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Donald Holst Clausen R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Donald Holst Clausen R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Harold Terry Johnson D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Harold Terry Johnson D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Harold Terry Johnson D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Harold Terry Johnson D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Harry Lane Englebright R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Clair Engle D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Harry Lane Englebright R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Harry Lane Englebright R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Harry Lane Englebright R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Harry Lane Englebright R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Edward Raker D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Harry Lane Englebright R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Edward Raker D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Edward Raker D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Edward Raker D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Edward Raker D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Edward Raker D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Edward Raker D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Kent R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Duncan E. McKinlay R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Duncan E. McKinlay R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Duncan E. McKinlay R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Theodore Arlington Bell D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Samuel Davis Woods R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Marion De Vries D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Davis Woods R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Marion De Vries D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Grove Lawrence Johnson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Anthony Caminetti D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Anthony Caminetti D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Marion Biggs D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Marion Biggs D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Alexander Louttit R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Herbert Budd D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Horace Francis Page R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Horace Francis Page R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Horace Francis Page R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Horace Francis Page R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Horace Francis Page R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Aaron Augustus Sargent R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
William Higby R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years

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