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California's 4th congressional district

51 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1873. Now: Mike Thompson D.

Holders
51
35 R · 16 D
Longest tenure
8 years
Franck Roberts Havenner
Current
3.8 years
Mike Thompson, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ca-4Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Sherman Otis Houghton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Dinwiddie Wigginton · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratPeter Dinwiddie Wigginton · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRomualdo Pacheco · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanRomualdo Pacheco · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanPleasant Britton Tully · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam W. Morrow · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam W. Morrow · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam W. Morrow · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Tyler Cutting · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJames George Maguire · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames George Maguire · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJames George Maguire · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJulius Kahn · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanEdward James Livernash · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJulius Kahn · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Kahn · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFlorence Prag Kahn · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFlorence Prag Kahn · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFlorence Prag Kahn · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanFlorence Prag Kahn · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFlorence Prag Kahn · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanFranck Roberts Havenner · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · Progressive → DemocratThomas Rolph · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Somers Mailliard · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Somers Mailliard · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Louis Leggett · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRobert Louis Leggett · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert Louis Leggett · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert Louis Leggett · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratVictor Herbert Fazio Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratVictor Herbert Fazio Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJohn T. Doolittle · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn T. Doolittle · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn T. Doolittle · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn T. Doolittle · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanTom McClintock · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanTom McClintock · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanRomualdo Pacheco · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Rolph · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanFranck Roberts Havenner · 1945-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratMike Thompson · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Mike Thompson D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Tom McClintock R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Tom McClintock R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John T. Doolittle R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John T. Doolittle R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John T. Doolittle R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John T. Doolittle R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Robert Louis Leggett D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Louis Leggett D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert Louis Leggett D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Robert Louis Leggett D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Somers Mailliard R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Somers Mailliard R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Franck Roberts Havenner D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1953 · 8 years
Thomas Rolph R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Thomas Rolph R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Franck Roberts Havenner P→D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
Florence Prag Kahn R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Florence Prag Kahn R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Florence Prag Kahn R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Florence Prag Kahn R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Florence Prag Kahn R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Julius Kahn R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Julius Kahn R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Julius Kahn R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Julius Kahn R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Julius Kahn R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Julius Kahn R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Julius Kahn R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Julius Kahn R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Julius Kahn R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Julius Kahn R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Edward James Livernash D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Julius Kahn R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Julius Kahn R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James George Maguire D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James George Maguire D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James George Maguire D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Tyler Cutting R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William W. Morrow R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William W. Morrow R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William W. Morrow R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Pleasant Britton Tully D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Romualdo Pacheco R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Romualdo Pacheco R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Romualdo Pacheco R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Sherman Otis Houghton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months

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