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California's 6th congressional district

47 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1885. Now: Ami Bera D.

Holders
47
29 R · 15 D · 2 P · 1 P
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Albert Edward Carter
Current
3.8 years
Ami Bera, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ca-6Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Henry Harrison Markham · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Vandever · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Vandever · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Bowers · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanMarion Cannon · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · PopulistJames McLachlan · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Averill Barlow · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistRussell Judson Waters · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames McLachlan · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames Carson Needham · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Carson Needham · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames Carson Needham · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames Carson Needham · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames Carson Needham · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Russell Knowland · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Arthur Elston · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · ProgressiveJohn Arthur Elston · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Arthur Elston · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Arthur Elston · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJames Henry MacLafferty · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Edward Carter · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanAlbert Edward Carter · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Edward Carter · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Edward Carter · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Edward Carter · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Edward Carter · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Likens Condon · 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratJohn Finley Baldwin Jr. · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Finley Baldwin Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Somers Mailliard · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Somers Mailliard · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Somers Mailliard · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanPhillip Burton · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratPhillip Burton · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Boxer · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratLynn C. Woolsey · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratLynn C. Woolsey · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratLynn C. Woolsey · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratLynn C. Woolsey · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratLynn C. Woolsey · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratDoris O. Matsui · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratJames Henry MacLafferty · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Paul Miller · 1945-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJohn Lowell Burton · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Boxer · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratDoris O. Matsui · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratAmi Bera · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Ami Bera D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Doris O. Matsui D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Doris O. Matsui D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Lynn C. Woolsey D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Lynn C. Woolsey D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Lynn C. Woolsey D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Lynn C. Woolsey D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Lynn C. Woolsey D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Barbara Boxer D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Barbara Boxer D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Phillip Burton D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Phillip Burton D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Lowell Burton D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
William Somers Mailliard R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Somers Mailliard R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Somers Mailliard R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Robert Likens Condon D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2 years
George Paul Miller D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1953 · 8 years
Albert Edward Carter R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Albert Edward Carter R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Albert Edward Carter R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Albert Edward Carter R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Albert Edward Carter R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Albert Edward Carter R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
James Henry MacLafferty R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Arthur Elston R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Henry MacLafferty R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Arthur Elston R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Arthur Elston R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Arthur Elston P
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Joseph Russell Knowland R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Carson Needham R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Carson Needham R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Carson Needham R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Carson Needham R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Carson Needham R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James McLachlan R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Russell Judson Waters R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Averill Barlow P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James McLachlan R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Marion Cannon P
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Wallace Bowers R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Vandever R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Vandever R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Henry Harrison Markham R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months

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