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California's 7th congressional district

38 members have held this seat since Aug 7, 1893. Now: Doris O. Matsui D.

Holders
38
19 D · 18 R · 1 P
Longest tenure
12 years
John Joseph Allen Jr.
Current
3.8 years
Doris O. Matsui, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ca-7Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020William Wallace Bowers · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Bowers · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCurtis Harvey Castle · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistJames Carson Needham · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames Carson Needham · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames McLachlan · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames McLachlan · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames McLachlan · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames McLachlan · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Dennison Stephens · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanDenver Samuel Church · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDenver Samuel Church · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratDenver Samuel Church · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Ellsworth Barbour · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Roscoe Eltse · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Harvey Tolan · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJeffery Cohelan · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJeffery Cohelan · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJeffery Cohelan · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRonald Vernie Dellums · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratAmi Bera · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratJohn Harvey Tolan · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph Allen Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanAmi Bera · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDoris O. Matsui · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Doris O. Matsui D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Ami Bera D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Ami Bera D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
George Miller D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
George Miller D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
George Miller D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
George Miller D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
George Miller D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
George Miller D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
George Miller D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Ronald Vernie Dellums D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Jeffery Cohelan D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Jeffery Cohelan D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Jeffery Cohelan D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Joseph Allen Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
John Harvey Tolan D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
John Harvey Tolan D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Ralph Roscoe Eltse R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Henry Ellsworth Barbour R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Denver Samuel Church D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Denver Samuel Church D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Denver Samuel Church D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Dennison Stephens R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James McLachlan R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James McLachlan R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James McLachlan R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James McLachlan R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Carson Needham R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Carson Needham R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Curtis Harvey Castle P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Wallace Bowers R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Wallace Bowers R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months

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