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California's 9th congressional district

32 members have held this seat since Apr 7, 1913. Now: Josh Harder D.

Holders
32
17 D · 12 R · 3 P
Longest tenure
8 years
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart
Current
3.8 years
Josh Harder, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ca-9Every holder, newest first
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19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Charles Webster Bell · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Hiram Randall · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · ProhibitionistCharles Hiram Randall · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · ProhibitionistCharles Hiram Randall · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · ProhibitionistWalter Franklin Lineberger · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Franklin Lineberger · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Franklin Lineberger · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Elmer Evans · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Elmer Evans · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Elmer Evans · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanDenver Samuel Church · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratBertrand Wesley Gearhart · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanAllan Oakley Hunter · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanJesse Arthur Younger · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Donlon Edwards · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Donlon Edwards · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Donlon Edwards · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratFortney Pete Stark · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratFortney Pete Stark · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFortney Pete Stark · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratRonald Vernie Dellums · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRonald Vernie Dellums · 1997-01-07 – 1998-02-08 · DemocratBarbara Lee · 1998-04-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Lee · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Lee · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Lee · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratJerry McNerney · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratBertrand Wesley Gearhart · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCecil Fielding White · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratJesse Arthur Younger · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJerry McNerney · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJosh Harder · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Josh Harder D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Jerry McNerney D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Jerry McNerney D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Barbara Lee D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Barbara Lee D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Barbara Lee D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Barbara Lee D
Apr 7, 1998 – Jan 4, 1999 · 9 months
Ronald Vernie Dellums D
Jan 7, 1997 – Feb 8, 1998 · 13 months
Ronald Vernie Dellums D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Fortney Pete Stark D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Fortney Pete Stark D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Fortney Pete Stark D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Donlon Edwards D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Donlon Edwards D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Donlon Edwards D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Jesse Arthur Younger R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Jesse Arthur Younger R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Allan Oakley Hunter R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
Cecil Fielding White D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Denver Samuel Church D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
William Elmer Evans R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Elmer Evans R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Elmer Evans R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Walter Franklin Lineberger R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Walter Franklin Lineberger R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Walter Franklin Lineberger R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Charles Hiram Randall P
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Hiram Randall P
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Hiram Randall P
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Webster Bell R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months

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