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These are tables of congressional delegations from California in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives .
United States Senate
Passages Congress Senator Reason for Vacancy Appointed Successor Date of Appointment Elected Successor Date of Election 32nd Seat was vacant from March 4 , 1851 due to failure of the legislature to elect. John B. Weller January 30 , 1852 34th Seat was vacant from March 4 , 1855 due to failure of the legislature to elect. William M. Gwin January 13 , 1857 35th David C. Broderick Died September 16 , 1859 , mortally wounded in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California. Henry P. Haun November 3 , 1859 Milton S. Latham March 5 , 1860 43rd Eugene Casserly Resigned November 29 , 1973 . none John S. Hager December 23 , 1873 49th John Franklin Miller Died March 8 , 1886 . George Hearst March 23 , 1886 Abram P. Williams August 4 , 1886 51st , 52nd George Hearst Died February 28 , 1891 . none Charles N. Felton March 19 , 1891 53rd Leland Stanford Died June 21 , 1893 . George C. Perkins July 26 , 1893 George C. Perkins 56th Seat was vacant from March 4 , 1899 due to failure of the legislature to elect. Thomas R. Bard February 7 , 1900 75th William Gibbs McAdoo Resigned November 8 , 1938 . Thomas M. Storke November 9 , 1938 none 79th Hiram Johnson Died August 6 , 1945 . William F. Knowland August 26 , 1945 William F. Knowland General election 82nd Richard Nixon Resigned January 1 , 1953 to be Vice President of the United States . Thomas H. Kuchel January 2 , 1953 Thomas H. Kuchel General election 81st Sheridan Downey Resigned November 30 , 1950 due to ill health. Richard Nixon December 1 , 1950 Richard Nixon General election 88th Clair Engle Died July 30 , 1964 . Pierre Salinger August 4 , 1964 none 88th Pierre Salinger Resigned December 31 , 1964 . George Lloyd Murphy January 1 , 1965 George Lloyd Murphy General election 91st George Lloyd Murphy Resigned January 2 , 1971 . Tunney had been elected to the next term and took office a day early. John V. Tunney January 2 , 1971 John V. Tunney General election 94th John V. Tunney Resigned January 1 , 1977 . None; the next elected senator took his seat two days later. 102nd Pete Wilson Resigned January 7 , 1991 to be governor of California. John F. Seymour January 10 , 1991 Dianne Feinstein November 10 , 1992
United States House of Representatives
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Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - California (3157 words)
California's giant judiciary is supervised by the seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California . California is famous for its earthquakes due partly to the presence of the San Andreas Fault. California's mountain ranges influence the climate as well; moisture-laden air from the west cools as it ascends the mountains, dropping moisture; some of the rainiest parts of the state are west-facing mountain slopes.
Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - California (3157 words)
California's giant judiciary is supervised by the seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California . California is famous for its earthquakes due partly to the presence of the San Andreas Fault. California's mountain ranges influence the climate as well; moisture-laden air from the west cools as it ascends the mountains, dropping moisture; some of the rainiest parts of the state are west-facing mountain slopes.
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