State: | California |
District Number: | AL |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1849 1883 |
Eliminated: | 1865 1885 |
Years: | 1849-1865 1883-1885 |
Population Year: | 1860 1880 |
After statehood was achieved on September 9, 1850 and until 1865, California elected its congressional representatives statewide at-large — two representatives from September 11, 1850 to 1861, and 3 representatives from 1861 to 1865.
Also, from 1883 to 1885, California elected two of its six representatives to the United States House of Representatives statewide at-large.
Congress and years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | ||||||||||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
nowrap | September 11, 1850 – March 3, 1851 | align=left | George Wright | Independent | Elected in 1849. Retired. | align=left | Edward Gilbert | Democratic | Elected in 1849. Retired. | ||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | align=left | Edward C. Marshall | Democratic | Elected late in 1851. Retired. | align=left | Joseph W. McCorkle | Democratic | Elected late in 1851. Lost renomination. | ||||||||
nowrap | March 3, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | align=left | Milton Latham | Democratic | Elected in 1852. Retired. | align=left | James A. McDougall | Democratic | Elected in 1852. Lost re-election. | ||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | align=left | James W. Denver | Democratic | Elected in 1854. Retired. | align=left | Philemon T. Herbert | Democratic | Elected in 1854. Retired after manslaughter acquittal | ||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | align=left | Joseph C. McKibbin | Democratic | Elected in 1856. Lost re-election. | Charles L. Scott | Democratic | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1859. Retired. | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | align=left | John C. Burch | Democratic | Elected in 1859. Retired. | ||||||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1861 – June 3, 1862 | Timothy Phelps | Republican | Elected in 1861. Retired. | Aaron A. Sargent | Republican | Elected in 1861. Retired. | Vacant | |||||||||
nowrap | June 3, 1862 – March 3, 1863 | align=left | Frederick F. Low | Republican | Elected in 1861 but not permitted by the House to take his seat. Subsequently qualified under special Act of Congress. Retired. | ||||||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | align=left | Cornelius Cole | Republican | Elected in 1863. | align=left | William Higby | Republican | Elected in 1863. Redistricted to the . | align=left | Thomas B. Shannon | Republican | Elected in 1863. Retired. | ||||
nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1883 | Seat eliminated | Seat eliminated | Seat eliminated | |||||||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | align=left | John R. Glascock | Democratic | Elected in 1882. Lost re-election in the . | align=left | Charles A. Sumner | Democratic | Elected in 1882. Lost re-election in the . |
In these elections, the top two vote-getters (three from 1861 to 1863) were elected to the House.
The election was held November 13, 1849.
1849 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |||||
Independent | align=right | 20,481 | align=right | 79.44% | align=right | 1 | align=right | +1 | |
Democratic | align=right | 5,300 | align=right | 20.56% | align=right | 1 | align=right | +1 | |
Totals | 25,781 | 100.00% | 2 | — |
The 1851 election was held October 7, 1851.
1851 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |||||
Democratic | align=right | 48,784 | align=right | 53.92% | align=right | 2 | align=right | +1 | |
Whig | align=right | 41,684 | align=right | 46.08% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | |
Independent | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 0 | align=right | –1 | |
Totals | 90,468 | 100.00% | 2 | — |
The election was held November 2, 1852.
1852 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |||||
Democratic | align=right | 79,268 | align=right | 53.38% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 0 | |
Whig | align=right | 69,232 | align=right | 46.62% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | |
Totals | 148,500 | 100.00% | 2 | — |
The election was held September 6, 1854.
1854 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | ||||
Democratic | align=right | 95,178 | align=right | 58.0% | align=right | 2 | |
Whig | align=right | 69,152 | align=right | 42.0% | align=right | 0 | |
Totals | 164,330 | 100.0% | 2 |
The election was held November 4, 1856.
1856 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | ||||
Democratic | align=right | 101,708 | align=right | 47.0% | align=right | 2 | |
Know Nothing | align=right | 71,403 | align=right | 33.0% | align=right | 0 | |
Republican | align=right | 43,139 | align=right | 20.0% | align=right | 0 | |
Totals | 216,250 | 100.0% | 2 |
The election was held September 7, 1859.
United States House of Representatives election in California, | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | ||||
Democratic | align=right | 161,106 | align=right | 79.4% | align=right | 2 | |
Republican | align=right | 41,739 | align=right | 20.6% | align=right | 0 | |
Totals | 202,845 | 100.0% | 2 |
The election was held September 4, 1861.
1861 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |||||
Democratic | align=right | 180,719 | align=right | 56.1% | align=right | 0 | align=right | -2 | |
Republican | align=right | 141,402 | align=right | 43.9% | align=right | 3 | align=right | +3 | |
Totals | 322,121 | 100.0% | 3 | — |
The election was held September 2, 1863.
1863 United States House of Representatives election in California | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | ||||
Republican | align=right | 194,882 | align=right | 69.1% | align=right | 0 | |
Democratic | align=right | 87,087 | align=right | 30.9% | align=right | 0 | |
Totals | 281,969 | 100.0% | 3 |
California elected two at-large representatives in addition to its four representatives in districts in 1882. For these results see 1882 United States House of Representatives elections in California.