California's At-large congressional district

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From 1849 to 1865, California elected its representatives statewide at-large, two representatives from 1849 to 1860, and 3 representatives from 1862 to 1865.

Also, from 1883 to 1885, California elected two of its six representatives to the United States House of Representatives state-wide at-large.

1 Representatives

[edit] Representatives

[edit] First seat

Representatve	Party	Years	District home	Note
George Wright	Independent	1849 – 1851
Edward C. Marshall	Democratic	1851 – 1853
Milton S. Latham	Democratic	1853 – 1855
James W. Denver	Democratic	1855 – 1857
Joseph C. McKibbin	Democratic	1857 – 1859
John C. Burch	Democratic	1859 – 1861
Timothy Phelps	Republican	1861 – 1863
Cornelius Cole	Republican	1863-03-04 – 1865-03-03		Seat replaced by districts
Seat eliminated		1865-03-04 – 1883-03-03
John R. Glascock	Democratic	1883-03-04 – 1885-03-03	Oakland	Lost re-election to a redistricted seat
Seat eliminated		1885-03-04

[edit] Second seat

Representatve	Party	Years	Note
Edward Gilbert	Democratic	1849 – 1851
Joseph W. McCorkle	Democratic	1851 – 1853
James A. McDougall	Democratic	1853 – 1855
Philemon T. Herbert	Democratic	1855 – 1857
Charles L. Scott	Democratic	1857 – 1861
Aaron A. Sargent	Republican	1861 – 1863
William Higby	Republican	1863 – 1865	Seat replaced by districts
Not used		1865 – 1883
Charles A. Sumner	Democratic	1883 – 1885	Seat replaced by districts
Eliminated		1885