California State Senate Pro Tem

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In the California Senate, the President Pro Tempore ("for the time being") is the highest ranking leader and most powerful member of the Senate. He or she also chairs the Senate Rules Committee. At the beginning of each two-year session, all Senators elect a new President Pro Tempore. [[1]]

Year	President Pro Tem of California	Political Party
1849	E. Kirby Chamberlain	?
1851	Elcan Heydenfeldt	Whig
1852	Benjamin F. Keene	Democrat
1853	Benjamin F. Keene	Democrat
1854	Benjamin F. Keene	Democrat
1855	Royal T. Sprague	Democrat
1856	Delos R. Ashley	American
1857	Samuel H. Dosh	Democrat
1858	Samuel A. Merritt	Democrat
1859	W. B. Dickinson	Democrat
1860	Isaac N. Quinn	Democrat
1861	Richard Irwin	Douglass Democrat
1862	James McM. Shafter	Republican
1863	A. M. Crane	Union
1864	R. Burnell	Union
1866	S. P. Wright	Union
1868	Lansing B. Mizner	Union
1870	Edward J. Lewis	Democrat
1872	James T. Farley	Democrat
1874	William Irwin	Democrat
1876	Benjamin F. Tuttle	Democrat
1878	Edward J. Lewis	Democrat
1880	George F. Baker	Republican
1881	William Johnston	Republican
1883	R. F. Del Valle	Democrat
1885	Benjamin Knight, Jr.	Democrat
1887	Stephen M. White	Democrat
1889	Stephen M. White	Democrat
1891	Thomas Fraser	Republican
1893	R. B. Carpenter	Republican
1895	Thomas Flint, Jr.	Republican
1897	Thomas Flint, Jr.	Republican
1899	Thomas Flint, Jr.	Republican
1901	Thomas Flint, Jr.	Republican
1903	Thomas Flint, Jr.	Republican
1905	Edward I. Wolfe	Republican
1907	Edward I. Wolfe	Republican
1909	Edward I. Wolfe	Republican
1911	A. E. Boynton	Republican
1913	A. E. Boynton	Republican
1915	N. W. Thompson	Republican
1917	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1919	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1921	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1923	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1925	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1927	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1929	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1931	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1933	Arthur H. Breed	Republican
1935	William P. Rich	Republican
1937	William P. Rich	Republican
1939	Jerrold L. Seawell	Republican
1943	Jerrold L. Seawell	Republican
1945	Jerrold L. Seawell	Republican
1947	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1948	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1949	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1950	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1951	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1952	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1953	Harold J. Powers	Republican
1954	Clarence C. Ward	Republican
1955	Clarence C. Ward	Republican
1955	Ben Hulse	Republican
1956	Ben Hulse	Republican
1957	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1958	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1959	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1960	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1961	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1962	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1963	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1964	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1965	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1966	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1967	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1968	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1969	Hugh M. Burns	Democrat
1969	Howard Way	Republican
1970	Howard Way	Republican
1970	Jack Schrade	Republican
1971	James R. Mills	Democrat
1972	James R. Mills	Democrat
1973	James R. Mills	Democrat
1975	James R. Mills	Democrat
1977	James R. Mills	Democrat
1979	James R. Mills	Democrat
1981	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1983	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1985	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1987	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1989	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1991	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1993	David A. Roberti	Democrat
1994	Bill Lockyer	Democrat
1995	Bill Lockyer	Democrat
1997	Bill Lockyer	Democrat
1998	John L. Burton	Democrat
1999	John L. Burton	Democrat
2001	John L. Burton	Democrat
2003	John L. Burton	Democrat
2004	Don Perata	Democrat
2005	Don Perata	Democrat
2007	Don Perata	Democrat
2009	Daryl Steinberg	Democrat