the state of california has 53 members of the house of representatives in congress.
the state of california has 53 members of the house of representatives in congress.
how many members of the house of representatives does the state of california have in congress?
53
seniority depends on the date on which members were sworn into office. since many members are sworn in on the same day, subsequent ranking is based on previous congressional service of the individual and then by alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.









































committee chairmanship in the house is often associated with seniority. however, party leadership is typically not associated with seniority.









































note: the "*" indicates that the representative/delegate may have served one or more non-consecutive terms while in the house of representatives of the united states congress.









































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list of members of the united states house of representatives in the 53rd congress by seniority
one-term congresspeople are members of the united states house of representatives that spent only one two-year term (or less) in office usually either due to death, resignation, or defeat. in some rare cases freshmen members have decided to run for another office or not run for reelection. a good many members that serve in the house for only one term are viewed as accidental congressmen due to having been elected in a fluke election or by riding in on the coattails of a popular presidential candidate. among the most famous one-term congressmen were abraham lincoln, who served as a whig in the 30th congress of 1847-1849 and was later the 16th president of the united states; john marshall, who was elected as a federalist to the 6th congress and was later the 4th chief justice of the supreme court; william pennington, who served as a republican in the 36th congress and was the first sitting speaker of the house to be defeated in a bid for re-election; joseph pulitzer, the famed newspaperman that resigned from office during his term; george sutherland, who served as a republican in the 57th congress and was later an associate u.s. supreme court justice; jefferson davis, who became the only president of the confederate states of america; and william m. "boss" tweed, who served as a democrat to the 33rd congress and later went on to become infamous for his leadership of tammany hall, the dominant political machine in new york city throughout the nineteenth century; and isidor straus, the co-owner of macy's department store who died in the sinking of the "titanic".
list of members of the united states house of representatives who served a single term