JoinCalifornia - Legislators Need Research

Legislators Needing Birth/Death Dates Researched

2/19/2019
Of the 4444 people who have served in California's state legislature since 1849, we lack even the most basic biographic information on just about half. We're in the process of reviewing the information already collected and making sure that JoinCalifornia and the other databases we use contain matching information and are as complete as possible.

11/21/2023
In 2019, we had a project to identify additional information about the early state legislators. After several months, the current status (as of November 2023) is that there are about a hundred legislators for whom we have no information other than the basics (name, county represented, political party, and year served). There are another 1,400 legislators for whom some information is known (for example, a birthdate or a deathdate). Finally, there are just over 3,000 for whom this information is known.

2019	1850s	1860s	1870s	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	Remaining		Completed
2/19	635	557	277	446	352	291	225	126	19	1	1	2928		1515
2/25	623	548	272	444	344	285		119	14	0	0	2874		1569
3/4	611	546	259	436				73	9			2788		1655
3/11						249	153	71	5			2674		1769
--------------Number of legislators in each decade with zero or very limited biographic information.												Zero Info	Partial	Completed
3/11	611	546	259	436	344	249	153	71	5			1419	1255	1769
3/18	610	545		435	336	240	106					1399	1208	1838
3/25	608	537	257	331	335	238						1383	1103	1959
4/1	563						105					1383	1057	2004
4/8	552		253									1380	1043	2021
4/15	550		187	328	334				4			1375	978	2091
4/22	539	532	149	325	332		104		2			1351	941	2152
4/29	536	525	147	280	328	236	103	69	0			1271	953	2221
5/6	530	522		233	325	235	102					1184	979	2282
5/13	527				288	234						1126	996	2324
5/20	523	517			229	232	101					909	1124	2411
5/28	521	516	146		225	231	100	68				612	1408	2424
6/3	417	460	86	179	174	222	81	54				441	1212	2791
6/10	415	459		177	150	219	80	53				416	1223	2805
6/17												415	1224	2805
11/15												415	1224	2806
2023
2/14	271	103	2	26	35	27	6	1	0	0	0	471	1457	2569
2/19	257	97		20	32	13	5					427	1464	2606
2/26	208	46		17	18		2					306	1535	2655
3/5	175	22	0	6	3	1	0	0				207	1623	2667
3/19	174											206	1620	2671
3/25	173											205		2672
4/2	174			7	0	0						203	1529	2797
7/9	133	22	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161	1508	2827
7/16	114	18	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	1394	2964
11/19	77	14	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	1374	3025
--------------Number of legislators in each decade with zero or very limited biographic information.											No Info	Partial	Close	Completed
11/22	77	14		6							97	725	629	3045

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