Legislators Needing Birth/Death Dates Researched

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.

In 2019, we had a project to identify additional information about the early state legislators. After several months, the final status is that there are 415 legislators for whom we have no information other than the basics (name, county represented, political party, and year served). There are another 1,224 legislators for whom some information is known (for example, a birthdate or a deathdate). Finally, there are just over 2,800 for whom this information is known.