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March 14, 2020 By Alex Vassar

The 129-year-old Case of Robert Desty

In the first years of California statehood, the number of individuals who served in the state legislature was huge. With shorter sessions (one-year Assembly terms and two-year Senate terms) and very few legislators who served multiple terms, each decade saw hundreds of new lawmakers rather than the 120-150 that we’ve seen in recent years. For […]

Filed Under: Corrections, Current Research, Editorial, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, State Senate, Top Stories

May 25, 2019 By Alex Vassar

Ongoing Research and Corrections

As mentioned in a previous post, our list of California state legislators dates back more than a century to. The information collected is generally all that we know about most legislators; Name, Party, Counties Represented, and Session (year) served. Since February, I’ve been working on filling in gaps, making corrections, and tracking down additional information […]

Filed Under: Corrections, Current Research, State Assembly

May 23, 2019 By Alex Vassar

Total Legislator Count Drops by One

The total count for California state legislators has dropped by one (to 4,442 since 1849) through the correction of a 130-year-old error. It appears that when Winfield J. Davis compiled his list of California state legislators for the 1889 Government Roster of the State of California, he accidentally included Assemblyman R. H. Myers of the […]

Filed Under: Corrections, Current Research, State Assembly

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