President pro tempore of the California State Senate

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The president pro tempore of the California State Senate (President Pro Tem) is the chief executive and highest-ranking member the California State Senate and serves as chair of the Senate Rules Committee. The Pro Tem is chosen at the beginning of each two-year session, via election by all the other senators-elect.[1]

The current President pro tempore is Mike McGuire, a Democratic member from the 2nd district, who was sworn in on February 5, 2024.[2]


Powers and duties

The President pro tempore acts as the chair of the Senate while the President, the Lieutenant Governor of California, is absent during meetings, having the same powers of the president.[3] If the President Pro Tempore is absent, another Senator appointed by the President pro tempore can act as chair.[4] The President pro tempore has a responsibility to "secure the prompt and businesslike disposition of bills and other business before the Senate."[5]

List of presidents pro tempore of the California State Senate

No. President pro tempore Political party District Term start Term end
1 E. Kirby Chamberlain
(1805–1852)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | NonpartisanTemplate:Efn Los Angeles–San DiegoTemplate:Efn December 15, 1849 January 9, 1851
2 Elcan Heydenfeldt
(1821–1898)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Whig 6th–San Francisco January 9, 1851 January 8, 1852
3 Benjamin F. Keene
(1813–1856)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 12th–Placerville January 8, 1852 January 2, 1854
18th–PlacervilleTemplate:Efn
4 File:Royal T. Sprague, 1870.jpg Royal Sprague
(1814–1872)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 13th–Shasta January 1, 1855 May 7, 1855
5 File:Delos R. Ashley (Nevada Congressman).jpg Delos R. Ashley
(1828–1873)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | American 3rd–San Francisco January 9, 1856 April 21, 1856
6 Samuel H. Dosh
(1827–1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 13th–Shasta January 5, 1857 April 29, 1857
7 File:Samuelamerritt (cropped).PNG Samuel A. Merritt
(1827–1910)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 10th–Shasta January 4, 1858 April 26, 1858
8 W. B. Dickinson
(????–????)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 5th–Sacramento January 3, 1859 April 19, 1859
9 File:Isaac N. Quinn.jpg Isaac N. Quinn
(1795–1865)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 7th–San Rafael January 2, 1860 January 19, 1860
10 Charles J. Lansing
(????–1884)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 16th–Stockton January 19, 1860 April 13, 1860
11 Richard Irwin
(1828–1869)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Union Democratic 26th–Quincy January 7, 1861 May 20, 1861
12 File:James M. Shafter (Vermont, Wisconsin, California politician).jpg James M. Shafter
(1816–1892)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 24th–San Francisco January 6, 1862 May 15, 1862
13 File:Addison M. Crane, portrait.jpg Addison M. Crane
(1814–1889)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Union 9th–Squatterville December 7, 1863 April 4, 1864
14 Ransom Burnell
(1821–1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Union 14th–St. Helena April 4, 1864 December 4, 1865
15 S. P. Wright
(????–1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Union 27th–Santa Barbara December 4, 1865 April 2, 1866
16 File:Lansing Bond Mizner (1825–1893).png Lansing B. Mizner
(1825–1893)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Union 25th–Tehama December 2, 1867 March 30, 1868
17 Edward J. Lewis
(1832–1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 17th–Yountville December 6, 1869 April 1, 1872
18 File:James T. Farley (cropped).jpg James T. Farley
(1829–1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 16th–Volcano December 1, 1873 March 13, 1874
19 File:William Irwin, 1827-1886 LCCN2002723389 (cropped).jpg William Irwin
(1827–1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 28th–San Francisco March 13, 1874 February 27, 1875
20 File:Benjamin F. Tuttle, 1907.jpg Benjamin F. Tuttle
(1825–1907)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 21st–San Francisco February 27, 1875 April 3, 1876
21 Edward J. Lewis
(1832–1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 25th–Tehama December 3, 1877 April 16, 1880
22 File:George F. Baker, 1880.jpg George F. Baker
(1849–1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 7th–San Jose April 16, 1880 January 3, 1881
23 William Johnson
(1829–1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 18th–Courtland January 3, 1881 April 1, 1882
24 File:(Reginaldo F. del Valle) (12911880024) (crop 2).jpg R. F. del Valle
(1854–1938)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 2nd–Los Angeles April 1, 1882 March 13, 1883
25 Benjamin Knight
(1836–1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 6th–Santa Cruz January 5, 1885 March 12, 1887
26 File:StephenMWhite (cropped).JPG Stephen M. White
(1853–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 38th–Los Angeles January 3, 1887 March 16, 1889
27 Thomas Fraser
(1831–1902)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 7th–Placerville January 5, 1891 March 25, 1891
28 R. B. Carpenter
(1831–1909)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 33rd–Los Angeles January 2, 1893 March 14, 1893
29 File:Thomas Flint Jr., 1899.jpg Thomas Flint Jr.
(1857–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 33rd–Hollister January 7, 1895 March 14, 1903
30 File:Edward I. Wolfe, 1907.jpg Edward I. Wolfe
(1860–1920)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 21st–San Francisco January 2, 1905 March 24, 1909
31 File:A. E. Boynton, 1920s.jpg Albert E. Boynton
(1875–1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 6th–Oroville January 2, 1911 May 12, 1913
32 File:Newton W. Thompson, 1910.jpg Newton W. Thompson
(1865–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 35th–Alhambra January 4, 1915 January 11, 1916
33 File:Arthur S. Breed, 1924.jpg Arthur H. Breed Sr.
(1865–1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 15th–Oakland January 8, 1917 July 26, 1933
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34 File:William P. Rich, 1942.jpg William P. Rich
(1880–1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 10th–Marysville January 7, 1935 June 20, 1939
35 File:Jerrold L. Seawell, 1935.jpg Jerrold L. Seawell
(1897–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 7th–Roseville January 2, 1939 June 14, 1941
36 File:William P. Rich, 1942.jpg William P. Rich
(1880–1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 10th–Marysville January 6, 1941 January 4, 1943
37 File:Jerrold L. Seawell, 1942.jpg Jerrold L. Seawell
(1897–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 7th–Roseville January 4, 1943 June 16, 1945
38 File:Harold J. Powers, 1954.jpg Harold J. Powers
(1900–1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 31st–Cedarville January 6, 1947 October 5, 1953
39 File:Clarence C. Ward, 1954.jpg Clarence C. Ward
(1894–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 31st–Santa Barbara March 1, 1954 May 9, 1955
40 File:Ben Hulse, 1954.jpg Ben Hulse
(1894–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 39th–Imperial January 3, 1955 April 5, 1956
41 File:Hugh M. Burns, 1967 Edit.jpg Hugh M. Burns
(1902–1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 30th–Fresno January 5, 1957 May 14, 1969
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42 File:Howard Way, 1967.jpg Howard Way
(1913–2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 15th– Exeter May 14, 1969 February 10, 1970
43 File:Jack Schrade, 1963.jpg Jack Schrade
(1902–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Republican 39th–El Cajon February 10, 1970 November 30, 1970
44 File:James R. Mills, 1971.jpg James R. Mills
(1927–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 40th–San Diego November 30, 1970 November 30, 1980
45 File:David Roberti, 1971.jpg David Roberti
(born 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 23rd–Los Angeles November 30, 1980 January 31, 1994
46 File:Bill Lockyer, 1997.jpg Bill Lockyer
(born 1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 10th–Oakland January 31, 1994 February 5, 1998
47 File:John Burton, 1997.jpg John Burton
(born 1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 3rd–San Francisco February 5, 1998 November 30, 2004
48 File:Don Perata (D744C73F-5981-416E-85C6-A7E0A7A334E2) (1).jpg Don Perata
(born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 9th–Alameda November 30, 2004 August 21, 2008
49 File:Darrell Steinberg 2014 CADEM Convention (1).jpg Darrell Steinberg
(born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 6th–Sacramento August 21, 2008 October 15, 2014
50 File:Kevin de León (portrait) (cropped).jpg Kevin de León
(born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 24th–Los Angeles October 15, 2014 March 21, 2018
51 File:Toni Atkins Headshot (cropped).jpg Toni Atkins
(born 1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 39th–San Diego March 21, 2018 February 5, 2024
52 File:CA Sen Mike McGuire (cropped).jpg Mike McGuire
(born 1979)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" | Democratic 2nd–Healdsburg February 5, 2024 Incumbent

See also

References

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