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.