Santa Cruz County History - Government

Assembly Members Representing Santa Cruz County

Between 1849 and 1862, the Legislature met annually. Term of office for State Senators was 2 years; for Assembly Members, the term of office was one year.

Year	Session	Name	Party
1849	1	Per Lee, Theron R.	none
1851	2	Kellogg, E.B.	Independent
1852	3	Stephenson, Charles P.	Democrat
1853	4	Kittridge, F.M.	Democrat
1854 1855	5 6	Stow, William W.	Whig
1856	7	Blackburn, William	American
1857	8	Miles, Benjamin H.	Democrat
1858	9	Willson, Israel C.	Independent
1859	10	Imus, Hiram A.	Anti-Lecompton Democrat
1860	11	Halsted, James L.	Democrat
1861	12	Ford, Charles	Republican
1862	13	Eagar, Thomas	Republican

Source of Information: California Blue Book or State Roster. Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1907.

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From 1863 to 1945, the Legislature met every other year. From 1863 on, the term of office for a Senator was four years (it had been two years); for an Assembly Member the term of office was two years (it had been one year.)

Year	Session	Name	Party
1863	14	Willson, Israel C.	Union
1863	15	Devoe, Alfred	Union
1865	16	Anthony, William	Union
1867	17	Pardee, George	Union
1869	18	Hihn, F.A.	Independent
1871	19	Bockius, G.W.	Republican
1873	20	Thomas, Charles	Independent
1875	21	Rice, Henry	Democrat
1877	22	Pace, George	Democrat
1880	23	Anthony, Elihu	Work
1881	24	Cunningham, James F.	Democrat
1883 1885	25 26	Heath, Lucien	Republican
1887	27	Cope, Jesse	Democrat
1889	28	Hall, James A.	Democrat
1891	29	Galbraith, W.H.	Republican
1893	30	Adams, P.R.	Democrat
1895	31	Osborn, B.S.	Republican
1897	32	Aldridge, Frank	Democrat/People's Party
1899 1901	33 34	Radcliff, George G.	Republican

Source of Information: California Blue Book or State Roster. Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1907.

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From 1863 to 1945, the Legislature met every other year. Term of office was four years for a Senator and two years for an Assembly Member.

Year	Session	Name	Party
1903	35	Duffey, A.D. (unseated by) Wanzer, Harry S.	Democrat
1905	36	Cleveland, George C.	Republican
1907	37	Lucas, H.C.	Republican
1909 1911	38 39	Maher, J.B.	Democrat
1913	40	Bowman, D.D.	Republican
1915	41	McPherson, H.E.	Republican
1917	42	Hudson, R.H.	Republican
1919	43	Price, Champ S.	Republican
1921-- 1925	44-- 46	Cleveland, George C.	Republican
1927	47	Snyder, Bert B.	Republican
1929	48	Jespersen, Chris N.	Republican
1931	49	Snyder, Bert B.	Republican
1933 1935	50 51	Kallam, Clifford R.	Democrat/Republican
1937-- 1945	52-- 56	Leonard, Jacob M.	Republican/Democrat

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From 1947 to 1972, the Legislature met annually; odd-numbered years were general sessions and even-numbered years were budget sessions. From 1973 on, the Legislature has meet in two-year sessions with no limitations on the type of bills that could be introduced. The Legislative Sessions were no longer numbered after the 57th session (1947). Beginning with the 1992 election, the County was split between two Assembly Districts. The majority of the County was in the 27th District; a portion of the southern part of the County was in the 28th Assembly District. Term of office for an Assembly Member is two years.

Year	Name	Party
1947-1952	Grunsky, Donald L.	Republican/Democrat
1953-1962	Coolidge, Glenn E.	Republican/Democrat
1963-1966	Patee, Alan G.	Republican
1967-1976	Murphy, Frank Jr.	Republican
1977-1980	Mello, Henry	Democrat
1981-1992	Farr, Sam	Democrat
1992 (27th)	Farr, Sam To Congress 1993	Democrat
1992 (28th )	Areias, Rusty	Democrat
1993 (27th) Special Election	Bruce McPherson	Republican
1994 (27th)	Bruce McPherson	Republican
1994 (28th)	Peter Frusetta	Republican
1996 (27th)	Fred Keeley	Democrat
1996 (28th)	Peter Frusetta	Republican
1998 (27th)	Fred Keeley	Democrat
1998 (28th)	Peter Frusetta	Republican
2000 (27th)	Fred Keeley	Democrat
2000 (28th)	Simon Salinas	Democrat
2002 (27th)	John Laird	Democrat
2002 (28th)	Simon Salinas	Democrat
2004 (27th)	John Laird	Democrat
2004 (28th)	Simon Salinas	Democrat
2006 (27th)	John Laird	Democrat
2006 (28th)	Anna M. Caballero	Democrat
2008 (27th)	Bill Monning	Democrat
2008 (28th)	Anna M. Caballero	Democrat

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