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  Senate President Pro Tempore - History
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DescriptionThe President pro Tempore, who also serves as the Chair of the Rule Committee, is the actual leader of the Senate. He or she is elected by the Members at the beginning of each Session. The "Pro Tem" is the presiding office on the Floor, overseeing the appointment of committee members, assignment of bills, progress of legislation through the house, confirmation of gubernatorial appointees, and overall direction of policy. He or she is also the political leader of the majority party.

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Date Type Results
Dec 05, 2022 Leadership Election
 Toni Atkins(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 07, 2020 Leadership Election
 Toni Atkins(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 03, 2018 Leadership Election
 Toni Atkins(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 21, 2018 Leadership Election
 Toni Atkins
1
100.00%
Dec 05, 2016 Leadership Election
 Kevin de León(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 01, 2014 Leadership Election
 Kevin de León
1
100.00%
Dec 06, 2010 Leadership Election
 Darrell Steinberg(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 01, 2008 Leadership Election
 Darrell Steinberg
1
100.00%
Dec 06, 2006 Leadership Election
 Don Perata(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 06, 2004 Leadership Election
 Don Perata(I)
1
100.00%
Aug 24, 2004 Leadership Election
 Don Perata(I)
13
43.33%
 Martha Escutia
12
40.00%
 Sheila J. Kuehl
5
16.67%
Aug 24, 2004 Leadership Election
 Don Perata
1
100.00%
 Martha Escutia
0
0.00%
 Sheila J. Kuehl
0
0.00%
Jan 06, 2003 Leadership Election
 John Burton(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 02, 2002 Leadership Election
 John Burton(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 04, 2000 Leadership Election
 John Burton(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 07, 1998 Leadership Election
 John Burton(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 16, 1998 Leadership Election
 John Burton
21
100.00%
 Patrick Johnston
0
0.00%
 Richard G. Polanco
0
0.00%
 Jim Costa
0
0.00%
Dec 02, 1996 Leadership Election
 William W. "Bill" Lockyer(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 07, 1994 Leadership Election
 William W. "Bill" Lockyer(I)
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1994 Leadership Election
 William W. "Bill" Lockyer
1
100.00%
Dec 07, 1992 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 03, 1990 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 05, 1988 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 01, 1986 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti(I)
38
100.00%
Dec 03, 1984 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 06, 1982 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 01, 1980 Leadership Election
 David V. Roberti
38
100.00%
Dec 04, 1978 Leadership Election
 James R. Mills(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 06, 1976 Leadership Election
 James R. Mills(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 06, 1975 Leadership Election
 James R. Mills(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 08, 1973 Leadership Election
 James R. Mills(I)
1
100.00%
 John L. Harmer
0
0.00%
Jan 04, 1971 Leadership Election
 James R. Mills
21
52.50%
 Jack Schrade(I)
19
47.50%
Feb 10, 1970 Leadership Election
 Jack Schrade
23
65.71%
 Howard Way(I)
12
34.29%
May 14, 1969 Leadership Election
 Howard Way
21
53.85%
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
18
46.15%
Jan 06, 1969 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1967 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 04, 1965 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1963 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1961 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 05, 1959 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1957 Leadership Election
 Hugh M. Burns
22
55.00%
 Donald L. Grunsky
18
45.00%
Jun 06, 1955 Leadership Election
 Ben Hulse
1
100.00%
Jan 03, 1955 Leadership Election
 Clarence C. Ward
1
100.00%
Jan 05, 1953 Leadership Election
 Harold J. Powers(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 08, 1951 Leadership Election
 Harold J. Powers(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 03, 1949 Leadership Election
 Harold J. Powers(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 06, 1947 Leadership Election
 Harold J. Powers
1
100.00%
Jan 08, 1945 Leadership Election
 Jerrold L. Seawell(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 04, 1943 Leadership Election
 Jerrold L. Seawell
1
100.00%
Jan 06, 1941 Leadership Election
 William P. Rich
22
56.41%
 Jerrold L. Seawell(I)
17
43.59%
Jan 02, 1939 Leadership Election
 Jerrold L. Seawell
1
100.00%
Jan 04, 1937 Leadership Election
 William P. Rich(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1935 Leadership Election
 William P. Rich
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1933 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
1
100.00%
 William P. Rich
0
0.00%
Jan 05, 1931 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1929 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 03, 1927 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 05, 1925 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
29
74.36%
 Herbert C. Jones
10
25.64%
Jan 08, 1923 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 03, 1921 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 06, 1919 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.(I)
39
100.00%
Jan 08, 1917 Leadership Election
 Arthur H. Breed, Sr.
1
100.00%
Jan 04, 1915 Leadership Election
 Newton W. Thompson
1
100.00%
Jan 06, 1913 Leadership Election
 Albert E. Boynton(I)
1
100.00%
 John Barry "J.B." Curtin
0
0.00%
Jan 02, 1911 Leadership Election
 Albert E. Boynton
1
100.00%
 John Barry "J.B." Curtin
0
0.00%
Jan 04, 1909 Leadership Election
 Edward I. "Ed" Wolfe(I)
1
100.00%
 John Barry "J.B." Curtin
0
0.00%
Jan 07, 1907 Leadership Election
 Edward I. "Ed" Wolfe(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1905 Leadership Election
 Edward I. "Ed" Wolfe
1
100.00%
Jan 05, 1903 Leadership Election
 Thomas Flint Jr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1901 Leadership Election
 Thomas Flint Jr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1899 Leadership Election
 Thomas Flint Jr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 04, 1897 Leadership Election
 Thomas Flint Jr.(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1895 Leadership Election
 Thomas Flint Jr.
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1893 Leadership Election
 Richard B. Carpenter
1
100.00%
 Henry C. Wilson
0
0.00%
Jan 05, 1891 Leadership Election
 Thomas Fraser
27
69.23%
 Benjamin F. Langford
12
30.77%
Jan 07, 1889 Leadership Election
 Stephen M. White(I)
21
55.26%
 J.N.E. Wilson
17
44.74%
Jan 03, 1887 Leadership Election
 Stephen M. White
26
66.67%
 Augustus L. Chandler
13
33.33%
Jan 05, 1885 Leadership Election
 Benjamin A. Knight
1
100.00%
 George E. Whitney
0
0.00%
 Reginaldo F. del Valle(I)
0
0.00%
 Benjamin F. Langford
0
0.00%
Jan 08, 1883 Leadership Election
 Reginaldo F. del Valle
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1881 Leadership Election
 William M. Johnston
24
68.57%
 John W. Satterwhite
11
31.43%
Jan 07, 1880 Leadership Election
 George F. Baker
22
56.41%
 Warren Chase
15
38.46%
 William H. Sears
1
2.56%
 John W. Satterwhite
1
2.56%
Dec 03, 1877 Leadership Election
 Edward J. Lewis
28
70.00%
 George S. Evans
12
30.00%
Dec 06, 1875 Leadership Election
 Benjamin F. Tuttle
29
78.38%
 George S. Evans
8
21.62%
Dec 01, 1873 Leadership Election
 William Irwin
22
55.00%
 George S. Evans
18
45.00%
 Thomas H. Laine
0
0.00%
 Benjamin F. Tuttle
0
0.00%
 George Clement Perkins
0
0.00%
Dec 04, 1871 Leadership Election
 James Thompson Farley
21
52.50%
 George Clement Perkins
15
37.50%
 Henry K. Turner
1
2.50%
 William W. Pendegast
1
2.50%
  Not Voting
1
2.50%
  Absent
1
2.50%
Dec 08, 1869 Leadership Election
 Edward J. Lewis
26
65.00%
 Edmund W. Roberts
9
22.50%
  Absent
3
7.50%
  Not Voting
2
5.00%
Dec 04, 1867 Leadership Election
 Lansing B. Mizner
20
52.63%
 James W. Mandeville
16
42.11%
 Thomas Hardy
1
2.63%
 J.W. Freeman
1
2.63%
Dec 04, 1865 Leadership Election
 Stephen P. Wright
30
85.71%
 James Johnson
5
14.29%
Dec 07, 1863 Leadership Election
 Ransom Burnell
30
85.71%
 J.W. Freeman
3
8.57%
 Henry Hamilton
1
2.86%
 Rollin C. Gaskill
1
2.86%
Jan 05, 1863 Leadership Election
 Addison M. Crane
38
100.00%
Jan 06, 1862 Leadership Election
 James M. Shafter
25
67.57%
 William T. Lewis
10
27.03%
 Richard Irwin(I)
1
2.70%
 William H. Parks
1
2.70%
Jan 07, 1861 Leadership Election
 Richard Irwin
22
78.57%
 Edwin H. Heacock
4
14.29%
 Robert C. Clark
2
7.14%
Jan 19, 1860 Leadership Election
 Charles J. Lansing
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1860 Leadership Election
 Isaac N. Quinn
27
90.00%
 William B. Dickenson(I)
1
3.33%
 Timothy Guy Phelps
1
3.33%
 Robert C. Clark
1
3.33%
Jan 03, 1859 Leadership Election
 William B. Dickenson
25
75.76%
 Humphrey Griffith
4
12.12%
 Timothy Guy Phelps
3
9.09%
 Edward F. Burton
1
3.03%
Jan 04, 1858 Leadership Election
 Samuel A. Merritt
1
100.00%
Jan 05, 1857 Leadership Election
 Samuel H. Dosh
1
100.00%
Jan 07, 1856 Leadership Election
 Delos Rodeyn Ashley
1
100.00%
 James W. Mandeville
0
0.00%
Jan 08, 1855 Leadership Election
 Royal Sprague
15
51.72%
 Benjamin F. Keene(I)
14
48.28%
Jan 02, 1854 Leadership Election
 Benjamin F. Keene(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 10, 1853 Leadership Election
 Benjamin F. Keene(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 05, 1852 Leadership Election
 Benjamin F. Keene
1
100.00%
Jan 06, 1851 Leadership Election
 Elcan Heydenfeldt
1
100.00%
Dec 15, 1849 Leadership Election
 E. Kirby Chamberlain
1
100.00%

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