List of members of the California Senate from Butte County

This is a historical list of members of the California Senate representing Butte County, California from the beginning of statehood.

Senator

Party

Years of Service

Residence

Notes

align=left nowrap | John Bidwell

1850

Chico

Sacramento District

align=left nowrap | Alonzo W. Adams

1851

align=left nowrap | Joseph E.N. Lewis

| Democratic

1852

align=left nowrap | Charles F. Lott

1852, 1853

align=left nowrap | Elisha T. Peck

| Whig

1854, 1855

align=left nowrap | John B. McGee

| Democratic

1856, 1857

align=left nowrap | John Coulter

| Democratic

1858

align=left nowrap | A.S. Hart

| Democratic

1858, 1859

align=left nowrap | S.A. Ballou

| Democratic

1859, 1860

align=left nowrap | James M. Vance

| Democratic

1860, 1861

align=left nowrap | Richard Irwin

| Democratic

1861, 1862

align=left nowrap | R.C. Gaskill

| Republican

1862, 1863, 1864

align=left nowrap | Thomas Bowles Shannon

| Union

1863

align=left nowrap | F.M. Smith

| Union

1863–4, 1865

align=left nowrap | Seneca Ewer

| Union

1865, 1867

align=left nowrap | John Conly

| Republican

1867, 1869

align=left nowrap | George Clement Perkins

| Republican

1869, 1871, 1873

align=left nowrap | David Boucher

1871

align=left nowrap | William C. Hendricks

| Democratic

1873, 1875

26th district

align=left nowrap | W.H. Crane

| Republican

1877

26th district

align=left nowrap | William A. Cheney

| Republican

1880, 1881

26th district

align=left nowrap | William W. Kellogg

| Democratic

1883, 1885

4th district

align=left nowrap | Albert F. Jones

| Democratic

1887, 1889

4th district

align=left nowrap | W.A. Shippee

| Republican

1891, 1893, 1897

4th district

align=left nowrap | Henry C. Wilson

| Democratic

1893

4th district

align=left nowrap | W. F. Maggard

| Republican

1899, 1901

4th district

align=left nowrap | Marshall Diggs

| Democratic

1903, 1905

6th district

align=left nowrap | A.E. Boynton

| Republican

1907–1913

6th district

align=left nowrap | W. E. Duncan, Jr.

| Democratic

1915, 1917, 1919, 1921

6th district

align=left nowrap | W.F. Gates

| Republican

1923, 1925

6th district

align=left nowrap | Ray Jones

| Republican

1927, 1929

6th district

align=left nowrap | Charles H. Deuel

| Democratic

1931, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947

6th district

align=left nowrap | Harry E. Drobish

| Democratic

1948–1950

6th district

align=left nowrap | Paul L. Byrne

| Republican

1951–1962

6th district

align=left nowrap | Stan Pittman

| Republican

1963–1966

6th district

align=left nowrap | Fred W. Marler, Jr.

| Republican

1967–1974

5th district

align=left nowrap | Jim Nielsen

| Republican

1983–1990

4th district

align=left nowrap | Ray E. Johnson

| Republican

1976–1983, 1983–1984

1st district

align=left nowrap | Tim Leslie

| Republican

1991–2000

1st district

align=left nowrap | Mike Thompson

| Democratic

1991–1993

4th district

align=left nowrap | Maurice Johannessen

| Republican

1993–1994, 1995–2002

4th district

align=left nowrap | Rico Oller

| Republican

2001–2004

1st district

align=left nowrap | Sam Aanestad

| Republican

2003–2010

4th district

align=left nowrap | Doug LaMalfa

| Republican

2011–2012

4th district

See also

  • List of mayors of Chico, California