The Secretary of State of California is the chief elections officer of that U.S. state. The Secretary of State is also responsible for the California State Archives, as well as chartering corporations. The Secretary of State is elected to four year terms, concurrent with the other constitutional officers of California, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The incumbent, Debra Bowen, took office on January 8, 2007, and her current term expires on January 4, 2011, though she is eligible for reelection.
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
| 1 | William Van Voohies | 1849 | 1853 | Democrat |
| 2 | James W. Denver | 1853 | 1855 | Democrat |
| 3 | Charles H. Hempstead | 1855 | 1856 | Democrat |
| 4 | David F. Douglass | 1856 | 1858 | American |
| 5 | Ferris Foreman | 1858 | 1860 | Democrat |
| 6 | Johnson Price | 1860 | 1862 | Lecompton Democrat |
| 7 | William H. Weeks | 1862 | 1863 | Republican |
| 8 | A. A. H. Tuttle | 1863 | 1863 | Republican |
| 9 | Benjamin B. Redding | 1863 | 1867 | Unionist Republican |
| 10 | Henry L. Nichols | 1867 | 1871 | Democrat |
| 11 | Drury Melone | 1871 | 1875 | Republican |
| 12 | Thomas Beck | 1875 | 1880 | Democrat |
| 13 | Daniel M. Burns | 1880 | 1883 | Republican |
| 14 | Thomas Larkin Thompson | 1883 | 1887 | Democrat |
| 15 | William C. Hendricks | 1887 | 1891 | Democrat |
| 16 | Edwin G. Waite | 1891 | 1894 | Republican |
| 17 | Albert Hart | 1894 | 1895 | Republican |
| 18 | Lewis H. Brown | 1895 | 1899 | Republican |
| 19 | Charles F. Curry | 1899 | 1911 | Republican |
| 20 | Frank C. Jordan | 1911 | 1940 | Republican |
| 21 | Paul Peek | 1940 | 1943 | Democrat |
| 22 | Frank M. Jordan | 1943 | 1970 | Republican |
| 23 | H. P. Sullivan (Acting) | 1970 | 1971 | Republican |
| 24 | Jerry Brown | 1971 | 1975 | Democrat |
| 25 | March Fong Eu | 1975 | 1994 | Democrat |
| 26 | Tony Miller (Acting) | 1994 | 1995 | Democrat |
| 27 | Bill Jones | 1995 | 2003 | Republican |
| 28 | Kevin Shelley | 2003 | 2005 | Democrat |
| 29 | Cathy Mitchell (Acting) | 2005 | 2005 | Democrat |
| 30 | Bruce McPherson | 2005 | 2007 | Republican |
| 31 | Debra Bowen | 2007 | present | Democrat |
See also
External links
- California Secretary of State's official website
- History of California Constitutional Officers
- 2006 Candidates for Secretary of State
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