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List of members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the legislative body of Los Angeles County, California.

Board members

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Through 1851

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The State of California was founded in 1850. On February 18, 1850, the County of Los Angeles was established as one of the 27 original counties, several months before California was admitted to the Union. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created in 1852. The Court of Sessions was used under Mexican custom until 1852. The court was composed of a County Judge and two County Associate Justices. Julian A. Chavez served in the Court of Sessions as a "Judge of Waters" and later as a "Judge of the Plains" prior to the formation of the Board of Supervisors.

Year Representation
Before 1850 Court of Sessions. Before board creation.
1850 Court of Sessions
1851 Court of Sessions

1852–1861

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created in 1852. Terms of office through the first decade were for one year. A piece of the county's territory was given towards the creation of San Bernardino County in 1853. [Note: Names in black have an article under that name, but not the person concerned in this table].

Year 1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District 5th District
1852 Jefferson Hunt Julian A. Chavez Francisco P. Temple Manuel Requena Samuel Arbuckle
1853 David W. Alexander Leonardo Cota G. A. Sturgis Daniel M. Thomas Benjamin D. Wilson
1854 David W. Alexander Stephen C. Foster Juan Sepulveda Cristobal Aguilar Samuel S. Thompson
1855 Thomas Burdick/ John G. Downey David Lewis Cristobal Aguilar Agustin Olvera James R. Barton
1856 David Lewis Cristobal Aguilar Stephen C. Foster Thomas Burdick Agustin Olvera/ James B. Winston
1857 Jonathan R. Scott/ Stephen C. Foster William M. Stockton Tomas Avila Sanchez Richard C. Fryer Manuel Dominguez/ Felix Bachman
1858 Julian A. Chavez Francisco O'Campo Tomas Avila Sanchez Stephen C. Foster Francis Mellus/ Ralph Emerson
1859 Stephen C. Foster Ralph Emerson Tomas Avila Sanchez George C. Alexander/ Haywood Bernardino Guirado
1860 Abel Stearns Cristobal Aguilar R.B. Moore Gabriel Allen Antonio F. Coronel
1861 Benjamin D. Wilson Morris S. Goodman/ Thomas George Barker Fielding W. Gibson Julian A. Chavez Julius Morris

1862–1871

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Terms of office changed to two years. A piece of the county's territory was given towards the creation of Kern County in 1866.

Year 1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District 5th District
1862 Julius Morris Benjamin D. Wilson Fielding W. Gibson Cristobal Aguilar Vicente Lugo
1864 Asa Ellis Benjamin D. Wilson Cristobal Aguilar Julius Morris Philip Sichel/ Maurice Kremer
1866 John G. Downey Maurice Kremer Edmund H. Boyd Felix Signoret Eduardo Poyoreno
1868 Wallace Woodworth James B. Winston Robert Henry Mayes A. Langenberger/ Hugh Forsman Enrique Avila
1870 Hugh Forsman G.D. Cankton E. Sanford Enrique Avila R. Yorba

1872–1882

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Los Angeles County is divided into four districts with two persons on behalf of the First District. [Note: Names in black have an article under that name, but not the person concerned in this table].

Year 1st District (Person 1) 1st District (Person 2) 2nd District 3rd District 4th District
1872 Francisco Machado Samuel Bradford Caswell Hugh Forsman Francisco Palomares Alfred Louis Bush
1874 Francisco Machado John M. Griffith/ Gabriel Allen George Hinds Francisco Palomares Edward Evey
1876 John D. Young Gabriel Allen/ Charles Prager George Hinds/ John J. Morton J.C. Hannon Edward Evey/ W.H. Spurgeon
1878 John D. Young/ A.H. Rogers Charles Prager John J. Morton J.C. Hannon W.H. Spurgeon/ James D. Ott
1880 A.H. Rogers Charles Prager W.F. Cooper J.C. Hannon James D. Ott/ Richard Egan
1882 A.H. Rogers Charles Prager W.F. Cooper J.C. Hannon Richard Egan

1883–1884

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Los Angeles County is divided into seven districts.

Year 1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District 5th District 6th District 7th District
1883 L.G. Giroux Charles Prager William M. Osborn Dave V. Waldron S. Levy Dan Reichard J.H. Moesser

Since 1885

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Los Angeles County is divided into five districts. Districts 1 & 3 remain at a term of two years for one period, and then four years thereafter. Districts 2, 4, & 5 now have a term of four years. All districts became four-year terms in a phased in process by 1887. This allows for staggered elections every two years, which is still in effect. A piece of the county's territory was given towards the creation of Orange County in 1889. Although all local government positions in California are officially nonpartisan, virtually all board members are members of a political party and, if known, that information is included with the article.

Year 1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District 5th District
1885 James Foord Oscar Macy Milton Lindley George Hinds Jacob Ross, Jr.
Joseph W. Venable
1887 William T. Martin Thomas Edward Rowan
1889 S.M. Perry Thomas Edward Rowan Alonzo Edward Davis Sheldon Littlefield
Henry C. Hubbard
1891 John W. Cook E.A. Forrester
1893 Andrew W. Francisco James Hay James Hanley
1895 W.L. Woodward Edward S. Field
1897 Robert E. Wirsching Alonzo Edward Davis
1899 Orray W. Longden
1901 George Alexander Peter James Wilson
1902
Charles E. Patterson
1903 A.J. Graham
1905 Vacant
John T. Brady
1907 Charles Dewey Manning S. Tuston Eldridge Charles E. Patterson
1909 Henry D. McCabe Clarence J. Nellis Richard W. Pridham
1911 Sidney Allcutt Butler
1913 Richard H. Norton William E. Hinshaw
1914 Sidney Allcutt Butler/Frank E. Woodley
1915 John J. Hamilton Frank E. Woodley
1917 Richard H. Norton/Edward J. Delorey William E. Hinshaw/ Reuban F. McClellan Richard W. Pridham Jonathan S. Dodge
1918 John. J. Hamilton/Prescott F. Cogswell Edward J. Delorey/ Jack H. Bean Reuban F. McClellan Jonathan S. Dodge
1920 Prescott F. Cogswell Jack H. Bean
1921 Jonathan S. Dodge/Henry W. Wright (R)
1922 Henry W. Wright (R)
1924
1926 Prescott F. Cogswell/Fred T. Beaty Frank E. Woodley/ Sidney T. Graves
1928 Fred T. Beaty Jack H. Bean/Frank L. Shaw (R) Sidney T. Graves
1931 Hugh A. Thatcher Frank L. Shaw (R) J. Don Mahaffey (R) John R. Quinn (R)
1933 Gordon L. McDonough (R) Harry M. Baine Roger W. Jessup (R)
1935 Herbert C. Legg (D) John Anson Ford (D)
1937 Leland M. Ford (R)
1939 William A. Smith Oscar L. Hauge (R)
1941
1943
1945 Leonard J. Roach (R) Raymond V. Darby (R)
1947
1949
1951 Herbert C. Legg (D)
1953 Kenneth Hahn (D) Burton W. Chace (R)
1955
1957 Warren M. Dorn (R)
1959 Frank G. Bonelli (D) Ernest E. Debs (D)
1961
1963
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973 Peter F. Schabarum (R) James A. Hayes (R) Baxter Ward (D)
1975 Edmund D. Edelman (D)
1977
1979
1981 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) Michael D. Antonovich (R)
1983 Deane Dana (R)
1985
1987
1989
1991 Gloria Molina (D)
1993 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D)
1995 Zev Yaroslavsky (D)
1997 Don Knabe (R)
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009 Mark Ridley-Thomas (D)
2011
2013
2015 Hilda Solis (D) Sheila Kuehl (D)
2017 Janice Hahn (D) Kathryn Barger (R)
2019
2021 Holly Mitchell (D)
2023 Lindsey Horvath (D)

See also

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