Chancellor of California (Joan of What?)

Chancellor of the Commonwealth of California
Flag of California
Incumbent Bernie Sanders since 3 January 2016
Department of the Chancellor
Style	The Honourable (formal) Chancellor (spoken)
Member of	Cabinet • National Security Committee • Federal Council
Residence	The Lodge, 1 Observatory Circle Sonoma, FD
Appointer	The President
Term length	At the President's pleasure contingent on the Chancellor's ability to command confidence in the House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	John C. Fremont
Formation	4 March 1851 173 years ago
Deputy	Vice Chancellor
Salary	$530,000 annually
Website	chancellor.gov.ca

The Chancellor of the Commonwealth of California (informally referred to as CCC, pronounced "Triple C") is the head of government of California. The Chancellor is the most senior member of the federal government, the leader of the Cabinet and the chairperson of the National Security Committee. The Chancellor also administers the Department of the Chancellor. The individual who holds the office is commissioned by the President of California and at the President's pleasure subject to the Constitution of California.

Almost always and according to convention, the Chancellor is the leader of the majority party or largest party in a coalition of parties in the Californian House of Representatives and continues to be so long as they command the confidence of the House. Some commentators argue that the President may also dismiss a Chancellor who is unable to pass the government's supply bill through both houses of parliament.

Bernie Sanders has held the office of Chancellor since 3 January 2016. He received his commission after the Coalition under his leadership secured a majority in the 55th Parliament of California, elected at the 2015 federal election. He is the 31st individual to serve as Chancellor. His government succeeded that of Democrat and fellow Coalition member Barack Obama.

List of Chancellors

#	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party		Government	Monarch
			Term (Election)	Took Office	Left Office
1		John C. Frémont Member for Alta California at-large (1813–1890)	1 (1851)	4 March 1851	7 March 1854		Independent	Unity	Victoria
2		Abraham Lincoln Member for Oregon at-large (1809–1885)	2 (1854)	7 March 1854	2 March 1869		Independent	Lincoln
			3 (1857)
			4 (1860)				Lincolnite
			5 (1863)
			6 (1866)
3		James A. Garfield Member for Texas at-large (1831–1881)	7 (1869)	2 March 1869	2 March 1875		Lincolnite	Garfield I
			8 (1872)
4		Samuel J. Randall Member for Los Angeles (1828–1890)	9 (1875)	2 March 1875	1 March 1881		Anti-Lincolnite	Randall
			10 (1878)
(3)		James A. Garfield Member for Houston West (1831–1881)	11 (1881)	1 March 1881	19 September 1881 (Died in office)		Liberal	Garfield II
5	File:Chester Arthur Portrait.jpg	Chester A. Arthur Member for Eureka Valley (1829–1886)		19 September 1881	6 March 1883		Liberal	Arthur
6		Grover Cleveland Member for Orange (1837–1908)	12 (1883)	6 March 1883	5 March 1895		Democratic	Cleveland
			13 (1886)
			14 (1889)
			15 (1892)
7		William McKinley Member for Colorado East	16 (1895)	2 March 1895	14 September 1901 (Died in office)		Liberal	McKinley
			17 (1898)
			18 (1901)
8		Theodore Roosevelt Member for Burbank (1858–1919)		14 September 1901	1 March 1910		Liberal	Roosevelt I	Edward I
			19 (1904)
			20 (1907)
9		William H. Taft Member for Idaho at-large (1857–1930)	21 (1910)	1 March 1910	4 March 1913		Liberal	Taft	George III
(8)		Theodore Roosevelt Member for Burbank (1858–1919)	22 (1913)	4 March 1913	6 January 1919 (Died in office)		Progressive	Roosevelt II
			23 (1916)
10		Hiram Johnson Member for Sacramento (1866–1945)		6 January 1919	4 March 1919		Progressive	Johnson
11		Warren G. Harding Member for Idaho West (1865–1923)	24 (1919)	4 March 1919	2 August 1923 (Died in office)		Liberal	Harding
			25 (1922)
12		Calvin Coolidge Member for Spokane (1872–1933)		2 August 1923	6 March 1928		Liberal	Coolidge
			26 (1925)
13		Herbert Hoover Member for Sacramento (1874–1964)	27 (1928)	6 March 1928	3 March 1931		Liberal	Hoover
14		Franklin D. Roosevelt Member for San Francisco (1882–1945)	28 (1931)	3 March 1931	12 April 1945		Democratic	F. Roosevelt
			29 (1934)
			30 (1937)						Edward II
			31 (1940)						George IV
			32 (1943)
15		Henry A. Wallace Member for Cascadia Northwest (1888–1965)		12 April 1945	3 January 1952		Democratic	Wallace
			32 (1946)
			33 (1949)