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 Constituency (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party		Government	Monarch
			Term (Election)	Took Office	Left Office
1		John C. Frémont Alta California at-large (1813–1890)	1 (1851)	4 March 1851	7 March 1854		Nonpartisan	Unity	Victoria
2		Abraham Lincoln Oregon at-large (1809–1885)	2 (1854)	7 March 1854	2 March 1869		Nonpartisan	Lincoln
			3 (1857)
			4 (1860)				Lincolnite
			5 (1863)
			6 (1866)
3		James A. Garfield Texas at-large (1831–1881)	7 (1869)	2 March 1869	2 March 1875		Lincolnite	Garfield I
			8 (1872)
4		Samuel J. Randall Los Angeles (1828–1890)	9 (1875)	2 March 1875	1 March 1881		Anti-Lincolnite	Randall
			10 (1878)
(3)		James A. Garfield 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 Eureka Valley (1829–1886)		19 September 1881	6 March 1883		Liberal	Arthur
6		Grover Cleveland Orange (1837–1908)	12 (1883)	6 March 1883	5 March 1895		Democratic	Cleveland
			13 (1886)
			14 (1889)
			15 (1892)
7		William McKinley Colorado East (1843–1901)	16 (1895)	2 March 1895	14 September 1901 (Died in office)		Liberal	McKinley
			17 (1898)
			18 (1901)
8		Theodore Roosevelt Burbank (1858–1919)		14 September 1901	1 March 1910		Liberal	Roosevelt I	Edward I
			19 (1904)
			20 (1907)
9		William H. Taft Idaho at-large (1857–1930)	21 (1910)	1 March 1910	4 March 1913		Liberal	Taft	George III
(8)		Theodore Roosevelt Burbank (1858–1919)	22 (1913)	4 March 1913	6 January 1919 (Died in office)		Progressive	Roosevelt II
			23 (1916)
10		Hiram Johnson Sacramento (1866–1945)		6 January 1919	4 March 1919		Progressive	Johnson
11		Warren G. Harding Idaho West (1865–1923)	24 (1919)	4 March 1919	2 August 1923 (Died in office)		Liberal	Harding
			25 (1922)
12		Calvin Coolidge Spokane (1872–1933)		2 August 1923	6 March 1928		Liberal	Coolidge
			26 (1925)
13		Herbert Hoover Sacramento (1874–1964)	27 (1928)	6 March 1928	3 March 1931		Liberal	Hoover
14		Franklin D. Roosevelt San Francisco (1882–1945)	28 (1931)	3 March 1931	12 April 1945 (Died in office)		Democratic	F. Roosevelt
			29 (1934)
			30 (1937)						Edward II
			31 (1940)						George IV
			32 (1943)
15		Henry A. Wallace Cascadia Northwest (1888–1965)		12 April 1945	3 January 1953		Democratic	Wallace
			32 (1946)
			33 (1949)
16		Charles A. Halleck Oregon East (1900–1986)	34 (1952)	3 January 1953	3 January 1961		Liberal	Halleck	Elizabeth
			35 (1954)
			36 (1957)
17		John F. Kennedy Everett (1917–1963)	37 (1960)	3 January 1961	22 November 1963 (Died in office)		Democratic	Kennedy
18		Lyndon B. Johnson Houston-Austin (1908–1973)		22 November 1963	3 January 1967		Democratic	L. Johnson
			38 (1963)
19		Robert F. Kennedy Los Angeles (1925–1993)	39 (1966)	3 January 1967	3 January 1976		Democratic	R. Kennedy
			40 (1969)
			41 (1972)
20		Jimmy Carter Arizona Southeast (born 1924)	42 (1975)	3 January 1976	3 January 1982		Democratic	Carter
			43 (1978)
21		George H. W. Bush Houston West (1924–2018)	44 (1981)	3 January 1982	3 January 1991		Liberal	Bush
			45 (1984)
			46 (1987)
22		Bill Clinton Oklahoma West (born 1946)	47 (1990)	3 January 1991	3 January 1998		Democratic	Clinton
			48 (1993)
			49 (1996)
23		Al Gore Colorado North-Central (born 1948)	50 (1997)	3 January 1998	3 January 2004		Democratic	Gore
			51 (2000)						President
										Ted Kennedy
										Jimmy Carter
24		George W. Bush Lubbock-Abilene (born 1946)	52 (2003)	3 January 2004	3 January 2010		Liberal	G. W. Bush
			53 (2006)							Madeleine Albright
25		Barack Obama Portland (born 1961)	54 (2009)	3 January 2010	3 January 2016		Democratic	Obama
			55 (2012)							John Boehner
26		Bernie Sanders Tiwana (born 1941)	56 (2015)	3 January 2016	Incumbent		Progressive	Sanders
			57 (2018)							Joe Biden