The State Controller is the Chief Financial Officer of the State of California. The State Controller is elected to a four-year term but is limited to two terms.

California State Controllers

• John S. Houston , Democrat, (1849-1852)
• Winslow S. Pierce , Democrat, (1852-1854)
• Samuel Bell , Democrat, (1854-1856)
• George W. Whitman , American Party, (1856-1857)
• Edward F. Burton , American Party, (1857)
• George W. Whitman, American Party, (1857-1858)
• Aaron R. Melony , Lecompton Democrat , (1858-1860)
• Samuel H. Brooks , Lecompton Democrat, (1860-1861)
• James S. Gillan , Party Unknown According to State Records[1], (1861-1862)
• Gilbert R. Warren , Republican, (1862-1863)
• George R. Oulton , Union Party, (1863-1867)
• Robert Watt , Democrat, (1867-1871)
• James J. Green , Republican, (1871-1875)
• James W. Mandeville , Democrat, (1875-1876)
• William B. C. Brown , Democrat, (1876-1877)
• Daniel M. Kenfield , Republican, (1877-1883)
• John P. Dunn , Democrat, (1883-1891)
• Edward P. Colgan , Repubican, (1891-1906)
• A. B. Nye , Republican, (1906-1913)
• John S. Chambers , Republican, (1913-1921)
• Ray L. Riley , Republican, (1921-1937)
• Harry B. Riley , Republican, (1937-1946)
• Thomas Kuchel, Republican, (1946-1953)
• Robert C. Kirkwood, Republican, (1953-1959)
• Alan Cranston, Democrat, (1959-1967)
• Houston I. Flournoy , Republican, (1967-1975)
• Kenneth Cory , Democrat, (1975-1987)
• Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr., Democrat, (1987-1995)
• Kathleen Connell , Democrat, (1995-2003)
• Steve Westly, Democrat, (2003-Present)