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California State Librarians
1850 - 1861 California Secretaries of State were ex-officio State Librarians
1849-1853 William Van Voorhies 1853-1855 James W. Denver 1855-1857 Charles H. Hempstead 1857-1858 David F. Dougla 1858-1860 Ferris Forman 1860-1862 Johnson Price
| March 16, 1861 - Resigned Jan 22, 1870 | W. C. Stratton |
| Jan 24, 1870 - April 5, 1870 | William Neely Johnson |
| April 5, 1870 - April 5, 1882 | Robert O. Cravens |
| April 6, 1882 - April 1890 | Talbot H. Wallis |
| April 6, 1890 - Died Oct 18, 1896 | W. Dana Perkins |
| Oct 31, 1896 - Resigned April 20, 1897 | William P. Mathews |
| April 20, 1897 - April 6, 1898 | Edward D. McCabe |
| April 1898 - Resigned April 1, 1899 | Frank L. Coombs |
| April 1, 1899 - Died July 27, 1917 | James L. Gillis |
| *Aug 21, 1917 - Resigned Sep, 1930 | Milton J. Ferguson |
| Sep 15, 1930 - Retired June 30, 1951 | Mabel R. Gillis (appt. date Oct 1, 1930) |
| Sep 12, 1951 - Retired July 1, 1972 | Carma R. Zimmerman Leigh |
| July 11, 1972 - Retired Aug 11, 1980 | Ethel S. Crockett |
| Aug 1980 - Resigned Aug 1994 | Gary E. Strong |
| Aug 1994 - Retired 2004 | Dr. Kevin Starr |
| Aug 2, 2004 - Feb 13, 2009 | Susan Hildreth |
| November 19, 2009 - Present | Stacey A. Aldrich |
* State Librarians up to 1921 were appointed by the State Library Board of Trustees. The Board was abolished in 1921 during a reorganization of state government and the Library was made a division of the Department of Finance. In 1927 Governor C. C. Young placed the Library under the Department of Education. The State Librarian then became an appointee of the governor and Milton Ferguson was reappointed as State Librarian by Governor Young. Mabel Gillis and later State Librarians were appointed by the governor in office.