List of United States Senators from California

California elects United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3. The state has been represented by 44 people in the Senate. Its current Senators are Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

Class 1 1
Class 3 2
See also 3

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John C. Frémont	Democratic	September 10, 1850 – March 4, 1851	31	1	Elected in 1850
Vacant			March 4, 1851 – January 30, 1852	32	2	Legislature failed to elect
2	John B. Weller	Democratic	January 30, 1852 – March 4, 1857	32 (Continued)		Elected late in 1852 Lost re-election
				33
				34
3	David C. Broderick	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – September 16, 1859	35	3	Elected in 1856 Died
3	David C. Broderick	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – September 16, 1859	36		Elected in 1856 Died
Vacant			September 16, 1859 – November 3, 1859
4	Henry P. Haun	Democratic	November 3, 1859 – March 4, 1860			Appointed to continue Broderick's term Lost election to finish Broderick's term
5	Milton Latham	Democratic	March 5, 1860 – March 4, 1863	36 (Continued)		Elected to finish Broderick's term Lost re-election
5	Milton Latham	Democratic	March 5, 1860 – March 4, 1863	37		Elected to finish Broderick's term Lost re-election
6	John Conness	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869	38	4	Elected in 1862
				39
				40
7	Eugene Casserly	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – November 29, 1873	41	5	Elected in 1868 Resigned
				42
				43
Vacant			November 29, 1873 – December 23, 1873	43
8	John S. Hager	Democratic	December 23, 1873 – March 4, 1875	43 (Continued)		Elected to finish Casserly's term Retired
9	Newton Booth	Anti-Monopoly	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	44	6	Elected in 1874 Retired
				45
				46
10	John Franklin Miller	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 8, 1886	47	7	Elected in 1880 Died
				48
				49
Vacant			March 8, 1886 – March 23, 1886
11	George Hearst	Democratic	March 23, 1886 – August 4, 1886			Appointed to continue Miller's term Successor qualified
12	Abram P. Williams	Republican	August 4, 1886 – March 4, 1887	49 (Continued)		Elected to complete Miller's term Retired
13	George Hearst	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – February 28, 1891	50	8	Elected in 1886 Died
13	George Hearst	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – February 28, 1891	51		Elected in 1886 Died
Vacant			February 28, 1891 – March 19, 1891	51 (Continued)
Vacant			February 28, 1891 – March 19, 1891	52
14	Charles N. Felton	Republican	March 19, 1891 – March 4, 1893	52 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hearst's term Retired
15	Stephen M. White	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899	53	9	Elected in 1892 Retired
				54
				55
Vacant			March 4, 1899 – February 7, 1900	56	10
16	Thomas R. Bard	Republican	February 7, 1900 – March 4, 1905	56 (Continued)		Elected late in 1900 Lost re-election
				57
				58
17	Frank P. Flint	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	59	11	Elected in 1904 Retired
				60
				61
18	John D. Works	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1917	62	12	Elected in 1910 Retired
				63
				64
19	Hiram Johnson	Republican	March 16, 1917 – August 6, 1945	65	13	Elected in 1916
				66
				67
				68	14	Re-elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	15	Re-elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	16	Re-elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	17	Re-elected in 1940 Died
				78
				79
Vacant			August 6, 1945 – August 26, 1945	79
20	William F. Knowland	Republican	August 26, 1945 – January 3, 1959	79 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Johnson's term Elected to finish Johnson's term
				80	18	Elected to full term in 1946
				81
				82
				83	19	Re-elected in 1952 Retired to run for Governor of California
				84
				85
21	Clair Engle	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – July 30, 1964	86	20	Elected in 1958 Died
				87
				88
Vacant			July 30, 1964 – August 4, 1964
22	Pierre Salinger	Democratic	August 4, 1964 – December 31, 1964			Appointed to continue Engle's term Lost election to full term, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
23	George Murphy	Republican	January 1, 1965 – January 2, 1971	88 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Salinger's term, having been elected to the next term
				89	21	Elected in 1964 Lost re-election, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				90
				91
24	John V. Tunney	Democratic	January 2, 1971 – January 2, 1977	91		Appointed to finish Murphy's term, having been elected to the next term
				92	22	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				93
				94
25	S. I. Hayakawa	Republican	January 2, 1977 – January 3, 1983	94 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Tunney's term, having been elected to the next term
				95	23	Elected in 1976 Retired
				96
				97
26	Pete Wilson	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991	98	24	Elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	25	Re-elected in 1988 Resigned to become Governor of California
				102
27	John F. Seymour	Republican	January 7, 1991 – November 10, 1992	102		Appointed to continue Wilson's term Lost election to finish Wilson's term
28	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	November 10, 1992 – Present	102 (Continued)		Elected to finish Wilson's term
				103		Elected to finish Wilson's term
				104	26	Elected to full term in 1994
				105
				106
				107	27	Re-elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	28	Re-elected in 2006
				111
				112
				113	29	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William M. Gwin	Democratic	September 10, 1850 – March 4, 1855	31	1	Elected in 1850 Legislature failed to elect
				32
				33
	Vacant		March 4, 1855 – January 13, 1857	34	2
	William M. Gwin		January 13, 1857 – March 4, 1861	34 (Continued)		Legislature elected late
				35
				36
2	James A. McDougall	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1867	37	3	Elected in 1860 Retired
				38
				39
3	Cornelius Cole	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1873	40	4	Elected in 1866
				41
				42
4	Aaron A. Sargent	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879	43	5	Elected in 1872 Retired
				44
				45
5	James T. Farley	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885	46	6	Elected in 1878 Retired
				47
				48
6	Leland Stanford	Republican	March 4, 1885 – June 21, 1893	49	7	Elected in 1884
				50
				51
				52	8	Re-elected in 1890 Died
				53		Re-elected in 1890 Died
Vacant			June 21, 1893 – July 26, 1893
7	George Clement Perkins	Republican	July 26, 1893 – March 4, 1915	53 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Stanford's term Elected to finish Stanford's term
				54
				55	9	Elected to full term in 1896
				56
				57
				58	10	Re-elected in 1902
				59
				60
				61	11	Re-elected in 1908 Retired
				62
				63
8	James D. Phelan	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921	64	12	Elected in 1914 Lost re-election
				65
				66
9	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1933	67	13	Elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	14	Re-elected in 1926 Lost renomination
				71
				72
10	William Gibbs McAdoo	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – November 8, 1938	73	15	Elected in 1932 Lost renomination, then resigned
				74
				75
11	Thomas M. Storke	Democratic	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75 (Continued)		Appointed to finish McAdoo's term Retired
12	Sheridan Downey	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – November 30, 1950	76	16	Elected in 1938
				77
				78
				79	17	Re-elected in 1944 Resigned due to ill health.
				80
				81
13	Richard Nixon	Republican	December 4, 1950 – January 1, 1953	81 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Downey's term, having been elected to the next term
13	Richard Nixon	Republican	December 4, 1950 – January 1, 1953	82	18	Elected in 1950 Resigned to become Vice President
Vacant			January 1, 1953 – January 3, 1953	82
14	Thomas Kuchel	Republican	January 2, 1953 – January 3, 1969	82 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Nixon's term Elected to finish Nixon's term
				83
				84
				85	19	Elected to full term in 1956
				86
				87
				88	20	Re-elected in 1962 Lost renomination
				89
				90
15	Alan Cranston	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993	91	21	Elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	22	Re-elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	23	Re-elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	24	Re-elected in 1986 Retired
				101
				102
16	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – Present	103	25	Elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	26	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	27	Re-elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	28	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Lists of United States congressional delegations

States	Alabama (H S) Alaska (H S) Arizona (H S) Arkansas (H S) California (H S) Colorado (H S) Connecticut (H S) Delaware (H S) Florida (H S) S) Hawaii (H S) Idaho (H S) Illinois (H S) Indiana (H S) Iowa (H S) Kansas (H S) Kentucky (H S) Louisiana (H S) Maine (H S) Maryland (H S) Massachusetts (H S) Michigan (H S) Minnesota (H S) Mississippi (H S) Missouri (H S) Montana (H S) Nebraska (H S) Nevada (H S) New Hampshire (H S) New Jersey (H S) New Mexico (H S) New York (H S) North Carolina (H S) North Dakota (H S) Ohio (H S) Oklahoma (H S) Oregon (H S) Pennsylvania (H S) Rhode Island (H S) South Carolina (H S) South Dakota (H S) Tennessee (H S) Texas (H S) Utah (H S) Vermont (H S) Virginia (H S) Washington (H S) West Virginia (H S) Wisconsin (H S) Wyoming (H S)

Other	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Obsolete	Dakota Territory Northwest Territory Orleans Territory Philippines Southwest Territory

Lists of former House members Lists of former Senators

List of United States Senators from California

List of United States Senators from California

Contents

Class 1

Class 3

See also

Categories

Democratic Party (United States)

Encyclopedia Article

Republican Party (United States)

Encyclopedia Article

32nd United States Congress

Encyclopedia Article

34th United States Congress

Encyclopedia Article

Suggestions

Women in the United States Senate

Encyclopedia Article

Richard Nixon

Encyclopedia Article

List of living former United States Senators

Encyclopedia Article

William M. Gwin

Encyclopedia Article

31st United States Congress

Encyclopedia Article