List of United States Senators from California

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The list of United States Senators from California shows everyone who has ever served in the US Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The last elections for class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 3 senators were last elected in November 2016.

class 1

Dianne Feinstein
Kamala Harris

California has been a US state since September 9, 1850 and has had 27 class 1 senators in Congress to date ; one of them, George Hearst, served two non-contiguous terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Charles Frémont 1850-1851 democrat January 21, 1813 - July 13, 1890
John B. Weller 1852-1857 democrat February 22, 1812 - August 17, 1875
David Colbreth Broderick 1857-1859 democrat February 4, 1820 - September 16, 1859
Henry Peter Haun 1859-1860 democrat January 18, 1815 - June 6, 1860
Milton Slocum Latham 1860-1863 democrat May 23, 1827 - March 4, 1882
John Conness 1863-1869 republican September 22, 1821 - January 10, 1909
Eugene Casserly 1869-1873 democrat November 13, 1820 - June 14, 1883
John Sharpenstein Hager 1873-1875 democrat March 12, 1818 - March 19, 1890
Newton Booth 1 1875-1881 Anti-monopoly December 30, 1825 - July 14, 1892
John Franklin Miller 1881-1886 republican November 21, 1831 - March 8, 1886
George Hearst 1886 democrat September 3, 1820 - February 28, 1891
Abram Pease Williams 1886-1887 republican February 3, 1832 - October 17, 1911
George Hearst 1887-1891 democrat September 3, 1820 - February 28, 1891
Charles Norton Felton 1891-1893 republican January 1, 1832 - September 13, 1914
Stephen Mallory White 1893-1899 democrat January 19, 1853 - February 21, 1901
Thomas Robert Bard 1900-1905 republican December 8, 1841 - March 5, 1915
Frank Putnam Flint 1905-1911 republican July 15, 1862 - February 11, 1929
John Downey Works 1911-1917 republican March 29, 1847 - June 6, 1928
Hiram Warren Johnson 1917-1945 republican September 2, 1866 - August 6, 1945
William Fife Knowland 1945-1959 republican June 26, 1908 - February 23, 1974
Clair Engle 1959-1964 democrat September 21, 1911 - July 30, 1964
Pierre Emil George Salinger 1964 democrat June 14, 1925 - October 16, 2004
George Lloyd Murphy 1964-1971 republican July 4, 1902 - May 3, 1992
John Varick Tunney 1971-1977 democrat June 26, 1934 - January 12, 2018
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa 1977-1983 republican July 18, 1906 - February 27, 1992
Peter Barton Wilson 1983-1991 republican * August 23, 1933
John F. Seymour 1991-1992 republican * December 3, 1937
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein since 1992 democrat * June 22, 1933

1 Booth belonged to the Republican Party from 1877 .

Class 3

To date, California has 17 class 3 senators .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
William McKendree Gwin 1850-1855 democrat October 9, 1805 - September 3, 1885
vacant
William McKendree Gwin 1857-1861 democrat October 9, 1805 - September 3, 1885
James Alexander McDougall 1861-1867 democrat November 19, 1817 - September 3, 1867
Cornelius Cole 1867-1873 republican September 17, 1822 - November 3, 1924
Aaron Augustus Sargent 1873-1879 republican September 28, 1827 - August 14, 1887
James Thompson Farley 1879-1885 democrat August 6, 1829 - January 22, 1886
Amasa Leland Stanford 1885-1893 republican March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893
George Clement Perkins 1893-1915 republican August 23, 1839 - February 26, 1923
James Duval Phelan 1915-1921 democrat April 20, 1861 - August 7, 1930
Samuel Morgan Shortridge 1921-1933 republican August 3, 1861 - January 15, 1952
William Gibbs McAdoo 1933-1938 democrat October 31, 1863 - February 1, 1941
Thomas More Storke 1938-1939 democrat November 23, 1876 - October 12, 1971
Sheridan Downey 1939-1950 democrat March 11, 1884 - October 25, 1961
Richard Milhous Nixon 1950-1953 republican January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994
Thomas Henry Kuchel 1953-1969 republican August 15, 1910 - November 21, 1994
Alan MacGregor Cranston 1969-1993 democrat June 19, 1914 - December 31, 2000
Barbara Levy boxer 1993-2017 democrat * November 11, 1940
Kamala Devi Harris from 2017 democrat * October 20, 1964

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