List of United States Senators from California
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
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 |
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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 |
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William McKendree Gwin | 1850-1855 | democrat | October 9, 1805 - September 3, 1885 |
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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 |