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List of United States senators from California

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Summary

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California elects United States senators to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by 48 people in the Senate since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. Its U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff. Dianne Feinstein was the state's longest serving senator, serving from 1992 until her death in 2023.

List of senators

The next election will be in 2030. The next election will be in 2028.

|- style="height:2em" ! 1 John C. Frémont (San Francisco) | | Democratic | nowrap | Sep 9, 1850 – Mar 3, 1851 | Elected in 1849. | 1 | Mar 3, 1855 William M. Gwin (San Francisco) ! rowspan=11 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 – Jan 29, 1852 | Legislature failed to elect.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 2 John B. Weller (San Francisco) Mar 3, 1857

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|- style="height:2em" | Legislature failed to elect. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1855 – Jan 13, 1857

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1861 William M. Gwin (San Francisco)

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 3 David C. Broderick (San Francisco) Sep 16, 1859 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 4 Henry P. Haun (Marysville) | | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 3, 1859 – Mar 4, 1860 | Appointed to continue Broderick's term.Lost election to finish Broderick's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 5 Milton Latham (Sacramento) Mar 3, 1863

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1867 James A. McDougall (San Francisco) ! rowspan=3 | 2

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 John Conness (Georgetown) Mar 3, 1869 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1873 Cornelius Cole (Santa Cruz) ! rowspan=3 | 3

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 Eugene Casserly (San Francisco) Nov 29, 1873 |

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1879 Aaron A. Sargent (Nevada City) ! rowspan=5 | 4

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 30, 1873 – Dec 22, 1873 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 8 John S. Hager (San Francisco) | | Democratic | nowrap | Dec 23, 1873 – Mar 3, 1875 | Elected in 1873 to finish Casserly's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 Newton Booth (Sacramento) Mar 3, 1881 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1885 James T. Farley (Jackson) ! rowspan=3 | 5

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 John Franklin Miller (Napa) Mar 8, 1886 |

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|- style="height:2em" Jun 21, 1893 Leland Stanford (San Francisco) ! rowspan=10 | 6

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 9, 1886 – Mar 22, 1886 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 11 George Hearst (San Simeon) | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 23, 1886 – Aug 3, 1886 | Appointed to continue Miller's term.Successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! 12 Abram Williams (San Francisco) | | Republican | nowrap | Aug 4, 1886 – Mar 3, 1887 | Elected in 1886 to finish Miller's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 13 George Hearst (San Simeon) Feb 28, 1891 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 14 Charles N. Felton (San Francisco) | | Republican | nowrap | Mar 19, 1891 – Mar 3, 1893 | Elected in 1891 to finish Hearst's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 15 Stephen M. White (Los Angeles) Mar 3, 1899

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1915 George C. Perkins (Oakland) ! rowspan=12 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 – Feb 6, 1900 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 16 Thomas R. Bard (Port Hueneme) Mar 3, 1905

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 17 Frank P. Flint (Los Angeles) Mar 3, 1911 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 18 John D. Works (Los Angeles) Mar 3, 1917 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1921 James D. Phelan (San Francisco) ! rowspan=3 | 8

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 19 Hiram Johnson (San Francisco) Aug 6, 1945 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1933 Samuel M. Shortridge (Menlo Park) ! rowspan=6 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" | Nov 8, 1938 William Gibbs McAdoo (Los Angeles) ! rowspan=3 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish McAdoo's term.Retired. | nowrap | Nov 9, 1938 – Jan 3, 1939 | | Democratic Thomas M. Storke (Santa Barbara) ! 11

|- style="height:2em" | Nov 30, 1950 Sheridan Downey (Atherton) ! rowspan=8 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Aug 7, 1945 – Aug 25, 1945 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 20 William F. Knowland (Piedmont) Jan 3, 1959 | Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Elected in 1946 to finish Johnson's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Downey's term, having been elected to the next term. Jan 1, 1953 Richard Nixon (Whittier) ! rowspan=2 | 13

|- style="height:7em" | Elected in 1950.Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1969 Thomas Kuchel (Anaheim) ! rowspan=12 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 21 Clair Engle (Red Bluff) Jul 30, 1964 |

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jul 31, 1964 – Aug 3, 1964 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 22 Pierre Salinger (San Francisco) | | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 4, 1964 – Dec 31, 1964 | Appointed to finish Engle's term.Lost election to full term, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 23 George Murphy (Beverly Hills) Jan 1, 1971 | Appointed early to finish Engle's term, having been elected to the next term.

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|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1993 Alan Cranston (Los Altos Hills) ! rowspan=16 | 15

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 24 John V. Tunney (Riverside) Jan 1, 1977 | Appointed to finish Murphy's term, having been elected to the next term.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 25 S. I. Hayakawa (Mill Valley) Jan 3, 1983 | Appointed to finish Tunney's term, having been elected to the next term.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 26 Pete Wilson (San Diego) Jan 7, 1991 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 27 John Seymour (Anaheim) | | Republican | nowrap | Jan 7, 1991 – Nov 3, 1992 | Appointed to continue Wilson's term.Lost election to finish Wilson's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=18 | 28 Dianne Feinstein (San Francisco) Sep 29, 2023

|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 2017 Barbara Boxer (Greenbrae) ! rowspan=12 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 18, 2021](us-senate-career-of-kamala-harris) Kamala Harris (Los Angeles) ! rowspan=3 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Harris's term.Elected in 2022 to finish Harris's term. present Alex Padilla (Los Angeles) ! rowspan=7 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" ! 29 Laphonza Butler** (View Park–Windsor Hills) | | Democratic | nowrap | Oct 1, 2023 – Dec 8, 2024 | Appointed to continue Feinstein's term.Retired when her successor was elected, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan="4" | 30 Adam Schiff** (Burbank) present | Appointed early to continue Feinstein's term, having already been elected to finish the term.

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References

  1. (2024). "Between Extremes: Seeking the Political Center in the Civil War North". Louisiana State University Press.
  2. (January 14, 1897). "Perkins Re-elected in California.". [[The New York Times]].
  3. (January 14, 1903). "Perkins of California Re-elected.". [[The New York Times]].
  4. (1905). "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906".
  5. (January 13, 1909). "Perkins of California Re-elected.". [[The New York Times]].
  6. Bowman, Bridget. (November 7, 2020). "Win by Biden and Harris opens up California Senate seat".
  7. (9 December 2024). "Governor Newsom appoints Adam Schiff to the U.S. Senate to complete remaining term ahead of full elected service".
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