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List of United States Senators from California
From Ballotpedia
California was admitted as the 31st state to the United States of America on September 9, 1850. As of 2013, a total of 44 individuals have represented California in the U.S. Senate.
The current members of the U.S. Senate from California are:
Historical senators
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from California.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from California | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 23 | |||
| Republican | 21 | |||
| Total Senators | 44 | |||
| Class 1 Senators from California | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John C. Frémont | 1850-1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| John B. Weller | 1852-1857 | Democratic | ||||||
| David C. Broderick | 1857-1859 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry P. Haun | 1859-1860 | Democratic | ||||||
| Milton S. Latham | 1860-1863 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Conness | 1863-1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Eugene Casserly | 1869-1873 | Democratic | ||||||
| John S. Hager | 1873-1875 | Democratic | ||||||
| Newton Booth | 1875-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| John F. Miller | 1881-1886 | Republican | ||||||
| George Hearst | 1886-1886 | Democratic | ||||||
| Abram P. Williams | 1886-1887 | Republican | ||||||
| George Hearst | 1887-1891 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles N. Felton | 1891-1893 | Republican | ||||||
| Stephen M. White | 1893-1899 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas R. Bard | 1900-1905 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank P. Flint | 1905-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| John D. Works | 1911-1917 | Republican | ||||||
| Hiram W. Johnson | 1917-1945 | Republican | ||||||
| William F. Knowland | 1945-1959 | Republican | ||||||
| Clair Engle | 1959-1964 | Democratic | ||||||
| Pierre E. G. Salinger | 1964-1964 | Democratic | ||||||
| George L. Murphy | 1965-1971 | Republican | ||||||
| John V. Tunney | 1971-1977 | Democratic | ||||||
| S. I. Hayakawa | 1977-1983 | Republican | ||||||
| Pete Wilson | 1983-1991 | Republican | ||||||
| John Seymour | 1991-1992 | Republican | ||||||
| Dianne Feinstein | 1992-Present | Democratic | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from California | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| William M. Gwin | 1850-1855, 1857-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| James A. McDougall | 1861-1867 | Democratic | ||||||
| Cornelius Cole | 1867-1873 | Republican | ||||||
| Aaron A. Sargent | 1873-1879 | Republican | ||||||
| James T. Farley | 1879-1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| Leland Stanford | 1885-1893 | Republican | ||||||
| George C. Perkins | 1893-1915 | Republican | ||||||
| James D. Phelan | 1915-1921 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel M. Shortridge | 1921-1933 | Republican | ||||||
| William Gibbs McAdoo | 1933-1938 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas M. Storke | 1938-1939 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sheridan Downey | 1939-1950 | Democratic | ||||||
| Richard M. Nixon | 1950-1953 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas H. Kuchel | 1953-1969 | Republican | ||||||
| Alan Cranston | 1969-1993 | Democratic | ||||||
| Barbara Boxer | 1993-Present | Democratic | ||||||
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