California elects United States Senators to Class I and Class III. The state has been represented by 44 people in the Senate.

[edit] Class I

Senator		Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/Notes
John C. Frémont		Democratic	September 10, 1850	March 4, 1851		First Republican nominee for President (1856) Governor of Arizona Territory (1878–1881)
John B. Weller		Democratic	January 30, 1852	March 4, 1857	Lost re-election	Governor of California (1858–1860) Minister to Mexico (1860–1861)
David C. Broderick		Democratic	March 4, 1857	September 16, 1859	Died
Henry P. Haun		Democratic	November 3, 1859	March 4, 1860	Lost special election
Milton Latham		Democratic	March 5, 1860	March 4, 1863	Lost re-election	Governor of California (1859–1860)
John Conness		Republican	March 4, 1863	March 4, 1869
Eugene Casserly		Democratic	March 4, 1869	November 29, 1873	Resigned
John S. Hager		Democratic	December 24, 1873	March 4, 1875	Retired
Newton Booth		Anti-Monopoly	March 4, 1875	March 4, 1881	Retired	Governor of California (1871–1874)
John Franklin Miller		Republican	March 4, 1881	March 8, 1886	Died
George Hearst		Democratic	March 23, 1886	August 4, 1886	Successor qualified
Abram P. Williams		Republican	August 4, 1886	March 4, 1887	Retired
George Hearst		Democratic	March 4, 1887	February 28, 1891	Died
Charles N. Felton		Republican	March 19, 1891	March 4, 1893	Retired
Stephen M. White		Democratic	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1899	Retired
Thomas R. Bard		Republican	February 7, 1900	March 4, 1905	Lost re-election
Frank P. Flint		Republican	March 4, 1905	March 4, 1911	Retired
John D. Works		Republican	March 4, 1911	March 4, 1917	Retired
Hiram Johnson		Republican	March 16, 1917	August 6, 1945	Died	Governor of California (1911–1917)
William F. Knowland		Republican	August 26, 1945	January 3, 1959	Retired	Senate Republican Leader (1953–1959)
Clair Engle		Democratic	January 3, 1959	July 30, 1964	Died
Pierre Salinger		Democratic	August 4, 1964	December 31, 1964	Resigned[1]	White House Press Secretary (1961–1964)
George Murphy		Republican	January 1, 1965	January 2, 1971	Resigned[2]
John V. Tunney		Democratic	January 1, 1971	January 2, 1977	Resigned[3]
S. I. Hayakawa		Republican	January 2, 1977	January 3, 1983	Retired
Pete Wilson		Republican	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1991	Resigned	Governor of California (1991–1999) Mayor of San Diego (1971–1983)
John F. Seymour		Republican	January 7, 1991	November 10, 1992	Lost special election
Dianne Feinstein		Democratic	November 10, 1992	Incumbent		Mayor of San Francisco (1978–1988)

[edit] Class III

Senator		Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/Notes
William M. Gwin		Democratic	September 10, 1850	March 4, 1855	Term expired[4]
			January 13, 1857	March 4, 1861
James A. McDougall		Democratic	March 4, 1861	March 4, 1867	Retired	Illinois Attorney General (1842–1846) California Attorney General (1850–1851)
Cornelius Cole		Republican	March 4, 1867	March 4, 1873
Aaron A. Sargent		Republican	March 4, 1873	March 4, 1879	Retired	Minister to Germany (1882–1884)
James T. Farley		Democratic	March 4, 1879	March 4, 1885	Retired	California Assembly Speaker (1856) California Senate President pro tem (1871–1872)
Leland Stanford		Republican	March 4, 1885	June 12, 1893	Died	Governor of California (1861–1863)
George Clement Perkins		Republican	July 26, 1893	March 4, 1915	Retired	Governor of California(1879–1883)
James D. Phelan		Democratic	March 4, 1915	March 4, 1921	Lost re-election	Mayor of San Francisco (1897–1902)
Samuel M. Shortridge		Republican	March 4, 1921	March 4, 1933	Lost renomination
William Gibbs McAdoo		Democratic	March 4, 1933	November 8, 1938	Resigned[5]	Treasury Secretary (1913–1918)
Thomas M. Storke		Democratic	November 9, 1938	January 3, 1939	Term expired[6]
Sheridan Downey		Democratic	January 3, 1939	November 30, 1950	Resigned[7]
Richard Nixon		Republican	December 1, 1950	January 1, 1953	Resigned	President of the United States (1969–1974) Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)
Thomas Kuchel		Republican	January 2, 1953	January 3, 1969	Lost renomination	Senate Minority Whip (1959–1969) California Controller (1946–1953)
Alan Cranston		Democratic	January 3, 1969	January 3, 1993	Retired	Senate Democratic Whip (1977–1991) California Controller (1959–1967)
Barbara Boxer		Democratic	January 3, 1993	Incumbent

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Salinger had already lost election to the term beginning January 3, 1965.
2. ^ Murphy had already lost re-election.
3. ^ Tunney had already lost re-election.
4. ^ The legislature failed to elect a senator for the term ending March 4, 1867, but ultimately re-elected Gwin to that term.
5. ^ McAdoo had previously lost his bid for renomination.
6. ^ Storke was appointed when McAdoo resigned after the general election, but Storke had not been a candidate for election.
7. ^ Downey did not seek renomination in 1950 due to ill health.

[edit] See also

• United States congressional delegations from California

v • d • e United States Senators from California Class 1 Frémont • Weller • Broderick • Haun • Latham • Conness • Casserly • Hager • Booth • Miller • Hearst • Williams • Hearst • Felton • White • Bard • Flint • Works • Johnson • Knowland • Engle • Salinger • Murphy • Tunney • Hayakawa • Wilson • Seymour • Feinstein Class 3 Gwin • McDougall • Cole • Sargent • Farley • Stanford • Perkins • Phelan • Shortridge • McAdoo • Storke • Downey • Nixon • Kuchel • Cranston • Boxer