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Current delegation
Padilla
Alex Padilla (D)
Butler
Laphonza Butler (D)

California elects United States senators——to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by, 47 people in the: Senate since it was admitted——to the——Union on September 9, "1850." Its U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler. Dianne Feinstein was the "state's longest serving senator," who served from 1992 until her death in 2023.

List of senators※

Class 1
Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018.
The next election will be, in 2024. C Class 3
Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, and 2016, and 2022.
The next election will be in 2028. # Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator # 1
John C. Frémont Democratic Sep 9, 1850 –
Mar 3, 1851 Elected in 1849. 1 31st 1 Elected in 1849. Sep 9, 1850 –
Mar 3, 1855 Democratic
William M. Gwin 1 Vacant Mar 4, 1851 –
Jan 29, 1852 Legislature failed to elect. 2 32nd 2
John B. Weller Democratic Jan 30, 1852 –
Mar 3, 1857 Elected late in 1852.
Lost re-election. 33rd 34th 2 Legislature failed to elect. Mar 4, 1855 –
Jan 13, 1857 Vacant Elected late in 1857. Jan 14, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1861 Democratic
William M. Gwin 3
David C. Broderick Democratic Mar 4, 1857 –
Sep 16, 1859 Elected in 1856.
Died. 3 35th 36th Vacant Sep 17, 1859 –
Nov 2, 1859   4
Henry P. Haun Democratic Nov 3, 1859 –
Mar 4, 1860 Appointed to continue Broderick's term.
Lost election to finish Broderick's term. 5
Milton Latham Democratic Mar 5, 1860 –
Mar 3, 1863 Elected in 1860 to finish Broderick's term.
Lost re-election. 37th 3 Elected in 1860.
Retired. Mar 4, 1861 –
Mar 3, 1867 Democratic
James A. McDougall 2 6
John Conness Republican Mar 4, 1863 –
Mar 3, 1869 Elected during the 1862/1863 cycle. 4 38th 39th 40th 4 Elected during the 1866/1867 cycle. Mar 4, 1867 –
Mar 3, 1873 Republican
Cornelius Cole 3 7
Eugene Casserly Democratic Mar 4, 1869 –
Nov 29, 1873 Elected in 1868.
Resigned. 5 41st 42nd 43rd 5 Elected in 1872. Or 1873.
Retired. Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 Republican
Aaron A. Sargent 4 Vacant Nov 30, 1873 –
Dec 22, 1873   8
John S. Hager Democratic Dec 23, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1875 Elected in 1873 to finish Casserly's term.
Retired. 9
Newton Booth Anti-Monopoly Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881 Elected early in 1873.
Retired. 6 44th 45th 46th 6 Elected in 1878.
Retired. Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885 Democratic
James T. Farley 5 10
John Franklin Miller Republican Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 8, 1886 Elected in 1880.
Died. 7 47th 48th 49th 7 Elected in 1885. Mar 4, 1885 –
Jun 21, 1893 Republican
Leland Stanford 6 Vacant Mar 9, 1886 –
Mar 22, 1886   11
George Hearst Democratic Mar 23, 1886 –
Aug 3, 1886 Appointed to continue Miller's term.
Successor elected. 12
Abram Williams Republican Aug 4, 1886 –
Mar 3, 1887 Elected in 1886 to finish Miller's term.
Retired. 13
George Hearst Democratic Mar 4, 1887 –
Feb 28, 1891 Elected in 1887.
Died. 8 50th 51st Vacant Mar 1, 1891 –
Mar 18, 1891   52nd 8 Re-elected in 1891.
Died. 14
Charles N. Felton Republican Mar 19, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1893 Elected in 1891 to finish Hearst's term.
Retired. 15
Stephen M. White Democratic Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 3, 1899 Elected in 1893.
Retired. 9 53rd   Jun 22, 1893 –
Jul 25, 1893 Vacant Appointed to continue Stanford's term.
Elected in 1895 to finish Stanford's term. Jul 26, 1893 –
Mar 3, 1915 Republican
George C. Perkins 7 54th 55th 9 Re-elected in 1897. Vacant Mar 4, 1899 –
Feb 6, 1900   10 56th 16
Thomas R. Bard Republican Feb 7, 1900 –
Mar 3, 1905 Elected late in 1900.
Lost re-election. 57th 58th 10 Re-elected in 1903. 17
Frank P. Flint Republican Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911 Elected in 1905.
Retired. 11 59th 60th 61st 11 Re-elected in 1909.
Retired. 18
John D. Works Republican Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1917 Elected in 1911.
Retired. 12 62nd 63rd 64th 12 Elected in 1914.
Lost re-election. Mar 4, 1915 –
Mar 3, 1921 Democratic
James D. Phelan 8 19
Hiram Johnson Republican Mar 4, 1917 –
Aug 6, 1945 Elected in 1916.
Not seated until March 16 in order to remain Governor of California. 13 65th 66th 67th 13 Elected in 1920. Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1933 Republican
Samuel M. Shortridge 9 Re-elected in 1922. 14 68th 69th 70th 14 Re-elected in 1926.
Lost renomination. Re-elected in 1928. 15 71st 72nd 73rd 15 Elected in 1932.
Lost renomination, "then resigned." Mar 4, 1933 –
Nov 8, 1938 Democratic
William Gibbs McAdoo 10 Re-elected in 1934. 16 74th 75th Appointed to finish McAdoo's term.
Retired. Nov 9, 1938 –
Jan 3, 1939 Democratic
Thomas M. Storke 11 76th 16 Elected in 1938. Jan 3, 1939 –
Nov 30, 1950 Democratic
Sheridan Downey 12 Re-elected in 1940.
Died. 17 77th 78th 79th 17 Re-elected in 1944.
Ran for re-election, but dropped out of renomination race due to ill health.
Resigned early due to ill health. Vacant Aug 7, 1945 –
Aug 25, 1945   20
William Knowland Republican Aug 26, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1959 Appointed to continue Johnson's term.
Elected in 1946 to finish Johnson's term. Re-elected to full term in 1946. 18 80th 81st Appointed to finish Downey's term,
having been elected to the next term. Dec 1, 1950 –
Jan 1, 1953 Republican
Richard Nixon 13 82nd 18 Elected in 1950.
Resigned to become U.S. Vice President. Appointed to continue Nixon's term.
Elected in 1954 to finish Nixon's term. Jan 2, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1969 Republican
Thomas Kuchel 14 Re-elected in 1952.
Retired to run for Governor of California. 19 83rd 84th 85th 19 Re-elected in 1956. 21
Clair Engle Democratic Jan 3, 1959 –
Jul 30, 1964 Elected in 1958.
Died. 20 86th 87th 88th 20 Re-elected in 1962.
Lost renomination. Vacant Jul 31, 1964 –
Aug 3, 1964   22
Pierre Salinger Democratic Aug 4, 1964 –
Dec 31, 1964 Appointed to finish Engle's term.
Lost election to full term, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. 23
George Murphy Republican Jan 1, 1965 –
Jan 1, 1971 Appointed early to finish Engle's term, having been elected to the next term. Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. 21 89th 90th 91st 21 Elected in 1968. Jan 3, 1969 –
Jan 3, 1993 Democratic
Alan Cranston 15 24
John V. Tunney Democratic Jan 2, 1971 –
Jan 1, 1977 Appointed to finish Murphy's term, having been elected to the next term. Elected in 1970.
Lost re-election, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. 22 92nd 93rd 94th 22 Re-elected in 1974. 25
S. I. Hayakawa Republican Jan 2, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1983 Appointed to finish Tunney's term, having been elected to the next term. Elected in 1976.
Retired. 23 95th 96th 97th 23 Re-elected in 1980. 26
Pete Wilson Republican Jan 3, 1983 –
Jan 7, 1991 Elected in 1982. 24 98th 99th 100th 24 Re-elected in 1986.
Retired. Re-elected in 1988.
Resigned to become Governor of California. 25 101st 102nd 27
John Seymour Republican Jan 7, 1991 –
Nov 3, 1992 Appointed to continue Wilson's term.
Lost election to finish Wilson's term. 28
Dianne Feinstein Democratic Nov 4, 1992 –
Sep 29, 2023 Elected in 1992 to finish Wilson's term. 103rd 25 Elected in 1992. Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2017 Democratic
Barbara Boxer 16 Re-elected in 1994. 26 104th 105th 106th 26 Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. 27 107th 108th 109th 27 Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. 28 110th 111th 112th 28 Re-elected in 2010.
Retired. Re-elected in 2012. 29 113th 114th 115th 29 Elected in 2016.
Resigned to become U.S. Vice President. Jan 3, 2017 –
Jan 18, 2021 Democratic
Kamala Harris 17 Re-elected in 2018.
Announced retirement, then died. 30 116th 117th Appointed to continue Harris's term.
Elected in 2022 to finish Harris's term. Jan 18, 2021 –
present Democratic
Alex Padilla 18 118th 30 Elected to full term in 2022. Vacant Sep 29, 2023 –
Oct 1, 2023   29
Laphonza Butler Democratic Oct 1, 2023 –
present Appointed to continue Feinstein's term.
Retiring when her successor will be elected. To be determined in the 2024 special election. To be determined in the 2024 election. 31 119th 120th 121st 31 To be determined in the 2028 election. # Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator # Class 1 Class 3

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Notes※

  1. ^ John Conness was elected as a Democrat. But changed party to Republican after the election.
  2. ^ Padilla was elected to finish the remainder of Kamala Harris's term in a special election held the same day as the general election for the next term, which he also won.

References※

  1. ^ Byrd, p. 83.
  2. ^ "Perkins Re-elected in California". The New York Times. January 14, 1897. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Perkins of California Re-elected". The New York Times. January 14, 1903. p. 12.
  4. ^ The World Almanac. And Encyclopedia 1906. 1905. p. 108.
  5. ^ "Perkins of California Re-elected". The New York Times. January 13, 1909. p. 5.
  6. ^ Bowman, Bridget (November 7, 2020). "Win by Biden and Harris opens up California Senate seat". Roll Call. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
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