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List of United States Senators from California

California was admitted to the Union on September 9 1850.

Class 1

SenatorPartyFrom To
John C. FremontDemocrat18501851
John B. WellerDemocrat18521857
David C. BroderickDemocrat18571859
Henry P. HaunDemocrat18591860
Milton S. LathamDemocrat18601863
John ConnessRepublican18631869
Eugene CasserlyDemocrat18691873
John S. HagerDemocrat18731875
Newton BoothIndependent,
Republican
18751881
John F. MillerRepublican18811886
George HearstDemocrat1886
Abram P. WilliamsRepublican18861887
George HearstDemocrat18871891
Charles N. FeltonRepublican18911893
Stephen M. WhiteDemocrat18931899
Thomas R. BardRepublican19001905
Frank P. FlintRepublican19051911
John D. WorksRepublican19111917
Hiram W. JohnsonRepublican19171945
William F. KnowlandRepublican19451959
Clair EngleDemocrat19591964
Pierre SalingerDemocrat1964
George L. MurphyRepublican19651971
John V. TunneyDemocrat19711977
Samuel I. HayakawaRepublican19771983
Pete WilsonRepublican19831991
John F. SeymourRepublican19911992
Dianne FeinsteinDemocrat1992

Class 3

SenatorPartyFrom To
William McK. GwinDemocrat18501855
William McK. GwinDemocrat18571861
James A. McDougallDemocrat18611867
Cornelius ColeRepublican18671873
Aaron A. SargentRepublican18731879
James T. FarleyDemocrat18791885
Leland StanfordRepublican18851893
George C. PerkinsRepublican18931915
James D. PhelanDemocrat19151921
Samuel M. ShortridgeRepublican19211933
William G. McAdooDemocrat19331938
Thomas M. StorkeDemocrat19381939
Sheridan DowneyDemocrat19391950
Richard M. NixonRepublican19501953
Thomas H. KuchelRepublican19531969
Alan CranstonDemocrat19691993
Barbara BoxerDemocrat1993