U.S. Senators from California
Member of the United States Senate (Class 1) from California
John Charles Frémont
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1813; d. July 13 1890.
Democratic Party
1850 – 1851
Milton Slocum Latham
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1827; d. March 4 1882.
Democratic Party
1860 – 1863
John Franklin Miller
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 21 1831; d. March 8 1886.
Republican Party
1881 – 1886
Hiram Warren Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1866; d. August 6 1945.
Republican Party
1917 – 1945
William Fife Knowland
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1908; d. February 23 1974.
Republican Party
1945 – 1959
Clair Engle
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1911; d. July 30 1964.
Democratic Party
1959 – 1964
Pierre Emil George Salinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1925; d. October 16 2004.
Democratic Party
1964
Peter Barton “Pete” Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1933.
Republican Party
1983 – 1991
Dianne Emiel Feinstein
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1933; d. September 29 2023.
Democratic Party
1992 – 2023
Adam Bennett Schiff
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1960.
Democratic Party
2024 – present
Member of the United States Senate (Class 3) from California
William McKendree Gwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1805; d. September 3 1885.
Democratic Party
1850 – 1855
William McKendree Gwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1805; d. September 3 1885.
Democratic Party
1857 – 1861
Amasa Leland Stanford
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1824; d. June 21 1893.
Republican Party
1885 – 1893
William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1863; d. February 1 1941.
Democratic Party
1933 – 1938
Sheridan Downey
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1884; d. October 25 1961.
Democratic Party
1939 – 1950
Richard Milhous Nixon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1913; d. April 22 1994.
Republican Party
1950 – 1953
Thomas Henry Kuchel
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1910; d. November 21 1994.
Republican Party
1953 – 1969
Alan MacGregor Cranston
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1914; d. December 31 2000.
Democratic Party
1969 – 1993
Barbara Sue Boxer
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1940.
Democratic Party
1993 – 2017
Kamala Devi Harris
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1964.
Democratic Party
2017 – 2021
Alejandro “Alex” Padilla
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1973.
Democratic Party
2021 – present