U.S. Senators from California, 1850-2023(May beincomplete!)
JohnC. Frémont 1850-51W.M. Gwin 1850-55JohnB. Weller 1852-57W.M. Gwin 1857-61DavidC. Broderick 1857-59HenryP. Haun 1859-60MiltonS. Latham 1860-63JamesA. McDougall 1861-67JohnConness 1863-69CorneliusCole 1867-73EugeneCasserly 1869-73AaronAugustus Sargent 1873-79JohnS. Hager 1873-75NewtonBooth 1875-81JamesT. Farley 1879-85JohnF. Miller 1881-86LelandStanford 1885-93GeorgeHearst 1886AbramPease Williams 1886-87GeorgeHearst 1887-91CharlesN. Felton 1891-93StephenM. White 1893-99GeorgeC. Perkins 1893-1915ThomasR. Bard 1900-05FrankP. Flint 1905-11JohnD. Works 1911-17JamesD. Phelan 1915-21HiramW. Johnson 1917-45SamuelM. Shortridge 1921-33WilliamG. McAdoo 1933-38ThomasM. Storke 1938-39SheridanDowney 1939-50WilliamF. Knowland 1945-59RichardM. Nixon 1950-53ThomasH. Kuchel 1953-69ClairEngle 1959-64PierreSalinger 1964GeorgeL. Murphy 1965-71AlanCranston 1969-93JohnV. Tunney 1971-77S.I. Hayakawa 1977-83PeteWilson 1983-91JohnF. Seymour 1991-92DianneFeinstein 1992-BarbaraBoxer 1993-KamalaD. Harris 2017-21AlejandroPadilla 2021- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1856:EdwardColston Marshall, defeated. 1859 Sep 16:DavidC. Broderick, died in office. 1886 Mar 8:JohnF. Miller, died in office. 1891 Feb 28:GeorgeHearst, died in office. 1893 Jun 21:LelandStanford, died in office. 1893 Jul 24:GeorgeC. Perkins, appointed. 1914 Nov 3:JamesD. Phelan (Dem), elected;FrancisJ. Heney (Progressive), defeated;JosephR. Knowland (Rep), defeated;ErnestUntermann (Socialist), defeated;FrederickF. Wheeler (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:HiramW. Johnson (Rep & Progressive), elected;GeorgeS. Patton (Dem), defeated;WalterT. Mills (Socialist), defeated;MarshallW. Atwood (Prohibition), defeated. 1920:A.J. Wallace (Rep), defeated in primary. 1920 Nov 2:SamuelM. Shortridge (Rep), elected;JamesD. Phelan (Dem), defeated;JamesS. Edwards (Prohibition), defeated;ElvinaS. Beals (Socialist), defeated. 1922 Aug 29:HiramW. Johnson (Rep), nominated;CharlesC. Moore (Rep), defeated in primary. 1922 Nov 7:HiramW. Johnson (Rep), elected;WilliamJ. Pearson (Dem), defeated;H.Clay Needham (Prohibition), defeated;UptonSinclair (Socialist), defeated. 1926:WalterF. Lineberger (Rep), defeated for nomination. 1926:IsidoreB. Dockweiler (Dem), defeated in primary. 1926 Aug 31:RobertM. Clarke (Rep), defeated in primary. 1926 Nov 2:SamuelM. Shortridge (Rep), elected;JohnB. Elliott (Dem), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:HiramW. Johnson (Rep), elected;MinorL. Moore (Dem), defeated;CharlesH. Randall (Prohibition), defeated;LenaMorrow Lewis (Socialist), defeated;AnitaWhitney, defeated. 1932:JoeCrail (Rep), defeated in primary. 1932 Nov 8:WilliamG. McAdoo (Dem), elected;TallantTubbs (Rep), defeated;RobertP. Shuler (Prohibition), defeated;GeorgeR. Kirkpatrick, defeated. 1934:EllisE. Patterson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1934 Nov 6:HiramW. Johnson (Rep & Dem & Progressive), elected;GeorgeR. Kirkpatrick (Socialist), defeated;PatChambers (Ind), defeated. 1938:JohnW. Preston, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1938:RayL. Riley (Rep), defeated in primary. 1938 Nov 8:SheridanDowney (Dem & Progressive & Townsend), elected;PhilipBancroft (Rep), defeated;LillainSymes Clements (Socialist), defeated. 1940:SamuelW. Yorty (Dem), defeated in primary;EllisE. Patterson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1940 Nov 5:HiramW. Johnson (Rep & Dem & Progressive), elected;FredDyster (Prohibition), defeated;AnitaWhitney (Communist), defeated;JohnAnson Ford, defeated. 1944:PhilipBancroft (Rep), defeated in primary. 1944 Nov 7:SheridanDowney (Dem), elected;FrederickF. Houser (Rep), defeated. 1945 Aug 6:HiramW. Johnson, died in office. 1946:EllisE. Patterson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1946 Nov 5:HerbertSteiner (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamF. Knowland (Rep), elected;WillRogers, Jr. (Dem), defeated;DouglasCorrigan (Prohibition), defeated. 1950:AlbertLevitt (Rep), defeated in primary. 1950 Nov 7:RichardM. Nixon (Rep), elected;HelenGahagan Douglas (Dem), defeated. 1950 Dec 1:RichardM. Nixon, appointed. 1952:ClintonD. McKinnon (Dem), defeated in primary. 1952 Nov 4:WilliamF. Knowland (Rep & Dem), elected;ReubenW. Borough (Independent Progressive), defeated;HelenGahagan Douglas (Ind), defeated. 1953 Jan 1:RichardM. Nixon, resigned. 1954 Nov 2:ThomasH. Kuchel (Rep), elected;SamuelW. Yorty (Dem), defeated;IsobelM. Cerney (Independent Progressive), defeated. 1956 Jun 5:RichardRichards (Dem), nominated. 1956 Nov 6:ThomasH. Kuchel (Rep), elected;RichardRichards (Dem), defeated;RayGourley (Prohibition), defeated. 1958:GeorgeChristopher (Rep), defeated in primary. 1958 Nov 4:ClairEngle (Dem), elected;GoodwinJ. Knight (Rep), defeated;JesseM. Ritchie (Ind), defeated;RayB. Pollard (Ind), defeated. 1962:HowardJarvis (Rep), defeated in primary. 1962 Jun 5:RichardRichards (Dem), nominated. 1962 Nov 6:ThomasH. Kuchel (Rep), elected;RichardRichards (Dem), defeated;HowardJarvis, defeated;LinusPauling, defeated;EdwardBrothers, defeated. 1964:AlanCranston (Dem), defeated in primary. 1964 Jun 2:WalterR. Buchanan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1964 Jul 30:ClairEngle, died in office. 1964 Nov 3:GeorgeL. Murphy (Rep), elected;PierreSalinger (Dem), defeated. 1968:AnthonyC. Beilenson, defeated for nomination. 1968:ThomasH. Kuchel (Rep), defeated in primary. 1968 Jun 4:WalterR. Buchanan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1968 Jun 4:MaxRafferty (Rep), nominated;JamesA. Ware (Rep), defeated in primary. 1968 Nov 5:AlanCranston (Dem), elected;MaxRafferty (Rep), defeated;PaulJacobs (Peace and Freedom), defeated. 1970:GeorgeE. Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;KennethHahn (Dem), defeated in primary. 1970:NortonSimon (Rep), defeated in primary. 1970 Jun 2:EileenAnderson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1970 Jun 2:RobertR. Barry (Rep), defeated in primary. 1970 Nov 3:JohnV. Tunney (Dem), elected;GeorgeL. Murphy (Rep), defeated;CharlesC. Ripley (American Independent), defeated;RobertScheer (Peace and Freedom), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:AlanCranston (Dem), elected;BillRichardson (Rep), defeated;JackMcCoy (American Independent), defeated;GayleM. Justice (Peace and Freedom), defeated. 1976:AlphonzoBell (Rep), defeated in primary. 1976 Jun 8:JamesA. Ware (Rep), defeated in primary. 1976 Nov 2:S.I. Hayakawa (Rep), elected;JohnV. Tunney (Dem), defeated;DavidWald (Peace and Freedom), defeated;JackMcCoy (American Independent), defeated;OmariMusa (Ind), defeated. 1980 Jun 3:JamesA. Ware (Rep), defeated in primary. 1980 Nov 4:AlanCranston (Dem), elected;PaulGann (Rep), defeated;DavidBergland (Libertarian), defeated;DavidWald (Peace and Freedom), defeated;JamesC. Griffin (American Independent), defeated. 1982:TomMetzger (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982 Jun 8:EdmundG. Brown, Jr. (Dem), nominated;GoreVidal (Dem), defeated in primary;WalterR. Buchanan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982 Jun 8:BobDornan (Rep), defeated in primary;BarryM. Goldwater, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnG. Schmitz (Rep), defeated in primary;MaureenReagan (Rep), defeated in primary;PaulN. McCloskey, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1982 Nov 2:PeteWilson (Rep), elected;EdmundG. Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated;B.Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian), defeated;DavidWald (Peace and Freedom), defeated;TheresaDietrich (American Independent), defeated. 1986:BobbiFiedler (Rep), defeated in primary;BruceHerschensohn (Rep), defeated in primary. 1986 Jun 3:BrianLantz (Dem), defeated in primary. 1986 Nov 4:AlanCranston (Dem), elected;EdZschau (Rep), defeated;EdwardB. Vallen (American), defeated;BreckMcKinley (Libertarian), defeated;A.Paul Kangas (Peace and Freedom), defeated. 1988 Nov 8:PeteWilson (Rep), elected;LeoT. McCarthy (Dem), defeated;M.Elizabeth Munoz (Peace and Freedom), defeated;JackDean (Libertarian), defeated;MertonD. Short (American Independent), defeated. 1992:ThomasJ. Campbell (Rep), defeated in primary;SonnyBono (Rep), defeated in primary. 1992 Nov 3:BarbaraBoxer (Dem), elected;BruceHerschensohn (Rep), defeated;JeromeMcCready (American Independent), defeated;GenevieveTorres (Peace and Freedom), defeated;JuneR. Genis (Libertarian), defeated. 1992 Nov 3:DianneFeinstein (Dem), elected;JohnF. Seymour (Rep), defeated;GeraldHorne (Peace and Freedom), defeated;PaulMeeuwenberg (American Independent), defeated;RichardB. Boddie (Libertarian), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:DianneFeinstein (Dem), elected;MichaelHuffington (Rep), defeated;ElizabethCervantes Barron (Peace and Freedom), defeated;RichardB. Boddie (Libertarian), defeated;PaulMeeuwenberg (American Independent), defeated;BarbaraBlong (Green), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:BarbaraBoxer (Dem), elected;MattFong (Rep), defeated;TedBrown (Libertarian), defeated;TimothyR. Erich (Reform), defeated;H.Joseph Perrin, Sr. (American Independent), defeated;OphieC. Beltran (Peace and Freedom), defeated;BrianM. Rees (Natural Law), defeated. 2000 Mar 7:DianneFeinstein (Dem), nominated;MichaelSchmier (Dem), defeated in primary. 2000 Mar 7:ThomasJ. Campbell (Rep), nominated;RayHaynes (Rep), defeated in primary;BillHorn (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnM. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary;LinhDao (Rep), defeated in primary;JamesPeter Gough (Rep), defeated in primary. 2000 Mar 7:MedeaSusan Benjamin (Green), nominated;JanB. Tucker (Green), defeated in primary. 2000 Mar 7:GailK. Lightfoot (Libertarian), nominated unopposed. 2000 Mar 7:DianeTemplin (American Independent), nominated unopposed. 2000 Mar 7:JoseLuis Camahort (Reform), nominated;ValliSharpe-Geisler (Reform), defeated in primary. 2000 Mar 7:BrianM. Rees (Natural Law), nominated unopposed. 2000 Nov 7:DianneFeinstein (Dem), elected;ThomasJ. Campbell (Rep), defeated;MedeaSusan Benjamin (Green), defeated;GailK. Lightfoot (Libertarian), defeated;DianeTemplin (American Independent), defeated;JoseLuis Camahort (Reform), defeated;BrianM. Rees (Natural Law), defeated. 2004 Nov 2:BarbaraBoxer (Dem), elected;BillJones (Rep), defeated;MarshaFeinland (Peace and Freedom), defeated;JamesP. Gray (Libertarian), defeated;DonJ. Grundmann (American Independent), defeated. 2006:MarshaFeinland (Peace and Freedom), defeated. 2012 Jun 5:OrlyTaitz, defeated. 2016:KamalaD. Harris (Dem), elected. | |
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