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California: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from California, 1850-2012 (May be incomplete!)
John Charles Frémont 1850-51 W. M. Gwin 1850-55 John B. Weller 1852-57 W. M. Gwin 1857-61 David C. Broderick 1857-59 Henry P. Haun 1859-60 Milton S. Latham 1860-63 James A. McDougall 1861-67 John Conness 1863-69 Cornelius Cole 1867-73 Eugene Casserly 1869-73 Aaron Augustus Sargent 1873-79 John S. Hager 1873-75 Newton Booth 1875-81 James T. Farley 1879-85 John F. Miller 1881-86 Leland Stanford 1885-93 George Hearst 1886 Abram Pease Williams 1886-87 George Hearst 1887-91 Charles N. Felton 1891-93 Stephen M. White 1893-99 George C. Perkins 1893-1915 Thomas R. Bard 1900-05 Frank P. Flint 1905-11 John D. Works 1911-17 James D. Phelan 1915-21 Hiram W. Johnson 1917-45 Samuel M. Shortridge 1921-33 William G. McAdoo 1933-38 Thomas M. Storke 1938-39 Sheridan Downey 1939-50 William F. Knowland 1945-59 Richard M. Nixon 1950-53 Thomas H. Kuchel 1953-69 Clair Engle 1959-64 Pierre Salinger 1964 George L. Murphy 1965-71 Alan Cranston 1969-93 John V. Tunney 1971-77 S. I. Hayakawa 1977-83 Pete Wilson 1983-91 John F. Seymour 1991-92 Dianne Feinstein 1992- Barbara Boxer 1993-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1856: Edward Colston Marshall, defeated.

1859 Sep 16: David C. Broderick, died in office.

1886 Mar 8: John F. Miller, died in office.

1891 Feb 28: George Hearst, died in office.

1893 Jun 21: Leland Stanford, died in office.

1893 Jul 24: George C. Perkins, appointed.

1914 Nov 3: James D. Phelan (Dem), elected; Francis J. Heney (Progressive), defeated; Joseph R. Knowland (Rep), defeated; Ernest Untermann (Socialist), defeated; Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition), defeated.

1916 Nov 7: Hiram W. Johnson (Rep & Progressive), elected; George S. Patton (Dem), defeated; Walter T. Mills (Socialist), defeated; Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition), defeated.

1920: A. J. Wallace (Rep), defeated in primary.

1920 Nov 2: Samuel M. Shortridge (Rep), elected; James D. Phelan (Dem), defeated; James S. Edwards (Prohibition), defeated; Elvina S. Beals (Socialist), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Hiram W. Johnson (Rep), elected; William J. Pearson (Dem), defeated; H. Clay Needham (Prohibition), defeated; Upton Sinclair (Socialist), defeated.

1926: Walter F. Lineberger (Rep), defeated for nomination.

1926: Isidore B. Dockweiler (Dem), defeated in primary.

1926 Nov 2: Samuel M. Shortridge (Rep), elected; John B. Elliott (Dem), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: Hiram W. Johnson (Rep), elected; Minor L. Moore (Dem), defeated; Charles H. Randall (Prohibition), defeated; Lena Morrow Lewis (Socialist), defeated; Anita Whitney, defeated.

1932: Joe Crail (Rep), defeated in primary.

1932 Nov 8: William G. McAdoo (Dem), elected; Tallant Tubbs (Rep), defeated; Robert P. Shuler (Prohibition), defeated; George R. Kirkpatrick, defeated.

1934: Ellis E. Patterson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1934 Nov 6: Hiram W. Johnson (Rep & Dem & Progressive), elected; George R. Kirkpatrick (Socialist), defeated; Pat Chambers (Ind), defeated.

1938: John W. Preston, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

1938: Ray L. Riley (Rep), defeated in primary.

1938 Nov 8: Sheridan Downey (Dem & Progressive & Townsend), elected; Philip Bancroft (Rep), defeated; Lillain Symes Clements (Socialist), defeated.

1940: Samuel W. Yorty (Dem), defeated in primary; Ellis E. Patterson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1940 Nov 5: Hiram W. Johnson (Rep & Dem & Progressive), elected; Fred Dyster (Prohibition), defeated; Anita Whitney (Communist), defeated; John Anson Ford, defeated.

1944: Philip Bancroft (Rep), defeated in primary.

1944 Nov 7: Sheridan Downey (Dem), elected; Frederick F. Houser (Rep), defeated.

1945 Aug 6: Hiram W. Johnson, died in office.

1946: Ellis E. Patterson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1946 Nov 5: William F. Knowland (Rep), elected; Will Rogers, Jr. (Dem), defeated; Douglas Corrigan (Prohibition), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: Richard M. Nixon (Rep), elected; Helen Gahagan Douglas (Dem), defeated.

1950 Dec 1: Richard M. Nixon, appointed.

1952: Clinton D. McKinnon (Dem), defeated in primary.

1952 Nov 4: William F. Knowland (Rep & Dem), elected; Reuben W. Borough (Independent Progressive), defeated; Helen Gahagan Douglas (Ind), defeated.

1953 Jan 1: Richard M. Nixon, resigned.

1954 Nov 2: Thomas H. Kuchel (Rep), elected; Samuel W. Yorty (Dem), defeated; Isobel M. Cerney (Independent Progressive), defeated.

1958: George Christopher (Rep), defeated in primary.

1958 Nov 4: Clair Engle (Dem), elected; Goodwin J. Knight (Rep), defeated; Jesse M. Ritchie (Ind), defeated; Ray B. Pollard (Ind), defeated.

1962: Howard Jarvis (Rep), defeated in primary.

1962 Nov 6: Thomas H. Kuchel (Rep), elected; Richard Richards (Dem), defeated; Howard Jarvis, defeated; Linus Pauling, defeated; Edward Brothers, defeated.

1964: Alan Cranston (Dem), defeated in primary.

1964 Jul 30: Clair Engle, died in office.

1964 Nov 3: George L. Murphy (Rep), elected; Pierre Salinger (Dem), defeated.

1968: Anthony C. Beilenson, defeated for nomination.

1968: Thomas H. Kuchel (Rep), defeated in primary.

1968 Nov 5: Alan Cranston (Dem), elected; Max Rafferty (Rep), defeated; Paul Jacobs (Peace and Freedom), defeated.

1970: George Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Kenneth Hahn (Dem), defeated in primary.

1970: Norton Simon (Rep), defeated in primary.

1970 Nov 3: John V. Tunney (Dem), elected; George L. Murphy (Rep), defeated; Charles C. Ripley (American Independent), defeated; Robert Scheer (Peace and Freedom), defeated.

1974 Nov 5: Alan Cranston (Dem), elected; Bill Richardson (Rep), defeated; Jack McCoy (American Independent), defeated; Gayle M. Justice (Peace and Freedom), defeated.

1976: Alphonzo Bell (Rep), defeated in primary.

1976 Nov 2: S. I. Hayakawa (Rep), elected; John V. Tunney (Dem), defeated; David Wald (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Jack McCoy (American Independent), defeated; Omari Musa (Ind), defeated.

1980 Nov 4: Alan Cranston (Dem), elected; Paul Gann (Rep), defeated; David Bergland (Libertarian), defeated; David Wald (Peace and Freedom), defeated; James C. Griffin (American Independent), defeated.

1982: Tom Metzger (Dem), defeated in primary.

1982 Jun 8: Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Dem), nominated; Gore Vidal (Dem), defeated in primary.

1982 Jun 8: Robert K. Dornan (Rep), defeated in primary; Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; John G. Schmitz (Rep), defeated in primary; Maureen Reagan (Rep), defeated in primary; Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.

1982 Nov 2: Pete Wilson (Rep), elected; Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated; B. Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian), defeated; David Wald (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Theresa Dietrich (American Independent), defeated.

1986: Bobbi Fiedler (Rep), defeated in primary.

1986 Jun 3: Brian Lantz (Dem), defeated in primary.

1986 Nov 4: Alan Cranston (Dem), elected; Ed Zschau (Rep), defeated; Edward B. Vallen (American), defeated; Breck McKinley (Libertarian), defeated; A. Paul Kangas (Peace and Freedom), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Pete Wilson (Rep), elected; Leo T. McCarthy (Dem), defeated; M. Elizabeth Munoz (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Jack Dean (Libertarian), defeated; Merton D. Short (American Independent), defeated.

1992: Thomas J. Campbell (Rep), defeated in primary; Sonny Bono (Rep), defeated in primary.

1992 Nov 3: Barbara Boxer (Dem), elected; Bruce Herschensohn (Rep), defeated; Jerome McCready (American Independent), defeated; Genevieve Torres (Peace and Freedom), defeated; June R. Genis (Libertarian), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Dianne Feinstein (Dem), elected; John F. Seymour (Rep), defeated; Gerald Horne (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Paul Meeuwenberg (American Independent), defeated; Richard B. Boddie (Libertarian), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Dianne Feinstein (Dem), elected; Michael Huffington (Rep), defeated; Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Richard B. Boddie (Libertarian), defeated; Paul Meeuwenberg (American Independent), defeated; Barbara Blong (Green), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Barbara Boxer (Dem), elected; Matt Fong (Rep), defeated; Ted Brown (Libertarian), defeated; Timothy R. Erich (Reform), defeated; H. Joseph Perrin, Sr. (American Independent), defeated; Ophie C. Beltran (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Brian M. Rees (Natural Law), defeated.

2000 Mar 7: Dianne Feinstein (Dem), nominated; Michael Schmier (Dem), defeated in primary.

2000 Mar 7: Thomas J. Campbell (Rep), nominated; Ray Haynes (Rep), defeated in primary; Bill Horn (Rep), defeated in primary; John M. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary; Linh Dao (Rep), defeated in primary; James Peter Gough (Rep), defeated in primary.

2000 Mar 7: Medea Susan Benjamin (Green), nominated; Jan B. Tucker (Green), defeated in primary.

2000 Mar 7: Gail Lightfoot (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.

2000 Mar 7: Diane Beall Templin (American Independent), nominated unopposed.

2000 Mar 7: Jose Luis Camahort (Reform), nominated; Valli Sharpe-Geisler (Reform), defeated in primary.

2000 Mar 7: Brian M. Rees (Natural Law), nominated unopposed.

2000 Nov 7: Dianne Feinstein (Dem), elected; Thomas J. Campbell (Rep), defeated; Medea Susan Benjamin (Green), defeated; Gail Lightfoot (Libertarian), defeated; Diane Beall Templin (American Independent), defeated; Jose Luis Camahort (Reform), defeated; Brian M. Rees (Natural Law), defeated.

2004 Nov 2: Barbara Boxer (Dem), elected; Bill Jones (Rep), defeated; Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom), defeated; James P. Gray (Libertarian), defeated; Don J. Grundmann (American Independent), defeated.

2006: Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom), defeated.

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