U.S. Senators from California, 1850-2021 (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-
Kamala
D. Harris 2017-21
Alejandro
Padilla 2021-
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 Aug 29:
Hiram
W. Johnson (Rep), nominated;
Charles
C. Moore (Rep), defeated in primary.
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 Aug 31:
Robert
M. Clarke (Rep), 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:
Albert
Levitt (Rep), defeated in primary.
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.
1956 Jun 5:
Richard
Richards (Dem), nominated.
1956 Nov 6:
Thomas
H. Kuchel (Rep), elected;
Richard
Richards (Dem), defeated;
Ray
Gourley (Prohibition), 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 Jun 5:
Richard
Richards (Dem), nominated.
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 Jun 4:
Max
Rafferty (Rep), nominated;
James
A. Ware (Rep), defeated in primary.
1968 Nov 5:
Alan
Cranston (Dem), elected;
Max
Rafferty (Rep), defeated;
Paul
Jacobs (Peace and Freedom), defeated.
1970:
George
E. 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 Jun 8:
James
A. Ware (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 Jun 3:
James
A. Ware (Rep), defeated in primary.
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:
Bob
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;
Bruce
Herschensohn (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
K. 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
K. 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.
2012 Jun 5:
Orly
Taitz, defeated.
2016:
Kamala
D. Harris (Dem), elected.
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