List of United States senators from California

California elects United States senators to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by 48 people in the Senate since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. Its U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff. Dianne Feinstein was the state's longest serving senator, serving from 1992 until her death in 2023.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" ! 1 | align=left | File:John Charles Fremont Oval Crop.png
John C. Frémont | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Sep 9, 1850 –
Mar 3, 1851 | Elected in 1849. | 1 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 1 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1849. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Sep 9, 1850 –
Mar 3, 1855 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right | File:William McKendree Gwin Trim.jpg
William M. Gwin ! rowspan=11 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 –
Jan 29, 1852 | Legislature failed to elect. | rowspan=5 | 2 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 2 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:John B. Weller Destiny Road Alt Crop.jpg
John B. Weller | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 30, 1852 –
Mar 3, 1857 | rowspan=4 | Elected late in 1852.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 2 | Legislature failed to elect. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1855 –
Jan 13, 1857 | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Elected late in 1857. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 14, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1861 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Mr. Given - NARA - 528394 (cropped).jpg
William M. Gwin

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 3 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:David C. Broderick - Brady-Handy Crop.jpg
David C. Broderick | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1857 –
Sep 16, 1859 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1857.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 17, 1859 –
Nov 2, 1859 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 4 | align=left | File:Henry Haun.jpg
Henry P. Haun | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 3, 1859 –
Mar 4, 1860 | Appointed to continue Broderick's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Broderick's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 5 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Latham1.jpg
Milton Latham | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 5, 1860 –
Mar 3, 1863 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1860 to finish Broderick's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1861.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1861 –
Mar 3, 1867 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Hon. James A. McDougall, Ill - NARA - 527723 Panel 3 Crop.jpg
James A. McDougall ! rowspan=3 | 2

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:John Conness.jpg
John Conness | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Unionist | Union<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1863 –
Mar 3, 1869 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1863. | rowspan=3 | 4 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1865. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1867 –
Mar 3, 1873 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/National Union | National Union | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Hon. Cornelius Cole, Calif Panel 1.jpg
Cornelius Cole ! rowspan=3 | 3

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Eugene Casserly - Brady-Handy.jpg
Eugene Casserly | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1869 –
Nov 29, 1873 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1867.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=5 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 5 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1871.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | File:Aaron Augustus Sargent - Brady-Handy.jpg
Aaron A. Sargent ! rowspan=5 | 4

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 30, 1873 –
Dec 22, 1873 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 8 | align=left | File:John S. Hager.jpg
John S. Hager | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Dec 23, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1875 | Elected in 1873 to finish Casserly's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Newton Booth - Brady-Handy.jpg
Newton Booth | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Anti-Monopoly | Anti-Monopoly | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881 | rowspan=3 | Elected early in 1873.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1877.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:James T. Farley.jpg
James T. Farley ! rowspan=3 | 5

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:John Franklin Miller by Pach Alt Crop.png
John Franklin Miller | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 8, 1886 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1881.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 7 | rowspan=7 | Elected in 1885. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Mar 4, 1885 –
Jun 21, 1893 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=10 align=right | File:Leland Stanford, photographed in 1890 (cropped).jpg
Leland Stanford ! rowspan=10 | 6

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 9, 1886 –
Mar 22, 1886 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 11 | align=left | File:Hearst, Sen. Geo. Trim.jpg
George Hearst | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 23, 1886 –
Aug 3, 1886 | Appointed to continue Miller's term.Template:PbSuccessor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! 12 | align=left | File:Abram Pease Williams.png
Abram Williams | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Aug 4, 1886 –
Mar 3, 1887 | Elected in 1886 to finish Miller's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 13 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Hearst, Sen. Geo. Trim.jpg
George Hearst | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1887 –
Feb 28, 1891 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1887.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 1, 1891 –
Mar 18, 1891 | rowspan=2 |  

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1891.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" ! 14 | align=left | File:Felton, Hon. C.A. Crop.jpg
Charles N. Felton | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Mar 19, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1893 | Elected in 1891 to finish Hearst's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 15 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:U.S. Senator Stephen M. White Crop.jpg
Stephen M. White | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 3, 1899 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1893.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=5 | 9 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jun 22, 1893 –
Jul 25, 1893 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Stanford's term.Template:PbElected in 1895 to finish Stanford's term.Template:Sfn | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jul 26, 1893 –
Mar 3, 1915 | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | File:PERKINS, GEORGE C. SENATOR LCCN2016857690 (cropped).jpg
George C. Perkins ! rowspan=12 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 9 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1897.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 –
Feb 6, 1900 |   | rowspan=4 | 10 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Thomas R. Bard, c. 1900 (cropped).jpg
Thomas R. Bard | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Feb 7, 1900 –
Mar 3, 1905 | rowspan=3 | Elected late in 1900.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1903.<ref name=CA1903>Template:Cite news</ref>

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:FrankPFlint.jpg
Frank P. Flint | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1905.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1909.<ref name=CA1909>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 18 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:WORKS, J.D. SENATOR LCCN2016857981 (cropped).jpg
John D. Works | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1917 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1911.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1914.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1915 –
Mar 3, 1921 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:PHELAN, JAMES D. HONORABLE LCCN2016858166 Trim.jpg
James D. Phelan ! rowspan=3 | 8

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 19 | rowspan=16 align=left | File:Portrait of Senator Hiram Johnson of California, 1926.jpeg
Hiram Johnson | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=16 nowrap | Mar 4, 1917 –
Aug 6, 1945 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1916.Template:PbNot seated until March 16 in order to remain governor of California. | rowspan=3 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1920. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1933 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:SHORTRIDGE, S.M. SENATOR LCCN2016860937 Trim.jpg
Samuel M. Shortridge ! rowspan=6 | 9

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1922. | rowspan=3 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926.Template:PbLost renomination.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1928. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1932.Template:PbLost renomination, then resigned. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1933 –
Nov 8, 1938 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:William Gibbs McAdoo 1940 Edit.jpg
William Gibbs McAdoo ! rowspan=3 | 10

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1934. | rowspan=4 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish McAdoo's term.Template:PbRetired. | nowrap | Nov 9, 1938 –
Jan 3, 1939 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:Thomas M. Storke.jpg
Thomas M. Storke ! 11

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1938. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Jan 3, 1939 –
Nov 30, 1950 | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=8 align=right | File:Sheridan Downey Gabriel Moulin Portrait 1945 Trim Edit.jpg
Sheridan Downey ! rowspan=8 | 12

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1940.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 17 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1944.Template:PbRan for re-election, but withdrew from renomination due to ill health.Template:PbResigned early due to ill health.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Aug 7, 1945 –
Aug 25, 1945 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 20 | rowspan=9 align=left | File:Portrait of California Senator William F. Knowland.jpg
William F. Knowland | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 nowrap | Aug 26, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1959 | Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Template:PbElected in 1946 to finish Johnson's term.Template:Efn

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Elected to full term in 1946.Template:Efn | rowspan=5 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Downey's term,
having been elected to the next term. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 1, 1950 –
Jan 1, 1953 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | File:Senator Richard Nixon (1).jpg
Richard Nixon ! rowspan=2 | 13

|- style="height:7em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 18 | Elected in 1950.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Vice President.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Nixon's term.Template:PbElected in 1954 to finish Nixon's term.Template:Sfn | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 2, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1969 | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | File:Thomas Kuchel.jpg
Thomas Kuchel ! rowspan=12 | 14

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952.Template:PbRetired to run for governor of California. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1956.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Clair Engle.jpg
Clair Engle | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1959 –
Jul 30, 1964 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1958.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 20 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1962.Template:PbLost renomination.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jul 31, 1964 –
Aug 3, 1964 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 22 | align=left | File:Press Secretary Pierre Salinger on May 10, 1961 - (14190800322) (cropped).jpg
Pierre Salinger | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 4, 1964 –
Dec 31, 1964 | Appointed to finish Engle's term.Template:PbLost election to full term, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 23 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:GeorgeMurphy.jpg
George Murphy | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 1, 1965 –
Jan 1, 1971 | Appointed early to finish Engle's term, having been elected to the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1964.Template:PbLost re-election, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | rowspan=4 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 21 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1968. | rowspan=16 nowrap | Jan 3, 1969 –
Jan 3, 1993 | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=16 align=right | File:AlanCranston.jpg
Alan Cranston ! rowspan=16 | 15

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 24 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Senator Tunney (1).png
John V. Tunney | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 2, 1971 –
Jan 1, 1977 | Appointed to finish Murphy's term, having been elected to the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1970.Template:PbLost re-election, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | rowspan=4 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 22 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1974.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 25 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Senator S.I. Hayakawa wearing his tam-ó-shanter, 1981.jpg
S. I. Hayakawa | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 2, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1983 | Appointed to finish Tunney's term, having been elected to the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1976.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1980.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 26 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:PeteWilson.jpg
Pete Wilson | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=5 nowrap | Jan 3, 1983 –
Jan 7, 1991 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 24 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1986.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1988.Template:PbResigned to become governor of California. | rowspan=5 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" ! 27 | align=left | File:John F Seymour.jpg
John Seymour | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Jan 7, 1991 –
Nov 3, 1992 | Appointed to continue Wilson's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Wilson's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=18 | 28 | rowspan=18 align=left | File:Dianne Feinstein, official Senate photo 2.jpg
Dianne Feinstein | rowspan=18 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=18 | Nov 4, 1992 –
Sep 29, 2023 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1992 to finish Wilson's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1992. | rowspan=12 | Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2017 | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=12 align=right | File:Barbara Boxer, Official Portrait, 112th Congress (cropped 2).jpg
Barbara Boxer ! rowspan=12 | 16

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1998.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2000. | rowspan=3 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2004.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2006. | rowspan=3 | 28 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 28 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2010.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 29 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2016.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Vice President.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2017 –
Jan 18, 2021 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Senator Harris official senate portrait.jpg
Kamala Harris ! rowspan=3 | 17

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 2018.Template:PbAnnounced retirement, then died. | rowspan=7 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Harris's term.Template:PbElected in 2022 to finish Harris's term.Template:Efn | rowspan=7 nowrap | Jan 18, 2021 –
present | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=7 align=right | File:Alex Padilla 117th Congress portrait (3) (cropped).jpg
Alex Padilla ! rowspan=7 | 18

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 30 | rowspan=6 | Elected to full term in 2022.Template:Efn

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 29, 2023 –
Oct 1, 2023 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 29 | align=left | File:Laphonza Butler Senate photo, 2023 (cropped).jpg
Laphonza Butler | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Oct 1, 2023 –
Dec 8, 2024 | Appointed to continue Feinstein's term.Template:PbRetired when her successor was elected, resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan="4" | 30 | rowspan="4" align=left | File:Schiff Adam 119th Congress (cropped).jpg
Adam Schiff | rowspan="4" Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan="4" nowrap | Dec 8, 2024 –
present<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> | Appointed early to continue Feinstein's term, having already been elected to finish the term.Template:Efn

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to full term in 2024.Template:Efn | rowspan=3 | 31 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 31 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

• List of United States representatives from California
• United States congressional delegations from California
• Elections in California
• List of United States Senate elections in California

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