Senators
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Party
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Years served
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Electoral history
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Counties represented
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Stephen C. Foster (Los Angeles)
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Democratic
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January 11, 1851 – January 2, 1854
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Redistricted from single-member district. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
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Los Angeles
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Pablo de la Guerra (Santa Barbara)
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Democratic
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January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1862
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Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1859. Re-elected in 1860. [data missing]
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San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
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Douglas Democratic
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James R. Vineyard (Los Angeles)
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Democratic
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January 6, 1862 – August 30, 1863
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Elected in 1861. Died.
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Los Angeles
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Vacant
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August 30, 1863 – December 7, 1863
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Henry Hamilton (Los Angeles)
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Democratic
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December 7, 1863 – December 4, 1865
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Elected in 1863. [data missing]
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Phineas Banning (Wilmington)
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Democratic
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December 4, 1865 – December 6, 1869
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Elected in 1863. [data missing]
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B. D. Wilson (Los Angeles)
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Independent
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December 6, 1869 – January 8, 1873
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Elected in 1868. [data missing]
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C. W. Bush (Los Angeles)
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Independent
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January 8, 1873 – December 3, 1877
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Elected in 1873. [data missing]
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George H. Smith (Los Angeles)
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Democratic
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December 3, 1877 – January 5, 1880
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Elected in 1877. [data missing]
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John P. West (Los Angeles)
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Workingmen's
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January 5, 1880 – January 8, 1883
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Elected in 1879. [data missing]
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R. F. del Valle (Los Angeles)
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Democratic
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January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887
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Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data missing]
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John M. Briceland (Shasta)
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Democratic
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January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891
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Elected in 1886. [data missing]
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Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity
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R. H. Campbell (Etna)
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Republican
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January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895
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Elected in 1890. [data missing]
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Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity
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James M. Gleaves (Shasta)
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Republican
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January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899
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Elected in 1894. Retired after being appointed as Surveyor General of California.
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James T. Laird (Alturas)
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Republican
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January 2, 1899 – January 5, 1903
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Elected in 1898. [data missing]
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Clifford Coggins (Igerna)
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Republican
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January 5, 1903 – January 7, 1907
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Elected in 1902. [data missing]
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Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou
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Abner Weed (Mount Shasta)
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Republican
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January 7, 1907 – January 2, 1911
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Elected in 1906. [data missing]
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T. W. H. Shanahan (Redding)
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Democratic
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January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915
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Elected in 1910. [data missing]
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William B. Shearer (Yreka)
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Democratic
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January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1923
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Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
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Franklin J. Powers (Eagleville)
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Republican
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January 8, 1923 – January 3, 1927
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Elected in 1922. [data missing]
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James M. Allen (Yreka)
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Democratic
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January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1935
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Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1930. [data missing]
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Del Norte, Siskiyou
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Henry M. McGuinness (Dunsmuir)
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Democratic
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January 7, 1935 – March 16, 1936
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Elected in 1934. Died.
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Vacant
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March 16, 1936 – May 25, 1936
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James M. Allen (Yreka)
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Democratic
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May 25, 1936 – January 2, 1939
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Elected to finish McGuinness's term. [data missing]
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Randolph Collier (Yreka)
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Republican
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January 2, 1939 – January 2, 1967
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Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected 1946. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 1st district.
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Democratic
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Fred W. Marler Jr. (Redding)
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Republican
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January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974
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Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1970. Retired to become a Justice of the Sacramento County Superior Court.
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Shasta, Butte, Colusa Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba, Solano
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Peter H. Behr (San Rafael)
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Republican
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December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978
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Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1974. Retired.
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Marin, Solano, Napa
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Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma
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Barry Keene (Santa Rosa)
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Democratic
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December 4, 1978 – December 15, 1992
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Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Resigned.
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Vacant
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December 15, 1992 – May 20, 1993
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Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma
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Mike Thompson (St. Helena)
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Democratic
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May 20, 1993 – November 30, 1998
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Elected to finish Keene's term. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
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Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa
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Wesley Chesbro (Arcata)
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Democratic
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December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2006
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Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Retired due to term limits.
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Humboldt, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, Napa
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Pat Wiggins (Santa Rosa)
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Democratic
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December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2010
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Elected in 2006. Retired.
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Noreen Evans (Santa Rosa)
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Democratic
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December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2014
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Elected in 2010. Retired.
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Mike McGuire (Healdsburg)
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Democratic
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December 1, 2014 – present
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Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2022.
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Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma Trinity
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