california elects united states senators to class 1 and class 3. the state has been represented by 44 people in the senate. its current senators are democrats dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. __toc__ ==class 1== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- valign=bottom ! # ! senator ! party ! years ! congress ! term ! electoral history |- ! 1 | nowrap align=left | 75px john c. frÃ©mont |  | democratic | nowrap | september 10, 1850 âmarch 4, 1851 | 31 | 1 | elected in 1850 |- | colspan=3 | vacant | nowrap | march 4, 1851 âjanuary 30, 1852 | 32 | rowspan=4 | 2 | legislature failed to elect |- ! rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 nowrap align=left | 75px john b. weller | rowspan=3  | democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | january 30, 1852 âmarch 4, 1857 | 32(continued) | elected late in 1852lost re-election |- | 33 |- | 34 |- ! rowspan=2 | 3 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | 75px david c. broderick | rowspan=2  | democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | march 4, 1857 âseptember 16, 1859 | 35 | rowspan=6 | 3 | rowspan=2 | elected in 1856died |- | rowspan=3 | 36 |- | colspan=3 | vacant | nowrap | september 16, 1859 ânovember 3, 1859 |- ! 4 | nowrap align=left | 75px henry p. haun |  | democratic | nowrap | november 3, 1859 âmarch 4, 1860 | appointed to continue broderick's termlost election to finish broderick's term |- ! rowspan=2 | 5 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | 75px milton latham | rowspan=2  | democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | march 5, 1860 âmarch 4, 1863 | 36(continued) | rowspan=2 | elected to finish broderick's termlost re-election |- | 37 |- ! rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 nowrap align=left | 75px john conness | rowspan=3  | republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | march 4, 1863 âmarch 4, 1869 | 38 | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | elected in 1862 |- | 39 |- | 40 |-
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