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U.S. Senators from California:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
John C. Frémont (D) John B. Weller (D) David C. Broderick (D) Henry P. Haun (D) Milton S. Latham (D) John Conness (R) Eugene Casserly (D) John S. Hager (D) Newton Booth (IR,R) John F. Miller (R) George Hearst (D) Abram P. Williams (R) George Hearst (D) Charles N. Felton (R) Stephen M. White (D) Thomas R. Bard (R) Frank P. Flint (R) John D. Works (R) Hiram W. Johnson (R) William F. Knowland (R) Clair Engle (D) Pierre E. G. Salinger (D) George L. Murphy (R) John V. Tunney (D) S. I. Hayakawa (R) Pete Wilson (R) John Seymour (R) Dianne Feinstein (D)	1850-1851 1852-1857 1857-1859 1859-1860 1860-1863 1863-1869 1869-1873 1873-1875 1875-1881 1881-1886 1886-1886 1886-1887 1887-1891 1891-1893 1893-1899 1900-1905 1905-1911 1911-1917 1917-1945 1945-1959 1959-1964 1964-1964 1965-1971 1971-1977 1977-1983 1983-1991 1991-1992 1992---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
William M. Gwin (D) James A. McDougall (D) Cornelius Cole (R) Aaron A. Sargent (R) James T. Farley (D) Leland Stanford (R) George C. Perkins (R) James D. Phelan (D) Samuel M. Shortridge (R) William Gibbs McAdoo (D) Thomas M. Storke (D) Sheridan Downey (D) Richard M. Nixon (R) Thomas H. Kuchel (R) Alan Cranston (D) Barbara Boxer (D)	1850-1855, 1857-1861 1861-1867 1867-1873 1873-1879 1879-1885 1885-1893 1893-1915 1915-1921 1921-1933 1933-1938 1938-1939 1939-1950 1950-1953 1953-1969 1969-1993 1993---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Hiram Johnson Alan Cranston

California Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Republican Floor Leader: William F. Knowland Party Whips: Thomas H. Kuchel, Alan Cranston Republican Policy Committee Chairman: William F. Knowland Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Environment and Public Works: Barbara Boxer Rules and Administration: Dianne Feinstein Veterans' Affairs: Alan Cranston
California Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Thomas Starr King by Haig Patigian (Hall of Columns) and Junipero Serra by Ettore Cadorin (Statuary Hall) Busts: Vice President's Collection: Richard M. Nixon by Gualberto Ricchi (outside the Senate Reception Room) Frescos: Discovery of Gold in California by Filippo Costaggini after a design by Brumidi (Rotunda Frieze) Paintings: Entrance into Monterey by Albert Bierstadt (House wing, members' private staircase, west corridor)


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