Dianne Feinstein
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Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as th
Official portrait, 2004
Feinstein in the late 1970s. (Future husband Richard C. Blum is standing behind her.)
Feinstein riding a cable car in San Francisco during her tenure as mayor, c.1978–1988
Official portrait, 2000s
Laphonza Butler
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Laphonza Romanique Butler is an American labor union official and former politician who served as a United States senator from California from 2023 to 2024. Butler began her career as a union organize
Dianne Feinstein
…buried between the graves of her two husbands at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California. On October 1, 2023, Governor Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein's vacant Senate seat. He had previously promised to appoint a Black woman in the event of a Senate vacancy. Butler chose not to run…
Official portrait, 2023
Butler (center) with State Assemblymembers Jimmy Gomez, Bonnie Lowenthal, John Pérez, and Susan Eggman in 2013
Butler sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Old Senate Chamber in 2023. Butler's wife Neneki Lee (center) holds the Bible upon which Butler is taking the oath.