Since Maine became a U.S. State in 1820 it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 17th United States Congress. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections, with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Maine Legislature. Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms. Maine has sent two members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 1960 United States Census.
The current dean, or longest-serving member, of the Maine delegation is Senator Susan Collins, having served in the Senate since 1997.
U.S. Senate
| Current U.S. senators from Maine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maine
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Class I senator | Class II senator | ||
.jpg) Angus King (Junior senator) (Brunswick) |
.jpg) Susan Collins (Senior senator) (Bangor) | |||
| Party | Independent | Republican | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 1997 | ||
| Class I | Congress | Class II | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Holmes (DR) | 16th (1819–1821) | John Chandler (DR) | ||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||||
| John Holmes (NR) | 19th (1825–1827) | John Chandler (J) | ||
| Albion Parris (J) | 20th (1827–1829) | |||
| John Holmes (NR) | ||||
| 21st (1829–1831) | Peleg Sprague (NR) | |||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
| Ether Shepley (J) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| John Ruggles (J) | ||||
| 24th (1835–1837) | ||||
| Judah Dana (J) | ||||
| Reuel Williams (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | John Ruggles (D) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||||
| 27th (1841–1843) | George Evans (W) | |||
| John Fairfield (D) | 28th (1843–1845) | |||
| 29th (1845–1847) | ||||
| 30th (1847–1849) | James W. Bradbury (D) | |||
| Wyman B. S. Moor (D) | ||||
| Hannibal Hamlin (D) | ||||
| 31st (1849–1851) | ||||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
| 33rd (1853–1855) | William P. Fessenden (W) | |||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||||
| Amos Nourse (R) | ||||
| Hannibal Hamlin (R) | 35th (1857–1859) | William P. Fessenden (R) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||||
| Lot M. Morrill (R) | ||||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||||
| Nathan A. Farwell (R) | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | William P. Fessenden (R) | |||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| Hannibal Hamlin (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | |||
| Lot M. Morrill (R) | ||||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | ||||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | ||||
| 44th (1875–1877) | ||||
| James G. Blaine (R) | ||||
| 45th (1877–1879) | ||||
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||||
| Eugene Hale (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
| William P. Frye (R) | ||||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| Charles F. Johnson (D) |
62nd (1911–1913) | |||
| Obadiah Gardner (D) | ||||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| Bert M. Fernald (R) | ||||
| Frederick Hale (R) | 65th (1917–1919) | |||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| Arthur R. Gould (R) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | Wallace H. White (R) | |||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| Owen Brewster (R) | 77th (1941–1943) | |||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | Margaret Chase Smith (R) | |||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| Frederick G. Payne (R) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| Edmund Muskie (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | William Hathaway (D) | |||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | William Cohen (R) | |||
| George J. Mitchell (D) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| Olympia Snowe (R) | 104th (1995–1997) | |||
| 105th (1997–1999) | Susan Collins (R) | |||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| Angus King (ID) | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
U.S. House of Representatives
Main article: List of United States representatives from MaineCurrent members
| Current U.S. representatives from Maine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence) |
Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022) |
District map |
| 1st |  Chellie Pingree (North Haven) |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 | D+9 | .png)
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| 2nd |  Jared Golden (Lewiston) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | R+6 | .png)
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Historical delegations
1819–1821: 1 seat
| Congress | At-large seat |
|---|---|
| 16th (1819–1821) | Joseph Dane (F) |
1821–1833: 7 seats
| Congress | District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 17th (1821–1823) |
Joseph Dane (F) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Mark Langdon Hill (DR) | William D. Williamson (DR) |
Ebenezer Herrick (DR) | Joshua Cushman (DR) | Enoch Lincoln (DR) |
| Mark Harris (DR) | |||||||
| 18th (1823–1825) |
William Burleigh (DR) | Stephen Longfellow (F) |
Ebenezer Herrick (DR) | Joshua Cushman (DR) |
Enoch Lincoln (DR) | Jeremiah O'Brien (DR) |
David Kidder (DR) |
| 19th (1825–1827) |
William Burleigh (NR) | John Anderson (J) | Ebenezer Herrick (NR) | Peleg Sprague (NR) | Enoch Lincoln (NR) | Jeremiah O'Brien (NR) | David Kidder (NR) |
| James W. Ripley (J) | |||||||
| 20th (1827–1829) |
Joseph F. Wingate (NR) | Samuel Butman (NR) | |||||
| Rufus McIntire (J) | |||||||
| 21st (1829–1831) |
George Evans (NR) | Leonard Jarvis (J) | |||||
| Cornelius Holland (J) | |||||||
| 22nd (1831–1833) |
Edward Kavanagh (J) | James Bates (J) | |||||
1833–1843: 8 seats
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 23rd (1833–1835) |
Rufus McIntire (J) | Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (J) |
Edward Kavanagh (J) | George Evans (NR) | Moses Mason Jr. (J) | Joseph Hall (J) | Leonard Jarvis (J) | Gorham Parks (J) |
| 24th (1835–1837) |
John Fairfield (J) | Jeremiah Bailey (NR) | ||||||
| 25th (1837–1839) |
John Fairfield (D) | Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (D) |
Jonathan Cilley (D) | George Evans (W) | Timothy J. Carter (D) | Hugh J. Anderson (D) | Joseph C. Noyes (W) | Thomas Davee (D) |
| Edward Robinson (W) | Virgil D. Parris (D) | |||||||
| 26th (1839–1841) |
Nathan Clifford (D) | Albert Smith (D) | Benjamin Randall (W) | Joshua A. Lowell (D) | ||||
| 27th (1841–1843) |
William P. Fessenden (W) |
Nathaniel Littlefield (D) | Alfred Marshall (D) | Elisha H. Allen (W) | ||||
| David Bronson (W) | ||||||||
1843–1853: 7 seats
| District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 28th (1843–1845) |
Joshua Herrick (D) | Robert P. Dunlap (D) | Luther Severance (W) | Freeman H. Morse (W) | Benjamin White (D) | Hannibal Hamlin (D) | Shepard Cary (D) |
| 29th (1845–1847) |
John F. Scamman (D) | John D. McCrate (D) | Cullen Sawtelle (D) | Hezekiah Williams (D) | |||
| 30th (1847–1849) |
David Hammons (D) | Asa Clapp (D) | Hiram Belcher (W) | Franklin Clark (D) | Ephraim K. Smart (D) | James S. Wiley (D) | |
| 31st (1849–1851) |
Elbridge Gerry (D) | Nathaniel Littlefield (D) | John Otis (W) | Rufus K. Goodenow (W) | Cullen Sawtelle (D) | Charles Stetson (D) | Thomas J. D. Fuller (D) |
| 32nd (1851–1853) |
Moses Macdonald (D) | John Appleton (D) | Robert Goodenow (W) | Charles Andrews (D) | Ephraim K. Smart (D) | Israel Washburn Jr. (W) | |
| Isaac Reed (W) | |||||||
1853–1863: 6 seats
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33rd (1853–1855) |
Moses Macdonald (D) | Samuel Mayall (D) | E. Wilder Farley (W) | Samuel P. Benson (W) | Israel Washburn Jr. (W) | Thomas J. D. Fuller (D) |
| 34th (1855–1857) |
John M. Wood (R) | John J. Perry (O) | Ebenezer Knowlton (O) | Samuel P. Benson (O) | Israel Washburn Jr. (R) | |
| 35th (1857–1859) |
Charles J. Gilman (R) | Nehemiah Abbott (R) | Freeman H. Morse (R) | Stephen Clark Foster (R) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) |
Daniel E. Somes (R) | John J. Perry (R) | Ezra B. French (R) | |||
| Stephen Coburn (R) | ||||||
| 37th (1861–1863) |
John N. Goodwin (R) |
Charles W. Walton (R) | Samuel C. Fessenden (R) |
Anson Morrill (R) | John H. Rice (R) | Frederick A. Pike (R) |
| T. A. D. Fessenden (R) |
1863–1883: 5 seats
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th (1863–1865) | Lorenzo Sweat (D) | Sidney Perham (R) | James G. Blaine (R) | John H. Rice (R) | Frederick A. Pike (R) |
| 39th (1865–1867) | John Lynch (R) | ||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | John A. Peters (R) | ||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | Samuel P. Morrill (R) | Eugene Hale (R) | |||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | William P. Frye (R) | ||||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | John H. Burleigh (R) | Samuel F. Hersey (R) | |||
| 44th (1875–1877) | |||||
| Edwin Flye (R) | Harris M. Plaisted (R) | ||||
| 45th (1877–1879) | Thomas Brackett Reed (R) |
Stephen Lindsey (R) | Llewellyn Powers (R) | ||
| 46th (1879–1881) | George W. Ladd (GB) | Thomas H. Murch (GB) | |||
| 47th (1881–1883) | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) |
1883–1933: 4 seats
1933–1963: 3 seats
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73rd (1933–1935) | Carroll L. Beedy (R) | Edward C. Moran Jr. (D) | John G. Utterback (D) |
| 74th (1935–1937) | Simon M. Hamlin (D) | Owen Brewster (R) | |
| 75th (1937–1939) | James C. Oliver (R) | Clyde H. Smith (R) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | |||
| Margaret Chase Smith (R) | |||
| 77th (1941–1943) | Frank Fellows (R) | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) | Robert Hale (R) | ||
| 79th (1945–1947) | |||
| 80th (1947–1949) | |||
| 81st (1949–1951) | Charles P. Nelson (R) | ||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | |||
| Clifford McIntire (R) | |||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | |||
| 84th (1955–1957) | |||
| 85th (1957–1959) | Frank M. Coffin (D) | ||
| 86th (1959–1961) | James C. Oliver (D) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | Peter A. Garland (R) | Stanley R. Tupper (R) |
1963–present: 2 seats
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district |
|---|---|---|
| 88th (1963–1965) | Stanley R. Tupper (R) | Clifford McIntire (R) |
| 89th (1965–1967) | William Hathaway (D) | |
| 90th (1967–1969) | Peter Kyros (D) | |
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | William Cohen (R) | |
| 94th (1975–1977) | David F. Emery (R) | |
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) | Olympia Snowe (R) | |
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| 98th (1983–1985) | Jock McKernan (R) | |
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||
| 100th (1987–1989) | Joe Brennan (D) | |
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | Thomas Andrews (D) | |
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||
| 104th (1995–1997) | Jim Longley (R) | John Baldacci (D) |
| 105th (1997–1999) | Tom Allen (D) | |
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||
| 108th (2003–2005) | Mike Michaud (D) | |
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||
| 111th (2009–2011) | Chellie Pingree (D) | |
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||
| 114th (2015–2017) | Bruce Poliquin (R) | |
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||
| 116th (2019–2021) | Jared Golden (D) | |
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||
| 118th (2023–2025) |
Key
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Maine's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Maine
References
- "Today in History - March 15". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- Information from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
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