United States congressional delegations from Maine

Since Maine became a U.S. State in 1820^[1] 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 CPVI (2022):[2] D+2	Class I senator	Class II senator
	Angus King (Junior senator) (Brunswick)	Susan Collins (Senior senator) (Bangor)
Party	Independent	Republican
Incumbent since	January 3, 2013	January 3, 1997

Main article: List of United States senators from Maine

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 Maine

Current members

Current U.S. representatives from Maine
District	Member (Residence)[3]	Party	Incumbent since	CPVI (2022)[4]	District map
1st	Chellie Pingree (North Haven)	Democratic	January 3, 2009	D+9
2nd	Jared Golden (Lewiston)	Democratic	January 3, 2019	R+6

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)[a]	Stephen Longfellow (F)[a]	Ebenezer Herrick (DR)[a]	Joshua Cushman (DR)[a]	Enoch Lincoln (DR)[a]	Jeremiah O'Brien (DR)[a]	David Kidder (DR)[a]
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

Congress	Statewide at-large on a general ticket
	1st seat	2nd seat	3rd seat	4th seat
48th (1883–1885)	Thomas Brackett Reed (R)	Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)	Seth L. Milliken (R)	Charles A. Boutelle (R)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district
49th (1885–1887)	Thomas Brackett Reed (R)	Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)	Seth L. Milliken (R)	Charles A. Boutelle (R)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891)
52nd (1891–1893)
53rd (1893–1895)
54th (1895–1897)
55th (1897–1899)
			Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
56th (1899–1901)	Amos L. Allen (R)
		Charles E. Littlefield (R)
57th (1901–1903)				Llewellyn Powers (R)
58th (1903–1905)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)
		John P. Swasey (R)		Frank E. Guernsey (R)
61st (1909–1911)
62nd (1911–1913)	Asher Hinds (R)	Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)	Samuel Wadsworth Gould (D)
63rd (1913–1915)			Forrest Goodwin (R)
			John A. Peters (R)
64th (1915–1917)
65th (1917–1919)	Louis B. Goodall (R)	Wallace H. White (R)		Ira G. Hersey (R)
66th (1919–1921)
67th (1921–1923)	Carroll L. Beedy (R)
			John E. Nelson (R)
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)				Donald F. Snow (R)
72nd (1931–1933)		Donald B. Partridge (R)

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

Democratic (D)

Democratic-Republican (DR)

Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Greenback (GB)

Independent Democrat (ID)

Jacksonian (J)

National Republican (NR)

Opposition Northern (O)

Republican (R)

Whig (W)

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Maine's congressional districts
• Political party strength in Maine

References

1. "Today in History - March 15". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
2. "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
3. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

1. 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