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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

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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

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Main article: List of United States representatives from Maine

Current members

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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

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1819–1821: 1 seat

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Congress At-large seat
16th (1819–1821) Joseph Dane (F)

1821–1833: 7 seats

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
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