United States congressional delegations from Maine

These are tables of congressional delegations from Maine to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Maine became a state on March 15, 1820.

Current delegation

Senator Susan Collins
(R)

Senator Angus King
(I)

Rep. Chellie Pingree
(D, 1st district)

Rep. Bruce Poliquin
(R, 2nd district)

Maine’ s current delegation

United States Senate[edit]

Class 1 Senators	Congress	Class 2 Senators
John Holmes (D-R)	16th (1819–1821)	John Chandler (D-R)
	17th (1821–1823)
	18th (1823–1825)
	19th (1825–1827)
Albion K. Parris (D-R)	20th (1827–1829)
John Holmes (NR)	20th (1827–1829)
	21st (1829–1831)	Peleg Sprague (NR)
	22nd (1831–1833)
Ether Shepley (J)	23rd (1833–1835)
	23rd (1833–1835)	John Ruggles (D)
	24th (1835–1837)
Judah Dana (J)	24th (1835–1837)
Reuel Williams (D)	25th (1837–1839)
	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 Pitt Fessenden (R)
	34th (1855–1857)
Amos Nourse (R)	34th (1855–1857)
Hannibal Hamlin (D)	35th (1857–1859)
Hannibal Hamlin (D)	36th (1859–1861)
Lot Myrick Morrill (R)	36th (1859–1861)
	37th (1861–1863)
	38th (1863–1865)
	38th (1863–1865)	Nathan A. Farwell (R)
	39th (1865–1867)	William Pitt Fessenden (R)
	40th (1867–1869)
Hannibal Hamlin (R)	41st (1869–1871)
	41st (1869–1871)	Lot Myrick Morrill (R)
	42nd (1871–1873)
	43rd (1873–1875)
	44th (1875–1877)
	44th (1875–1877)	James G. Blaine (R)
	45th (1877–1879)
	46th (1879–1881)
Eugene Hale (R)	47th (1881–1883)
	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)
	62nd (1911–1913)	Obadiah Gardner (D)
	63rd (1913–1915)	Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
	64th (1915–1917)	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)
	69th (1925–1927)	Arthur R. Gould (R)
	70th (1927–1929)
	71st (1929–1931)
	72nd (1931–1933)	Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)
	73rd (1933–1935)
	74th (1935–1937)
	75th (1937–1939)
	76th (1939–1941)
Ralph 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)	96th (1979–1981)
	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 (I)	113th (2013–2015)
	114th (2015–2017)
	115th (2017–2019)

House of Representatives[edit]

Congress	At-large seat
16th (March 15, 1820 – 1821)	Joseph Dane (F)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
17th (1821–1823)	Joseph Dane (F)	Ezekiel Whitman (F)	Mark Langdon Hill (D-R)	William Durkee Williamson (D-R)	Ebenezer Herrick (D-R)	Joshua Cushman (D-R)	Enoch Lincoln (D-R)
17th (1821–1823)	Joseph Dane (F)	Mark Harris (D-R)	Mark Langdon Hill (D-R)	William Durkee Williamson (D-R)	Ebenezer Herrick (D-R)	Joshua Cushman (D-R)	Enoch Lincoln (D-R)
18th (1823–1825)	William Burleigh (Adams D-R)	Stephen Longfellow (Adams F)	Ebenezer Herrick (Adams D-R)	Joshua Cushman (Adams D-R)	Enoch Lincoln (Adams D-R)	Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams D-R)	David Kidder (Adams D-R)
19th (1825–1827)	William Burleigh (AJ)	John Anderson (J)	Ebenezer Herrick (AJ)	Peleg Sprague (AJ)	Enoch Lincoln (AJ)	Jeremiah O'Brien (AJ)	David Kidder (AJ)
19th (1825–1827)	William Burleigh (AJ)		Ebenezer Herrick (AJ)	Peleg Sprague (AJ)	James W. Ripley (J)	Jeremiah O'Brien (AJ)	David Kidder (AJ)
20th (1827–1829)	William Burleigh (Adams)		Joseph F. Wingate (Adams)	Peleg Sprague (Adams)		Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams)	Samuel Butman (Adams)
20th (1827–1829)	Rufus McIntire (J)		Joseph F. Wingate (Adams)	Peleg Sprague (Adams)		Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams)	Samuel Butman (Adams)
21st (1829–1831)			Joseph F. Wingate (AJ)	George Evans (AJ)		Leonard Jarvis (J)	Samuel Butman (AJ)
21st (1829–1831)			Joseph F. Wingate (AJ)		Cornelius Holland (J)		Samuel Butman (AJ)
22nd (1831–1833)			Edward Kavanaugh (J)		Cornelius Holland (J)		James Bates (J)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
23rd (1833–1835)	Rufus McIntire (J)	Francis Smith (J)	Edward Kavanaugh (J)	George Evans (AJ)	Moses Mason, Jr. (J)	Joseph Hall (J)	Leonard Jarvis (J)	Gorham Parks (J)
24th (1835–1837)	John Fairfield (J)	Francis Smith (J)	Jeremiah Bailey (AJ)	George Evans (AJ)	Moses Mason, Jr. (J)	Joseph Hall (J)	Leonard Jarvis (J)	Gorham Parks (J)
25th (1837–1839)	John Fairfield (D)	Francis Smith (D)	George Evans (W)	Jonathan Cilley (D)	Timothy J. Carter (D)	Hugh J. Anderson (D)	Joseph C. Noyes (W)	Thomas Davee (D)
25th (1837–1839)	John Fairfield (D)	Francis Smith (D)		Virgil D. Parris (D)	Edward Robinson (W)		Joseph C. Noyes (W)
26th (1839–1841)	Nathan Clifford (D)	Albert Smith (D)		Benjamin Randall (W)	Virgil D. Parris (D)		Joshua A. Lowell (D)
27th (1841–1843)		William Pitt Fessenden (W)			Nathaniel Littlefield (D)	Alfred Marshall (D)		Elisha Hunt Allen (W)
27th (1841–1843)		William Pitt Fessenden (W)	David Bronson (W)		Nathaniel Littlefield (D)	Alfred Marshall (D)		Elisha Hunt Allen (W)
	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 Fairfield Scamman (D)	Robert P. Dunlap (D)	Luther Severance (W)	John D. McCrate (D)	Cullen Sawtelle (D)	Hannibal Hamlin (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)	Hezekiah Williams (D)
31st (1849–1851)	Elbridge Gerry (D)	Nathaniel Littlefield (D)	John Otis (W)	Rufus K. Goodenow (W)	Cullen Sawtelle (D)	Charles Stetson (D)	Thomas 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)
32nd (1851–1853)	Moses Macdonald (D)	John Appleton (D)	Robert Goodenow (W)	Isaac Reed (W)	Ephraim K. Smart (D)	Israel Washburn, Jr. (W)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
33rd (1853–1855)	Moses Macdonald (D)	Samuel Mayall (D)	E. Wilder Farley (W)	Samuel P. Benson (W)	Israel Washburn, Jr. (W)	Thomas Fuller (D)
34th (1855–1857)	John M. Wood (R)	John J. Perry (O)	Ebenezer Knowlton (O)	Samuel P. Benson (O)	Israel Washburn, Jr. (R)	Thomas Fuller (D)
35th (1857–1859)	John M. Wood (R)	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)
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 P. Morrill (R)	John H. Rice (R)	Frederick A. Pike (R)
37th (1861–1863)	John N. Goodwin (R)	Thomas Fessenden (R)	Samuel C. Fessenden (R)	Anson P. Morrill (R)	John H. Rice (R)	Frederick A. Pike (R)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
38th (1863–1865)	Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (D)	Sidney Perham (R)	James G. Blaine (R)	John H. Rice (R)	Frederick A. Pike (R)
39th (1865–1867)	John Lynch (R)			John H. Rice (R)
40th (1867–1869)				John A. Peters (R)
41st (1869–1871)		Samuel Plummer 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)				Samuel F. Hersey (R)
44th (1875–1877)			Edwin Flye (R)	Harris M. Plaisted (R)
45th (1877–1879)	Thomas B. Reed (R)		Stephen Decatur Lindsey (R)	Llewellyn Powers (R)
46th (1879–1881)				George Washington Ladd (GB)	Thompson Henry Murch (GB)
47th (1881–1883)		Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)		George Washington Ladd (GB)	Thompson Henry Murch (GB)
	Statewide at-large on a general ticket
	1st seat	2nd seat	3rd seat	4th seat
48th (1883–1885)	Thomas B. Reed (R)	Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)	Seth L. Milliken (R)	Charles A. Boutelle (R)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
49th (1885–1887)	Thomas B. 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)
55th (1897–1899)			Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
56th (1899–1901)	Amos L. Allen (R)
56th (1899–1901)		Charles E. Littlefield (R)
57th (1901–1903)				Llewellyn Powers (R)
58th (1903–1905)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)
60th (1907–1909)		John P. Swasey (R)		Frank E. Guernsey (R)
61st (1909–1911)		John P. Swasey (R)
62nd (1911–1913)	Asher C. Hinds (R)	Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)	Samuel W. Gould (D)
63rd (1913–1915)			Forrest Goodwin (R)
63rd (1913–1915)			John A. Peters (R)
64th (1915–1917)
65th (1917–1919)	Louis B. Goodall (R)	Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)		Ira G. Hersey (R)
66th (1919–1921)	Louis B. Goodall (R)
67th (1921–1923)	Carroll L. Beedy (R)
67th (1921–1923)			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)		Donald F. Snow (R)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd
73rd (1933–1935)	Carroll L. Beedy (R)	Edward C. Moran, Jr. (D)	John G. Utterback (D)
74th (1935–1937)	Simon M. Hamlin (D)	Edward C. Moran, Jr. (D)	Ralph Owen Brewster (R)
75th (1937–1939)	James C. Oliver (R)	Clyde H. Smith (R)
76th (1939–1941)		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)
82nd (1951–1953)			Clifford G. McIntire (R)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)		Frank M. Coffin (D)
86th (1959–1961)	James C. Oliver (D)	Frank M. Coffin (D)
87th (1961–1963)	Peter Garland (R)	Stanley R. Tupper (R)
	District
	1st	2nd
88th (1963–1965)	Stanley R. Tupper (R)	Clifford G. McIntire (R)
89th (1965–1967)	Stanley R. Tupper (R)	William Hathaway (D)
90th (1967–1969)	Peter N. 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)	John McKernan, Jr. (R)
99th (1985–1987)	John McKernan, Jr. (R)
100th (1987–1989)	Joseph E. Brennan (D)
101st (1989–1991)	Joseph E. Brennan (D)
102nd (1991–1993)	Thomas H. Andrews (D)
103rd (1993–1995)	Thomas H. Andrews (D)
104th (1995–1997)	James B. Longley, Jr. (R)	John Baldacci (D)
105th (1997–1999)	Thomas H. Allen (D)
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)		Michael 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)		Bruce Poliquin (R)
Congress	1st	2nd
Congress	District

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine[edit]

As of April 2015^[update], there are ten former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Maine who are currently living at this time.

Representative	Term of office	District	Date of birth (and age)
William Cohen	1973–1979	2nd	(1940-08-28) August 28, 1940 (age 76)
David F. Emery	1975–1983	1st	(1948-09-01) September 1, 1948 (age 68)
Olympia Snowe	1979–1995	2nd	(1947-02-21) February 21, 1947 (age 70)
John R. McKernan, Jr.	1983–1987	1st	(1948-05-20) May 20, 1948 (age 69)
Joseph E. Brennan	1987–1991	1st	(1934-11-02) November 2, 1934 (age 82)
Tom Andrews	1991–1995	1st	(1953-03-22) March 22, 1953 (age 64)
James B. Longley, Jr.	1995–1997	1st	(1951-07-07) July 7, 1951 (age 66)
John Baldacci	1995–1997	2nd	(1955-01-30) January 30, 1955 (age 62)
Tom Allen	1997–2009	1st	(1945-04-16) April 16, 1945 (age 72)
Mike Michaud	2003–2015	2nd	(1955-01-18) January 18, 1955 (age 62)

Living former U.S. Senators from Maine[edit]

As of April 2015^[update], there are three former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Maine who are currently living at this time, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
William Cohen	1979–1997	2	(1940-08-28) August 28, 1940 (age 76)
George J. Mitchell	1980–1995	1	(1933-08-20) August 20, 1933 (age 83)
Olympia Snowe	1995–2013	1	(1947-02-21) February 21, 1947 (age 70)

References[edit]

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

Key[edit]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress

American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)

Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)

Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)

Independent, None, or Unaffiliated

v t e Maine's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	Susan Collins (R) Angus King (I)
Representatives (ordered by district)	Chellie Pingree (D) Bruce Poliquin (R)
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