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Maine's congressional delegations
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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
| CPVI (2025): |
|---|
! Class I senator ! Class II senator
|- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[File:Angus King, official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg|x150px]] Angus King (Junior senator) (Brunswick) | [[File:Senator Susan Collins 2014 official portrait (cropped).jpg |x150px]] Susan Collins (Senior senator) (Bangor)
|- ! Party | |Independent |
|- ! Incumbent since | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 1997 |}
Main article: List of United States senators from Maine
| Class I | Congress | Class II | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=3 | John Holmes (DR) | **** (1819–1821) | ||
| **** (1821–1823) | ||||
| **** (1823–1825) | ||||
| John Holmes (NR) | **** (1825–1827) | {{Party cell | Jacksonian Party | |
| Albion Parris (J) | **** (1827–1829) | |||
| National Republican Party (US) | right}} | John Holmes (NR) | ||
| **** (1829–1831) | rowspan=3 | Peleg Sprague (NR) | ||
| **** (1831–1833) | ||||
| rowspan=3 | Ether Shepley (J) | **** (1833–1835) | ||
| {{Party cell | Jacksonian Party | John Ruggles (J) | ||
| **** (1835–1837) | ||||
| Judah Dana (J) | ||||
| rowspan=3 | Reuel Williams (D) | **** (1837–1839) | {{Party cell | Democratic Party (US) |
| **** (1839–1841) | ||||
| **** (1841–1843) | rowspan=3 | George Evans (W) | ||
| rowspan=3 | John Fairfield (D) | **** (1843–1845) | ||
| **** (1845–1847) | ||||
| **** (1847–1849) | rowspan=5 | James W. Bradbury (D) | ||
| Wyman B. S. Moor (D) | ||||
| rowspan=5 | Hannibal Hamlin (D) | |||
| **** (1849–1851) | ||||
| **** (1851–1853) | ||||
| **** (1853–1855) | {{Party cell | Whig Party (US) | ||
| **** (1855–1857) | ||||
| Amos Nourse (R) | ||||
| rowspan=2 | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | **** (1857–1859) | ||
| **** (1859–1861) | ||||
| rowspan=6 | Lot M. Morrill (R) | |||
| **** (1861–1863) | ||||
| **** (1863–1865) | ||||
| Nathan A. Farwell (R) | ||||
| **** (1865–1867) | rowspan=3 | William P. Fessenden (R) | ||
| **** (1867–1869) | ||||
| rowspan=8 | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | **** (1869–1871) | ||
| rowspan=4 | Lot M. Morrill (R) | |||
| **** (1871–1873) | ||||
| **** (1873–1875) | ||||
| **** (1875–1877) | ||||
| rowspan=4 | James G. Blaine (R) | |||
| **** (1877–1879) | ||||
| **** (1879–1881) | ||||
| rowspan=16 | Eugene Hale (R) | **** (1881–1883) | ||
| rowspan=16 | William P. Frye (R) | |||
| **** (1883–1885) | ||||
| **** (1885–1887) | ||||
| **** (1887–1889) | ||||
| **** (1889–1891) | ||||
| **** (1891–1893) | ||||
| **** (1893–1895) | ||||
| **** (1895–1897) | ||||
| **** (1897–1899) | ||||
| **** (1899–1901) | ||||
| **** (1901–1903) | ||||
| **** (1903–1905) | ||||
| **** (1905–1907) | ||||
| **** (1907–1909) | ||||
| **** (1909–1911) | ||||
| rowspan=5 | Charles F. | |||
| Johnson (D) | **** (1911–1913) | |||
| Obadiah Gardner (D) | ||||
| **** (1913–1915) | rowspan=2 | Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | ||
| **** (1915–1917) | ||||
| rowspan=6 | Bert M. Fernald (R) | |||
| rowspan=13 | Frederick Hale (R) | **** (1917–1919) | ||
| **** (1919–1921) | ||||
| **** (1921–1923) | ||||
| **** (1923–1925) | ||||
| **** (1925–1927) | ||||
| rowspan=3 | Arthur R. Gould (R) | |||
| **** (1927–1929) | ||||
| **** (1929–1931) | ||||
| **** (1931–1933) | rowspan=9 | Wallace H. White (R) | ||
| **** (1933–1935) | ||||
| **** (1935–1937) | ||||
| **** (1937–1939) | ||||
| **** (1939–1941) | ||||
| rowspan=6 | Owen Brewster (R) | **** (1941–1943) | ||
| **** (1943–1945) | ||||
| **** (1945–1947) | ||||
| **** (1947–1949) | ||||
| **** (1949–1951) | rowspan=12 | Margaret Chase Smith (R) | ||
| **** (1951–1953) | ||||
| rowspan=3 | Frederick G. Payne (R) | **** (1953–1955) | ||
| **** (1955–1957) | ||||
| **** (1957–1959) | ||||
| rowspan=11 | Edmund Muskie (D) | **** (1959–1961) | ||
| **** (1961–1963) | ||||
| **** (1963–1965) | ||||
| **** (1965–1967) | ||||
| **** (1967–1969) | ||||
| **** (1969–1971) | ||||
| **** (1971–1973) | ||||
| **** (1973–1975) | rowspan=3 | William Hathaway (D) | ||
| **** (1975–1977) | ||||
| **** (1977–1979) | ||||
| **** (1979–1981) | rowspan=10 | William Cohen (R) | ||
| rowspan=8 | George J. Mitchell (D) | |||
| **** (1981–1983) | ||||
| **** (1983–1985) | ||||
| **** (1985–1987) | ||||
| **** (1987–1989) | ||||
| **** (1989–1991) | ||||
| **** (1991–1993) | ||||
| **** (1993–1995) | ||||
| rowspan=9 | Olympia Snowe (R) | **** (1995–1997) | ||
| **** (1997–1999) | rowspan=15 | Susan Collins (R) | ||
| **** (1999–2001) | ||||
| **** (2001–2003) | ||||
| **** (2003–2005) | ||||
| **** (2005–2007) | ||||
| **** (2007–2009) | ||||
| **** (2009–2011) | ||||
| **** (2011–2013) | ||||
| rowspan=7 | Angus King (ID) | **** (2013–2015) | ||
| **** (2015–2017) | ||||
| **** (2017–2019) | ||||
| **** (2019–2021) | ||||
| **** (2021–2023) | ||||
| **** (2023–2025) | ||||
| **** (2025–2027) |
U.S. House of Representatives
Main article: List of United States representatives from Maine
Current members
Historical delegations
1819–1821: 1 seat
| Congress |
|---|
| 16th (1819–1821) |
1821–1833: 7 seats
| Congress | District | |
|---|---|---|
| 17th | ||
| (1821–1823) | rowspan=2 | Joseph Dane (F) |
| Mark Harris (DR) | ||
| 18th | ||
| (1823–1825) | {{Party cell | Democratic-Republican Party |
| 19th | ||
| (1825–1827) | {{Party cell | National Republican Party (US) |
| rowspan=4 | James W. Ripley (J) | |
| 20th | ||
| (1827–1829) | rowspan=4 | Joseph F. Wingate (NR) |
| Jacksonian Party}} | Rufus McIntire (J) | |
| 21st | ||
| (1829–1831) | National Republican Party (US) | |
| rowspan=2 | Cornelius Holland (J) | |
| 22nd | ||
| (1831–1833) | Edward Kavanagh (J) |
1833–1843: 8 seats
| Congress | District | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd | |||
| (1833–1835) | Rufus McIntire (J) | ||
| 24th | |||
| (1835–1837) | {{Party cell | Jacksonian Party | |
| 25th | |||
| (1837–1839) | {{Party cell | Democratic Party (US) | |
| Edward Robinson (W) | rowspan=2 | Virgil D. Parris (D) | |
| 26th | |||
| (1839–1841) | rowspan=3 | Nathan Clifford (D) | |
| 27th | |||
| (1841–1843) | rowspan=2 | William P. | |
| Fessenden (W) | |||
| David Bronson (W) |
1843–1853: 7 seats
1853–1863: 6 seats
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| 33rd | |
| (1853–1855) | |
| 34th | |
| (1855–1857) | |
| 35th | |
| (1857–1859) | |
| 36th | |
| (1859–1861) | |
| Stephen Coburn (R) | |
| 37th | |
| (1861–1863) | |
| T. A. D. Fessenden (R) |
1863–1883: 5 seats
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| 38th (1863–1865) | |
| 39th (1865–1867) | |
| 40th (1867–1869) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) | |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | |
| 44th (1875–1877) | |
| Edwin Flye (R) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | |
| 47th (1881–1883) |
1883–1933: 4 seats
| Congress | Statewide at-large on a general ticket | Congress | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48th (1883–1885) | Thomas Brackett | |||
| Reed (R) | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) | |||
| 49th (1885–1887) | rowspan=8 | Thomas Brackett | ||
| Reed (R) | rowspan=9 | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) | ||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||||
| rowspan=9 | Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | |||
| 56th (1899–1901) | rowspan=8 | Amos L. Allen (R) | ||
| rowspan=5 | Charles E. Littlefield (R) | |||
| 57th (1901–1903) | rowspan=4 | Llewellyn Powers (R) | ||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| rowspan=2 | John P. Swasey (R) | rowspan=6 | Frank E. Guernsey (R) | |
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | rowspan=4 | Asher Hinds (R) | rowspan=4 | Daniel J. |
| McGillicuddy (D) | ||||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | Forrest Goodwin (R) | |||
| rowspan=5 | John A. Peters (R) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| 65th (1917–1919) | rowspan=2 | Louis B. Goodall (R) | rowspan=8 | Wallace H. White (R) |
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) | Republican Party (US)}} | Carroll L. Beedy (R) | ||
| rowspan=6 | John E. Nelson (R) | |||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| 71st (1929–1931) | rowspan=2 | Donald F. Snow (R) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | Donald B. Partridge (R) |
1933–1963: 3 seats
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| 73rd (1933–1935) | |
| 74th (1935–1937) | |
| 75th (1937–1939) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | |
| rowspan=5 | Margaret Chase |
| Smith (R) | |
| 77th (1941–1943) | |
| 78th (1943–1945) | |
| 79th (1945–1947) | |
| 80th (1947–1949) | |
| 81st (1949–1951) | |
| 82nd (1951–1953) | |
| rowspan=6 | Clifford McIntire (R) |
| 83rd (1953–1955) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) | |
| 85th (1957–1959) | |
| 86th (1959–1961) | |
| 87th (1961–1963) |
1963–present: 2 seats
| Congress |
|---|
| 88th (1963–1965) |
| 89th (1965–1967) |
| 90th (1967–1969) |
| 91st (1969–1971) |
| 92nd (1971–1973) |
| 93rd (1973–1975) |
| 94th (1975–1977) |
| 95th (1977–1979) |
| 96th (1979–1981) |
| 97th (1981–1983) |
| 98th (1983–1985) |
| 99th (1985–1987) |
| 100th (1987–1989) |
| 101st (1989–1991) |
| 102nd (1991–1993) |
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
| 104th (1995–1997) |
| 105th (1997–1999) |
| 106th (1999–2001) |
| 107th (2001–2003) |
| 108th (2003–2005) |
| 109th (2005–2007) |
| 110th (2007–2009) |
| 111th (2009–2011) |
| 112th (2011–2013) |
| 113th (2013–2015) |
| 114th (2015–2017) |
| 115th (2017–2019) |
| 116th (2019–2021) |
| 117th (2021–2023) |
| 118th (2023–2025) |
| 119th (2025–2027) |
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References
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