United States congressional delegations from Maine
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Maine
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,362,359 |
| Gender |
48.8% Male 51.2% Female |
| Race |
90.8% White 1.9% Black 1.2% Asian 0.6% Native American 0% Pacific Islander |
| Ethnicity | 2% Hispanic or Latino origin |
| Median household income | $71,773 |
| High school graduation rate | 94.5% |
| College graduation rate | 35.3% |
| Upcoming elections |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Maine.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maine | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Current members
U.S. Senate
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Maine are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Maine | Susan Collins | Republican | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. Senate Maine | Angus King | Independent | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2031 |
U.S. House
The current members of the U.S. House from Maine are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House Maine District 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | January 3, 2009 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. House Maine District 2 | Jared Golden | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | January 3, 2027 |
Historical members
U.S. Senate
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Maine.
| Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Maine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Republican | 22 | |||
| Democratic | 11 | |||
| Jacksonian | 3 | |||
| Whig | 1 | |||
| Anti-Jacksonian | 1 | |||
| Independent | 1 | |||
| Democratic-Republican; Adams Republican | 1 | |||
| Democratic-Republican; Jacksonian | 1 | |||
| Class 1 Senators from Maine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John Holmes | 1820-1827 and 1829-1833 | Democratic-Republican; Adams Republican | ||||||
| Albion K. Parris | 1827-1828 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Ether Shepley | 1833-1836 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Judah Dana | 1836-1837 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Reuel Williams | 1837-1843 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Fairfield | 1843-1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| Wyman B. S. Moor | 1848-1848 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hannibal Hamlin | 1848-1857 | Democratic | ||||||
| Amos Nourse | 1857-1857 | Republican | ||||||
| Hannibal Hamlin | 1857-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| Lot Myrick Morrill | 1861-1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Hannibal Hamlin | 1869-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| Eugene Hale | 1881-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles F. Johnson | 1911-1917 | Democratic | ||||||
| Frederick Hale | 1917-1941 | Republican | ||||||
| R. Owen Brewster | 1941-1952 | Republican | ||||||
| Frederick G. Payne | 1953-1959 | Republican | ||||||
| Edmund S. Muskie | 1959-1980 | Democratic | ||||||
| George J. Mitchell | 1980-1995 | Democratic | ||||||
| Olympia J. Snowe | 1995-2013 | Republican | ||||||
| Angus King | 2013-Present | Independent | ||||||
| Class 2 Senators from Maine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John Chandler | 1820-1829 | Democratic-Republican; Jacksonian | ||||||
| Peleg Sprague | 1829-1835 | Anti-Jacksonian | ||||||
| John Ruggles | 1835-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Evans | 1841-1847 | Whig | ||||||
| James W. Bradbury | 1847-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Pitt Fessenden | 1854-1864 | Republican | ||||||
| Nathan A. Farwell | 1864-1865 | Republican | ||||||
| William Pitt Fessenden | 1865-1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Lot Myrick Morrill | 1869-1876 | Republican | ||||||
| James G. Blaine | 1876-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| William P. Frye | 1881-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Obadiah Gardner | 1911-1913 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edwin C. Burleigh | 1913-1916 | Republican | ||||||
| Bert M. Fernald | 1916-1926 | Republican | ||||||
| Arthur R. Gould | 1926-1931 | Republican | ||||||
| Wallace H. White, Jr. | 1931-1949 | Republican | ||||||
| Margaret Chase Smith | 1949-1973 | Republican | ||||||
| William D. Hathaway | 1973-1979 | Democratic | ||||||
| William S. Cohen | 1979-1997 | Republican | ||||||
| Susan Collins | 1997-Present | Republican | ||||||
U.S. House
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Maine.
2000s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 2000s from Maine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 3 | |||
| Republican | 1 | |||
| Total Representatives | 4 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Maine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Michael Michaud | 2003-2015 | Democratic | ||||||
| Chellie Pingree | 2009-Present | Democratic | ||||||
| Bruce Poliquin | 2015-2019 | Republican | ||||||
| Jared Golden | 2019-Present | Democratic | ||||||
1900s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Maine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 12 | |||
| Republican | 28 | |||
| Total Representatives | 40 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Maine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Llewellyn Powers | 1901-1908 | Republican | ||||||
| John P. Swasey | 1908-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank E. Guernsey | 1908-1917 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel W. Gould | 1911-1913 | Democratic | ||||||
| Asher C. Hinds | 1911-1917 | Republican | ||||||
| Daniel John McGillicuddy | 1911-1917 | Democratic | ||||||
| Forrest Goodwin | 1913-1913 | Republican | ||||||
| John Peters | 1913-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Louis B. Goodall | 1917-1921 | Republican | ||||||
| Ira G. Hersey | 1917-1929 | Republican | ||||||
| Wallace H. White, Jr. | 1917-1931 | Republican | ||||||
| Carroll L. Beedy | 1921-1935 | Republican | ||||||
| John E. Nelson | 1922-1933 | Republican | ||||||
| Donald F. Snow | 1929-1933 | Republican | ||||||
| Donald B. Partridge | 1931-1933 | Republican | ||||||
| John G. Utterback | 1933-1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward C. Moran, Jr. | 1933-1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Simon M. Hamlin | 1935-1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ralph O. Brewster | 1935-1941 | Republican | ||||||
| Clyde H. Smith | 1937-1939 | Republican | ||||||
| James C. Oliver | 1937-1943 and 1959-1961 | Republican | ||||||
| Margaret Chase Smith | 1939-1949 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank Fellows | 1941-1953 | Republican | ||||||
| Robert Hale | 1943-1959 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles P. Nelson | 1949-1957 | Republican | ||||||
| Clifford G. McIntire | 1953-1965 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank M. Coffin | 1957-1961 | Democratic | ||||||
| Peter A. Garland | 1961-1963 | Republican | ||||||
| Stanley R. Tupper | 1961-1967 | Republican | ||||||
| William D. Hathaway | 1965-1973 | Democratic | ||||||
| Peter N. Kyros | 1967-1975 | Democratic | ||||||
| William S. Cohen | 1973-1979 | Republican | ||||||
| David F. Emery | 1975-1983 | Republican | ||||||
| Olympia J. Snowe | 1979-1995 | Republican | ||||||
| John R. McKernan | 1983-1987 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph E. Brennan | 1987-1991 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas Andrews | 1991-1995 | Democratic | ||||||
| James Longley, Jr. | 1995-1997 | Republican | ||||||
| John E. Baldacci | 1995-2003 | Democratic | ||||||
| Tom Allen | 1997-2009 | Democratic | ||||||
1800s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1800s from Maine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 38 | |||
| Republican | 48 | |||
| Federalist | 6 | |||
| Whig | 17 | |||
| Democratic-Republican | 4 | |||
| Greenbacker | 1 | |||
| National Republican | 1 | |||
| Total Representatives | 115 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Maine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Ezekiel Whitman | 1821-1822 | Federalist | ||||||
| William D. Williamson | 1821-1823 | Republican | ||||||
| Mark L. Hill | 1821-1823 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph Dane | 1821-1823 | Federalist | ||||||
| Joshua Cushman | 1821-1825 | Republican | ||||||
| Enoch Lincoln | 1821-1826 | Republican | ||||||
| Ebenezer Herrick | 1821-1827 | Republican | ||||||
| Mark Harris | 1822-1823 | Republican | ||||||
| Stephen Longfellow | 1823-1825 | Federalist | ||||||
| William Burleigh | 1823-1827 | Federalist | ||||||
| David Kidder | 1823-1827 | Federalist | ||||||
| Jeremiah O'Brien | 1823-1829 | Republican | ||||||
| Peleg Sprague | 1825-1829 | Republican | ||||||
| John Anderson | 1825-1833 | Republican | ||||||
| James W. Ripley | 1826-1830 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph F. Wingate | 1827-1831 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel Butman | 1827-1831 | Federalist | ||||||
| Rufus McIntire | 1827-1835 | Republican | ||||||
| Leonard Jarvis | 1829-1837 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| George Evans | 1829-1841 | National-Republican | ||||||
| Cornelius Holland | 1830-1833 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| James Bates | 1831-1833 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Edward Kavanagh | 1831-1835 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Joseph Hall | 1833-1837 | Democratic | ||||||
| Gorham Parks | 1833-1837 | Democratic | ||||||
| Moses Mason | 1833-1837 | Democratic | ||||||
| Francis O.J. Smith | 1833-1839 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah Bailey | 1835-1837 | Whig | ||||||
| John Fairfield | 1835-1839 | Democratic | ||||||
| Timothy J. Carter | 1837-1838 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jonathan Cilley | 1837-1838 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph C. Noyes | 1837-1839 | Whig | ||||||
| Thomas Davee | 1837-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hugh J. Anderson | 1837-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward Robinson | 1838-1839 | Whig | ||||||
| Virgil D. Parris | 1838-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Albert Smith | 1839-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Randall | 1839-1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Nathan Clifford | 1839-1843 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joshua A. Lowell | 1839-1843 | Democratic | ||||||
| David Bronson | 1841-1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Elisha H. Allen | 1841-1843 | Whig | ||||||
| William P. Fessenden | 1841-1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Alfred Marshall | 1841-1843 | Democratic | ||||||
| Nathaniel S. Littlefield | 1841-1843 and 1849-1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joshua Herrick | 1843-1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Shepard Cary | 1843-1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin White | 1843-1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Freeman H. Morse | 1843-1845 and 1857-1861 | Whig | ||||||
| Luther Severance | 1843-1847 | Whig | ||||||
| Robert P. Dunlap | 1843-1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hannibal Hamlin | 1843-1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| John F. Scammon | 1845-1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| John D. McCrate | 1845-1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| Cullen Sawtelle | 1845-1847 and 1849-1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hezekiah Williams | 1845-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| James S. Wiley | 1847-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| Franklin Clark | 1847-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| Asa Clapp | 1847-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hiram Belcher | 1847-1849 | Whig | ||||||
| David Hammons | 1847-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ephraim K. Smart | 1847-1849 and 1851-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Otis | 1849-1851 | Whig | ||||||
| Charles Stetson | 1849-1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Rufus K. Goodenow | 1849-1851 | Whig | ||||||
| Elbridge Gerry | 1849-1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas J. D. Fuller | 1849-1857 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Andrews | 1851-1852 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Appleton | 1851-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Goodenow | 1851-1853 | Whig | ||||||
| Moses Macdonald | 1851-1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| Israel Washburn, Jr. | 1851-1861 | Whig | ||||||
| Isaac Reed | 1852-1853 | Whig | ||||||
| E. Wilder Farley | 1853-1855 | Whig | ||||||
| Samuel Mayall | 1853-1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel P. Benson | 1853-1857 | Whig | ||||||
| Ebenezer Knowlton | 1855-1857 | Republican | ||||||
| John J. Perry | 1855-1857 and 1859-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| John M. Wood | 1855-1859 | Republican | ||||||
| Nehemiah Abbott | 1857-1859 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles J. Gilman | 1857-1859 | Republican | ||||||
| Stephen C. Foster | 1857-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| Daniel E. Somes | 1859-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| Ezra B. French | 1859-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| Stephen Coburn | 1861-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles W. Walton | 1861-1862 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel C. Fessenden | 1861-1863 | Republican | ||||||
| John N. Goodwin | 1861-1863 | Republican | ||||||
| Anson P. Morrill | 1861-1863 | Republican | ||||||
| John H. Rice | 1861-1867 | Republican | ||||||
| Frederick A. Pike | 1861-1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas A. D. Fessenden | 1862-1863 | Republican | ||||||
| Lorenzo De Medici Sweat | 1863-1865 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sidney Perham | 1863-1869 | Republican | ||||||
| James G. Blaine | 1863-1876 | Republican | ||||||
| John Lynch | 1865-1873 | Republican | ||||||
| John A. Peters | 1867-1873 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel P. Morrill | 1869-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Eugene Hale | 1869-1879 | Republican | ||||||
| William P. Frye | 1871-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel F. Hersey | 1873-1875 | Republican | ||||||
| John H. Burleigh | 1873-1877 | Republican | ||||||
| Harris M. Plaisted | 1875-1877 | Republican | ||||||
| Edwin Flye | 1876-1877 | Republican | ||||||
| Llewellyn Powers | 1877-1879 | Republican | ||||||
| Stephen D. Lindsey | 1877-1883 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas B. Reed | 1877-1899 | Republican | ||||||
| George W. Ladd | 1879-1883 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thompson H. Murch | 1879-1883 | Greenbacker | ||||||
| Nelson Dingley, Jr. | 1881-1899 | Republican | ||||||
| Seth L. Milliken | 1883-1897 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles A. Boutelle | 1883-1901 | Republican | ||||||
| Edwin C. Burleigh | 1897-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles E. Littlefield | 1899-1908 | Republican | ||||||
| Amos L. Allen | 1899-1911 | Republican | ||||||
District map
Footnotes
Senators
Susan Collins (R)
Angus King (I)
Representatives
District 1
Chellie Pingree (D)
District 2
Jared Golden (D)
Democratic Party (2)
Republican Party (1)
Independent (1)
