In this post we will looking at Maine and its territories, Its past and present governors and current House of representative’s members.
INTRODUCTION.
Maine Is a state in the New England region of the United States, bordered by New Hampshire to the west; the Gulf of Maine to the southeast; and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeastern most among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border exactly one other US state. The most populous city in Maine is Portland, while its capital is Augusta. Maine has traditionally been known for its jagged, rocky Atlantic Ocean and Bayshore coastlines; smoothly contoured mountains; heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its wild lowbush blueberries and seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. Coastal and Down East Maine, especially in the vicinity of Portland, have emerged as an important center for the creative economy, which is also bringing gentrification. For thousands of years after the glaciers retreated during the last ice age, indigenous peoples were the only inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine. At the time of European arrival, several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabited the area. The first European settlement in the area was by the French in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, founded by Pierre Duguay, Sieur de Mons. The first English settlement was the short-lived Popham Colony, established by the Plymouth Company in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate and conflict with the local indigenous people caused many to fail. As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen European settlements had survived. Loyalist and Patriot forces contended for Maine’s territory during the American Revolution. During the War of 1812, the largely undefended eastern region of Maine was occupied by British forces with the goal of annexing it to Canada via the Colony of New Ireland, but returned to the United States following failed British offensives on the northern border, mid-Atlantic and south which produced a peace treaty that restored the pre-war boundaries. Maine was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820 when it voted to secede from Massachusetts to become a separate state. On March 15, 1820, under the Missouri Compromise, it was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state.
MAINE TERRITORIES.
Maine is the least densely populated U.S. state east of the Mississippi River. It is called the Pine Tree State; over 80% of its total land is forested or unclaimed, the most forest cover of any U.S. state. In the wooded areas of the interior lies much uninhabited land, some of which does not have formal political organization into local units (a rarity in New England). The Northwest Aroostook unorganized territory in the northern part of the state, for example, has an area of 2,668 square miles (6,910 km2) and a population of 10, or one person for every 267 square miles (690 km2). Maine is in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome. The land near the southern and central Atlantic coast is covered by the mixed oaks of the Northeastern coastal forests. The remainder of the state, including the North Woods, is covered by the New England–Acadian forests. Maine has almost 230 miles (400 km) of ocean coastline (and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of tidal coastline).[47][48] West Quoddy Head in Lubec is the easternmost point of land in the 48 contiguous states. Along the famous rock-bound coast of Maine are lighthouses, beaches, fishing villages, and thousands of offshore islands, including the Isles of Shoals which straddle the New Hampshire border. There are jagged rocks and cliffs and many bays and inlets. Inland are lakes, rivers, forests, and mountains. This visual contrast of forested slopes sweeping down to the sea has been summed up by American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay of Rockland and Camden, in “Renascence”.
LIST OF GOVERNORS AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE’S MEMBERS.
There have been 71 governors of Maine since statehood, serving 75 distinct terms. Four governors served multiple non-consecutive terms (Edward Kent, John Fairfield, John W. Dana, and Burton M. Cross). The longest-serving governor was Joseph E. Brennan, who served two terms from 1979 to 1987. The shortest-serving governors were Nathaniel M. Haskell and Richard H. Vose, who each served only one day. John W. Dana also served for one day in 1844, after the incumbent governor resigned, but was later elected to the governorship. The current governor is Democrat Janet Mills, who took office on January 2, 2019. Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state. Before then, it was the District of Maine, part of the state of Massachusetts. The Maine Constitution of 1820 originally established a gubernatorial term of one year,[9] to begin on the first Wednesday of January; constitutional amendments expanded this to two years in 1879 and to four years in 1957. The 1957 amendment also prohibited governors from succeeding themselves after serving two terms. The constitution does not establish an office of lieutenant governor; a vacancy in the office of governor is filled by the president of the Maine Senate. Prior to an amendment in 1964, the president of the senate only acted as governor.
| # | Portrait | Governor | Party | Took office | Left office | Terms [note 1] |
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| 1 | William King February 9, 1768 – June 17, 1852 (aged 84) |
Democratic-Republican | March 15, 1820 | May 28, 1821 (resigned) | 1⁄4 [note 2] | ||
| 2 | William D. Williamson July 31, 1779 – May 27, 1846 (aged 66) |
Democratic-Republican | May 28, 1821 | December 5, 1821 (resigned) | 1⁄4 [note 3] [note 4] |
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| 3 | Benjamin Ames October 30, 1778 – September 28, 1835 (aged 56) |
Democratic-Republican | December 5, 1821 | January 2, 1822 (resigned) | 1⁄4 [note 5] [note 6] |
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| 4 | Daniel Rose July 31, 1772 – October 25, 1833 (aged 61) |
Democratic-Republican | January 2, 1822 | January 5, 1822 | 1⁄4 [note 7] | ||
| 5 | Albion K. Parris January 19, 1788 – February 11, 1857 (aged 69) |
Democratic-Republican | January 5, 1822 | January 3, 1827 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Enoch Lincoln December 28, 1788 – October 8, 1829 (aged 40) |
Democratic-Republican | January 3, 1827 | October 8, 1829 (died in office) | 2+1⁄3 [note 8] | ||
| 7 | Nathan Cutler May 29, 1775 – June 8, 1861 (aged 86) |
Democratic | October 8, 1829 | January 6, 1830 | 1⁄3 [note 9] | ||
| 8 | Joshua Hall October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862 (aged 94) |
Democratic | January 6, 1830 | February 9, 1830 | 1⁄3 [note 5] | ||
| 9 | Jonathan G. Hunton March 14, 1781 – October 12, 1851 (aged 70) |
National Republican | February 9, 1830 | January 5, 1831 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 10 | Samuel E. Smith March 12, 1788 – March 4, 1860 (aged 71) |
Democratic | January 5, 1831 | January 1, 1834 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Robert P. Dunlap August 17, 1794 – October 20, 1859 (aged 65) |
Democratic | January 1, 1834 | January 3, 1838 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Edward Kent January 8, 1802 – May 19, 1877 (aged 75) |
Whig | January 19, 1838 | January 2, 1839 | 1 [note 10] | ||
| 13 | John Fairfield January 30, 1797 – December 24, 1847 (aged 50) |
Democratic | January 2, 1839 | January 12, 1841 (resigned) | 1+1⁄2 [note 11] | ||
| 14 | Richard H. Vose November 8, 1803 – January 19, 1864 (aged 60) |
Whig | January 12, 1841 | January 13, 1841 | 1⁄2 [note 7] | ||
| 15 | Edward Kent January 8, 1802 – May 19, 1877 (aged 75) |
Whig | January 13, 1841 | January 5, 1842 | 1 | ||
| 16 | John Fairfield January 30, 1797 – December 24, 1847 (aged 50) |
Democratic | January 5, 1842 | March 7, 1843 (resigned) | 1+1⁄4 [note 12] | ||
| 17 | Edward Kavanagh April 27, 1795 – January 22, 1844 (aged 48) |
Democratic | March 7, 1843 | January 1, 1844 (resigned) | 1⁄4 [note 3] [note 13] |
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| 18 | David Dunn January 11, 1811 – February 17, 1894 (aged 83) |
Democratic | January 1, 1844 | January 3, 1844 (resigned) | 1⁄4 [note 5] [note 14] |
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| 19 | John W. Dana June 21, 1808 – December 22, 1867 (aged 59) |
Democratic | January 3, 1844 | January 3, 1844 | 1⁄4 [note 7] | ||
| 20 | Hugh J. Anderson May 10, 1801 – May 31, 1881 (aged 80) |
Democratic | January 3, 1844 | May 12, 1847 | 3 | ||
| 21 | John W. Dana June 21, 1808 – December 22, 1867 (aged 59) |
Democratic | May 12, 1847 | May 8, 1850 | 3 | ||
| 22 | John Hubbard March 22, 1794 – February 6, 1869 (aged 74) |
Democratic | May 8, 1850 | January 5, 1853 (lost election) | 3 | ||
| 23 | William G. Crosby September 10, 1805 – March 21, 1881 (aged 75) |
Whig | January 5, 1853 | January 3, 1855 (did not seek re-election) | 2 | ||
| 24 | Anson Morrill June 10, 1803 – July 4, 1887 (aged 84) |
Republican | January 3, 1855 | January 2, 1856 (Lost election) | 1 | ||
| 25 | Samuel Wells August 15, 1801 – July 15, 1868 (aged 66) |
Democratic | January 2, 1856 | January 8, 1857 (Lost election) | 1 | ||
| 26 | Hannibal Hamlin August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891 (aged 81) |
Republican | January 8, 1857 | February 25, 1857 (resigned) | 1⁄2 [note 12] | ||
| 27 | Joseph H. Williams February 15, 1814 – July 19, 1896 (aged 82) |
Republican | February 25, 1857 | January 6, 1858 | 1⁄2 [note 7] | ||
| 28 | Lot M. Morrill May 3, 1813 – January 10, 1883 (aged 69) |
Republican | January 6, 1858 | January 2, 1861 | 3 | ||
| 29 | Israel Washburn Jr. June 6, 1813 – May 12, 1883 (aged 69) |
Republican | January 2, 1861 | January 7, 1863 | 2 | ||
| 30 | Abner Coburn March 22, 1803 – January 4, 1885 (aged 81) |
Republican | January 7, 1863 | January 6, 1864 | 1 | ||
| 31 | Samuel Cony February 27, 1811 – October 5, 1870 (aged 59) |
Republican | January 6, 1864 | January 2, 1867 | 2 | ||
| 32 | Joshua Chamberlain September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914 (aged 85) |
Republican | January 2, 1867 | January 4, 1871 | 4 | ||
| 33 | Sidney Perham March 27, 1819 – April 9, 1907 (aged 88) |
Republican | January 4, 1871 | January 7, 1874 | 3 | ||
| 34 | Nelson Dingley Jr. February 15, 1832 – January 13, 1899 (aged 66) |
Republican | January 7, 1874 | January 5, 1876 | 2 | ||
| 35 | Seldon Connor January 25, 1839 – July 9, 1917 (aged 78) |
Republican | January 5, 1876 | January 8, 1879 (lost elections) | 3 | ||
| 36 | Alonzo Garcelon May 6, 1813 – December 8, 1906 (aged 93) |
Democratic | January 8, 1879 | January 17, 1880 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Daniel F. Davis September 12, 1843 – January 9, 1897 (aged 53) |
Republican | January 17, 1880 | January 13, 1881 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 38 | Harris M. Plaisted November 2, 1828 – January 31, 1898 (aged 69) |
Greenback / Democratic | January 13, 1881 | January 3, 1883 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 39 | Frederick Robie August 12, 1822 – February 3, 1912 (aged 89) |
Republican | January 3, 1883 | January 5, 1887 | 2 | ||
| 40 | Joseph R. Bodwell June 18, 1818 – December 15, 1887 (aged 69) |
Republican | January 5, 1887 | December 15, 1887 (died in office) | 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
| 41 | Sebastian Streeter Marble March 1, 1817 – May 10, 1902 (aged 85) |
Republican | December 15, 1887 | January 2, 1889 | 1⁄2 [note 7] | ||
| 42 | Edwin C. Burleigh November 27, 1843 – June 16, 1916 (aged 72) |
Republican | January 2, 1889 | January 4, 1893 (did not seek re-election) | 2 | ||
| 43 | Henry B. Cleaves February 6, 1840 – June 22, 1912 (aged 72) |
Republican | January 4, 1893 | January 2, 1897 (did not seek re-election) | 2 | ||
| 44 | Llewellyn Powers October 14, 1836 – July 28, 1908 (aged 71) |
Republican | January 2, 1897 | January 2, 1901 | 2 | ||
| 45 | John Fremont Hill October 29, 1855 – March 16, 1912 (aged 56) |
Republican | January 2, 1901 | January 4, 1905 | 2 | ||
| 46 | William T. Cobb July 23, 1857 – July 24, 1937 (aged 80) |
Republican | January 4, 1905 | January 6, 1909 | 2 | ||
| 47 | Bert M. Fernald April 3, 1858 – August 23, 1926 (aged 68) |
Republican | January 6, 1909 | January 4, 1911 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 48 | Frederick W. Plaisted July 26, 1865 – March 4, 1943 (aged 77) |
Democratic | January 4, 1911 | January 1, 1913 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 49 | William T. Haines August 7, 1854 – June 4, 1919 (aged 64) |
Republican | January 1, 1913 | January 6, 1915 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 50 | Oakley C. Curtis March 29, 1865 – February 22, 1924 (aged 58) |
Democratic | January 6, 1915 | January 3, 1917 (lost election) | 1 | ||
| 51 | Carl Milliken July 13, 1877 – May 1, 1961 (aged 83) |
Republican | January 3, 1917 | January 5, 1921 (lost election) | 2 | ||
| 52 | Frederic Hale Parkhurst November 5, 1864 – January 21, 1921 (aged 56) |
Republican | January 5, 1921 | January 31, 1921 (died in office) | 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
| 53 | Percival P. Baxter November 22, 1876 – June 12, 1969 (aged 92) |
Republican | January 31, 1921 | January 7, 1925 (did not seek re-election) | 1+1⁄2 [note 15] | ||
| 54 | Ralph Owen Brewster February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961 (aged 73) |
Republican | January 7, 1925 | January 2, 1929 (did not seek re-election) | 2 | ||
| 55 | William Tudor Gardiner June 12, 1892 – August 3, 1953 (aged 61) |
Republican | January 2, 1929 | January 4, 1933 | 2 | ||
| 56 | Louis J. Brann July 6, 1876 – February 3, 1948 (aged 71) |
Democratic | January 4, 1933 | January 6, 1937 (did not seek re-election) | 2 | ||
| 57 | Lewis O. Barrows June 7, 1893 – January 30, 1967 (aged 73) |
Republican | January 6, 1937 | January 1, 1941 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 58 | Sumner Sewall June 17, 1897 – January 25, 1965 (aged 67) |
Republican | January 1, 1941 | January 3, 1945 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 59 | Horace Hildreth December 2, 1902 – June 2, 1988 (aged 85) |
Republican | January 3, 1945 | January 5, 1949 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 60 | Frederick G. Payne July 24, 1904 – June 15, 1978 (aged 73) |
Republican | January 5, 1949 | December 24, 1952 (resigned) | 1+1⁄3 [note 12] | ||
| 61 | Burton M. Cross November 15, 1902 – October 22, 1998 (aged 95) |
Republican | December 24, 1952 | January 6, 1953 (resigned) | 1⁄3 [note 9] | ||
| 62 | Nathaniel M. Haskell September 27, 1912 – February 8, 1983 (aged 70) |
Republican | January 6, 1953 | January 7, 1953 | 1⁄3 [note 16] | ||
| 63 | Burton M. Cross November 15, 1902 – October 22, 1998 (aged 95) |
Republican | January 7, 1953 | January 5, 1955 (Lost election) | 1 | ||
| 64 | Edmund Muskie March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996 (aged 81) |
Democratic | January 5, 1955 | January 2, 1959 (term limited) | 1+1⁄2 [note 12] | ||
| 65 | Robert Haskell August 24, 1903 – December 3, 1987 (aged 84) |
Republican | January 2, 1959 | January 7, 1959 | 1⁄2 [note 7] | ||
| 66 | Clinton Clauson March 28, 1895 – December 30, 1959 (aged 64) |
Democratic | January 7, 1959 | December 30, 1959 (died in office) | 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
| 67 | John H. Reed January 5, 1921 – October 31, 2012 (aged 91) |
Republican | December 30, 1959 | January 5, 1967 (lost election) | 1+1⁄2 [note 15] | ||
| 68 | Kenneth M. Curtis February 8, 1931 (age 91) |
Democratic | January 5, 1967 | January 2, 1975 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 69 | James B. Longley April 22, 1924 – August 16, 1980 (aged 56) |
Independent | January 2, 1975 | January 3, 1979 (did not seek re-election) | 1 | ||
| 70 | Joseph E. Brennan November 2, 1934 (age 87) |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 | January 7, 1987 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 71 | John R. McKernan Jr. May 20, 1948 (age 74) |
Republican | January 7, 1987 | January 5, 1995 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 72 | Angus King March 31, 1944 (age 78) |
Independent | January 5, 1995 | January 8, 2003 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 73 | John Baldacci January 30, 1955 (age 67) |
Democratic | January 8, 2003 | January 5, 2011 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 74 | Paul LePage October 9, 1948 (age 73) |
Republican | January 5, 2011 | January 2, 2019 (term limited) | 2 | ||
| 75 | Janet Mills December 30, 1947 (age 74) |
Democratic | January 2, 2019 | Incumbent | — |
MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. HOUSE FROM MAINE
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Maine. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Maine. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.
LIST OF MEMBERS AND DELEGATES
| Party | Member | Years | District | Electoral history |
| Nehemiah Abbott | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
3rd | Elected in 1856. Retired. |
| Amos L. Allen | Republican | November 6, 1899 – March 3, 1911 |
1st | Elected to finish Reed’s term. Retired but died before next term. |
| Elisha Hunt Allen | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
8th | Elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 6th district and lost re-election to Hamlin. |
| Tom Allen | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 |
1st | Elected in 1996. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Hugh J. Anderson | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
6th | Elected in 1836. Retired. |
| John Anderson | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
2nd | Elected in 1824. Retired to run for Mayor of Portland. |
| Charles Andrews | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – April 30, 1852 |
4th | Elected in 1850. Died. |
| Tom Andrews | Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
1st | Elected in 1990. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| John Appleton | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
2nd | Elected in 1850. Retired. |
| Jeremiah Bailey | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
3rd | Elected in 1834. Lost re-election to Cilley. |
| John Baldacci | Democratic | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
2nd | Elected in 1994. Retired to run for governor. |
| James Bates | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
7th | Elected in 1830. Retired. |
| Carroll L. Beedy | Republican | March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1935 |
1st | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election to S. Hamlin. |
| Hiram Belcher | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
3rd | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| Samuel P. Benson | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
4th | Elected in 1852. Switched parties. |
| Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Re-elected in 1854 as an Opposition Party candidate. Retired. |
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| James G. Blaine | Republican | March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1876 |
3rd | Elected in 1862. Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator. |
| Charles A. Boutelle | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
At-large | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1901 |
4th | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected but resigned before next term. |
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| Joseph E. Brennan | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
1st | Elected in 1986.[a] Retired to run for governor. |
| Owen Brewster | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 |
3rd | Elected in 1934. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| David Bronson | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
4th | Elected to finish Evans’s term. Retired. |
| Edwin C. Burleigh | Republican | June 21, 1897 – March 3, 1911 |
3rd | Elected to finish Milliken’s term. Lost re-election to Gould. |
| John H. Burleigh | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
1st | Elected in 1872. Lost renomination to T. Reed. |
| William Burleigh | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
1st | Elected in 1823. Switched parties. |
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – July 2, 1827 |
Re-elected in 1824 as an Anti-Jacksonian. Died. |
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| Samuel Butman | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
7th | Elected in 1827. Retired. |
| Timothy J. Carter | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 14, 1838 |
5th | Elected in 1836. Died. |
| Shepard Cary | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
7th | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
| Jonathan Cilley | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – February 24, 1838 |
3rd | Elected in 1836. Died. |
| Asa Clapp | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
2nd | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| Franklin Clark | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
4th | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| Nathan Clifford | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
1st | Elected in 1838. Retired. |
| Stephen Coburn | Republican | January 2, 1861 – March 3, 1861 |
5th | Elected to finish Washburn’s term. Retired. |
| Frank M. Coffin | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 |
2nd | Elected in 1956. Retired to run for governor. |
| William Cohen | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
2nd | Elected in 1972. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Joshua Cushman | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
6th | Redistricted from Massachusetts’s 19th district and re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
4th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1823. Lost re-election to Sprague. |
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| Joseph Dane | Federalist | December 11, 1820 – March 3, 1821 |
At-large | Elected finish John Holmes’s term. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
| March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
1st | Redistricted]] from the at-large district and re-elected in 1820. Retired. |
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| Thomas Davee | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
8th | Elected in 1836. Retired. |
| Nelson Dingley Jr. | Republican | September 12, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
2nd | Elected to finish Frye’s term. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
| March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
At-large | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
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| March 4, 1885 – January 13, 1899 |
2nd | Redistricted]] from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected but died before next term. |
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| Robert P. Dunlap | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
2nd | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
| David F. Emery | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
1st | Elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| George Evans | Anti-Jacksonian | July 20, 1829 – March 3, 1837 |
4th | Elected to finish Sprague’s term. Switched parties. |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
Re-elected in 1836 as a Whig. Re-elected but resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
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| John Fairfield | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – December 24, 1838 |
1st | Elected in 1834. Retired to run for governor and resigned when elected. |
| E. Wilder Farley | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
3rd | Elected in 1852. Lost re-election to Knowlton. |
| Frank Fellows | Republican | January 3, 1941 – August 27, 1951 |
3rd | Elected in 1940. Died. |
| Samuel C. Fessenden | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
3rd | Elected in 1860. Retired. |
| Thomas Fessenden | Republican | December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863 |
2nd | Elected to finish Walton’s term. Retired. |
| William P. Fessenden | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
2nd | Elected in 1840. Retired. |
| Edwin Flye | Republican | December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877 |
3rd | Elected to finish Blaine’s term. Retired. |
| Stephen Clark Foster | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
6th | Elected in 1856. Retired. |
| Ezra B. French | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
3rd | Elected in 1858. Retired. |
| William P. Frye | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 17, 1881 |
2nd | Elected in 1870. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
| Thomas J. D. Fuller | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
7th | Elected in 1848. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
| March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 |
6th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1852. Retired. |
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| Peter A. Garland | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
1st | Elected in 1960. Lost renomination to Tupper. |
| Elbridge Gerry | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
1st | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
| Charles J. Gilman | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
2nd | Elected in 1856. Retired. |
| Jared Golden | Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present |
2nd | Elected in 2018. Incumbent. |
| Louis B. Goodall | Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921 |
1st | Elected in 1916. Retired. |
| Robert Goodenow | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
3rd | Elected in 1850. Lost renomination to Farley. |
| Rufus K. Goodenow | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
4th | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
| Forrest Goodwin | Republican | March 4, 1913 – May 28, 1913 |
3rd | Elected in 1912. Died. |
| John Noble Goodwin | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
1st | Elected in 1860. Lost re-election to Sweat. |
| Samuel Wadsworth Gould | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
3rd | Elected in 1910. Lost re-election to F. Goodwin. |
| Frank E. Guernsey | Democratic | November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1917 |
4th | Elected to finish Powers’s term. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Eugene Hale | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1879 |
5th | Elected in 1868. Lost re-election to Murch. |
| Robert Hale | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 |
1st | Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Oliver. |
| Joseph Hall | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
7th | Elected in 1833. Retired. |
| Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
6th | Elected in 1843. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Simon M. Hamlin | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
1st | Elected in 1934. Lost re-election to Oliver. |
| David Hammons | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
1st | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| Mark Harris | Democratic-Republican | December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
2nd | Elected to finish Whitman’s term. Retired. |
| William Hathaway | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
2nd | Elected in 1964. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Ebenezer Herrick | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1823 |
5th | Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
| March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
3rd | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1823. Switched parties. |
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| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Re-elected in 1825 as an Anti-Jacksonian. Retired. |
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| Joshua Herrick | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
1st | Elected in 1843. Lost renomination to Scamman. |
| Ira G. Hersey | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929 |
4th | Elected in 1916. Lost renomination to Snow. |
| Samuel F. Hersey | Republican | March 4, 1873 – February 3, 1875 |
4th | Elected in 1872. Re-elected but died before next term. |
| Mark Langdon Hill | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
3rd | Redistricted from Massachusetts’s 16th district and re-elected in 1821. Lost re-election to E. Herrick. |
| Asher Hinds | Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
1st | Elected in 1910. Retired. |
| Cornelius Holland | Jacksonian | December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1833 |
5th | Elected to finish Ripley’s term. Retired. |
| Leonard Jarvis | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
6th | Elected in 1830.[b] Redistricted to the 7th district. |
| March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
7th | Redistricted from the 6th district and Re-elected in 1833. Retired. |
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| Edward Kavanagh | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835 |
3rd | Elected in 1830. Lost re-election to Bailey. |
| David Kidder | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
7th | Elected in 1823. Switched parties. |
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Re-elected in 1824 as an Anti-Jacksonian. Retired. |
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| Ebenezer Knowlton | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
3rd | Elected in 1854. Retired. |
| Peter Kyros | Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975 |
1st | Elected in 1966. Lost re-election to Emery. |
| George W. Ladd | Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
4th | Elected in 1878. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election to four others.[c] |
| Enoch Lincoln | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
7th | Redistricted from Massachusetts’s 20th district and re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
5th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1823. Switched parties. |
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| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – 1826 |
Re-elected in 1824 as an Anti-Jacksonian. Resigned. |
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| Stephen Lindsey | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
3rd | Elected in 1876. Retired. |
| Charles E. Littlefield | Republican | June 19, 1899 – September 30, 1908 |
2nd | Elected to finish Dingley’s term. Resigned. |
| Nathaniel Littlefield | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
5th | Elected in 1840. Retired. |
| March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
2nd | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
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| Stephen Longfellow | Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
2nd | Elected in 1823. Lost re-election to J. Anderson. |
| James B. Longley Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
1st | Elected in 1994. Lost re-election to T. Allen. |
| Joshua A. Lowell | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
7th | Elected in 1838. Retired. |
| John Lynch | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873 |
1st | Elected in 1864. Retired. |
| Moses Macdonald | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
1st | Elected in 1850. Retired. |
| Alfred Marshall | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
6th | Elected in 1840. Retired. |
| Moses Mason Jr. | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
5th | Elected in 1833. Retired. |
| Samuel Mayall | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
2nd | Elected in 1852. Retired. |
| John D. McCrate | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
4th | Elected in 1844. Retired. |
| Daniel J. McGillicuddy | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
2nd | Elected in 1910. Lost re-election to W. White Jr. |
| Clifford McIntire | Republican | October 22, 1951 – January 3, 1963 |
3rd | Elected to finish Fellows’s term. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
| January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
2nd | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1962. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
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| Rufus McIntire | Jacksonian | September 10, 1827 – March 3, 1835 |
1st | Elected to finish Burleigh’s term. Retired. |
| John R. McKernan Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 |
1st | Elected in 1982. Retired to run for governor. |
| Mike Michaud | Democratic | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2015 |
2nd | Elected in 2002. Retired to run for governor. |
| Seth L. Milliken | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
At-large | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
| March 4, 1885 – April 18, 1897 |
3rd | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Died. |
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| Edward C. Moran Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
2nd | Elected in 1932. Retired. |
| Anson Morrill | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
4th | Elected in 1860. Retired. |
| Samuel P. Morrill | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
2nd | Elected in 1868. Lost renomination to Frye. |
| Freeman H. Morse | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
4th | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
| Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
Elected in 1856. Retired. |
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| Thompson H. Murch | Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
5th | Elected in 1878. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election to four others.[c] |
| Charles P. Nelson | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957 |
2nd | Elected in 1948. Retired. |
| John E. Nelson | Republican | March 20, 1922 – March 3, 1933 |
3rd | Elected to finish Peters’s term. Lost re-election to Utterback. |
| Joseph C. Noyes | Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
7th | Elected in 1836. Lost re-election to Lowell. |
| Jeremiah O’Brien | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
6th | Elected in 1823. Switched parties. |
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
Re-elected in 1824 as an Anti-Jacksonian. Lost re-election to Jarvis. |
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| James C. Oliver | Republican | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
1st | Elected in 1936. Lost renomination to R. Hale. |
| Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Elected in 1958. Lost re-election to Garland. |
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| John Otis | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
3rd | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
| Gorham Parks | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
8th | Elected in 1833. Retired to run for governor. |
| Virgil D. Parris | Democratic | May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1841 |
5th | Elected to finish Carter’s term. Lost renomination to Littlefield. |
| Donald B. Partridge | Republican | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
2nd | Elected in 1930. Retired. |
| Sidney Perham | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
2nd | Elected in 1862. Retired. |
| John J. Perry | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
2nd | Elected in 1854. Retired. |
| Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
Elected in 1858. Retired. |
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| John A. Peters | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
4th | Elected in 1866. Retired. |
| John A. Peters | Republican | September 9, 1913 – January 2, 1922 |
3rd | Elected to finish Goodwin’s term. Resigned to become Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. |
| Frederick A. Pike | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
6th | Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
5th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1862. Lost renomination to E. Hale. |
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| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – present |
1st | Elected in 2008. Incumbent. |
| Harris M. Plaisted | Republican | September 13, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
4th | Elected to finish Hersey’s term. Retired. |
| Bruce Poliquin | Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 |
2nd | Elected in 2014. Lost re-election to Golden. |
| Llewellyn Powers | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
4th | Elected in 1876. Lost re-election to Ladd. |
| April 8, 1901 – July 28, 1908 |
Elected to finish Boutelle’s term. Died. |
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| Benjamin Randall | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
3rd | Elected in 1838. Retired. |
| Isaac Reed | Whig | June 25, 1852 – March 3, 1853 |
4th | Elected to finish Andrews’s term. Retired. |
| Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
1st | Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
| March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
At-large | Redistricted from the 1st district and Re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
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| March 4, 1885 – September 4, 1899 |
1st | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Resigned to protest the Spanish–American War. |
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| John H. Rice | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
5th | Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
4th | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1862. Retired. |
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| James W. Ripley | Jacksonian | September 11, 1826 – March 12, 1830 |
5th | Elected to finish Lincoln’s term Resigned. |
| Edward Robinson | Whig | April 28, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
3rd | Elected to finish Cilley’s term. Retired. |
| Cullen Sawtelle | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
5th | Elected in 1844. Retired. |
| March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
Elected in 1848. Retired. |
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| John Fairfield Scamman | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
1st | Elected in 1844. Retired. |
| Luther Severance | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
3rd | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
| Ephraim K. Smart | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
5th | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
Elected in 1850. Lost re-election to Washburn. |
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| Albert Smith | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
2nd | Elected in 1838. Lost re-election to W. Fessenden. |
| Clyde H. Smith | Republican | January 3, 1937 – April 8, 1940 |
2nd | Elected in 1936. Died. |
| Francis Smith | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
2nd | Elected in 1833. Switched parties. |
| Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Re-elected in 1836 as a Democrat. Lost re-election to A. Smith. |
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| Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | June 3, 1940 – January 3, 1949 |
2nd | Elected to finish her husband’s term. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Donald F. Snow | Democratic | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
4th | Elected in 1928. Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost renomination to Brewster. |
| Olympia Snowe | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1995 |
2nd | Elected in 1978. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Daniel E. Somes | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
1st | Elected in 1858. Retired. |
| Peleg Sprague | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
4th | Elected in 1825. Re-elected but resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
| Charles Stetson | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
6th | Elected in 1848. Lost renomination. |
| John P. Swasey | Republican | November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1911 |
2nd | Elected to finish Littlefield’s term. Lost re-election to McGillicuddy. |
| Lorenzo De Medici Sweat | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
1st | Elected in 1862. Lost re-election to Lynch. |
| Stanley R. Tupper | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
2nd | Elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
| January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
1st | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1962. Retired. |
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| John G. Utterback | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
3rd | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election to Brewster. |
| Charles W. Walton | Republican | March 4, 1861 – May 26, 1862 |
2nd | Elected in 1860. Resigned to become Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. |
| Israel Washburn Jr. | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
6th | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
5th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1852. Switched parties. |
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| Republican | March 4, 1855 – January 1, 1861 |
Re-elected in 1854 as a Republican. Retired to run for governor and resigned when elected. |
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| Benjamin White | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
5th | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
| Wallace H. White Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1931 |
2nd | Elected in 1916. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Ezekiel Whitman | Federalist | March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822 |
2nd | Redistricted from the Massachusetts’s 15th district and re-elected in 1820. Resigned. |
| James S. Wiley | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
6th | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| Hezekiah Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
7th | Elected in 1844. Retired. |
| William D. Williamson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
4th | Redistricted from the Massachusetts’s 18th district and re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election to Kidder. |
| Joseph F. Wingate | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
3rd | Elected in 1826. Retired. |
| John M. Wood | Republican | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
1st | Elected in 1854. Retired. |