List of United States Senators from Maine
Maine became a state on March 15, 1820. The state's senators belong to Class 1 and Class 2. Republican Susan Collins (elected 1996) and Independent Angus King (elected 2012) are Maine's current senators.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | John Holmes |
Democratic-Republican | June 13, 1820 – March 3, 1827 |
Elected in 1820. | 1 | 16th Congress | 1 | Elected in 1820. | June 14, 1820 – March 3, 1829 |
Democratic-Republican | John Chandler |
1 |
Elected in 1821. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
2 | 17th Congress | ||||||||||
Crawford Democratic-Republican |
18th Congress | 2 | Re-elected in 1823. Retired. |
Crawford Democratic-Republican | ||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
19th Congress | Jacksonian | ||||||||||
2 | Albion Parris |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – August 26, 1828 |
Elected in 1827. Resigned to become a judge on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. |
3 | 20th Congress | ||||||
Vacant | August 26, 1828 – January 15, 1829 | |||||||||||
3 | John Holmes |
Anti- Jacksonian |
January 15, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
Elected to finish Parris's term | ||||||||
21st Congress | 3 | Elected in 1829. Resigned. |
March 4, 1829 – January 1, 1835 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Peleg Sprague |
2 | ||||||
22nd Congress | ||||||||||||
4 | Ether Shepley |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1836 |
Elected in 1832 or 1833. Resigned to become Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. |
4 | 23rd Congress | ||||||
January 1, 1835 – January 20, 1835 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Sprague's term | January 20, 1835 – March 3, 1841 |
Jacksonian | John Ruggles |
3 | ||||||||
24th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1835. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
5 | Judah Dana |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1836 – March 3, 1837 |
Appointed to continue Shepley's term. Either lost election to finish the term or retired when elected successor qualified. ([Data unknown/missing. You can help!]). | ||||||||
6 | Reuel Williams |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – February 15, 1843 |
Elected to finish Shepley's term | 25th Congress | Democratic | ||||||
Re-elected in 1839. Resigned. |
5 | 26th Congress | ||||||||||
27th Congress | 5 | Elected in 1840. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1847 |
Whig | George Evans |
4 | ||||||
Vacant | February 15, 1843 – December 4, 1843 |
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28th Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | John Fairfield |
Democratic | December 4, 1843 – December 24, 1847 |
Elected to finish Williams's term | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1844 or 1845. Died. |
6 | 29th Congress | ||||||||||
30th Congress | 6 | Elected in 1846.[1] Retired. |
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
Democratic | James W. Bradbury |
5 | ||||||
Vacant | December 24, 1847 – January 5, 1848 | |||||||||||
8 | Wyman B. S. Moor |
Democratic | January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848 |
Appointed to continue Fairfield's term. Successor elected. | ||||||||
9 | Hannibal Hamlin |
Democratic | June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857 |
Elected to finish Fairfield's term | ||||||||
31st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1851. Resigned to become Governor of Maine. |
7 | 32nd Congress | ||||||||||
33rd Congress | 7 | Legislature failed to elect | March 4, 1853 – February 10, 1854 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Elected to finish term. | February 10, 1854 – July 1, 1864 |
Whig | William P. Fessenden |
6 | ||||||||
34th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | January 7, 1857 – January 16, 1857 | |||||||||||
10 | Amos Nourse |
Republican | January 16, 1857 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected to finish Hamlin's term | ||||||||
11 | Hannibal Hamlin |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861 |
Elected in 1857. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President. |
8 | 35th Congress | Republican | |||||
36th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1859. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | ||||||||||
12 | Lot M. Morrill |
Republican | January 17, 1861 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected to finish Hamlin's term | ||||||||
37th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1863. Lost re-election. |
9 | 38th Congress | ||||||||||
July 1, 1864 – October 27, 1864 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fessenden's term. Elected January 11, 1865 to finish Fessenden's term.[2] Retired. |
October 27, 1864 – March 3, 1865 |
Republican | Nathan A. Farwell |
7 | ||||||||
39th Congress | 9 | Elected in 1864 or 1865. Died. |
March 4, 1865 – September 8, 1869 |
Republican | William P. Fessenden |
8 | ||||||
40th Congress | ||||||||||||
13 | Hannibal Hamlin |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1869. | 10 | 41st Congress | ||||||
September 8, 1869 – October 30, 1869 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Fessenden's term. Elected January 19, 1870 to finish Fessenden's term.[2] |
October 30, 1869 – July 7, 1876 |
Republican | Lot M. Morrill |
9 | ||||||||
42nd Congress | 10 | Re-election year unknown. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | ||||||||||
43rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1875. Retired. |
11 | 44th Congress | ||||||||||
July 7, 1876 – July 10, 1876 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Morrill's term. Elected January 17, 1877 to finish Morrill's term.[2] |
July 10, 1876 – March 5, 1881 |
Republican | James G. Blaine |
10 | ||||||||
45th Congress | 11 | Elected to full term in 1877. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. | ||||||||||
46th Congress | ||||||||||||
14 | Eugene Hale |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1911 |
Elected in 1881. | 12 | 47th Congress | ||||||
March 5, 1881 – March 18, 1881 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Blaine's term | March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911 |
Republican | William P. Frye |
11 | ||||||||
48th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1883. | ||||||||||
49th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1887. | 13 | 50th Congress | ||||||||||
51st Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1889. | ||||||||||
52nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. | 14 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||||
54th Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1895. | ||||||||||
55th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. | 15 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
57th Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1901. | ||||||||||
58th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Retired. |
16 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
60th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1907. Died. | ||||||||||
61st Congress | ||||||||||||
15 | Charles Fletcher Johnson |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected in 1910. Lost re-election. |
17 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
August 8, 1911 – September 23, 1911 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Frye's term. Elected April 2, 1912 to finish Frye's term.[2] Lost re-election. |
September 23, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Democratic | Obadiah Gardner |
12 | ||||||||
63rd Congress | 17 | Elected in 1912. Died. |
March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916 |
Republican | Edwin C. Burleigh |
13 | ||||||
64th Congress | ||||||||||||
June 16, 1916 – September 12, 1916 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Burleigh's term | September 12, 1916 – August 23, 1926 |
Republican | Bert M. Fernald |
14 | ||||||||
16 | Frederick Hale |
Republican | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1916. | 18 | 65th Congress | ||||||
66th Congress | 18 | Re-elected in 1918. | ||||||||||
67th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. | 19 | 68th Congress | ||||||||||
69th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1924. Died. | ||||||||||
August 23, 1926 – November 30, 1926 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Fernald's term. Retired. |
November 30, 1926 – March 3, 1931 |
Republican | Arthur R. Gould |
15 | ||||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 20 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | 20 | Elected in 1930. | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1949 |
Republican | Wallace H. White, Jr. |
16 | ||||||
73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Retired. |
21 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
75th Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th Congress | ||||||||||||
17 | Ralph Brewster |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – December 31, 1952 |
Elected in 1940. | 22 | 77th Congress | ||||||
78th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1942. Retired. | ||||||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. Resigned, having already lost the renomination. |
23 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | 23 | Elected in 1948. | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 |
Republican | Margaret Chase Smith |
17 | ||||||
82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
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18 | Frederick G. Payne |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
24 | 83rd Congress | ||||||
84th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th Congress | ||||||||||||
19 | Edmund Muskie |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – May 7, 1980 |
Elected in 1958. | 25 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | 25 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
88th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 26 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 27 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 27 | Elected in 1972. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
Democratic | William Hathaway |
18 | ||||||
94th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. |
28 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | 28 | Elected in 1978. | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997 |
Republican | William Cohen |
19 | ||||||
Vacant | May 7, 1980 – May 19, 1980 |
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20 | George J. Mitchell |
Democratic | May 19, 1980 – January 3, 1995 |
Appointed to finish Muskie's term | ||||||||
97th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982[3] | 29 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
30 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
21 | Olympia Snowe |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1994. | 31 | 104th Congress | ||||||
105th Congress | 31 | Elected in 1996. | January 3, 1997 – Present |
Republican | Susan Collins |
20 | ||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 32 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | 32 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. |
33 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | 33 | Re-elected in 2008. | ||||||||||
112th Congress | ||||||||||||
22 | Angus King |
Independent | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 34 | 113th Congress | ||||||
114th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 2014. | ||||||||||
115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 35 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 35 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Maine
As of October 2016, there are three living former U.S. Senators from Maine, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was William Hathaway of Class 2 (1973-1979) on June 24, 2013. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Edmund Muskie (1959-1980) on March 26, 1996.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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William Cohen | 1979–1997 | 2 | August 28, 1940 |
George J. Mitchell | 1980–1995 | 1 | August 20, 1933 |
Olympia Snowe | 1995–2013 | 1 | February 21, 1947 |
See also
References
- Byrd, Robert C.; Wolff, Wendy (October 1, 1993). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992" (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office.