List of Maine members of the US House of Representatives

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Chellie Pingree, current Maine First Congressional District Representative
Jared Golden, current representative of Maine's Second Congressional Constituency

This list shows all the politicians who for since 1820 the state of Maine to the United States House of Representatives have listened. Before the state split off from Massachusetts as a result of the Missouri Compromise , the District of Maine was represented in Congress by the appropriate representatives from Massachusetts ; most recently the Maine district had seven seats. After a short transition period with one MP, the state of Maine had seven members in the House of Representatives as early as 1821. An eighth constituency existed for a short time between 1833 and 1843. As a result, the number of MPs fell continuously, until 1963 the third district ceased to exist; since then, the Maine delegation has only been two. Only once, in 1883, were the seats awarded in a state-wide election (“at large”).

1st seat (since 1820)

Surname Term of office Political party
Joseph Dane November 6, 1820 - March 3, 1823 federalist
William Burleigh March 4, 1823 - July 2, 1827 Democratic Republican
Rufus McIntire September 10, 1827 - March 3, 1835 democrat
John Fairfield March 4, 1835 - December 24, 1838 democrat
Nathan Clifford March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 democrat
Joshua Herrick March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
John Fairfield Scamman March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 democrat
David Hammons March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Elbridge Gerry March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Moses Macdonald March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1855 democrat
John M. Wood March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859 republican
Daniel Eton Somes March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 republican
John Noble Goodwin March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 republican
Lorenzo De Medici Sweat March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865 democrat
John Lynch March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873 republican
John Holmes Burleigh March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 republican
Thomas Brackett Reed March 4, 1877 - September 4, 1899 republican
Amos Lawrence Allen November 6, 1899 - February 20, 1911 republican
Asher Crosby Hinds March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1917 republican
Louis Bertrand Goodall March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1921 republican
Carroll Lynwood Beedy March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1935 republican
Simon Moulton Hamlin January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 democrat
James Churchill Oliver January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1943 republican
Robert Hale January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1959 republican
James Churchill Oliver Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961 democrat
Peter Adams Garland January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963 republican
Stanley Roger Tupper Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1967 republican
Peter Nicholas Cyrus Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1975 democrat
David Farnham Emery Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1983 republican
John Rettie McKernan January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1987 republican
Joseph Edward Brennan January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1991 democrat
Thomas Andrews January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1995 democrat
James B. Longley Jr. January 3, 1995 - January 3, 1997 republican
Thomas Hodge Allen January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2009 democrat
Chellie M. Pingree January 3, 2009 - democrat

2nd seat (since 1821)

Surname Term of office Political party
Ezekiel Whitman March 4, 1821 - June 1, 1822 federalist
Mark Harris December 2, 1822 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Stephen Longfellow March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 Democratic Republican
John Anderson March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1833 democrat
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1839 democrat
Albert Smith March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 democrat
William Pitt Fessenden March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 Whig
Robert Pinckney Dunlap March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 democrat
Asa Clapp March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 democrat
John Appleton March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 democrat
Samuel Mayall March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
John Jasiel Perry March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 Opposition party
Charles Jervis Gilman March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859 republican
John Jasiel Perry March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 republican
Charles Wesley Walton March 4, 1861 - May 26, 1862 republican
Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden December 1, 1862 - March 3, 1863 republican
Sidney Perham March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869 republican
Samuel Plummer Morrill March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871 republican
William Pierce Frye March 4, 1871 - March 17, 1881 republican
Edward Nelson Dingley September 12, 1881 - January 13, 1899 republican
Charles Edward Littlefield June 19, 1899 - September 30, 1908 republican
John Phillip Swasey November 3, 1908 - March 3, 1911 republican
Daniel John McGillicuddy March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1917 democrat
Wallace Humphrey White March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1931 republican
Donald Barrow's Partridge March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 republican
Edward Carleton Moran March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Clyde Harold Smith January 3, 1937 - April 8, 1940 republican
Margaret Chase Smith June 3, 1940 - January 3, 1949 republican
Charles Pembroke Nelson January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1957 republican
Frank Morey Coffin Jan. 3, 1957 - January 3, 1961 democrat
Stanley Roger Tupper January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963 republican
Clifford Guy McIntire Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965 republican
William Dodd Hathaway January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1973 democrat
William Sebastian Cohen Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1979 republican
Olympia Jean Snowe Jan. 3, 1979 - January 3, 1995 republican
John Elias Baldacci January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2003 democrat
Michael Herman Michaud January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2015 democrat
Bruce Poliquin January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2019 republican
Jared Forrest Golden January 3, 2019 - democrat

3rd seat (1821–1963)

Surname Term of office Political party
Mark Langdon Hill March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Ebenezer Herrick March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1827 Democratic Republican
Joseph Ferdinand Wingate March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1831
Edward Kavanagh March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1835 democrat
Jeremiah Bailey March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 National Republican Party
Jonathan Cilley March 4, 1837 - February 24, 1838 democrat
Edward Robinson April 28, 1838 - March 3, 1839 Whig
Benjamin Randall March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
Luther Severance March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 Whig
Hiram Belcher March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 Whig
John Otis March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Whig
Robert Goodenow March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Whig
Ephraim Wilder Farley March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 Whig
Ebenezer Knowlton March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 Opposition party
Nehemiah Abbott March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859 republican
Ezra Bartlett French March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 republican
Samuel Clement Fessenden March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 republican
James Gillespie Blaine March 4, 1863 - July 10, 1876 republican
Edwin Flye December 4, 1876 - March 3, 1877 republican
Stephen Decatur Lindsey March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 republican
Seth Llewellyn Milliken March 4, 1883 - April 18, 1897 republican
Edwin Chick Burleigh July 21, 1897 - March 3, 1911 republican
Samuel Wadsworth Gould March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913 democrat
Forrest Goodwin March 4, 1913 - May 28, 1913 republican
John Andrew Peters II September 9, 1913 - January 2, 1922 republican
John Edward Nelson March 20, 1922 - March 3, 1933 republican
John Gregg Utterback March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 democrat
Ralph Owen Brewster January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1941 republican
Frank Fellows January 3, 1941 - August 27, 1951 republican
Clifford Guy McIntire October 22, 1951 - January 3, 1963 republican

4th seat (1821–1933)

Surname Term of office Political party
William Durkee Williamson March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Joshua Cushman March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 Democratic Republican
Peleg Sprague March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 National Republican Party
George Evans July 20, 1829 - March 3, 1841 National Republican Party
David Bronson May 31, 1841 - March 3, 1843 Whig
Freeman Harlow Morse March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 Whig
John Dennis McCrate March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 democrat
Franklin Clark March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Rufus King Goodenow March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Whig
Charles Andrews March 4, 1851 - April 30, 1852 democrat
Isaac Reed June 25, 1852 - March 3, 1853 Whig
Samuel Page Benson March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857 Whig
Freeman Harlow Morse March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 republican
Anson Peaslee Morrill March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 republican
John Hovey Rice March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867 republican
John Andrew Peters I March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1873 republican
Samuel Freeman Hersey March 4, 1873 - February 3, 1875 republican
Harris Merrill Plaisted September 13, 1875 - March 3, 1877 republican
Llewellyn Powers March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 republican
George Washington Ladd March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 Greenback party
Charles Addison Boutelle March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1901 republican
Llewellyn Powers April 8, 1901 - July 28, 1908 republican
Frank Edward Guernsey November 3, 1908 - March 3, 1917 republican
Ira Green ran Hersey March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1929 republican
Donald Francis Snow March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933 republican

5th seat (1821–1883)

Surname Term of office Political party
Ebenezer Herrick March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Enoch Lincoln March 4, 1823-1826 Democratic Republican
James Wheelock Ripley September 11, 1826 - March 12, 1830 democrat
Cornelius Holland December 6, 1830 - March 3, 1833 democrat
Moses Mason March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837 democrat
Timothy Jarvis Carter September 4, 1837 - March 3, 1833 democrat
Virgil Delphini Parris May 29, 1838 - March 3, 1841 democrat
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 democrat
Benjamin White March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Cullen Sawtelle March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 democrat
Ephraim Knight Smart March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Cullen Sawtelle March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Ephraim Knight Smart March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 democrat
Israel Washburn Jr. March 4, 1853 - January 1, 1861 Whig
Stephen Coburn January 2, 1861 - March 3, 1861 republican
John Hovey Rice March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 republican
Frederick Augustus Pike March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869 republican
Eugene Hale March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1879 republican
Thompson Henry Murch March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 Greenback party

6th seat (1821–1863)

Surname Term of office Political party
Joshua Cushman March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Jeremiah O'Brien March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1829 Democratic Republican
Leonard Jarvis March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833 democrat
Joseph Hall March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837 democrat
Hugh Johnston Anderson March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841 democrat
Alfred Marshall March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 democrat
Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 democrat
James Sullivan Wiley March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Charles Stetson March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Israel Washburn Jr. March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Whig
Thomas James Duncan Fuller March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857 democrat
Stephen Clark Foster March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 republican
Frederick Augustus Pike March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 republican

7th seat (1821-1853)

Surname Term of office Political party
Enoch Lincoln March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
David Kidder March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1827 Democratic Republican
Samuel Butman March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1831 National Republican Party
James Bates March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833 democrat
Leonard Jarvis March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837 democrat
Joseph Cobham Noyes March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 Whig
Joshua Adams Lowell March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 democrat
Shepard Cary May 10, 1844 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Hezekiah Williams March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Thomas James Duncan Fuller March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853 democrat

8th seat (1833–1843)

Surname Term of office Political party
Gorham Parks March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837 democrat
Thomas Davee March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841 democrat
Elisha Hunt Allen March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 Whig

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