List of United States Senators from Maine

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The List of United States Senators from Maine lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.

class 1

Angus King
Susan Collins

Maine has been a US state since March 15, 1820 and to date has had 18 class 1 senators in Congress , one of whom, John Holmes, two, and one, Hannibal Hamlin, served three non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Holmes 1820-1827 Democratic Republican March 14, 1773-7. July 1843
Albion Keith Parris 1827-1828 Democratic Republican January 19, 1788–11. February 1857
John Holmes 1829-1833 National Republicans March 14, 1773-7. July 1843
Ether Shepley 1833-1836 democrat November 2, 1789–15. January 1877
Judah Dana 1836-1837 democrat April 25, 1772-27. December 1845
Reuel Williams 1837-1843 democrat June 2, 1783-25. July 1862
John Fairfield 1843-1847 democrat January 30, 1797-24. December 1847
Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor 1848 democrat November 11, 1811-10. March 1869
Hannibal Hamlin 1 1848-1857 Democrat / Republican August 27, 1809-4. July 1891
Amos Nourse 1857 republican December 17, 1794-7. April 1877
Hannibal Hamlin 1857-1861 republican August 27, 1809-4. July 1891
Lot Myrick Morrill 1861-1869 republican May 13, 1813-10. January 1883
Hannibal Hamlin 1869-1881 republican August 27, 1809-4. July 1891
Eugene Hale 1881-1911 republican June 6, 1836-27. October 1918
Charles Fletcher Johnson 1911-1917 democrat February 14, 1859-15. February 1930
Frederick Hale 1917-1941 republican October 7, 1874-28. September 1963
Ralph Owen Brewster 1941-1952 republican February 22, 1888-25. December 1961
Frederick George Payne 1952-1959 republican July 24, 1904-15. June 1978
Edmund Sixtus Muskie 1959-1980 democrat March 28, 1914-26. March 1996
George John Mitchell 1980-1995 democrat * August 20, 1933
Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe 1995-2013 republican * February 21, 1947
Angus Stanley King since 2013 Independently * March 31, 1944

1 Hamlin left the Democratic Party in 1856.

2nd grade

Maine has 19 class 2 senators to date , one of whom, William Fessenden, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Chandler 1820-1829 Democratic Republican February 1, 1762-25. September 1841
Peleg Sprague 1829-1835 National Republicans April 27, 1793-13. October 1880
John Ruggles 1835-1841 democrat October 8, 1789-20. June 1874
George Evans 1841-1847 Whig January 12, 1797–6. April 1867
James Ware Bradbury 1847-1853 democrat June 10, 1802-6. January 1901
William Pitt Fessenden 2 1854-1864 Whig / Republican October 16, 1806-8. September 1869
Nathan Allen Farwell 1864-1865 republican February 24, 1812-9. December 1893
William Pitt Fessenden 1865-1869 republican October 16, 1806-8. September 1869
Lot Myrick Morrill 1869-1876 republican May 13, 1813-10. January 1883
James Gillespie Blaine 1876-1881 republican January 31, 1830-27. January 1893
William Pierce Frye 1881-1911 republican September 2, 1830-8. August 1911
Obadiah Gardner 1911-1913 democrat September 13, 1852-24. July 1938
Edwin Chick Burleigh 1913-1916 republican November 27, 1843-16. June 1916
Bert Manfred Fernald 1916-1926 republican April 3, 1858-23. August 1926
Arthur Robinson Gould 1926-1931 republican March 16, 1857-24. July 1946
Wallace Humphrey White 1931-1949 republican August 6, 1877–31. March 1952
Margaret Chase Smith 1949-1973 republican December 14, 1897-29. May 1995
William Dodd Hathaway 1973-1979 democrat February 21, 1924-24. June 2013
William Sebastian Cohen 1979-1997 republican * August 28, 1940
Susan Margaret Collins since 1997 republican * December 7, 1952

2 Fessenden belonged to the Republican Party from 1857.

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