List of United States Senators from Maine

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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. Republicans Olympia Snowe (elected 1994) and Susan Collins (elected 1996) are Maine's current senators.

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Holmes	Democratic-Republican	June 13, 1820 – March 4, 1827	16	1	Elected in 1820
		Democratic-Republican		17	2	Elected in 1821
		Crawford Republican		18
		Anti- Jacksonian		19
2	Albion Parris	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – August 26, 1828	20	3	Resigned to become a judge on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Vacant			August 26, 1828 – January 15, 1829	20
3	John Holmes	Anti- Jacksonian	January 15, 1829 – March 4, 1833	20		Elected to finish Parris's term
				21
				22
4	Ether Shepley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1836	23	4	Resigned to become Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
4	Ether Shepley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1836	24
5	Judah Dana	Jacksonian	March 4, 1836 – March 3, 1837	24		Appointed to continue Shepley's term Successor qualified
6	Reuel Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – February 15, 1843	25		Elected to finish Shepley's term
				26	5	Re-elected in 1839 Resigned
				27		Re-elected in 1839 Resigned
Vacant			February 15, 1843 – December 4, 1843	27
Vacant			February 15, 1843 – December 4, 1843	28
7	John Fairfield	Democratic	December 4, 1843 – December 24, 1847	28 (Continued)		Elected to finish Williams's term
				29	6	Re-elected in 1845 Died
				30		Re-elected in 1845 Died
Vacant			December 24, 1847 – January 5, 1848	30
8	Wyman B. S. Moor	Democratic	January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848	30 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Fairfield's term Successor elected
9	Hannibal Hamlin	Democratic	June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857	31		Elected to finish Fairfield's term
				32	7	Re-elected in 1851 Resigned to become Governor of Maine
				33
				34
Vacant			January 7, 1857 – January 16, 1857	34
10	Amos Nourse	Republican	January 16, 1857 – March 4, 1857	34 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hamlin's term
11	Hannibal Hamlin	Republican	March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861	35	8	Elected in 1857 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
11	Hannibal Hamlin	Republican	March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861	36		Elected in 1857 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
12	Lot M. Morrill	Republican	January 17, 1861 – March 4, 1869	36 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hamlin's term
				37		Elected to finish Hamlin's term
				38	9	Re-elected in 1863 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				39
				40
13	Hannibal Hamlin	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1881	41	10	Elected in 1869
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				43
				44	11	Re-elected in 1875 Retired
				45
				46
14	Eugene Hale	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1911	47	12	Elected in 1881
				48
				49
				50	13	Re-elected in 1887
				51
				52
				53	14	Re-elected in 1893
				54
				55
				56	15	Re-elected in 1899 Retired
				57
				58
				59	16	Re-elected in 1905 Retired
				60
				61
15	Charles Fletcher Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1917	62	17	Elected in 1910 Lost re-election
				63
				64
16	Frederick Hale	Republican	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941	65	18	Elected in 1916
				66
				67
				68	19	Re-elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	20	Re-elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	21	Re-elected in 1934 Retired
				75
				76
17	Ralph Brewster	Republican	January 3, 1941 – December 31, 1952	77	22	Elected in 1940
				78
				79
				80	23	Re-elected in 1946 Resigned, having already lost the renomination
				81
				82
Vacant			December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953	82
18	Frederick G. Payne	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	83	24	Elected in 1952 Lost re-election
				84
				85
19	Edmund Muskie	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – May 7, 1980	86	25	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	26	Re-elected in 1964
				90
				91
				92	27	Re-elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	28	Re-elected in 1976 Resigned
				96		Re-elected in 1976 Resigned
Vacant			May 7, 1980 – May 19, 1980	96
20	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	May 19, 1980 – January 3, 1995	96 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Muskie's term Elected to finish Muskie's term
				97
				98	29	Re-elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	30	Re-elected in 1988 Retired
				102
				103
21	Olympia Snowe	Republican	January 3, 1995 – Present	104	31	Elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	32	Re-elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	33	Re-elected in 2006
				111
				112
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Chandler	Democratic-Republican	June 14, 1820 – March 4, 1829	16	1	Elected in 1820
		Democratic-Republican		17	1	Elected in 1820
		Crawford Republican		18	2	Re-elected in 1823 Retired
		Jacksonian		19
		Jacksonian		20
2	Peleg Sprague	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – January 1, 1835	21	3	Elected in 1829 Resigned
				22
				23
Vacant			January 1, 1835 – January 20, 1835	23
3	John Ruggles	Democratic	January 20, 1835 – March 4, 1841	23 (Continued)		Elected to finish Sprague's term
				24	4	Re-elected in 1835 Lost re-election
				25
				26
4	George Evans	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847	27	5	Elected in 1840 Lost re-election
				28
				29
5	James W. Bradbury	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853	30	6	Elected in 1846 Retired
				31
				32
Vacant			March 4, 1853 – February 10, 1854	33	7	Legislature failed to elect
6	William P. Fessenden	Whig	February 10, 1854 – July 1, 1864	33		Elected to finish term
				34
				35
		Republican		36	8	Re-elected in 1860 Resigned
				37
				38
Vacant			July 1, 1864 – October 27, 1864	38
7	Nathan A. Farwell	Republican	October 27, 1864 – March 4, 1865	38 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Fessenden's term Retired
8	William P. Fessenden	Republican	March 4, 1865 – September 8, 1869	39	9	Elected in 1865 Died
				40
				41
Vacant			September 8, 1869 – October 30, 1869	41
9	Lot M. Morrill	Republican	October 30, 1869 – July 7, 1876	41 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Fessenden's term
				42	10	Elected to full term in 1871 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
				43
				44
Vacant			July 7, 1876 – July 10, 1876	44
10	James G. Blaine	Republican	July 10, 1876 – March 5, 1881	44 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Morrill's term
				45	11	Elected to full term in 1877 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
				46
				47
Vacant			March 5, 1881 – March 18, 1881	47
11	William P. Frye	Republican	March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911	47 (Continued)		Elected to finish Blaine's term
				48	12	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	13	Re-elected in 1889
				52
				53
				54	14	Re-elected in 1895
				55
				56
				57	15	Re-elected in 1901
				58
				59
				60	16	Re-elected in 1907 Died
				61
				62
Vacant			August 8, 1911 – September 23, 1911	62
12	Obadiah Gardner	Democratic	September 23, 1911 – March 4, 1913	62 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Frye's term Elected to finish Frye's term Lost election to full term
13	Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916	63	17	Elected in 1913 Died
13	Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916	64		Elected in 1913 Died
Vacant			June 16, 1916 – September 12, 1916	64
14	Bert M. Fernald	Republican	September 12, 1916 – August 23, 1926	64 (Continued)		Elected to finish Burleigh's term
				65		Elected to finish Burleigh's term
				66	18	Re-elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	19	Re-elected in 1924 Died
Vacant			August 23, 1926 – November 30, 1926	69
15	Arthur R. Gould	Republican	November 30, 1926 – March 4, 1931	69 (Continued)		Elected to finish Fernald's term Retired
				70
				71
16	Wallace H. White, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1949	72	20	Elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	21	Re-elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	22	Re-elected in 1942 Retired
				79
				80
17	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973	81	23	Elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	24	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	25	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	26	Re-elected in 1966 Lost re-election
				91
				92
18	William Hathaway	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93	27	Elected in 1972 Lost re-election
				94
				95
19	William Cohen	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	96	28	Elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	29	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	30	Re-elected in 1990 Retired
				103
				104
20	Susan Collins	Republican	January 3, 1997 – Present	105	31	Elected in 1996
				106
				107
				108	32	Re-elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	33	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history