List of United States senators from Maine

Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820. The state's U.S. senators belong to Class 1 and Class 2. Republican Susan Collins (first elected in 1996) and Independent Angus King (first elected in 2012) are Maine's current U.S. senators, making Maine one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation.

Current delegation

Susan Collins (R)

Angus King (I)

List of senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
1	John Holmes	Democratic-Republican	June 13, 1820 – March 3, 1827	Elected in 1820.	1	16th	1	Elected in 1820.	June 14, 1820 – March 3, 1829	Democratic-Republican	John Chandler	1
				Re-elected January 31, 1821.	2	17th
						18th	2	Re-elected in 1823. Retired.
		Anti- Jacksonian				19th				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
Vacant			August 26, 1828 – January 15, 1829
3	John Holmes	Anti- Jacksonian	January 15, 1829 – March 3, 1833	Elected to finish Parris's term. Retired.
						21st	3	Elected in 1829. Resigned.	March 4, 1829 – January 1, 1835	Anti- Jacksonian	Peleg Sprague	2
						22nd
4	Ether Shepley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1836	Elected in 1833. Resigned to become Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.	4	23rd
									January 1, 1835 – January 20, 1835	Vacant
								Elected to finish Sprague's term, having already been elected to the next term.	January 20, 1835 – March 3, 1841	Jacksonian	John Ruggles	3
						24th	4	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.
6	Reuel Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – February 15, 1843	Elected to finish Shepley's term.		25th				Democratic
				Re-elected in 1839. Resigned.	5	26th
						27th	5	Elected in 1840. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1847	Whig	George Evans	4
Vacant			February 15, 1843 – December 4, 1843
						28th
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
						30th	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
				Re-elected in 1851. Resigned to become Governor of Maine.	7	32nd
						33rd	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
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 Vice President of the United States.	8	35th				Republican
						36th	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
				Re-elected in 1863. Lost re-election.	9	38th
									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	9	Elected in 1864 or 1865. Died.	March 4, 1865 – September 8, 1869	Republican	William P. Fessenden	8
						40th
13	Hannibal Hamlin	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1881	Elected in 1869.	10	41st
									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	10	Re-election year unknown. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
						43rd
				Re-elected in 1875. Retired.	11	44th
									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	11	Elected to full term in 1877. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.
						46th
14	Eugene Hale	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1911	Elected in 1881.	12	47th
									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	12	Re-elected in 1883.
						49th
				Re-elected in 1887.	13	50th
						51st	13	Re-elected in 1889.
						52nd
				Re-elected in 1893.	14	53rd
						54th	14	Re-elected in 1895.
						55th
				Re-elected in 1899.	15	56th
						57th	15	Re-elected in 1901.
						58th
				Re-elected in 1905. Retired.	16	59th
						60th	16	Re-elected in 1907. Died.
						61st
15	Charles Fletcher Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Elected January 17, 1911. Lost re-election.	17	62nd
									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	17	Elected January 15, 1913. Died.	March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916	Republican	Edwin C. Burleigh	13
						64th
									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
						66th	18	Re-elected in 1918.
						67th
				Re-elected in 1922.	19	68th
						69th	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
				Re-elected in 1928.	20	71st
						72nd	20	Elected in 1930.	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1949	Republican	Wallace H. White, Jr.	16
						73rd
				Re-elected in 1934. Retired.	21	74th
						75th	21	Re-elected in 1936.
						76th
17	Ralph Brewster	Republican	January 3, 1941 – December 31, 1952	Elected in 1940.	22	77th
						78th	22	Re-elected in 1942. Retired.
						79th
				Re-elected in 1946. Resigned, having already lost the renomination.	23	80th
						81st	23	Elected in 1948.	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973	Republican	Margaret Chase Smith	17
						82nd
Vacant			December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953
18	Frederick G. Payne	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	24	83rd
						84th	24	Re-elected in 1954.
						85th
19	Edmund Muskie	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – May 7, 1980	Elected in 1958.	25	86th
						87th	25	Re-elected in 1960.
						88th
				Re-elected in 1964.	26	89th
						90th	26	Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election.
						91st
				Re-elected in 1970.	27	92nd
						93rd	27	Elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	William Hathaway	18
						94th
				Re-elected in 1976. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.	28	95th
						96th	28	Elected in 1978.	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	Republican	William Cohen	19
Vacant			May 7, 1980 – May 19, 1980
20	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	May 19, 1980 – January 3, 1995	Appointed to finish Muskie's term
						97th
				Elected to full term in 1982.[3]	29	98th
						99th	29	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th
				Re-elected in 1988. Retired.	30	101st
						102nd	30	Re-elected in 1990. Retired.
						103rd
21	Olympia Snowe	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 1994.	31	104th
						105th	31	Elected in 1996.	January 3, 1997 – Present	Republican	Susan Collins	20
						106th
				Re-elected in 2000.	32	107th
						108th	32	Re-elected in 2002.
						109th
				Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	33	110th
						111th	33	Re-elected in 2008.
						112th
22	Angus King	Independent	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012.	34	113th
						114th	34	Re-elected in 2014.
						115th
				Re-elected in 2018.	35	116th
						117th	35	Re-elected in 2020.
						118th
To be determined in the 2024 election.					36	119th
						120th	36	To be determined in the 2026 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Superlatives (top 5)

Longest service

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
William P. Frye	March 18, 1881	August 8, 1911	30 years, 4 months and 21 days (11,099 days)
Eugene Hale	March 4, 1881	March 3, 1911	29 years, 11 months and 27 days (10,955 days)
Susan Collins	January 3, 1997	Present	24 years, 1 month and 1 day (8,798 days)
Margaret Chase Smith	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1973	24 years (8,766 days)
Frederick Hale	March 4, 1917	January 3, 1941	23 years, 9 months and 30 days (8,706 days)

Shortest service

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Amos Nourse	January 16, 1857	March 3, 1857	1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day (46 days)
Judah Dana	December 7, 1836	March 3, 1837	2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days (86 days)
Nathan A. Farwell	October 27, 1864	March 3, 1865	4 months and 4 days (127 days)
Wyman B.S. Moor	January 5, 1848	June 7, 1848	5 months and 2 days (154 days)
Albion K. Parris	March 4, 1827	August 26, 1828	1 year, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day (541 days)

Youngest at beginning of service

Senator	Date of birth	First served	Age
Peleg Sprague	April 27, 1793	March 4, 1829	35 years, 10 months and 5 days
William Cohen	August 27, 1940	January 3, 1979	38 years, 4 months and 7 days
Susan Collins	December 7, 1952	January 3, 1997	44 years and 27 days
James W. Bradbury	June 10, 1802	March 4, 1847	44 years, 8 months and 22 days
Eugene Hale	June 9, 1836	March 4, 1881	44 years, 8 months and 23 days

Oldest at end of service

Senator	Date of birth	Last served	Age
William P. Frye	September 2, 1830	August 8, 1911	80 years, 11 months and 6 days
Angus King	March 31, 1944	Present	76 years, 10 months and 4 days
Margaret Chase Smith	December 14, 1897	January 3, 1973	75 years and 20 days
Arthur R. Gould	March 16, 1857	March 3, 1931	73 years, 11 months and 15 days
Edwin C. Burleigh	November 27, 1843	June 16, 1916	72 years, 6 months and 20 days

Living former senators

As of February 2021, there are three living former senators from Maine. The most recent senator to die was William Hathaway (served 1973–1979) on June 24, 2013. The most recently serving senator to die was Edmund Muskie (served 1959–1980) on March 26, 1996.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
William Cohen	1979–1997	August 28, 1940
George J. Mitchell	1980–1995	August 20, 1933
Olympia Snowe	1995–2013	February 21, 1947

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Maine
• United States congressional delegations from Maine

References

1. Online biographies Archived January 13, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Bradbury, J.W.
2. Byrd & Wolff, p. 118
3. Appointed Senators, senate.gov, section "Art and History".

• 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.