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Maine's 1st congressional district

73 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1821. Now: Chellie Pingree D.

Holders
73
43 R · 21 D · 5 J · 1 F · 1 U · 1 A · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
Robert Hale
Current
12 years
Chellie Pingree, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/me-1Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Joseph Dane · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Burleigh · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04William Burleigh · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsRufus McIntire · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonRufus McIntire · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonRufus McIntire · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonRufus McIntire · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn Fairfield · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJohn Fairfield · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratNathan Clifford · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratNathan Clifford · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Herrick · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Fairfield Scamman · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratDavid Hammons · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratElbridge Gerry · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratMoses Macdonald · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratMoses Macdonald · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn M. Wood · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn M. Wood · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Eton Somes · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Noble Goodwin · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanLorenzo De Medici Sweat · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lynch · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Holmes Burleigh · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Holmes Burleigh · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brackett Reed · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanAmos Lawrence Allen · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanAmos Lawrence Allen · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanAmos Lawrence Allen · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanAmos Lawrence Allen · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanAmos Lawrence Allen · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanAsher Crosby Hinds · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanAsher Crosby Hinds · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanAsher Crosby Hinds · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Bertrand Goodall · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Bertrand Goodall · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Lynwood Beedy · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanJames Churchill Oliver · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Hale · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJames Churchill Oliver · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratStanley Roger Tupper · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Nicholas Kyros · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratPeter Nicholas Kyros · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratDavid Farnham Emery · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Farnham Emery · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Edward Brennan · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratJames Longley · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanThomas H. Allen · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratThomas H. Allen · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratThomas H. Allen · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratChellie Pingree · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratChellie Pingree · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratAmos Lawrence Allen · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanSimon Moulton Hamlin · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratPeter Adams Garland · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Rettie McKernan Jr. · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Hiram Andrews · 1991-01-03 – 1995-01-04 · Democrat
Chellie Pingree D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Chellie Pingree D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Thomas H. Allen D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Thomas H. Allen D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Thomas H. Allen D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James Longley R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Thomas Hiram Andrews D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1995 · 4 years
Joseph Edward Brennan D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
John Rettie McKernan Jr. R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
David Farnham Emery R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
David Farnham Emery R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Peter Nicholas Kyros D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Peter Nicholas Kyros D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Stanley Roger Tupper R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Peter Adams Garland R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
James Churchill Oliver D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Robert Hale R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
James Churchill Oliver R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Simon Moulton Hamlin D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Louis Bertrand Goodall R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Louis Bertrand Goodall R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Asher Crosby Hinds R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Asher Crosby Hinds R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Asher Crosby Hinds R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Brackett Reed R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Holmes Burleigh R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Holmes Burleigh R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Lynch R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Noble Goodwin R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Daniel Eton Somes R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John M. Wood R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John M. Wood IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Moses Macdonald D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Moses Macdonald D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Elbridge Gerry D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
David Hammons D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Fairfield Scamman D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Joshua Herrick D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Nathan Clifford D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Nathan Clifford D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Fairfield D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John Fairfield J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Rufus McIntire J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Rufus McIntire J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Rufus McIntire J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Rufus McIntire J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
William Burleigh A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
William Burleigh
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Joseph Dane F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.