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Maine's 2nd congressional district

80 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1821. Now: Jared F. Golden D.

Holders
80
47 R · 23 D · 6 J · 1 F · 1 U · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
Charles Pembroke Nelson
Current
7.8 years
Jared F. Golden, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/me-2Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Mark Harris · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Longfellow · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Anderson · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn Anderson · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJohn Anderson · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn Anderson · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Ormand Jonathan Smith · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Ormand Jonathan Smith · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Ormand Jonathan Smith · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Smith · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Pitt Fessenden · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigRobert Pinckney Dunlap · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratRobert Pinckney Dunlap · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratAsa William Henry Clapp · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratNathaniel Swett Littlefield · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Appleton · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Mayall · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jasiel Perry · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratCharles Jervis Gilman · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Jasiel Perry · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Amory Deblois Fessenden · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanSidney Perham · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanSidney Perham · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Plummer Morrill · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Dingley Jr. · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Edgar Littlefield · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Edgar Littlefield · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Edgar Littlefield · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Edgar Littlefield · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Edgar Littlefield · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Philip Swasey · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel John McGillicuddy · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratDaniel John McGillicuddy · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDaniel John McGillicuddy · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanDonald Barrows Partridge · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Carleton Moran Jr. · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratClyde Harold Smith · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanMargaret Chase Smith · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Morey Coffin · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratFrank Morey Coffin · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratClifford Guy McIntire · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Dodd Hathaway · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Dodd Hathaway · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Dodd Hathaway · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Sebastian Cohen · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanOlympia J. Snowe · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanOlympia J. Snowe · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Baldacci · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJohn Baldacci · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJohn Baldacci · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratMichael H. Michaud · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratMichael H. Michaud · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratBruce Poliquin · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanEzekiel Whitman · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistCharles Wesley Walton · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Philip Swasey · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanMargaret Chase Smith · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Pembroke Nelson · 1949-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanStanley Roger Tupper · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Sebastian Cohen · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJared F. Golden · 2019-01-03 – present · Democrat
Jared F. Golden D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Bruce Poliquin R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Michael H. Michaud D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Michael H. Michaud D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John Baldacci D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John Baldacci D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John Baldacci D
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Olympia J. Snowe R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Olympia J. Snowe R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
William Sebastian Cohen R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Sebastian Cohen R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
William Dodd Hathaway D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Dodd Hathaway D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Dodd Hathaway D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Clifford Guy McIntire R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Stanley Roger Tupper R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Frank Morey Coffin D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Frank Morey Coffin D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Charles Pembroke Nelson R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1957 · 8 years
Margaret Chase Smith R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Margaret Chase Smith R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Clyde Harold Smith R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
Edward Carleton Moran Jr. D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Donald Barrows Partridge R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Daniel John McGillicuddy D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Daniel John McGillicuddy D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Daniel John McGillicuddy D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Philip Swasey R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Edgar Littlefield R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Philip Swasey R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Edgar Littlefield R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Edgar Littlefield R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Charles Edgar Littlefield R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Charles Edgar Littlefield R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Nelson Dingley Jr. R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Pierce Frye R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Pierce Frye R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Pierce Frye R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Samuel Plummer Morrill R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Sidney Perham R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Sidney Perham R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Charles Wesley Walton R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Jasiel Perry R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Charles Jervis Gilman R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Jasiel Perry IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Samuel Mayall D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Appleton D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Asa William Henry Clapp D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
William Pitt Fessenden W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Albert Smith D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Anderson J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Anderson J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Anderson J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Anderson J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Stephen Longfellow
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Mark Harris R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Ezekiel Whitman F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months

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