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Maine's 3rd congressional district

63 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1821. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
63
43 R · 10 W · 3 D · 2 U · 2 A · 2 J · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Frank Fellows
Current
—
nobody
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Mark Langdon Hill · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Herrick · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Ebenezer Herrick · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJoseph Ferdinand Wingate · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJoseph Ferdinand Wingate · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04Edward Kavanagh · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonEdward Kavanagh · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJeremiah Bailey · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigJonathan Cilley · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Randall · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Randall · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigLuther Severance · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigLuther Severance · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigHiram Belcher · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJohn Otis · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigRobert Goodenow · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigEphraim Wilder Farley · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigEbenezer Knowlton · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratNehemiah Abbott · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanEzra Bartlett French · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Clement Fessenden · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gillespie Blaine · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gillespie Blaine · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gillespie Blaine · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gillespie Blaine · 1875-12-06 – 1876-07-11 · RepublicanEdwin Flye · 1876-12-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Decatur Lindsey · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Decatur Lindsey · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Decatur Lindsey · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSeth Llewellyn Milliken · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Wadsworth Gould · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratForrest Goodwin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Peters · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Peters · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Peters · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Peters · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Nelson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Nelson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJohn Edward Nelson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Nelson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Nelson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gregg Utterback · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratFrank Fellows · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Fellows · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanClifford Guy McIntire · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Robinson · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Peters · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Nelson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Owen Brewster · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanClifford Guy McIntire · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Republican
Clifford Guy McIntire R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Clifford Guy McIntire R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Frank Fellows R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Frank Fellows R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Ralph Owen Brewster R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
John Gregg Utterback D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
John Edward Nelson R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Edward Nelson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Edward Nelson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Edward Nelson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Edward Nelson R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Andrew Peters R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Edward Nelson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Andrew Peters R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Andrew Peters R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Andrew Peters R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Forrest Goodwin R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Andrew Peters R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Samuel Wadsworth Gould D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Edwin Flye R
Dec 4, 1876 – Mar 4, 1877 · 3 months
James Gillespie Blaine R
Dec 6, 1875 – Jul 11, 1876 · 7 months
James Gillespie Blaine R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Gillespie Blaine R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
James Gillespie Blaine R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Samuel Clement Fessenden R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Ezra Bartlett French R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Nehemiah Abbott R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Ebenezer Knowlton IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Ephraim Wilder Farley W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Robert Goodenow W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Otis W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Hiram Belcher W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Luther Severance W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Luther Severance W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Benjamin Randall W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Benjamin Randall W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Jonathan Cilley D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Edward Robinson W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Jeremiah Bailey W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Edward Kavanagh J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Edward Kavanagh J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Joseph Ferdinand Wingate
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Joseph Ferdinand Wingate A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Ebenezer Herrick A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Ebenezer Herrick
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Mark Langdon Hill R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months

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