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U.S. Senate seat, Maine (class 2)

34 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1820. Now: Susan M. Collins R.

Holders
34
27 R · 4 D · 1 J · 1 AJ · 1 W
Longest tenure
18 years
Margaret Chase Smith
Current
12 years
Susan M. Collins, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/me-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Chandler · 1820-01-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Chandler · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonPeleg Sprague · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianJohn Ruggles · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Evans · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJames Ware Bradbury · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Pitt Fessenden · 1854-01-01 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pitt Fessenden · 1859-12-05 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pitt Fessenden · 1865-12-04 – 1870-01-01 · RepublicanJames Gillespie Blaine · 1876-07-10 – 1881-03-06 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pierce Frye · 1907-12-02 – 1911-08-09 · RepublicanObadiah Gardner · 1911-09-23 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Chick Burleigh · 1913-04-07 – 1916-06-17 · RepublicanBert Manfred Fernald · 1916-09-12 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanBert Manfred Fernald · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanBert Manfred Fernald · 1925-12-07 – 1926-08-24 · RepublicanArthur Robinson Gould · 1926-11-30 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1931-12-07 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanWallace Humphrey White Jr. · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanMargaret Chase Smith · 1967-01-10 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Sebastian Cohen · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanSusan M. Collins · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanSusan M. Collins · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanSusan M. Collins · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanSusan M. Collins · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanNathan Allen Farwell · 1864-01-01 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanLot Myrick Morrill · 1869-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanMargaret Chase Smith · 1949-01-03 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Dodd Hathaway · 1973-01-03 – 1979-01-04 · Democrat
Susan M. Collins R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Susan M. Collins R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Susan M. Collins R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Susan M. Collins R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
William Sebastian Cohen R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
William Dodd Hathaway D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1979 · 6 years
Margaret Chase Smith R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1973 · 6 years
Margaret Chase Smith R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1967 · 18 years
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1943 · 11 years
Arthur Robinson Gould R
Nov 30, 1926 – Mar 4, 1931 · 4.3 years
Bert Manfred Fernald R
Dec 7, 1925 – Aug 24, 1926 · 9 months
Bert Manfred Fernald R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
Bert Manfred Fernald R
Sep 12, 1916 – Mar 4, 1919 · 2.5 years
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Apr 7, 1913 – Jun 17, 1916 · 3.2 years
Obadiah Gardner D
Sep 23, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 17 months
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 2, 1907 – Aug 9, 1911 · 3.7 years
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
William Pierce Frye R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Gillespie Blaine R
Jul 10, 1876 – Mar 6, 1881 · 4.7 years
Lot Myrick Morrill R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1877 · 8 years
William Pitt Fessenden R
Dec 4, 1865 – Jan 1, 1870 · 4.1 years
Nathan Allen Farwell R
Jan 1, 1864 – Mar 4, 1865 · 14 months
William Pitt Fessenden R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1865 · 5.2 years
William Pitt Fessenden R
Jan 1, 1854 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
James Ware Bradbury D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
George Evans W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
John Ruggles D
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
Peleg Sprague AJ
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
John Chandler J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
John Chandler R
Jan 1, 1820 – Mar 4, 1823 · 3.2 years

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