Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820. The state's senators belong to Class I and Class II. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are Maine's current senators.

[edit] Class I

Senator		Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/notes
John Holmes		Democratic-Republican/ Crawford Republican	June 13, 1820	March 4, 1827
Albion K. Parris		Jackson	March 4, 1827	August 26, 1828	Resigned	Governor of Maine (1822–1827)
John Holmes		Anti-Jackson	January 15, 1829	March 4, 1833
Ether Shepley		Jackson	March 4, 1833	March 3, 1836	Resigned	Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Judah Dana		Jackson	March 4, 1836	March 3, 1837	Successor qualified
Reuel Williams		Democratic	March 4, 1837	February 15, 1843	Resigned
John Fairfield		Democratic	December 4, 1843	December 24, 1847	Died	Governor of Maine (1839–1843)
Wyman B. S. Moor		Democratic	January 5, 1848	June 7, 1848		Maine Attorney General (1844–1848)
Hannibal Hamlin		Democratic	June 8, 1848	January 7, 1857	Resigned	Vice President of the United States (1861–1865) Governor of Maine (1857) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837; 1839–1840)
Amos Nourse		Republican	January 16, 1857	March 4, 1857
Hannibal Hamlin		Republican	March 4, 1857	January 17, 1861	Resigned	Vice President of the United States (1861–1865) Governor of Maine (1857) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837; 1839–1840)
Lot M. Morrill		Republican	January 17, 1861	March 4, 1869		Governor of Maine (1858–1860) President of the Maine Senate (1856) Also served in Maine's Class II seat
Hannibal Hamlin		Republican	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1881	Retired	Vice President of the United States (1861–1865) Governor of Maine (1857) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837; 1839–1840)
Eugene Hale		Republican	March 4, 1881	March 4, 1911	Retired
Charles F. Johnson		Democratic	March 4, 1911	March 4, 1917	Lost re-election	Judge, 1st Circuit Court of Appeals (1917–1929)
Frederick Hale		Republican	March 4, 1917	January 3, 1941	Retired
Ralph Brewster		Republican	January 3, 1941	December 31, 1952	Resigned[1]	Governor of Maine (1925–1929)
Frederick G. Payne		Republican	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1959	Lost re-election	Governor of Maine (1949–1953)
Edmund Muskie		Democratic	January 3, 1959	May 7, 1980	Resigned	U.S. Secretary of State (1980–1981) Governor of Maine (1955–1959)
George J. Mitchell		Democratic	May 19, 1980	January 3, 1995	Retired	Senate Majority Leader (1989–1995)
Olympia Snowe		Republican	January 3, 1995	Incumbent		U.S. Representative (1979-1995) First Lady of Maine (1989-1995)

[edit] Class II

Senator		Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/notes
John Chandler		Democratic-Republican/ Crawford D-R	June 14, 1820	March 4, 1829	Retired
		Jackson
Peleg Sprague		Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829	January 1, 1835	Resigned
John Ruggles		Democratic	January 20, 1835	March 4, 1841	Lost re-election	Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1825–1829; 1831)
George Evans		Whig	March 4, 1841	March 4, 1847	Lost re-election	Maine Attorney General (1850–1858)
James W. Bradbury		Democratic	March 4, 1847	March 4, 1853	Retired
William P. Fessenden		Whig	February 10, 1854	July 1, 1864	Resigned	Secretary of the Treasury (1864–1865)
		Republican
Nathan A. Farwell		Republican	October 27, 1864	March 4, 1865	Retired	President of the Maine Senate
William P. Fessenden		Republican	March 4, 1865	September 8, 1869	Died	Secretary of the Treasury (1864–1865)
Lot M. Morrill		Republican	October 30, 1869	July 7, 1876	Resigned	Governor of Maine (1858–1860) President of the Maine Senate (1856) Also served in Maine's Class I seat
James G. Blaine		Republican	July 10, 1876	March 5, 1881	Resigned	U.S. Secretary of State (1881; 1889–1892) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1869–1875) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1861–1862)
William P. Frye		Republican	March 18, 1881	August 8, 1911	Died	U.S. Senate President pro temp. (1896–1911) Maine Attorney General (1867–1869)
Obadiah Gardner		Democratic	September 23, 1911	March 4, 1913	Lost re-election
Edwin C. Burleigh		Republican	March 4, 1913	June 16, 1916	Died
Bert M. Fernald		Republican	September 12, 1916	August 23, 1926	Died	Governor of Maine (1909-1911)
Arthur R. Gould		Republican	November 30, 1926	March 4, 1931	Retired
Wallace H. White, Jr.		Republican	March 4, 1931	January 3, 1949	Retired	Senate Republican Leader (1945–1949)
Margaret Chase Smith		Republican	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1973	Lost re-election
William Hathaway		Democratic	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1979	Lost re-election
William Cohen		Republican	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1997	Retired	Secretary of Defense (1997–2001)
Susan Collins		Republican	January 3, 1997	Incumbent

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Brewster had already lost the Republican primary.

[edit] See also

• United States congressional delegations from Maine

v • d • e United States Senators from Maine Class 1 Holmes • Parris • Holmes • Shepley • Dana • Williams • Fairfield • Moor • Hamlin • Nourse • Hamlin • Morrill • Hamlin • E. Hale • Johnson • F. Hale • Brewster • Payne • Muskie • Mitchell • Snowe Class 2 Chandler • Sprague • Ruggles • Evans • Bradbury • Fessenden • Farwell • Fessenden • Morrill • Blaine • Frye • Gardner • Burleigh • Fernald • Gould • White • Smith • Hathaway • Cohen • Collins