Class 1
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | John Holmes | Democratic-Republican | June 13, 1820 – March 4, 1827 |
16 | 1 | Elected in 1820 |
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| Crawford Republican |
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| Anti- Jacksonian |
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| 2 | Albion Parris | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – August 26, 1828 |
20 | 3 | Resigned to become a judge on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Vacant | August 26, 1828 – January 15, 1829 |
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| 3 | John Holmes | Anti- Jacksonian |
January 15, 1829 – March 4, 1833 |
20 | Elected to finish Parris's term | |
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| 4 | Ether Shepley | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1836 |
23 | 4 | Resigned to become Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
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| 5 | Judah Dana | Jacksonian | March 4, 1836 – March 3, 1837 |
Appointed to continue Shepley's term Successor qualified |
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| 6 | Reuel Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – February 15, 1843 |
25 | Elected to finish Shepley's term | |
| 26 | 5 | Re-elected in 1839 Resigned |
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| Vacant | February 15, 1843 – December 4, 1843 |
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| 7 | John Fairfield | Democratic | December 4, 1843 – December 24, 1847 |
28 |
Elected to finish Williams's term | |
| 29 | 6 | Re-elected in 1845 Died |
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| Vacant | December 24, 1847 – January 5, 1848 |
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| 8 | Wyman B. S. Moor | Democratic | January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848 |
30 |
Appointed to continue Fairfield's term Successor elected |
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| 9 | Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic | June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857 |
31 | Elected to finish Fairfield's term | |
| 32 | 7 | Re-elected in 1851 Resigned to become Governor of Maine |
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| Vacant | January 7, 1857 – January 16, 1857 |
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| 10 | Amos Nourse | Republican | January 16, 1857 – March 4, 1857 |
34 |
Elected to finish Hamlin's term | |
| 11 | Hannibal Hamlin | Republican | March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861 |
35 | 8 | Elected in 1857 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President |
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| 12 | Lot M. Morrill | Republican | January 17, 1861 – March 4, 1869 |
36 |
Elected to finish Hamlin's term | |
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| 38 | 9 | Re-elected in 1863 |
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| 13 | Hannibal Hamlin | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1881 |
41 | 10 | Elected in 1869 |
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| 44 | 11 | Re-elected in 1875 Retired |
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| 14 | Eugene Hale | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1911 |
47 | 12 | Elected in 1881 |
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| 50 | 13 | Re-elected in 1887 | ||||
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| 53 | 14 | Re-elected in 1893 | ||||
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| 56 | 15 | Re-elected in 1899 Retired |
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| 59 | 16 | Re-elected in 1905 Retired |
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| 15 | Charles Fletcher Johnson | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1917 |
62 | 17 | Elected in 1910 Lost re-election |
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| 16 | Frederick Hale | Republican | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941 |
65 | 18 | Elected in 1916 |
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| 68 | 19 | Re-elected in 1922 | ||||
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| 71 | 20 | Re-elected in 1928 | ||||
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| 74 | 21 | Re-elected in 1934 Retired |
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| 17 | Ralph Brewster | Republican | January 3, 1941 – December 31, 1952 |
77 | 22 | Elected in 1940 |
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| 80 | 23 | Re-elected in 1946 Resigned, having already lost the renomination |
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| Vacant | December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
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| 18 | Frederick G. Payne | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
83 | 24 | Elected in 1952 Lost re-election |
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| 19 | Edmund Muskie | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – May 7, 1980 |
86 | 25 | Elected in 1958 |
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| 89 | 26 | Re-elected in 1964 | ||||
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| 92 | 27 | Re-elected in 1970 | ||||
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| 95 | 28 | Re-elected in 1976 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State |
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| Vacant | May 7, 1980 – May 19, 1980 |
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| 20 | George J. Mitchell | Democratic | May 19, 1980 – January 3, 1995 |
96 |
Appointed to continue Muskie's term Elected to finish Muskie's term |
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| 98 | 29 | Re-elected in 1982 | ||||
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| 101 | 30 | Re-elected in 1988 Retired |
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| 21 | Olympia Snowe | Republican | January 3, 1995 – Present |
104 | 31 | Elected in 1994 |
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| 107 | 32 | Re-elected in 2000 | ||||
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| 110 | 33 | Re-elected in 2006 | ||||
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