List of United States Senators From Maine - Class 2

Class 2

# Senator Party Years Congress Term Electoral history
1 John Chandler Democratic-Republican June 14, 1820 –
March 4, 1829
16 1 Elected in 1820
17
Crawford
Republican
18 2 Re-elected in 1823

Retired
Jacksonian 19
20
2 Peleg Sprague Anti-
Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 –
January 1, 1835
21 3 Elected in 1829

Resigned
22
23
Vacant January 1, 1835 –
January 20, 1835
3 John Ruggles Democratic January 20, 1835 –
March 4, 1841
23
Elected to finish Sprague's term
24 4 Re-elected in 1835

Lost re-election
25
26
4 George Evans Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 4, 1847
27 5 Elected in 1840

Lost re-election
28
29
5 James W. Bradbury Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 4, 1853
30 6 Elected in 1846

Retired
31
32
Vacant March 4, 1853 –
February 10, 1854
33 7 Legislature failed to elect
6 William P. Fessenden Whig February 10, 1854 –
July 1, 1864
Elected to finish term
34
35
Republican 36 8 Re-elected in 1860

Resigned
37
38
Vacant July 1, 1864 –
October 27, 1864
7 Nathan A. Farwell Republican October 27, 1864 –
March 4, 1865
38
Appointed to finish Fessenden's term

Retired
8 William P. Fessenden Republican March 4, 1865 –
September 8, 1869
39 9 Elected in 1865

Died
40
41
Vacant September 8, 1869 –
October 30, 1869
9 Lot M. Morrill Republican October 30, 1869 –
July 7, 1876
41
Appointed to finish Fessenden's term
42 10 Elected to full term in 1871

Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
43
44
Vacant July 7, 1876 –
July 10, 1876
10 James G. Blaine Republican July 10, 1876 –
March 5, 1881
44
Appointed to finish Morrill's term
45 11 Elected to full term in 1877

Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
46
47
Vacant March 5, 1881 –
March 18, 1881
11 William P. Frye Republican March 18, 1881 –
August 8, 1911
47
Elected to finish Blaine's term
48 12 Re-elected in 1883
49
50
51 13 Re-elected in 1889
52
53
54 14 Re-elected in 1895
55
56
57 15 Re-elected in 1901
58
59
60 16 Re-elected in 1907

Died
61
62
Vacant August 8, 1911 –
September 23, 1911
12 Obadiah Gardner Democratic September 23, 1911 –
March 4, 1913
62
Appointed to continue Frye's term

Elected to finish Frye's term

Lost election to full term
13 Edwin C. Burleigh Republican March 4, 1913 –
June 16, 1916
63 17 Elected in 1913

Died
64
Vacant June 16, 1916 –
September 12, 1916
14 Bert M. Fernald Republican September 12, 1916 –
August 23, 1926
64
Elected to finish Burleigh's term
65
66 18 Re-elected in 1918
67
68
69 19 Re-elected in 1924

Died
Vacant August 23, 1926 –
November 30, 1926
15 Arthur R. Gould Republican November 30, 1926 –
March 4, 1931
69
Elected to finish Fernald's term

Retired
70
71
16 Wallace H. White, Jr. Republican March 4, 1931 –
January 3, 1949
72 20 Elected in 1930
73
74
75 21 Re-elected in 1936
76
77
78 22 Re-elected in 1942

Retired
79
80
17 Margaret Chase Smith Republican January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1973
81 23 Elected in 1948
82
83
84 24 Re-elected in 1954
85
86
87 25 Re-elected in 1960
88
89
90 26 Re-elected in 1966

Lost re-election
91
92
18 William Hathaway Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1979
93 27 Elected in 1972

Lost re-election
94
95
19 William Cohen Republican January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1997
96 28 Elected in 1978
97
98
99 29 Re-elected in 1984
100
101
102 30 Re-elected in 1990

Retired
103
104
20 Susan Collins Republican January 3, 1997 –
Present
105 31 Elected in 1996
106
107
108 32 Re-elected in 2002
109
110
111 33 Re-elected in 2008
112
113
# Senator Party Years Congress Term Electoral history

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