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The state's U.S. senators belong to class 1 and class 2. Republican Susan Collins (first elected in 1996) and Independent Angus King (first elected in 2012) are Maine's current U.S. senators, making Maine one of four states to have a split United States Senate delegation. William P. Frye was Maine's longest serving senator (1881–1911).
Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine.A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress.
The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine.The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35". [1]
Angus Stanley King Jr. (born March 31, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maine since 2013. [2] A political independent, he served as the 72nd governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003.
Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucus with the Democratic Party. [1] [2] [3] Leadership. Presiding officers.
Since Maine became a U.S. State in 1820 [1] it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 17th United States Congress. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maine, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and ...
Whig Party United States senators from Maine (1 P) Pages in category "United States senators from Maine" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.