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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).
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]
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 United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
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.
State Senate: 39: R 28–11: 4 Maine: Governor: Legislature: ... There are a total of 1,972 state senators nationwide, with the average state senate having 39 members.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Maine. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Maine. The list of names should be complete, but other ...
In 1922, Dora Pinkham became the first woman elected to the Maine State Legislature, serving first in the House and then in the Senate. [3] In 1823, the Penobscot tribe sent what is believed to be their first representative to the Maine Senate. In 1842, the Passamaquoddy tribe also sent their first representative. It appears that prior to Maine ...