Maine's 3rd congressional district
Maine's 3rd congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was created in 1821 after Maine achieved statehood in 1820 as part of the enactment of the Missouri Compromise. It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last congressman was Clifford McIntire.
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years ↑ | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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Mark Langdon Hill | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Redistricted from Massachusetts's 16th district and re-elected in 1821. Lost re-election. |
1821 – 1823 Hancock County: Deer Isle, Isleborough, Lincolnville, Northport, Vinalhaven; Lincoln County: Alna, Bath, Booth Bay, Bristol, Camden, Cushing, Edgecomb, Friendship, Georgetown, New Castle, Nobleborough, Phillipsburg, Saint George, Thomastown, Topsham, Waldoborough, Warren, Wiscasset, Woolwich |
Ebenezer Herrick | Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1823 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1825 on the fourth ballot. Retired. |
1823 – 1833 Lincoln County: Alna, Bath, Boothbay, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Bristol, Camden, Cushing, Dresden, Edgecomb, Friendship, Georgetown, Hope, Nobleborough, Jefferson, New Castle, Phipsburg, Richmond, Saint George, Thomaston, Topsham, Union, Waldoborough, Warren, Whitefield, Wiscasset, Woolwich |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
Joseph F. Wingate | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
20th 21st |
Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] | |
Edward Kavanagh |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835 |
22nd 23rd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
1833 – 1843 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Jeremiah Bailey | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Jonathan Cilley |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – February 24, 1838 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] Died. | |
Vacant | February 24, 1838 – April 28, 1838 | ||||
Edward Robinson | Whig | April 28, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Benjamin Randall | Whig | March 3, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Luther Severance |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1843 – 1853 [data unknown/missing] |
Hiram Belcher |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | [data unknown/missing] | |
John Otis | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] | |
Robert Goodenow | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
E. Wilder Farley | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1853 – 1863 [data unknown/missing] |
Ebenezer Knowlton |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Nehemiah Abbott |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Ezra B. French |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Samuel C. Fessenden |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] | |
James G. Blaine |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1876 |
38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th |
[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator. |
1863 – 1873 [data unknown/missing] |
1873 – 1883 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | July 10, 1876 – December 4, 1876 | ||||
Edwin Flye |
Republican | December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Stephen Decatur Lindsey |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
At-large districts used | 1883–1885 | ||||
Seth Milliken |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – April 18, 1897 |
49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th |
Redistricted from the at-large district. Died. |
1885 – 1893 [data unknown/missing] |
1893 – 1903 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | April 18, 1897 – June 21, 1897 | ||||
Edwin C. Burleigh |
Republican | June 21, 1897 – March 3, 1911 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1903 – 1913 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Samuel W. Gould |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
Forrest Goodwin |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – May 28, 1913 |
63rd | [data unknown/missing] Died. |
1913 – 1933 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | May 28, 1913 – September 9, 1913 | ||||
John A. Peters |
Republican | September 9, 1913 – January 2, 1922 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. | |
Vacant | January 2, 1922 – March 20, 1922 | ||||
John E. Nelson |
Republican | March 20, 1922 – March 3, 1933 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
John G. Utterback |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1933 – 1943 [data unknown/missing] |
Ralph O. Brewster |
Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 |
74th 75th 76th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
Frank Fellows |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – August 27, 1951 |
77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] Died. | |
1943 – 1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | August 27, 1951 – October 22, 1951 | ||||
Clifford McIntire |
Republican | October 22, 1951 – January 3, 1963 |
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 2nd district. | |
1953 – 1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
District eliminated | January 3, 1963 |
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by New York's 24th congressional district |
Home district of the Speaker of the House March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875 |
Succeeded by Indiana's 3rd congressional district |
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