United States Senate
 GO
United States Senate Senators HomeCommittees HomeLegislation & Records HomeArt & History HomeVisitors Center HomeReference Home
United States Senate
State Information
Senate Leadership


  
 
 
U.S. Senators from Maine:
Name Dates of Service
Class 1
John Holmes (R,CRR,ADAMS)
Albion K. Parris (J)
John Holmes (ADAMS, AJ)
Ether Shepley (J)
Judah Dana (J)
Reuel Williams (D)
John Fairfield (D)
Wyman B. S. Moor (D)
Hannibal Hamlin (D)
Amos Nourse (R)
Hannibal Hamlin (R)
Lot Myrick Morrill (R)
Hannibal Hamlin (R)
Eugene Hale (R)
Charles F. Johnson (D)
Frederick Hale (R)
R. Owen Brewster (R)
Frederick G. Payne (R)
Edmund S. Muskie (D)
George J. Mitchell (D)
Olympia J. Snowe (R)
1820-1827
1827-1828
1829-1833
1833-1836
1836-1837
1837-1843
1843-1847
1848-1848
1848-1857
1857-1857
1857-1861
1861-1869
1869-1881
1881-1911
1911-1917
1917-1941
1941-1952
1953-1959
1959-1980
1980-1995
1995---

Name Dates of Service
Class 2
John Chandler (R,CRR,J)
Peleg Sprague (AJ)
John Ruggles (J,D)
George Evans (W)
James W. Bradbury (D)
William Pitt Fessenden (W,OP,R)
Nathan A. Farwell (R)
William Pitt Fessenden (R)
Lot Myrick Morrill (R)
James G. Blaine (R)
William P. Frye (R)
Obadiah Gardner (D)
Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
Bert M. Fernald (R)
Arthur R. Gould (R)
Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)
Margaret Chase Smith (R)
William D. Hathaway (D)
William S. Cohen (R)
Susan Collins (R)
1820-1829
1829-1835
1835-1841
1841-1847
1847-1853
1854-1864
1864-1865
1865-1869
1869-1876
1876-1881
1881-1911
1911-1913
1913-1916
1916-1926
1926-1931
1931-1949
1949-1973
1973-1979
1979-1997
1997---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Eugene Hale
William P. Frye
Frederick Hale
Hannibal Hamlin
Margaret Chase Smith
 
Maine Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Hannibal Hamlin

President Pro Tempore: William P. Frye

Party Conference Chair: Wallace H. White, Jr., George J. Mitchell.

Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell, Wallace H. White, Jr.

Minority Leader: Wallace H. White, Jr.

Republican Conference Secretaries: Frederick Hale, Wallace H. White, Jr.

Democratic Policy Committee Chair: George J. Mitchell

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: George J. Mitchell

Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:

Budget: Edmund S. Muskie

Governmental Affairs: Susan Collins

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Susan Collins

Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Wallace H. White, Jr.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Olympia J. Snowe
Maine Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps
Margaret Chase Smith, 2007
 
Maine Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Hannibal Hamlin by Charles E. Tefft (Statuary Hall); William King by Franklin Simmons (House connecting corridor).

Busts:

Vice President's Collection: Hannibal Hamlin by Franklin Simmons (Senate chamber gallery).

Paintings: Fort Knox, Maine by Seth Eastman (Central section, first floor, west corridor); Fort Scamel and Fort Gorges, Maine by Seth Eastman (Central section, first floor, west corridor).

Portraits:

Thomas B. Reed by John S. Sargent, James G. Blaine by Freeman Thorp (both in Speaker's Lobby, House wing, second floor).

Margaret Chase Smith, by Ronald Frontin (Senate wing, third floor).

George J. Mitchell, by Alan Magee (Senate Lobby).
 
Unusual Facts
Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. She also served longer in the Senate (twenty-four years) than any other woman.
 
  

Statuary Hall Collection

The National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol has statues donated by individual states.  Learn more about your state's statues.

Architect's Statuary Hall Web page


State Resources Web Sites

The Library of Congress maintains a State and Local Government Resource Page.

The National Council of State Legislatures list of State Legislature Web Sites.

State election results must be certified by the State's Secretary.  The National Association of Secretaries of State maintains a list of their Web sites.