Political party strength in Maine
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maine:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Greenback (GB), Independent (I), National Republican (NR), National Union (NU), Opposition (O), Republican (R), and Whig (W).
Table
Year | Governor | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||
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State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House District 1 |
U.S. House District 2 | Former U.S. House Districts | |||
1820 | William King (DR)[1] | DR Majority | DR Majority | John Chandler (DR) | At large: Joseph Dane (F) | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) ![]() | |||
1821 | DR Majority | DR Majority | |||||||
William D. Williamson (DR)[2][3] | John Holmes (DR) | Joseph Dane (F) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | 5DR | |||||
Benjamin Ames (DR)[4][5] | |||||||||
1822 | Daniel Rose (DR)[2] | DR Majority | DR Majority | ||||||
Albion Parris (DR)[6] | vacant | ||||||||
1823 | DR Majority | DR Majority | William Burleigh (DR) | Mark Harris (DR) | |||||
Stephen Longfellow (F) | |||||||||
1824 | DR Majority | NR Majority | John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun (DR) ![]() | ||||||
1825 | DR Majority | DR Majority | William Burleigh (NR) | John Anderson (DR) | 3DR, 2NR | ||||
1826 | DR Majority | DR Majority | |||||||
1827 | Enoch Lincoln (DR)[7] | DR Majority | DR Majority | Albion Parris (DR)[5] | 3NR, 2DR | ||||
vacant | |||||||||
Rufus McIntire (DR) | |||||||||
1828 | DR Majority | DR Majority | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (DR) ![]() | ||||||
1829 | DR Majority | NR Majority | John Holmes (NR) | Peleg Sprague (NR) | 3DR, 2NR | ||||
Nathan Cutler (D)[8] | |||||||||
1830 | Joshua Hall (D)[4] | 12NR, 8DR | NR Majority | ||||||
Jonathan G. Hunton (NR) | |||||||||
1831 | Samuel E. Smith (D) | 11DR, 9DR | 86DR, 62NR, 1? | 4DR, 1NR | |||||
1832 | 21DR, 4NR | 100DR, 58NR, 24?, 2 vac. | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) ![]() | ||||||
1833 | 15DR, 10NR | 97DR, 59NR, 30? | Ether Shepley (DR)[5] | Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (DR) | 5DR, 1NR | ||||
1834 | Robert P. Dunlap (D) | 21DR, 3NR, 1A-M | 79DR, 39NR, 63?[9] | ||||||
1835 | 18D, 7NR | 94D, 66NR, 26? | John Ruggles (D) | John Fairfield (D)[5] | 4DR, 2NR | ||||
1836 | 22D, 3NR | 51D, 41NR, 94?[10] | Judah Dana (DR) | Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson (D) ![]() | |||||
1837 | 21D, 4W | 108D, 54W, 24? | Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith
(D) |
4D, 2W | |||||
1838 | Edward Kent (W)[11] | 14D, 11W | 98W, 85D, 5? | 3D, 3W | |||||
1839 | John Fairfield (D)[5] | 15D, 10W | 107D, 73W, 9?. 1 vac. | Reuel Williams (D)[5] | Nathan Clifford (D) | Albert Smith (D) | 4D, 2W | ||
1840 | 17D, 8W | 123D, 63W, 5? | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) ![]() | ||||||
1841 | Richard H. Vose (W)[2] | 18W, 7D | 94W, 66D, 30?[12] | George Evans (W) | William P. Fessenden (W) | 3D, 3W | |||
Edward Kent (W) | |||||||||
1842 | John Fairfield (D)[13] | 27D, 4W | 131D, 55W, 18? | ||||||
1843 | 30D, 1W | 55D, 18W, 78?[14] | |||||||
Edward Kavanagh (D)[2][5] | vacant | Joshua Herrick (D) | Robert P. Dunlap (D) | 3D, 2W | |||||
1844 | David Dunn (D)[4][5] | 28D, 3W | 89D, 42W, 2 Lty., 18? | James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) ![]() | |||||
John W. Dana (D)[2] | |||||||||
Hugh J. Anderson (D) | |||||||||
1845 | 85D, 49W, 17? | John Fairfield (D)[7] | John Fairfield Scamman (D) | 4D, 1W | |||||
1846 | 27D, 4W | 85D, 66W | |||||||
1847 | 78D, 66W, 6 Lty., 1I | James W. Bradbury (D) | David Hammons (D) | Asa Clapp (D) | |||||
John W. Dana (D) | |||||||||
1848 | 102D, 49W | Wyman B. S. Moor (D) | Lewis Cass and William Orlando Butler (D) ![]() | ||||||
1849 | 20D, 11W | 85D, 66W | Elbridge Gerry (D) | Nathaniel Littlefield (D) | 3D, 2W | ||||
1850 | 88D, 63R | ||||||||
John Hubbard (D) | |||||||||
1851 | 26D, 4W, 1FS[15] | 93D, 50W, 8FS[15] | Hannibal Hamlin (D)[16] | Moses Macdonald (D) | John Appleton (D) | ||||
1852 | 3W, 2D | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) ![]() | |||||||
1853 | William G. Crosby (W) | 22W, 9D | 84D, 62W, 4FS, 1? | vacant | Samuel Mayall (D) | 3W, 1D | |||
1854 | 17W, 14D | 76D, 66W, 9FS | William P. Fessenden (W) | ||||||
1855 | Anson Morrill (R) | 16W, 10D, 5FS | 83D, 44W, 23FS, 1?[17] | John M. Wood (R) | John J. Perry (O) | 2O, 1D, 1R | |||
1856 | Samuel Wells (D) | 20D, 9W, 2R | 68D, 61R, 22W[18] | John C. Frémont and William L. Dayton (R) ![]() | |||||
1857 | Hannibal Hamlin (R)[13] | 30R, 1D | 125R, 26D[19] | Amos Nourse (R) | Charles J. Gilman (R) | 4R | |||
Joseph H. Williams (R)[2] | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | ||||||||
1858 | Lot M. Morrill (R) | 117R, 34D[20] | |||||||
1859 | 103R, 48D | William P. Fessenden (R)[5] | Daniel E. Somes (R) | John J. Perry (R) | |||||
1860 | 119R, 32D | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R) ![]() | |||||||
1861 | Israel Washburn Jr. (R) | 31R | 128R, 23D | John Noble Goodwin (R) | Charles W. Walton (R)[5] | ||||
1862 | 26R, 5D | 123R, 28D | vacant | ||||||
1863 | Abner Coburn (R) | 25R, 6D | 107R, 44D | Lot M. Morrill (R) | Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (D) | T. A. D. Fessenden (R) | 3R | ||
Sidney Perham (R) | |||||||||
1864 | Samuel Cony (R) | 30R, 1D | 120R, 31D | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU) ![]() | |||||
Nathan A. Farwell (R) | |||||||||
1865 | 28R, 3D | 129R, 22D | William P. Fessenden (R)[7] | John Lynch (R) | |||||
1866 | 31R | 136R, 15D | |||||||
1867 | Joshua Chamberlain (R) | 138R, 13D | |||||||
1868 | 28R, 3D | 105R, 46D | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) ![]() | ||||||
1869 | 29R, 2D | 123R, 28D | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | Samuel P. Morrill (R) | |||||
1870 | 28R, 3D | 117R, 34D | |||||||
1871 | Sidney Perham (R) | 113R, 38D | Lot M. Morrill (R) | William P. Frye (R) | |||||
1872 | 112R, 39D | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) ![]() | |||||||
1873 | 30R, 1LR | 128R, 19D, 2LR, 2I | John H. Burleigh (R) | ||||||
1874 | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) | 103R, 41D, 7I | |||||||
1875 | 28R, 3D | 89R, 55D, 7I | |||||||
1876 | Seldon Connor (R) | 20R, 11D | 85R, 63D, 3I | Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R) ![]() | |||||
1877 | 29R, 2D | 120R, 30D, 1I | James G. Blaine (R) | Thomas Brackett Reed (R) | |||||
1878 | 28R, 3D | 99R, 47D, 3I, 2GB | |||||||
1879 | Alonzo Garcelon (D) | 20R, 10GB, 1D | 65R, 57GB, 27D, 2I[21] | 2GB, 1R | |||||
1880 | Daniel F. Davis (R) | 19R, 11GB, 1D | 90R, 50GB, 11D | James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R) ![]() | |||||
1881 | Harris M. Plaisted (D) | 23R, 6GB, 2D | 84R, 40GB, 27D | Eugene Hale (R) | William P. Frye (R)[7] | vacant | |||
Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) | |||||||||
1882 | |||||||||
1883 | Frederick Robie (R) | 28R, 3D | 108R, 43D | At large: Thomas B. Reed; Nelson Dingley, Jr.; Seth L. Milliken; and Charles A. Boutelle (R) | |||||
1884 | James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1885 | 31R | 115R, 34D, 2GB | Thomas Brackett Reed (R)[5] | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)[7] | 2R | ||||
1886 | |||||||||
1887 | Joseph R. Bodwell (R)[7] | 27R, 4D | 122R, 29D | ||||||
Sebastian Streeter Marble (R)[2] | |||||||||
1888 | Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1889 | Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | 31R | 125R, 26D | ||||||
1890 | |||||||||
1891 | 27R, 4D | 110R, 41D | |||||||
1892 | Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1893 | Henry B. Cleaves (R) | 30R, 1D | 107R, 44D | ||||||
1894 | |||||||||
1895 | 31R | 146R, 5D | |||||||
1896 | William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1897 | Llewellyn Powers (R) | 145R, 6D | |||||||
1898 | |||||||||
1899 | 126R, 25D | vacant | |||||||
vacant | Charles E. Littlefield (R)[5] | ||||||||
1900 | Amos L. Allen (R) | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) ![]() | |||||||
1901 | John Fremont Hill (R) | 30R, 1D | 132R, 19D | ||||||
1902 | |||||||||
1903 | 128R, 23D | ||||||||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks ![]() | ||||||||
1905 | William T. Cobb (R) | 27R, 4D | 126R, 25D | ||||||
1906 | |||||||||
1907 | 23R, 8D | 88R, 63D | |||||||
1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) ![]() | ||||||||
vacant | |||||||||
1909 | Bert M. Fernald (R) | 100R, 51D | John P. Swasey (R) | ||||||
1910 | |||||||||
1911 | Frederick W. Plaisted (D) | 22D, 9R | 86D, 65R | Charles Fletcher Johnson (D) | Asher Hinds (R) | Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) | 1R, 1D | ||
Obadiah Gardner (D) | |||||||||
1912 | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) ![]() | ||||||||
1913 | William T. Haines (R) | 21R, 10D | 79R, 72D | Edwin C. Burleigh (R)[7] | 2R | ||||
1914 | |||||||||
1915 | Oakley C. Curtis (D) | 17R, 14D | 78D, 69R, 4 Prog. | ||||||
1916 | Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) ![]() | ||||||||
vacant | |||||||||
Bert M. Fernald (R) | |||||||||
1917 | Carl Milliken (R) | 28R, 3D | 105R, 46D | Frederick Hale (R) | Louis B. Goodall (R) | Wallace H. White Jr. (R) | |||
1918 | |||||||||
1919 | 29R, 2D | 110R, 41D | |||||||
1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1921 | Frederic Hale Parkhurst (R)[7] | 31R | 135R, 16D | Carroll L. Beedy (R) | |||||
Percival P. Baxter (R)[22] | |||||||||
1922 | |||||||||
1923 | 28R, 3D | 116R, 35D | |||||||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1925 | Ralph Owen Brewster (R) | 30R, 1D | 122R, 29D | ||||||
1926 | |||||||||
vacant | |||||||||
Arthur R. Gould (R) | |||||||||
1927 | 129R, 22D | ||||||||
1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1929 | William Tudor Gardiner (R) | 31R | 135R, 16D | ||||||
1930 | |||||||||
1931 | 120R, 31D | Wallace H. White Jr. (R) | Donald B. Partridge (R) | ||||||
1932 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1933 | Louis J. Brann (D) | 26R, 7D | 93R, 58D | Edward C. Moran Jr. (D) | John G. Utterback (D) | ||||
1934 | |||||||||
1935 | 22R, 11D | 96R, 55D | Simon M. Hamlin (D) | Ralph Owen Brewster (R) | |||||
1936 | Alf Landon and Frank Knox (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1937 | Lewis O. Barrows (R) | 29R, 4D | 124R, 27D | James C. Oliver (R) | Clyde H. Smith (R)[7] | ||||
1938 | |||||||||
1939 | 31R, 2D | ||||||||
1940 | Wendell Willkie and Charles L. McNary (R) ![]() | ||||||||
vacant | |||||||||
Margaret Chase Smith (R) | |||||||||
1941 | Sumner Sewall (R) | 128R, 23D | Ralph Owen Brewster (R)[5] | Frank Fellows (R)[7] | |||||
1942 | |||||||||
1943 | 32R, 1D | 136R, 15D | Robert Hale (R) | ||||||
1944 | Thomas E. Dewey and John W. Bricker (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1945 | Horace Hildreth (R) | 31R, 2D | |||||||
1946 | |||||||||
1947 | 30R, 3D | 126R, 25D | |||||||
1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1949 | Frederick G. Payne (R) | 28R, 5D | Margaret Chase Smith (R) | Charles P. Nelson (R) | |||||
1950 | |||||||||
1951 | 31R, 2D | 126R, 24D, 1I | |||||||
vacant | |||||||||
Clifford McIntire (R) | |||||||||
1952 | Burton M. Cross (R) | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) ![]() | |||||||
1953 | Nathaniel M. Haskell (R) | 127R, 24D | Frederick G. Payne (R) | ||||||
1954 | Burton M. Cross (R) | ||||||||
1955 | Edmund Muskie (D) | 27R, 6D | 119R, 32D | ||||||
1956 | |||||||||
1957 | 25R, 8D | 100R, 51D | Frank M. Coffin (D) | ||||||
1958 | |||||||||
1959 | Clinton Clauson (D) | 21R, 12D | 94R, 57D | Edmund Muskie (D) | James C. Oliver (D) | ||||
1960 | John H. Reed (R) | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) ![]() | |||||||
1961 | 30R, 3D | 113R, 38D | Peter A. Garland (R) | Stanley R. Tupper (R) | |||||
1962 | |||||||||
1963 | 29R, 5D | 110R, 41D | Stanley R. Tupper (R) | Clifford McIntire (R) | districts eliminated | ||||
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) ![]() | ||||||||
1965 | 29D, 5R | 80D, 71R | William Hathaway (D) | ||||||
1966 | |||||||||
1967 | Kenneth M. Curtis (D) | 24R, 10D | 95R, 56D | Peter Kyros (D) | |||||
1968 | Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) ![]() | ||||||||
1969 | 18R, 14D | 85R, 66D | |||||||
1970 | |||||||||
1971 | 80R, 71D | ||||||||
1972 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1973 | 22R, 11D | 79R, 72D | William Hathaway (D) | William Cohen (R) | |||||
1974 | |||||||||
1975 | James B. Longley (I) | 19R, 14D | 91D, 59R, 1I | David F. Emery (R) | |||||
1976 | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1977 | 21R, 12D | 89D, 62R | |||||||
1978 | |||||||||
1979 | Joseph E. Brennan (D) | 19R, 13D, 1I | 77D, 73R, 1ID | William Cohen (R) | Olympia Snowe (R) | ||||
1980 | George J. Mitchell (D) | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 17R, 16D | 84D, 67R | |||||||
1982 | |||||||||
1983 | 23D, 10R | 92D, 59R | John R. McKernan Jr. (R) | ||||||
1984 | |||||||||
1985 | 24D, 11R | 83D, 68R | |||||||
1986 | |||||||||
1987 | John R. McKernan Jr. (R) | 20D, 15R | 86D, 65R | Joseph E. Brennan (D) | |||||
1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1989 | 97D, 54R | ||||||||
1990 | |||||||||
1991 | 21D, 14R | Thomas Andrews (D) | |||||||
1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) ![]() | ||||||||
1993 | 20D, 15R | 90D, 61R | |||||||
1994 | |||||||||
1995 | Angus King (I) | 18R, 16D, 1I | 77D, 74R | Olympia Snowe (R) | James B. Longley Jr. (R) | John Baldacci (D) | |||
1996 | |||||||||
1997 | 19D, 15R, 1I | 81D, 69R, 1I | Susan Collins (R) | Tom Allen (D) | |||||
1998 | |||||||||
1999 | 20D, 14R, 1I | 79D, 71R, 1I | |||||||
2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) ![]() | ||||||||
2001 | 17R, 17D, 1I[23] | 88D, 62R, 1I | |||||||
2002 | |||||||||
2003 | John Baldacci (D) | 18D, 17R | 80D, 67R, 3I, 1G | Mike Michaud (D) | |||||
2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) ![]() | ||||||||
2005 | 76D, 73R, 1I, 1G | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||
2007 | 90D, 59R, 2I | ||||||||
2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) ![]() | ||||||||
2009 | 20D, 15R | 95D, 55R, 1I | Chellie Pingree (D) | ||||||
2010 | |||||||||
2011 | Paul LePage (R) | 20R, 14D, 1I | 78R, 72D, 1I | ||||||
2012 | |||||||||
2013 | 19D, 15R, 1I | 89D, 58R, 4I | Angus King (I) | ||||||
2014 | |||||||||
2015 | 20R, 15D | 78D, 68R, 5I | Bruce Poliquin (R) | ||||||
2016 | 78D, 69R, 4I | 3 Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) ![]() ![]() | |||||||
2017 | 18R, 17D | 77D, 73R, 1I | |||||||
2018 | 74D, 70R, 6I, 1GI | ||||||||
2019 | Janet Mills (D) | 21D, 14R | 89D, 56R, 6I | Jared Golden (D) | |||||
2020 | 3 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (D) ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
2021 | 22D, 13R | 80D, 67R, 4I | |||||||
Year | Governor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House District 1 |
U.S. House District 2 | Former U.S. House Districts | Electoral College votes |
State Legislature | United States Congress |
See also
Notes
- ^ Resigned to take appointment as a minister to negotiate a treaty with Spain.
- ^ a b c d e f g As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
- ^ a b c As speaker of the state House, filled unexpired term.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Resigned.
- ^ Elected to the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Died in office.
- ^ As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term until his Senate term expired.
- ^ A Democrat, Nathan Clifford, was elected as Speaker.
- ^ A Democrat, Hannibal Hamlin, was elected as Speaker.
- ^ Won a close election, but Democrats challenged the election. He was finally declared the winner by the state Supreme Court and sworn in on January 19, 1838.
- ^ A Whig, Josiah S. Little, was elected as Speaker.
- ^ a b Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ A Democrat, David Dunn, was elected as Speaker.
- ^ a b Due to a constitutional change in when elected officials took office, legislators elected in 1850 had a two-year term.
- ^ Resigned to take an elected seat as Governor.
- ^ A coalition of Whigs, Free Soilers, and Morrill Democrats elected Noah Smith Jr., a Whig, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- ^ A coalition of Republicans and Whigs elected Sidney Perham, a Republican, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- ^ A Democrat, Josiah S. Little, was elected as a minority-party Speaker.
- ^ A Democrat, Charles A. Spofford, was elected as a minority-party Speaker.
- ^ A coalition of Democrats, Greenbacks, and Independents supported Melvin P. Frank, a Democrat, as Speaker and organized the House. p. 9
- ^ As president of the senate, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
- ^ A power-sharing agreement was negotiated between the Democrats and Republicans, with a Democrat, Mike Michaud, becoming Senate President for one year in 2001, and a Republican, Richard A. Bennett, becoming Senate President for one year in 2002.
- ^ Clinton and Kaine received Maine's two at-large votes and one vote in the First Congressional District while Trump and Pence received one vote in the Second District.
- ^ Biden and Harris received Maine's two at-large votes and one vote in the First Congressional District while Trump and Pence received one vote in the Second District.