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.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years ↑	District home	Note
Mark Langdon Hill	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Phippsburg	Redistricted from the Massachusetts 16th district
Ebenezer Herrick	Adams-Clay D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from the Maine 5th district
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Joseph F. Wingate	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Edward Kavanagh	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835	Newcastle	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection; appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal
Jeremiah Bailey	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Jonathan Cilley	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – February 24, 1838		died
Vacant		February 24, 1838 – April 28, 1838
Edward Robinson	Whig	April 28, 1838 – March 3, 1839
Benjamin Randall	Whig	March 3, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Luther Severance	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Hiram Belcher	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
John Otis	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Robert Goodenow	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
E. Wilder Farley	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Ebenezer Knowlton	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Nehemiah Abbott	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Ezra B. French	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Samuel C. Fessenden	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
James G. Blaine	Republican	March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1876		Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869–1875, elected to U.S. Senate
Vacant		July 10, 1876 – December 4, 1876
Edwin Flye	Republican	December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877
Stephen Decatur Lindsey	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
At-large districts used		1883–1885
Seth Milliken	Republican	March 4, 1885 – April 18, 1897		redistricted from At-large district, died
Vacant		April 18, 1897 – June 21, 1897
Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	June 21, 1897 – March 3, 1911
Samuel W. Gould	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Forrest Goodwin	Republican	March 4, 1913 – May 28, 1913		died
Vacant		May 28, 1913 – September 9, 1913
John A. Peters	Republican	September 9, 1913 – January 2, 1922		resigned after appointment as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
Vacant		January 2, 1922 – March 20, 1922
John E. Nelson	Republican	March 20, 1922 – March 3, 1933
John G. Utterback	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Ralph Owen Brewster	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941		retired to run for US Senate
Frank Fellows	Republican	January 3, 1941 – August 27, 1951		died
Vacant		August 27, 1951 – October 22, 1951
Clifford McIntire	Republican	October 22, 1951 – January 3, 1963		redistricted to 2nd district
District eliminated		1963
Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note

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