Political party strength in Maine
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).
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Attorney General | Secretary of State | Treasurer | 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] | Erastus Foote | DR | DR | John Chandler (DR) | At large: Joseph Dane (F) | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)  | |||||
| 1821 | DR | DR | ||||||||||
| 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 | DR | |||||||||
| Albion K. Parris (DR)[6] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1823 | DR | DR | William Burleigh (DR) | Mark Harris (DR) | ||||||||
| Stephen Longfellow (F) | ||||||||||||
| 1824 | DR | NR | John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun (DR) | |||||||||
| 1825 | DR | DR | William Burleigh (NR) | John Anderson (DR) | 3DR, 2NR | |||||||
| 1826 | DR | DR | ||||||||||
| 1827 | Enoch Lincoln (DR)[7] | DR | DR | Albion K. Parris (DR)[5] | 3NR, 2DR | |||||||
| vacant | ||||||||||||
| Rufus McIntire (DR) | ||||||||||||
| 1828 | DR | DR | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (DR)  | |||||||||
| 1829 | DR | NR | John Holmes (NR) | Peleg Sprague (NR) | 3DR, 2NR | |||||||
| Nathan Cutler (D)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1830 | Joshua Hall (D)[4] | DR | NR | |||||||||
| Jonathan Hunton (NR) | ||||||||||||
| 1831 | Samuel E. Smith (D) | DR | DR | 4DR, 1NR | ||||||||
| 1832 | Jonathan P. Rogers | Democratic | Democratic | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) | ||||||||
| 1833 | Democratic | Democratic | Ether Shepley (DR)[5] | Francis Smith (DR) | 5DR, 1NR | |||||||
| 1834 | Robert P. Dunlap (D) | Nathan Clifford | Democratic | Democratic | ||||||||
| 1835 | Democratic | Democratic | John Ruggles (D) | John Fairfield (D)[5] | 4DR, 2NR | |||||||
| 1836 | Democratic | Democratic | Judah Dana (DR) | Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson (D) | ||||||||
| 1837 | Democratic | Democratic | Francis Smith (D) | 4D, 2W | ||||||||
| 1838 | Edward Kent (W)[9] | Daniel Goodenow | Democratic | Whig | 3D, 3W | |||||||
| 1839 | John Fairfield (D)[5] | Stephen Emery | Democratic | Democratic | Reuel Williams (D)[5] | Nathan Clifford (D) | Albert Smith (D) | 4D, 2W | ||||
| 1840 | Democratic | Democratic | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | |||||||||
| 1841 | Richard H. Vose (W)[2] | Daniel Goodenow | Democratic | Whig | George Evans (W) | William Pitt Fessenden (W) | 3D, 3W | |||||
| Edward Kent (W) | ||||||||||||
| 1842 | John Fairfield (D)[10] | Otis L. Bridges | Democratic | Democratic | ||||||||
| 1843 | Democratic | Democratic | ||||||||||
| Edward Kavanaugh (D)[2][5] | vacant | Joshua Herrick (D) | Robert P. Dunlap (D) | 3D, 2W | ||||||||
| 1844 | David Dunn (D)[4][5] | Wyman B. S. Moor | Democratic | Democratic | James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) | |||||||
| John W. Dana (D)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Hugh J. Anderson (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1845 | Democratic | Democratic | John Fairfield (D)[7] | John Fairfield Scamman (D) | 4D, 1W | |||||||
| 1846 | Democratic | Democratic | ||||||||||
| 1847 | Democratic | Democratic | James W. Bradbury (D) | David Hammons (D) | Asa Clapp (D) | |||||||
| John W. Dana (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1848 | Samuel H. Blake | Democratic | Democratic | Wyman B. S. Moor (D) | Lewis Cass and William O. Butler (D) | |||||||
| 1849 | Henry Tallman | Democratic | Democratic | Elbridge Gerry (D) | Nathaniel Littlefield (D) | 3D, 2W | ||||||
| 1850 | Democratic | Democratic | ||||||||||
| John Hubbard (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1851 | Democratic | Democratic | Hannibal Hamlin (D)[11] | Moses MacDonald (D) | John Appleton (D) | |||||||
| 1852 | Democratic | Democratic | 3W, 2D | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | ||||||||
| 1853 | William G. Crosby (W) | George Evans | Democratic | Democratic | vacant | Samuel Mayall (D) | 3W, 1D | |||||
| 1854 | Whig | Whig | William Pitt Fessenden (W) | |||||||||
| 1855 | Anson P. Morrill (R) | John S. Abbott | Republican | Republican | John M. Wood (R) | John J. Perry (O) | 2O, 1D, 1R | |||||
| 1856 | Samuel Wells (D) | George Evans | Republican | Democratic | John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton (R) | |||||||
| 1857 | Hannibal Hamlin (R)[10] | Nathan D. Appleton | Republican | Democratic | Amos Nourse (R) | Charles J. Gilman (R) | 4R | |||||
| Joseph H. Williams (R)[2] | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | |||||||||||
| 1858 | Lot M. Morrill (R) | Republican | Republican | |||||||||
| 1859 | Republican | Republican | William Pitt Fessenden (R)[5] | Daniel E. Somes (R) | John J. Perry (R) | |||||||
| 1860 | Josiah Hayden Drummond | Republican | Republican | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R) | ||||||||
| 1861 | Israel Washburn Jr. (R) | Republican | Republican | John N. Goodwin (R) | Charles W. Walton (R)[5] | |||||||
| 1862 | Republican | Republican | vacant | |||||||||
| 1863 | Abner Coburn (R) | Republican | Republican | Lot M. Morrill (R) | Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (D) | Thomas Fessenden (R) | 3R | |||||
| Sidney Perham (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1864 | Samuel Cony (R) | John A. Peters | Republican | Republican | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU) | |||||||
| Nathan A. Farwell (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1865 | Republican | Republican | William Pitt Fessenden (R)[7] | John Lynch (R) | ||||||||
| 1866 | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| 1867 | Joshua L. Chamberlain (R) | William P. Frye | Republican | Republican | ||||||||
| 1868 | Republican | Republican | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||||||
| 1869 | Republican | Republican | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | Samuel P. Morrill (R) | ||||||||
| 1870 | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | Republican | |||||||||
| 1871 | Sidney Perham (R) | Republican | Republican | Lot M. Morrill (R) | William P. Frye (R) | |||||||
| 1872 | Republican | Republican | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||||||
| 1873 | Harris M. Plaisted | Republican | Republican | John H. Burleigh (R) | ||||||||
| 1874 | Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) | Republican | Republican | |||||||||
| 1875 | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| 1876 | Selden Connor (R) | Lucilius A. Emery | Republican | Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes and William Almon Wheeler (R) | |||||||
| 1877 | Republican | Republican | James G. Blaine (R) | Thomas Brackett Reed (R) | ||||||||
| 1878 | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| 1879 | Alonzo Garcelon (D) | William H. McLellan | Republican | Democratic | 2GB, 1R | |||||||
| 1880 | Daniel F. Davis (R) | Henry B. Cleaves | Republican | Republican | James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R) | |||||||
| 1881 | Harris M. Plaisted (D) | Republican | Republican | vacant | ||||||||
| Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | Frederick Robie (R) | Republican | Republican | At large: Thomas B. Reed; Nelson Dingley, Jr.; Seth L. Milliken; and Charles A. Boutelle (R) | ||||||||
| 1884 | James G. Blaine and John Alexander Logan (R) | |||||||||||
| 1885 | Orville D. Baker | Republican | Republican | Thomas Brackett Reed (R)[5] | Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)[7] | 2R | ||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | Joseph R. Bodwell (R)[7] | Republican | Republican | |||||||||
| Sebastian Streeter Marble (R)[2] | ||||||||||||
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R) | |||||||||||
| 1889 | Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | Charles E. Littlefield | Republican | Republican | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) | |||||||||||
| 1893 | Henry B. Cleaves (R) | Frederick A. Powers | Republican | Republican | Eugene Hale (R) | |||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | Republican | Republican | William P. Frye (R)[7] | |||||||||
| 1896 | William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart (R) | |||||||||||
| 1897 | Llewellyn Powers (R) | William T. Haines | Republican | Republican | ||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | Republican | Republican | vacant | |||||||||
| vacant | Charles E. Littlefield (R)[5] | |||||||||||
| 1900 | Amos L. Allen (R) | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) | ||||||||||
| 1901 | John Fremont Hill (R) | George M. Seiders | Republican | Republican | ||||||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks | |||||||||||
| 1905 | William T. Cobb (R) | Hannibal Emery Hamlin | Republican | Republican | ||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | |||||||||||
| vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1909 | Bert M. Fernald (R) | W.C. Philbrook | Republican | Republican | John P. Swasey (R) | |||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | Frederick W. Plaisted (D) | Cyrus R. Tupper | 23D, 8R | 87D, 64R | Charles Fletcher Johnson (D) | Asher Hinds (R) | Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) | 1R, 1D | ||||
| William Robinson Pattangall | Obadiah Gardner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1913 | William T. Haines (R) | Scott Wilson | Joseph W. Simpson (R) | 21R, 10D | 72R, 72D, 7I | Edwin C. Burleigh (R)[7] | 2R | |||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | Oakley C. Curtis (D) | William Robinson Pattangall | John E. Bunker (D) | Elmer E. Newbert (D) | 17R, 14D | 78D, 69R | ||||||
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | Carl E. Milliken (R) | Guy H. Sturgis (R) | Frank W. Ball (R) | Joseph W. Simpson (R) | 28R, 3D | 105R, 46D | Louis B. Goodall (R) | Wallace H. White, Jr. (R) | ||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | 29R, 2D | 110R, 41D | Bert M. Fernald (R) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | Frederic H. Parkhurst (R)[7] | Ransford W. Shaw (R) | William L. Bonney (R) | 31R | 135R, 16D | Carroll L. Beedy (R) | ||||||
| Percival P. Baxter (R)[12] | ||||||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | 28R, 3D | 116R, 35D | Frederick Hale (R) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Owen Brewster (R) | Raymond Fellows (R) | 30R, 1D | 122R, 29D | ||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| vacant | ||||||||||||
| Arthur R. Gould (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Edgar C. Smith (R) | William S. Owen (R) | 30R, 1D | 129R, 22D | ||||||||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | William Tudor Gardiner (R) | Clement F. Robinson (R) | 30R | 135R, 16D | ||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | 31R | 120R, 31D | Donald B. Partridge (R) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Louis J. Brann (D) | Clyde R. Chapman (R) | Robinson C. Tobey (R) | George S. Foster (?) | 26R, 7D | 93R, 57D, 1I | Edward C. Moran, Jr. (D) | John G. Utterback (D) | ||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Lewis O. Barrows (R) | 22R, 11D | 96R, 55D | Simon M. Hamlin (D) | Owen Brewster (R) | |||||||
| 1936 | Alf Landon and Frank Knox (R) | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Lewis O. Barrows (R) | Franz U. Burkett (R) | Frederick Robie (R) | Belmont Smith (R) | 29R, 4D | 124R, 27D | Wallace H. White, Jr. (R) | James C. Oliver (R) | Clyde H. Smith (R)[7] | |||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | 30R, 3D | 125R, 26D | ||||||||||
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie and Charles L. McNary (R) | |||||||||||
| vacant | ||||||||||||
| Margaret Chase Smith (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | Sumner Sewall (R) | Frank I. Cowen (R) | 31R, 2D | 129R, 22D | Owen Brewster (R)[5] | Frank Fellows (R)[7] | ||||||
| 1942 | Harold I. Goss (R) | |||||||||||
| 1943 | Joseph H. McGillicuddy (R) | 32R, 1D | 136R, 15D | Robert Hale (R) | ||||||||
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey and John W. Bricker (R) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Horace A. Hildreth (R) | Ralph W. Farris (R) | 31R, 2D | 136R, 15D | ||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Frank S. Carpenter (R) | 30R, 3D | 127R, 24D | |||||||||
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) | |||||||||||
| 1949 | Frederick G. Payne (R) | 28R, 5D | 125R, 25D | Charles P. Nelson (R) | ||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | Alexander A. LaFleur (R) | 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) | 31R, 2D | 127R, 24D | Frederick G. Payne (R) | ||||||||
| 1954 | Burton M. Cross (R) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Edmund Muskie (D) | Frank F. Harding (R) | 27R, 6D | 117R, 34D | Margaret Chase Smith (R) | |||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | 25R, 8D | 100R, 51D | Frank M. Coffin (D) | |||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Clinton Clauson (D) | Frank E. Hancock (R) | 21R, 12D | 93R, 58D | James C. Oliver (D) | |||||||
| 1960 | John H. Reed (R) | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | ||||||||||
| 1961 | Paul A. MacDonald (R) | 30R, 3D | 112R, 39D | 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 | Richard J. Dubord (D) | Kenneth M. Curtis (D) | Eben L. Elwell (D) | 29D, 5R | 81D, 70R | Edmund Muskie (D) | William Hathaway (D) | |||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Kenneth M. Curtis (D) | James S. Erwin (R) | Joseph T. Edgar (D) | Michael A. Napolitano (R) | 24R, 10D | 94R, 57D | Peter N. Kyros (D) | |||||
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | Norman K. Ferguson (R) | 18R, 14D | 85R, 66D | |||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | 18R, 14D | 80R, 71D | ||||||||||
| 1972 | Jon A. Lund (R) | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 22R, 11D | 79R, 72D | William Hathaway (D) | William Cohen (R) | ||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | James Longley (I) | Joseph E. Brennan (D) | Markham L. Gartley (D) | Rodney L. Scribner (D) | 19R, 15D | 91D, 51R, 1I | David F. Emery (R) | |||||
| 1976 | Leighton Cooney (D) | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 21R, 12D | 88D, 63R | ||||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Joseph E. Brennan (D) | Richard S. Cohen (R) | Rodney S. Quinn (D) | Jerrold Speers (R) | 19R, 13D, 1I | 77D, 73R, 1I | Olympia Snowe (R) | |||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | James E. Tierney (D) | Samuel Shapiro (D) | 17R, 16D | 84D, 67R | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | 23D, 10R | 93D, 58R | George Mitchell (D) | John R. McKernan, Jr. (R) | ||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | 24D, 11R | 85D, 66R | William Cohen (R) | |||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | John R. McKernan, Jr. (R) | 20D, 15R | 87D, 63R, 1I | Joseph E. Brennan (D) | ||||||||
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | William Diamond (D) | 20D, 15R | 98D, 53R | |||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Michael E. Carpenter (D) | 21D, 14R | 97D, 54R | Thomas Andrews (D) | ||||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 20D, 15R | 91D, 58R, 2I | ||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Angus King (I) | Andrew Ketterer (D) | 18R, 16D, 1I | 75D, 75R, 1I | James B. Longley, Jr. (R) | John Baldacci (D) | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Dan Gwadosky (D) | Dale McCormick (D) | 19D, 15R, 1I | 81D, 69R, 1I | Tom Allen (D) | |||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 79D, 71R, 1I | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | G. Steven Rowe (D) | 17R, 17D, 1I | 88D, 62R, 1I | Olympia Snowe (R) | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | John Baldacci (D) | 18D, 17R | 82D, 66R, 2I, 1G | Susan Collins (R) | Mike Michaud (D) | |||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Matthew Dunlap (D) | David Lemoine (D) | 19D, 16R | 74D, 73R, 3I, 1G | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | 18D, 17R | 90D, 59R, 2I | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Janet Mills (D) | 20D, 15R | 95D, 55R, 1I | Chellie Pingree (D) | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Paul LePage (R) | William Schneider (R) | Charlie Summers (R) | Bruce Poliquin (R) | 20R, 14D, 1I | 78R, 72D, 1I | ||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Janet Mills (D) | Matthew Dunlap (D) | Neria Douglass (D) | 19D, 15R, 1I | 89D, 58R, 4I | Angus King (I) | ||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Teresea Hayes (I) | 20R, 15D | 78D, 68R, 5I | Bruce Poliquin (R) | ||||||||
| 2016 | 78D, 69R, 4I | TBD | ||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Attorney General | Secretary of State | Treasurer | 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 |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Resigned to take appointment as a minister to negotiate a treaty with Spain.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1 2 3 As speaker of the state House, filled unexpired term.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Resigned.
- ↑ Elected to the United States Senate.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Died in office.
- ↑ As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term until his Senate term expired.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat as Governor.
- ↑ As president of the senate, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
See also
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