Maine's 3rd congressional district - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Maine's 3rd congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was created in 1821 after Maine achieved statehood in 1820 due to the result of the ratification of the Missouri Compromise

Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30'...

. It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census

United States Census, 1960

The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.-Census questions:...

. Its last congressman was Clifford G. McIntire

Clifford G. McIntire

Clifford Guy McIntire was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Perham, Maine on May 4, 1908. After attending public schools, he was graduated from the University of Maine's College of Agriculture at Orono. in 1930....

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years ↑	District home	Note
Mark Langdon Hill Mark Langdon Hill Mark Langdon Hill was United States Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine. He was born in Biddeford on June 30, 1772. He attended the public schools, then became a merchant and shipbuilder in Phippsburg...	Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Phippsburg Phippsburg, Maine Phippsburg is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The population was 2,106 at the 2000 census. It is within the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical rea...	Redistricted from the
Ebenezer Herrick Ebenezer Herrick Ebenezer Herrick was a U.S. Representative from Maine, father of Anson Herrick. Born in Lewiston, Maine , Herrick attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowdoinham, Maine. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits 1814–1818...	Adams-Clay D-R Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from the
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Joseph F. Wingate Joseph F. Wingate Joseph Ferdinand Wingate , son of Joshua and Hannah Carr Wingate, was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Wingate received a limited schooling....	Adams National Republican Party (United States) The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams , the president's supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition...	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Edward Kavanaugh	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835
Jeremiah Bailey Jeremiah Bailey Jeremiah Bailey was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island on May 1, 1773. He attended the common schools and graduated from Brown University in 1794. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wiscasset, Maine .He was a...	Anti-Jackson National Republican Party (United States) The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams , the president's supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition...	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Jonathan Cilley Jonathan Cilley Jonathan Cilley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the 25th Congress. He died in office at Bladensburg, Md. as the result of being challenged to fight a duel with Congressman William J. Graves, a colleague from Kentucky...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1837 – February 24, 1838		died
Vacant		February 24, 1838 – April 28, 1838
Edward Robinson Edward Robinson (Maine) Edward Robinson was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Cushing, Maine on November 25, 1796.He was self-educated while engaged in seafaring. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Thomaston. He was elected as a member of the Maine State Senate in 1836 and 1837...	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	April 28, 1838 – March 3, 1839
Benjamin Randall Benjamin Randall (Maine) Benjamin Randall was a United States Representative from Maine from 1839 to 1843.-Early life:Randall was born in Topsham on November 14, 1789. He pursued an academic course and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1809. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812.-Career:Randall commenced...	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	March 3, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Luther Severance Luther Severance Luther Severance was a United States Representative and diplomat from Maine.-Life:He was born in Montague, Massachusetts on October 26, 1797. He moved with his parents to Cazenovia, New York in 1799. He attended the common schools, and learned the printer's trade in Peterboro, New York.He...	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Hiram Belcher Hiram Belcher Hiram Belcher was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Hallowell on February 23, 1790. He attended the rural schools and the local academy in town...	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
John Otis John Otis (Maine) John Otis was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Leeds, Maine, Otis attended the common schools, and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1823.He studied law....	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Robert Goodenow Robert Goodenow Robert Goodenow was a U.S. Representative from Maine, brother of Rufus King Goodenow.Born in Henniker, New Hampshire, Goodenow moved with his parents to Brownfield, Maine, in 1802....	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
E. Wilder Farley E. Wilder Farley Ephraim Wilder Farley was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Newcastle, Maine, Farley attended the common schools and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1836.He studied law....	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Ebenezer Knowlton Ebenezer Knowlton Ebenezer Knowlton was a U.S. Representative from Maine, Free Will Baptist minister, and co-founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine....	Opposition Opposition Party (United States) The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860....	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Nehemiah Abbott Nehemiah Abbott Nehemiah Abbott was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Sidney, studied law at the Litchfield, Connecticut Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and began his practice at Calais, Maine....	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Ezra B. French Ezra B. French Ezra Bartlett French was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Landaff, New Hampshire where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. Later, he studied law in Bath and Plymouth, New Hampshire and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He commenced practice in...	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Samuel C. Fessenden Samuel C. Fessenden Samuel Clement Fessenden was a United States Congressman from Maine, son of abolitionist Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William Pitt Fessenden and Congressman T. A. D. Fessenden. He was an uncle of Union Army generals, Francis Fessenden and James D...	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
James G. Blaine James G. Blaine James Gillespie Blaine was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time Secretary of State...	Republican	March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1876		Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869-1875, elected to US Senate
Vacant		July 10, 1876 – December 4, 1876
Edwin Flye Edwin Flye Edwin Flye was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant, banker, bank president, and shipbuilder from Maine.-Biography:...	Republican	December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877
Stephen Decatur Lindsey	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
used		1883 – 1885
Seth Milliken	Republican	March 4, 1883 – April 18, 1897		redistricted from , died
Vacant		April 18, 1897 – June 21, 1897
Edwin C. Burleigh Edwin C. Burleigh Edwin Chick Burleigh was an American politician from the state of Maine.Born in Linneus, Maine he attended the common schools and Houlton Academy before becoming a teacher himself. He also worked as a surveyor and farmer before entering government...	Republican	June 21, 1897 – March 3, 1911
Samuel W. Gould Samuel W. Gould Samuel Wadsworth Gould was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Porter on January 1, 1852. He moved with his parents to Hiram, and attended the public schools and North Parsonsfield Seminary. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1877. Gould studied law, was admitted...	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Forrest Goodwin Forrest Goodwin Forrest Goodwin was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Skowhegan, Maine and attended the common schools, graduated from Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy. He also graduated from Colby College and Boston University Law School...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1913 – May 28, 1913		died
Vacant		May 28, 1913 – September 9, 1913
John A. Peters John A. Peters (1864-1953) John Andrew Peters was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and a nephew of John Andrew Peters.Born in Ellsworth, Maine, Peters attended public schools and graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1885 where he studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ellsworth in...	Republican	September 9, 1913 – January 2, 1922		resigned after appointment as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine United States District Court for the District of Maine The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine is the U.S. district court for the state of Maine. The District of Maine was one of the original thirteen district courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, even though Maine was not a separate state from Massachusetts until 1820...
Vacant		January 2, 1922 – March 20, 1922
John E. Nelson John E. Nelson (Maine) John Edward Nelson was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in China, Kennebec County, Maine on July 12, 1874.He attended the common and high schools of Waterville, Maine...	Republican	March 20, 1922 – March 3, 1933
John G. Utterback John G. Utterback John Gregg Utterback was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and cousin of Hubert Utterback.Born in Franklin, Indiana, Utterback attended the public schools of his native city.He was employed in a carriage factory 1889-1892....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Ralph Owen Brewster	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941		retired to run for US Senate
Frank Fellows Frank Fellows (politician) Frank Fellows was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Bucksport, Maine, Fellows attended the public schools, East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine, and the University of Maine....	Republican	January 3, 1941 – August 27, 1951		died
Vacant		August 27, 1951 – October 22, 1951
Clifford G. McIntire Clifford G. McIntire Clifford Guy McIntire was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Perham, Maine on May 4, 1908. After attending public schools, he was graduated from the University of Maine's College of Agriculture at Orono. in 1930....	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	October 22, 1951 – January 3, 1963		redistricted to
District eliminated		1963
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