MAINE'S 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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'Maine's second congressional district' is the larger of Maine's two congressional districts, covering most of the state. At 27,326 square miles, it is currently the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River (and 24th largest overall).
The district is currently represented by Democratic Congressman Mike Michaud.

Contents

History

Makeup

Representatives

External links

History

''See District of Maine''.
Maine used to be part of Massachusetts. Massachusetts had been allocated 20 districts after the 1810 census. When Maine became a state in 1820, 7 of those districts were credited to it.
Since then, all but the 1st and 2nd districts have become obsolete.

Makeup

District 2 consists of:

★ Androscoggin County

★ Aroostook County

★ Franklin County

★ Hancock County

★ Part of Kennebec County:

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★ Benton

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★ Clinton

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★ Fayette

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★ Litchfield

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★ Oakland

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★ Waterville

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★ Wayne

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★ Winslow

★ Oxford County

★ Penobscot County

★ Piscataquis County

★ Somerset County

★ Waldo County

★ Washington County

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years ↑	District home	Note
Ezekiel Whitman	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822		Redistricted from the
Mark Harris	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823
Stephen Longfellow	Federalist	1823 – 1825
John Anderson	Jacksonian	1825 – 1831
Rufus McIntire	Jacksonian	1831 – 1833
Francis Smith	Jacksonian	1833 – 1835
George Evans	Whig	1835 – 1837
Timothy J. Carter	Democratic	September 4, 1837 – March 14, 1838
Virgil D. Parris	Democratic-States Rights	May 29, 1838 – 1839
Nathan Clifford	Democratic	1839 – 1841
David Bronson	Whig	1841 – 1843
Robert P. Dunlap	Democratic	1843 – 1847
Asa Clapp	Democratic	1847 – 1849
Nathaniel Littlefield	Democratic	1849 – 1851
John Appleton	Democratic	1851 – 1853
Samuel Mayall	Democratic	1853 – 1855
John J. Perry	Republican	1855 – 1857
Charles J. Gilman	Republican	1857 – 1859
John J. Perry	Republican	1859 – 1861
Charles W. Walton	Republican	1861 – May 26, 1862
Thomas Fessenden	Republican	December 1, 1862 – 1863
Sidney Perham	Republican	1863 – 1869
Samuel Plummer Morrill	Republican	1869 – 1871
William P. Frye	Republican	1871 – 1881
Nelson Dingley, Jr.	Republican	September 12, 1881 – December 13, 1899
Charles E. Littlefield	Republican	June 19, 1900 – September 30, 1908
John P. Swasey	Republican	November 3, 1908 – 1911
Daniel J. McGillicuddy	Democratic	1911 – 1917
Wallace H. White, Jr.	Republican	1917 – 1931
Donald B. Partridge	Republican	1931 – 1933
Edward C. Moran, Jr.	Democratic	1933 – 1937
Clyde H. Smith	Republican	1937 – April 8, 1940
Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	June 3, 1940 – 1949
Charles P. Nelson	Republican	1949 – 1957
Frank M. Coffin	Democratic	1957 – 1961
Stanley R. Tupper	Republican	1961 – 1963
Clifford G. McIntire	Republican	1963 – 1965
William Hathaway	Democratic	1965 – 1973
William Cohen	Republican	1973 – 1979
Olympia Snowe	Republican	1979 – 1995
John Baldacci	Democratic	1995 – 2003
Mike Michaud	Democratic	2003 – present
Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note

External links

★ U.S. House of Representatives

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★ Congressman Michaud's web site