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:

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).

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral College votes
GovernorAttorney GeneralSecretary of StateTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House District 1U.S. House District 2Former 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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Red X
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Red X
 
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) Green tick
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) Red X
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
 
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) Green tick
1881 Harris M. Plaisted (D) 23R, 6GB, 2D 84R, 40GB, 27D     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 Alexander Logan (R) Red X
1885 Orville D. Baker 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) Green tick
1889 Edwin C. Burleigh (R) Charles E. Littlefield 31R 125R, 26D  
1890
1891 27R, 4D 110R, 41D
1892 Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) Red X
1893 Henry B. Cleaves (R) Frederick A. Powers 30R, 1D 107R, 44D Eugene Hale (R)
1894
1895 31R 146R, 5D William P. Frye (R)[7]
1896 William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart (R) Green tick
1897 Llewellyn Powers (R) William T. Haines 145R, 6D
1898
1899 126R, 25D   vacant
vacant Charles E. Littlefield (R)[5]
1900 Amos L. Allen (R) William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) Green tick
1901 John Fremont Hill (R) George M. Seiders 30R, 1D 132R, 19D  
1902
1903 128R, 23D
1904 Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks Green tick
1905 William T. Cobb (R) Hannibal Emery Hamlin 27R, 4D 126R, 25D  
1906
1907 23R, 8D 88R, 63D  
1908 William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) Green tick
vacant
1909 Bert M. Fernald (R) W.C. Philbrook 100R, 51D John P. Swasey (R)
1910
1911 Frederick W. Plaisted (D) Cyrus R. Tupper 22D, 9R 86D, 65R 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) Green tick
1913 William T. Haines (R) Scott Wilson Joseph W. Simpson (R) 21R, 10D 79R, 72D 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, 4 Prog.
1916 Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Red X
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) Green tick
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) Green tick
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) 129R, 22D
1928 Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) Green tick
1929 William Tudor Gardiner (R) Clement F. Robinson (R) 31R 135R, 16D  
1930
1931 120R, 31D   Donald B. Partridge (R)
1932 Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) Red X
1933 Louis J. Brann (D) Clyde R. Chapman (R) Robinson C. Tobey (R) George S. Foster (?) 26R, 7D 93R, 58D 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) Red X
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 31R, 2D
1940 Wendell Willkie and Charles L. McNary (R) Red X
vacant
Margaret Chase Smith (R)
1941 Sumner Sewall (R) Frank I. Cowen (R) 128R, 23D 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) Red X
1945 Horace A. Hildreth (R) Ralph W. Farris (R) 31R, 2D
1946
1947 Frank S. Carpenter (R) 30R, 3D 126R, 25D  
1948 Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) Red X
1949 Frederick G. Payne (R) 28R, 5D   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) Green tick
1953 Nathaniel M. Haskell (R) 127R, 24D Frederick G. Payne (R)
1954 Burton M. Cross (R)
1955 Edmund Muskie (D) Frank F. Harding (R) 27R, 6D 119R, 32D 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 94R, 57D   James C. Oliver (D)
1960 John H. Reed (R) Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) Red X
1961 Paul A. MacDonald (R) 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) Green tick
1965 Richard J. Dubord (D) Kenneth M. Curtis (D) Eben L. Elwell (D) 29D, 5R 80D, 71R 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 95R, 56D   Peter N. Kyros (D)
1968 Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) Red X
1969 Norman K. Ferguson (R) 18R, 14D 85R, 66D
1970
1971 80R, 71D  
1972 Jon A. Lund (R) Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Green tick
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, 14D 91D, 59R, 1I David F. Emery (R)
1976 Leighton Cooney (D) Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) Red X
1977 21R, 12D 89D, 62R  
1978
1979 Joseph E. Brennan (D) Richard S. Cohen (R) Rodney S. Quinn (D) Jerrold Speers (R) 19R, 13D, 1I 77D, 73R, 1ID   Olympia Snowe (R)
1980   Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) Green tick
1981 James E. Tierney (D) Samuel Shapiro (D) 17R, 16D 84D, 67R
1982
1983 23D, 10R 92D, 59R George Mitchell (D) John R. McKernan, Jr. (R)
1984
1985 24D, 11R 83D, 68R William Cohen (R)
1986
1987 John R. McKernan, Jr. (R) 20D, 15R 86D, 65R Joseph E. Brennan (D)
1988 George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Green tick
1989 William Diamond (D) 97D, 54R  
1990
1991 Michael E. Carpenter (D) 21D, 14R   Thomas Andrews (D)
1992 Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Green tick
1993 20D, 15R 90D, 61R
1994
1995 Angus King (I) Andrew Ketterer (D) 18R, 16D, 1I 77D, 74R   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 20D, 14R, 1I 79D, 71R, 1I
2000 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) Red X
2001 G. Steven Rowe (D) 17R, 17D, 1I[13] 88D, 62R, 1I Olympia Snowe (R)
2002
2003 John Baldacci (D) 18D, 17R 80D, 67R, 3I, 1G Susan Collins (R) Mike Michaud (D)
2004 John Kerry and John Edwards (D) Red X
2005 Matthew Dunlap (D) David Lemoine (D) 76D, 73R, 1I, 1G
2006
2007 90D, 59R, 2I  
2008 Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) Green tick
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 3 Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) Red X, 1 Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) Green tick[14]
YearGovernorAttorney GeneralSecretary of StateTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House District 1U.S. House District 2Former U.S. House DistrictsElectoral College votes
Executive officesState LegislatureUnited States Congress

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Notes

  1. Resigned to take appointment as a minister to negotiate a treaty with Spain.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
  3. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
  4. 1 2 3 As speaker of the state House, filled unexpired term.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Resigned.
  6. Elected to the United States Senate.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Died in office.
  8. As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term until his Senate term expired.
  9. 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.
  10. 1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  11. Resigned to take an elected seat as Governor.
  12. As president of the senate, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
  13. 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.
  14. Clinton and Kaine received state's two at-large votes and one vote in the First Congressional Districts while Trump and Pence received one vote in the Second District.
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