Hannibal Hamlin was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865,during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.
The Maine State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The legislature convenes at the State House in Augusta,where it has met since 1832.
Since Maine became a U.S. State in 1820 it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives,beginning with the 17th United States Congress. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years,and members of the House to two-year terms. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections,with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were elected by the Maine Legislature. Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House,depending on population,to two-year terms. Maine has sent two members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 1960 United States Census.
Albion Keith Parris was the 5th Governor of Maine,a United States representative from the District of Maine,Massachusetts,a United States senator from Maine,a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine,an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the 2nd Comptroller of the Currency for the United States Department of the Treasury.
William Pierce Frye was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party,Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator,serving in the Maine House of Representatives and then U.S. House of Representatives,before being elected to the U.S. Senate,where he served for 30 years before dying in office. Frye was a member of the Frye political family,and was the grandfather of Wallace H. White Jr.,and the son of John March Frye. He was also a prominent member of the Peucinian Society tradition.
The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 82nd United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7,1950,while Maine held theirs on September 11. These elections occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term.
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via plurality voting. The nonvoting members represent three of Maine's Native American tribes,though two tribes have declined to send representatives. Each voting member of the House represents around 9,000 citizens of the state. Because it is a part-time position,members of the Maine House of Representatives usually have outside employment as well. Members are limited to four consecutive terms of two years each,but may run again after two years.
David Cobb was a Massachusetts physician,military officer,jurist,and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman for Massachusetts's at-large congressional seat.
The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state,though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators,not less than 31 nor more than 35". Unlike the lower House,the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes. Because it is a part-time position,members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.
George Evans was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Maine. A member of the United States Whig Party,he served in both houses of the United States Congress and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
The Maine Republican Party is an affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Maine. It was founded in Strong,Maine,on August 7,1854. The party currently does not control the governor's office or either chamber of the Maine Legislature,nor either of Maine's two U.S. House. The only federal elected office that the party controls is one of Maine's two U.S. Senate seats,currently held by Susan Collins.
Enoch Lincoln was an American politician,serving as U.S. Representative from,successively,Massachusetts and from Maine. He was the son of Levi Lincoln Sr. and his wife,and the younger brother of Levi Lincoln Jr. Born in Worcester,Massachusetts,Lincoln graduated from Harvard College in 1807. He was elected and served as Governor of Maine from 1827 until his death in October 1829.
Llewellyn Powers was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.
The 2008 congressional elections in Maine were held on November 4,2008,to determine representation for the state of Maine in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011.
The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820,Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive.
Troy Dale Jackson is an American logger and politician from Allagash,Maine who served as president of the Maine Senate. Jackson represents Senate District 1,representing northern Aroostook County,including the towns of Fort Kent,Madawaska and Caribou. Jackson served as Senate President from 2018 to 2024.
John F. Ward was an American politician from Maine. A Republican from Millinocket,Maine,Ward served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives (1942–1948) and three terms in the Maine Senate (1948–1954). He served two terms in the leadership of the Maine House,including as Majority Leader (1944–1946) and as Speaker (1946–1948). During Ward's final term in the Maine Senate,he served as president during the 1954 special session.
George D. Varney Sr. was an American politician from Maine. Varney,a Republican,served in the Maine Legislature from 1930 to 1932 and again from 1936 to 1948. Varney served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1930 to 1932 and from 1936 to 1942. During his final term,Varney served as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. He was elected to represent York County,Maine,including his residence in Kittery,Maine,in the Maine Senate from 1942 to 1948. He served as Senate President from 1945 to 1948.
The 2018 Maine House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Maine voters elected state representatives in all 151 of the state house's districts,as well as non-voting members from the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Maine State House.
Rachel Talbot Ross is an American politician and activist. A Democrat from Portland,Talbot has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since December 2022. When she was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016,Talbot Ross became the first Black woman to serve in the Maine Legislature. Talbot Ross represents District 40,consisting of the Parkside,Bayside,East Bayside,and Oakdale neighborhoods of Portland as well as the University of Southern Maine campus. She became Maine's first African-American House Speaker,and the highest-ranking African-American politician in Maine history,when she was elected speaker on December 7,2022.
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