Political party strength in Maine

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maine:

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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.

History

The Republican Party controlled the governorship from the American Civil War to 1932, with the Democratic Party only winning four times. The Greenback Party was active in Maine and its gubernatorial candidates had their vote totals rise from 520 votes in the 1876 election to 41,371 votes in the 1878 election. The Greenbacks aided in the election of Democratic gubernatorial nominees Alonzo Garcelon and Harris M. Plaisted. The Democratic Party did not control the state legislature between 1847 and 1911. [1]

The Maine Republican Party supported Theodore Roosevelt during the 1912 Republican presidential primaries against President William Howard Taft. The Maine Progressive Party was founded by Roosevelt supporters on July 31, 1912, at a convention in Portland, Maine. The Republicans were weakened after losing members including Charles H. Hitchborn, who was the treasurer of the party, although Warren C. Philbrook, the chair of the party, remained. Woodrow Wilson won Maine in the presidential election while Roosevelt received more votes than Taft. [1]

On April 5, 1916, the Progressives held their convention and nominated Edwin Lawrence for governor under the coniditon that they would follow the path of the national party. The national Progressive Party attempted to nominate Roosevelt for president against, but he declined and the party returned to the Republicans. The Maine Progressives withdrew their candidates and supported the Republicans. B. F. Lawrence, who ran for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, was the only Progressive elected in 1916, but later joined the Republicans. [1]

Robert M. La Follette, who ran as the Progressive presidential nominee in the 1924 election, told Gilbert E. Roe, who was running his campaign in the eastern United States, that the conditions for his campaigns were good in the eastern United States except for in Maine and Vermont. Republican nominee Calvin Coolidge received over 70% of the popular vote while La Follette only received six percent. [1]

Table

Year Governor State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes
State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House District 1 U.S. House District 2
1820 William King (DR) [a] DR majorityDR majority John Holmes (DR) John Chandler (DR) Joseph Dane (F) [b] James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
1821DR majorityDR majority
William D. Williamson (DR) [c] [d] 5DR, 2F
Benjamin Ames (DR) [e] [f]
1822 Daniel Rose (DR) [c] DR majorityDR majority6DR, 1F
Albion Parris (DR)
1823DR majorityDR majority
1824DR majorityNR majority John Quincy Adams/
John C. Calhoun (DR)Green check.svg
1825DR majorityDR majority John Holmes (NR) John Chandler (J)6NR, 1J
1826DR majorityDR majority
1827 Enoch Lincoln (DR) [g] DR majorityDR majority Albion Parris (J) [f] 4NR, 3J
1828DR majorityDR majority John Quincy Adams/
Richard Rush (DR)Red x.svg
1829DR majorityNR majority John Holmes (NR) Peleg Sprague (NR)4J, 3NR
Nathan Cutler (D) [h]
1830 Joshua Hall (D) [e] 12NR, 8DRNR majority
Jonathan G. Hunton (NR)
1831 Samuel E. Smith (D)11DR, 9DR86DR, 62NR, 1?6J, 1NR
183221DR, 4NR100DR, 58NR, 24?, 2 vac. Andrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D)Green check.svg
183315DR, 10NR97DR, 59NR, 30? Ether Shepley (J) [f] 7J, 1NR
1834 Robert P. Dunlap (D)21DR, 3NR, 1A-M79DR, 39NR, 63? [i]
183518D, 7NR94D, 66NR, 26? John Ruggles (J)6J, 2NR
183622D, 3NR51D, 41NR, 94? [j] Judah Dana (J) Martin Van Buren/
Richard Mentor Johnson (D)Green check.svg
183721D, 4W108D, 54W, 24? Reuel Williams (D) [f] John Ruggles (D)6D, 2W
1838 Edward Kent (W) [k] 14D, 11W98W, 85D, 5?5D, 3W
1839 John Fairfield (D) [f] 15D, 10W107D, 73W, 9?. 1 vac.6D, 2W
184017D, 8W123D, 63W, 5? William Henry Harrison/
John Tyler (W)Green check.svg
1841 Richard H. Vose (W) [c] 18W, 7D94W, 66D, 30? [l] George Evans (W)4D, 4W
Edward Kent (W)
1842 John Fairfield (D) [m] 27D, 4W131D, 55W, 18?
184330D, 1W55D, 18W, 78? [n] 5D, 2W
Edward Kavanagh (D) [c] [f] vacant
1844 David Dunn (D) [e] [f] 28D, 3W89D, 42W, 2Lty, 18? John Fairfield (D) [g] James K. Polk/
George M. Dallas (D)Green check.svg
John W. Dana (D) [c]
Hugh J. Anderson (D)
184585D, 49W, 17?6D, 1W
184627D, 4W85D, 66W
184778D, 66W, 6Lty, 1I James W. Bradbury (D)
John W. Dana (D)
1848102D, 49W Wyman B. S. Moor (D) Lewis Cass/
William Orlando Butler (D)Red x.svg
Hannibal Hamlin (D) [o]
184920D, 11W85D, 66W5D, 2W
185088D, 63R
John Hubbard (D)
185126D, 4W, 1FS [p] 93D, 50W, 8FS [p]
18524D, 3W Franklin Pierce/
William R. King (D)Green check.svg
1853 William G. Crosby (W)22W, 9D84D, 62W, 4FS, 1?vacant3D, 3W
185417W, 14D76D, 66W, 9FS William P. Fessenden (W)
1855 Anson Morrill (R)16W, 10D, 5FS83D, 44W, 23FS, 1? [q] 3O, 2R, 1D
1856 Samuel Wells (D)20D, 9W, 2R68D, 61R, 22W [r] John C. Frémont/
William L. Dayton (R)Red x.svg
1857 Hannibal Hamlin (R) [m] 30R, 1D125R, 26D [s] Amos Nourse (R) William P. Fessenden (R) [f] 6R
Joseph H. Williams (R) [c] Hannibal Hamlin (R) [t]
1858 Lot M. Morrill (R)117R, 34D [u]
1859103R, 48D
1860119R, 32D Abraham Lincoln/
Hannibal Hamlin (R)Green check.svg
1861 Israel Washburn Jr. (R)31R128R, 23D Lot M. Morrill (R)
186226R, 5D123R, 28D
1863 Abner Coburn (R)25R, 6D107R, 44D4R, 1D
1864 Samuel Cony (R)30R, 1D120R, 31D Abraham Lincoln/
Andrew Johnson (NU)Green check.svg
Nathan A. Farwell (R)
186528R, 3D129R, 22D William P. Fessenden (R) [g] 5R
186631R136R, 15D
1867 Joshua Chamberlain (R)138R, 13D
186828R, 3D105R, 46D Ulysses S. Grant/
Schuyler Colfax (R)Green check.svg
186929R, 2D123R, 28D Hannibal Hamlin (R)
187028R, 3D117R, 34D Lot M. Morrill (R)
1871 Sidney Perham (R)113R, 38D
1872112R, 39D Ulysses S. Grant/
Henry Wilson (R)Green check.svg
187330R, 1LR128R, 19D, 2LR, 2I
1874 Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)103R, 41D, 7I
187528R, 3D89R, 55D, 7I
1876 Seldon Connor (R)20R, 11D85R, 63D, 3I Rutherford B. Hayes/
William A. Wheeler (R)Green check.svg
187729R, 2D120R, 30D, 1I James G. Blaine (R)
187828R, 3D99R, 47D, 3I, 2GB
1879 Alonzo Garcelon (D)20R, 10GB, 1D65R, 57GB, 27D, 2I [v] 3R, 2GB
1880 Daniel F. Davis (R)19R, 11GB, 1D90R, 50GB, 11D James A. Garfield/
Chester A. Arthur (R)Green check.svg
1881 Harris M. Plaisted (D)23R, 6GB, 2D84R, 40GB, 27D Eugene Hale (R) William P. Frye (R) [g]
1882
1883 Frederick Robie (R)28R, 3D108R, 43D4R [b]
1884 James G. Blaine/
John A. Logan (R)Red x.svg
188531R115R, 34D, 2GB4R
1886
1887 Joseph R. Bodwell (R) [g] 27R, 4D122R, 29D
Sebastian Streeter Marble (R) [c]
1888 Benjamin Harrison/
Levi P. Morton (R)Green check.svg
1889 Edwin C. Burleigh (R)31R125R, 26D
1890
189127R, 4D110R, 41D
1892 Benjamin Harrison/
Whitelaw Reid (R)Red x.svg
1893 Henry B. Cleaves (R)30R, 1D107R, 44D
1894
189531R146R, 5D
1896 William McKinley/
Garret Hobart (R)Green check.svg
1897 Llewellyn Powers (R)145R, 6D
1898
1899126R, 25D
1900 William McKinley/
Theodore Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
1901 John Fremont Hill (R)30R, 1D132R, 19D
1902
1903128R, 23D
1904 Theodore Roosevelt/
Charles W. Fairbanks Green check.svg
1905 William T. Cobb (R)27R, 4D126R, 25D
1906
190723R, 8D88R, 63D
1908 William Howard Taft/
James S. Sherman (R)Green check.svg
1909 Bert M. Fernald (R)100R, 51D
1910
1911 Frederick W. Plaisted (D)22D, 9R86D, 65R Charles F. Johnson (D)2R, 2D
Obadiah Gardner (D)
1912 Woodrow Wilson/
Thomas R. Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913 William T. Haines (R)21R, 10D79R, 72D Edwin C. Burleigh (R) [g] 3R, 1D
1914
1915 Oakley C. Curtis (D)17R, 14D78D, 69R, 4Prog
1916 Charles Evans Hughes/
Charles W. Fairbanks (R)Red x.svg
vacant
Bert M. Fernald (R)
1917 Carl Milliken (R)28R, 3D105R, 46D Frederick Hale (R)4R
1918
191929R, 2D110R, 41D
1920 Warren G. Harding/
Calvin Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
1921 Frederic Hale Parkhurst (R) [g] 31R135R, 16D
Percival P. Baxter (R) [w]
1922
192328R, 3D116R, 35D
1924 Calvin Coolidge/
Charles G. Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 Owen Brewster (R)30R, 1D122R, 29D
1926
vacant
Arthur R. Gould (R)
1927129R, 22D
1928 Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 William Tudor Gardiner (R)31R135R, 16D
1930
1931120R, 31D Wallace H. White (R)
1932 Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R)Red x.svg
1933 Louis J. Brann (D)26R, 7D93R, 58D2D, 1R
1934
193522R, 11D96R, 55D
1936 Alf Landon/
Frank Knox (R)Red x.svg
1937 Lewis O. Barrows (R)29R, 4D124R, 27D3R
1938
193931R, 2D
1940 Wendell Willkie/
Charles L. McNary (R)Red x.svg
1941 Sumner Sewall (R)128R, 23D Owen Brewster (R) [f]
1942
194332R, 1D136R, 15D
1944 Thomas E. Dewey/
John W. Bricker (R)Red x.svg
1945 Horace Hildreth (R)31R, 2D
1946
194730R, 3D126R, 25D
1948 Thomas E. Dewey/
Earl Warren (R)Red x.svg
1949 Frederick G. Payne (R)28R, 5D Margaret Chase Smith (R)
1950
195131R, 2D126R, 24D, 1I
1952 Burton M. Cross (R) Dwight D. Eisenhower/
Richard Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953 Nathaniel M. Haskell (R)127R, 24D Frederick G. Payne (R)
1954 Burton M. Cross (R)
1955 Edmund Muskie (D)27R, 6D119R, 32D
1956
195725R, 8D100R, 51D2R, 1D
1958
1959 Clinton Clauson (D)21R, 12D94R, 57D Edmund Muskie (D)2D, 1R
1960 John H. Reed (R) Richard Nixon/
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)Red x.svg
196130R, 3D113R, 38D3R
1962
196329R, 5D110R, 41D Stanley R. Tupper (R) Clifford McIntire (R)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
196529D, 5R80D, 71R William Hathaway (D)
1966
1967 Kenneth M. Curtis (D)24R, 10D95R, 56D Peter Kyros (D)
1968 Hubert Humphrey/
Edmund Muskie (D)Red x.svg
196918R, 14D85R, 66D
1970
197180R, 71D
1972 Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)Green check.svg
197322R, 11D79R, 72D William Hathaway (D) William Cohen (R)
1974
1975 James B. Longley (I)19R, 14D91D, 59R, 1I David F. Emery (R)
1976 Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R)Red x.svg
197721R, 12D89D, 62R
1978
1979 Joseph E. Brennan (D)19R, 13D, 1I77D, 73R, 1ID William Cohen (R) Olympia Snowe (R)
1980 George J. Mitchell (D) Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)Green check.svg
198117R, 16D84D, 67R
1982
198323D, 10R92D, 59R Jock McKernan (R)
1984
198524D, 11R83D, 68R
1986
1987 Jock McKernan (R)20D, 15R86D, 65R Joseph E. Brennan (D)
1988 George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198997D, 54R
1990
199121D, 14R Thomas Andrews (D)
1992 Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)Green check.svg
199320D, 15R90D, 61R
1994
1995 Angus King (I)18R, 16D, 1I77D, 74R Olympia Snowe (R) Jim Longley (R) John Baldacci (D)
1996
199719D, 15R, 1I81D, 69R, 1I Susan Collins (R) Tom Allen (D)
1998
199920D, 14R, 1I79D, 71R, 1I
2000 Al Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D)Red x.svg
200117R, 17D, 1I [x] 88D, 62R, 1I
2002
2003 John Baldacci (D)18D, 17R80D, 67R, 3I, 1G Mike Michaud (D)
2004 John Kerry/
John Edwards (D)Red x.svg
200576D, 73R, 1I, 1G
2006
200790D, 59R, 2I
2008 Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)Green check.svg
200920D, 15R95D, 55R, 1I Chellie Pingree (D)
2010
2011 Paul LePage (R)20R, 14D, 1I78R, 72D, 1I
2012
201319D, 15R, 1I89D, 58R, 4I Angus King (I) [y]
2014
201520R, 15D78D, 68R, 5I Bruce Poliquin (R)
201678D, 69R, 4I3 – Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D)Red x.svg
1 – Donald Trump/
Mike Pence (R)Green check.svg [z]
201718R, 17D77D, 73R, 1I
201874D, 70R, 6I, 1G
2019 Janet Mills (D)21D, 14R89D, 56R, 6I Jared Golden (D)
20203 – Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)Green check.svg
1 – Donald Trump/
Mike Pence (R)Red x.svg [z]
202122D, 13R80D, 67R, 4I
2022
202381D, 68R, 2I
20243 – Kamala Harris/
Tim Walz (D)Red x.svg
1 – Donald Trump/
J.D. Vance (R)Green check.svg [z]
202520D, 15R76D, 73R, 2I
2026
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Resigned to take appointment as a minister to negotiate a treaty with Spain.
  2. 1 2 Elected at-large on a general ticket.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
  4. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
  5. 1 2 3 As speaker of the state House, filled unexpired term.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Resigned.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Died in office.
  8. As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term until his Senate term expired.
  9. A Democrat, Nathan Clifford, was elected as Speaker.
  10. A Democrat, Hannibal Hamlin, was elected as Speaker.
  11. 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.
  12. A Whig, Josiah S. Little, was elected as Speaker.
  13. 1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  14. A Democrat, David Dunn, was elected as Speaker.
  15. Resigned to take an elected seat as Governor.
  16. 1 2 Due to a constitutional change in when elected officials took office, legislators elected in 1850 had a two-year term.
  17. A coalition of Whigs, Free Soilers, and Morrill Democrats elected Noah Smith Jr., a Whig, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
  18. A coalition of Republicans and Whigs elected Sidney Perham, a Republican, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
  19. A Democrat, Josiah S. Little, was elected as a minority-party Speaker.
  20. Resigned to become Vice President of the United States.
  21. A Democrat, Charles A. Spofford, was elected as a minority-party Speaker.
  22. A coalition of Democrats, Greenbacks, and Independents supported Melvin P. Frank, a Democrat, as Speaker and organized the House. [2]
  23. As president of the senate, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
  24. 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, Rick Bennett, becoming Senate President for one year in 2002.
  25. As Senator, King has consistently caucused with the Senate Democratic Caucus.
  26. 1 2 3 The Democratic ticket received Maine's two at-large votes and one vote in the First Congressional District while the Republican ticket received one vote in the Second District.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 King, Elizabeth (1933). The Progressive Movement of 1912 and Third Party Movement of 1924 in Maine. University of Maine Press.
  2. Representatives, Maine Legislature House of (1879). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine. p. 9.