View source for Maine's 3rd congressional district

Before 1963, the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maine]] used to have a 3rd [[congressional district]]. The last representative is [[Republican Party (United States)|republican]] [[Clifford McIntire]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-04-23|title=Congressional Biographical Directory|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp|access-date=2021-04-29|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2010-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

==List of representatives==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|- valign=bottom
! Member
! Party
! Years ↑
! Cong<br/>ress
! Electoral history
! District location

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[Mark Langdon Hill]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1821 –<br/>March 3, 1823
| {{USCongressOrdinal|17}}
| [[Redistricting|Redistricted]] from {{Ushr|Massachusetts|16|A}} and [[1820–1821 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|re-elected in 1821]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| '''1821 – 1823'''<br/>[[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock County]]: [[Deer Isle, Maine|Deer Isle]], [[Isleborough, Maine|Isleborough]], [[Lincolnville, Maine|Lincolnville]], [[Northport, Maine|Northport]], [[Vinalhaven, Maine|Vinalhaven]]; [[Lincoln County, Maine|Lincoln County]]: [[Alna, Maine|Alna]], [[Bath, Maine|Bath]], [[Booth Bay, Maine|Booth Bay]], [[Bristol, Maine|Bristol]], [[Camden, Maine|Camden]], [[Cushing, Maine|Cushing]], [[Edgecomb, Maine|Edgecomb]], [[Friendship, Maine|Friendship]], [[Georgetown, Maine|Georgetown]], [[New Castle, Maine|New Castle]], [[Nobleborough, Maine|Nobleborough]], [[Phillipsburg, Maine|Phillipsburg]], [[Saint George, Maine|Saint George]], [[Thomastown, Maine|Thomastown]], [[Topsham, Maine|Topsham]], [[Waldoborough, Maine|Waldoborough]], [[Warren, Maine|Warren]], [[Wiscasset, Maine|Wiscasset]], [[Woolwich, Maine|Woolwich]]

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | '''[[Ebenezer Herrick]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1823 –<br/>March 3, 1825
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|18|19}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Redistricting|Redistricted]] from the {{Ushr|Maine|5|C}} and [[1823 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|re-elected in 1823 on the third ballot]].<br/>[[1824–1825 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1825 on the fourth ballot]].<br/>Retired.
| rowspan=4 | '''1823 – 1833'''<br/>[[Lincoln County, Maine|Lincoln County]]: [[Alna, Maine|Alna]], [[Bath, Maine|Bath]], [[Boothbay, Maine|Boothbay]], [[Bowdoin, Maine|Bowdoin]], [[Bowdoinham, Maine|Bowdoinham]], [[Bristol, Maine|Bristol]], [[Camden, Maine|Camden]], [[Cushing, Maine|Cushing]], [[Dresden, Maine|Dresden]], [[Edgecomb, Maine|Edgecomb]], [[Friendship, Maine|Friendship]], [[Georgetown, Maine|Georgetown]], [[Hope, Maine|Hope]], [[Nobleborough, Maine|Nobleborough]], [[Jefferson, Maine|Jefferson]], [[New Castle, Maine|New Castle]], [[Phipsburg, Maine|Phipsburg]], [[Richmond, Maine|Richmond]], [[Saint George, Maine|Saint George]], [[Thomaston, Maine|Thomaston]], [[Topsham, Maine|Topsham]], [[Union, Maine|Union]], [[Waldoborough, Maine|Waldoborough]], [[Warren, Maine|Warren]], [[Whitefield, Maine|Whitefield]], [[Wiscasset, Maine|Wiscasset]], [[Woolwich, Maine|Woolwich]]

|- style="height:3em"
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | [[Anti-Jacksonian Party|Anti-Jacksonian]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1825 –<br/>March 3, 1827

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[Joseph F. Wingate]]'''
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | [[Anti-Jacksonian]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1827 –<br/>March 3, 1831
| {{USCongressOrdinal|20|21}}
| [[1826–1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1826]].<br/>[[1828–1830 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1828]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | [[File:Edward Kavanagh (Maine Governor).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Edward Kavanagh]]'''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1831 –<br/>March 3, 1835
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|22|23}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1830 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1830]].<br/>[[1833 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1833]].<br/>Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=6 | '''1833 – 1843'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[Jeremiah Bailey]]'''
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | [[Anti-Jacksonian Party (United States)|Anti-Jacksonian]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1835 –<br/>March 3, 1837
| {{USCongressOrdinal|24}}
| [[1834 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1834]].<br/>Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:JCilley.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Jonathan Cilley]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1837 –<br/>February 24, 1838
| rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|25}}
| [[1836 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1836]].<br/>Died.

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap | February 24, 1838 –<br/>April 28, 1838

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[Edward Robinson (Maine)|Edward Robinson]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| nowrap | April 28, 1838 –<br/>March 3, 1839
| [[1838 Maine's 3rd congressional district special election|Elected to finish Cilley's term]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[Benjamin Randall (Maine politician)|Benjamin Randall]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| nowrap | March 3, 1839 –<br/>March 3, 1843
| {{USCongressOrdinal|26|27}}
| [[1838 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1838]].<br/>[[1840 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1840]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Luther Severance.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Luther Severance]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1843 –<br/>March 3, 1847
| {{USCongressOrdinal|28|29}}
| [[1843 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1843]].<br/>[[1844 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1844]].<br/>Retired.
| rowspan=4 | '''1843 – 1853'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:HiramBelcher.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Hiram Belcher]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1847 –<br/>March 3, 1849
| {{USCongressOrdinal|30}}
| [[1846 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1846]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[John Otis (Maine politician)|John Otis]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1849 –<br/>March 3, 1851
| {{USCongressOrdinal|31}}
| [[1848 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1848]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[Robert Goodenow]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1851 –<br/>March 3, 1853
| {{USCongressOrdinal|32}}
| [[1850 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1850]].<br/>Lost renomination.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | '''[[E. Wilder Farley]]'''
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1853 –<br/>March 3, 1855
| {{USCongressOrdinal|33}}
| [[1852 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1852]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| rowspan=5 | '''1853 – 1863'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Ebenezer Knowlton founder of Bates College.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Ebenezer Knowlton]]'''
|{{Party shading/Opposition}} | [[Opposition Party (Northern U.S.)|Opposition]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1855 –<br/>March 3, 1857
| {{USCongressOrdinal|34}}
| [[1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1854]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Nehemiah Abbott (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Nehemiah Abbott]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1857 –<br/>March 3, 1859
| {{USCongressOrdinal|35}}
| [[1856 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1856]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Ezra B. French.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Ezra B. French]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1859 –<br/>March 3, 1861
| {{USCongressOrdinal|36}}
| [[1858 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1858]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Samuel Clement Fessenden (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Samuel C. Fessenden]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1861 –<br/>March 3, 1863
| {{USCongressOrdinal|37}}
| [[1860 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1860]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | [[File:James G. Blaine_-_Brady-Handy.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[James G. Blaine]]'''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1863 –<br/>July 10, 1876
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|38|44}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1862 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1862]].<br/>[[1864 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1864]].<br/>[[1866 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1866]].<br/>[[1868 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1868]].<br/>[[1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1870]].<br/>[[1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1872]].<br/>[[1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1874]].<br/>Resigned when [[List of United States senators from Maine|appointed U.S. Senator]].
| '''1863 – 1873'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=4 | '''1873 – 1883'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap | July 10, 1876 –<br/>December 4, 1876
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|44}}

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Edwin Flye (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Edwin Flye]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | December 4, 1876 –<br/>March 3, 1877
| Elected to finish Blaine's term.<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:SDLindsey.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Stephen Decatur Lindsey]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1877 –<br/>March 3, 1883
| {{USCongressOrdinal|45|47}}
| [[1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1876]].<br/>[[1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1878]].<br/>[[1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1880]].<br/>Retired.

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | {{Ushr|Maine|AL|At-large districts}} used
| March 3, 1883 –<br>March 4, 1885
| {{USCongressOrdinal|48}}
| colspan=2 | 

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | [[File:Seth L. Milliken.png|100px]]<br/>'''[[Seth Milliken]]'''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1885 –<br/>April 18, 1897
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|49|55}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Redistricting|Redistricted]] from the {{Ushr|Maine|AL|C}} and [[1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|re-elected in 1884]].<br/>[[1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1886]].<br/>[[1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1888]].<br/>[[1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1890]].<br/>[[1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1892]].<br/>[[1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1894]].<br/>[[1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1896]].<br/>Died.
| '''1885 – 1893'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=3 | '''1893 – 1903'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap | April 18, 1897 –<br/>June 21, 1897
| {{USCongressOrdinal|55}}
| 

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | [[File:Edwin Chick Burleigh.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Edwin C. Burleigh]]'''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | June 21, 1897 –<br/>March 3, 1911
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|55|61}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1897 Maine's 3rd congressional district special election|Elected to finish Milliken's term]].<br/>[[1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1898]].<br/>[[1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1900]].<br/>[[1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1902]].<br/>[[1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1904]].<br/>[[1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1906]].<br/>[[1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1908]].<br/>Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 | '''1903 – 1913'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:SamuelWGould.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Samuel W. Gould]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1911 –<br/>March 3, 1913
| {{USCongressOrdinal|62}}
| [[1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1910]].<br/>Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Forrest Goodwin (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Forrest Goodwin]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1913 –<br/>May 28, 1913
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|63}}
| [[1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1912]].<br/>Died.
| rowspan=5 | '''1913 – 1933'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap | May 28, 1913 –<br/>September 9, 1913
| colspan=2 | 

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:JohnAPetersII.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[John A. Peters (1864-1953)|John A. Peters]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | September 9, 1913 –<br/>January 2, 1922
| {{USCongressOrdinal|63|67}}
| [[1913 Maine's 3rd congressional district special election|Elected to finish Goodwin's term]].<br/>[[1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1914]].<br/>[[1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1916]].<br/>[[1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1918]].<br/>[[1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1920]].<br/>Resigned when appointed Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Maine|U.S. District Court for the District of Maine]].

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap | January 2, 1922 –<br/>March 20, 1922
| {{USCongressOrdinal|67}}
| 

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:John E. Nelson (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[John E. Nelson (Maine)|John E. Nelson]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 20, 1922 –<br/>March 3, 1933
| {{USCongressOrdinal|67|72}}
| Elected to finish Peters's term.<br/>[[1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1922]].<br/>[[1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1924]].<br/>[[1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1926]].<br/>[[1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1928]].<br/>[[1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1930]].<br/>Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:John Gregg Utterback (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[John G. Utterback]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1933 –<br/>January 3, 1935
| {{USCongressOrdinal|73}}
| [[1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1932]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| rowspan=3 | '''1933 – 1943'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | [[File:Owen Brewster 4a.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Ralph O. Brewster]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1935 –<br/>January 3, 1941
| {{USCongressOrdinal|74|76}}
| [[1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1934]].<br/>[[1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1936]].<br/>[[1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1938]].<br/>Retired to [[1940 United States Senate election in Maine|run for U.S. Senator]].

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | [[File:Frank Fellows (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Frank Fellows (politician)|Frank Fellows]]'''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1941 –<br/>August 27, 1951
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|77|82}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Elected in 1940]].<br/>[[1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1942]].<br/>[[1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1944]].<br/>[[1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1946]].<br/>[[1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1948]].<br/>[[1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1950]].<br/>Died.

|- style="heignt:3em"
| rowspan=3 | '''1943 – 1953'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap | August 27, 1951 –<br/>October 22, 1951
| {{USCongressOrdinal|82}}
| 

|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | [[File:Clifford G. McIntire (Maine Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Clifford McIntire]]'''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | October 22, 1951 –<br/>January 3, 1963
| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|82|87}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1951 Maine's 3rd congressional district special election|Elected to finish Fellows's term]].<br/>[[1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1952]].<br/>[[1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1954]].<br/>[[1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1956]].<br/>[[1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1958]].<br/>[[1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|Re-elected in 1960]].<br/>[[Redistricting|Redistricted]] to the {{Ushr|Maine|2|C}}.

|- style="heignt:3em"
| '''1953 – 1963'''<br/>{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=6 | District removed on January 3, 1963

|}

==References==
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[[Category:Congressional districts of Maine|03]]