Maine's 6th congressional district
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Maine's 6th congressional district is obsolete. It was created in 1821 after Maine achieved statehood in 1820. It was eliminated in 1863. Its last congressman was Frederick A. Pike.
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| Representative | Party | Years ↑ | District home | Note |
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| Joshua Cushman | Democratic-Republican | 1821 – 1825 | Redistricted from the Massachusetts 19th district | |
| Peleg Sprague | Anti-Jacksonian | 1825 – 1829 | ||
| Leonard Jarvis | Jacksonian | 1829 – 1835 | Redistricted to the 5th district | |
| Moses Mason, Jr. | Jacksonian | 1835 – 1837 | Redistricted from the 3rd district | |
| Fancis Smith | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | Redistricted from the 8th district | |
| Vigil D. Parris | Democratic-States Rights | 1839 – 1841 | Redistricted from the 2nd district | |
| Joshua Adams Lowell | Democratic | 1841 – 1843 | Redistricted from the 5th district | |
| Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic | 1843 – 1847 | ||
| James Sullivan Willey | Democratic-States Rights | 1847 – 1849 | ||
| Chales Stetson | Democratic | 1849 – 1851 | ||
| Israel Washburn, Jr. | Whig | 1851 – 1853 | Redistricted to the 5th district | |
| Thomas Fuller | Democratic | 1853 – 1857 | Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Stephen Clark Foster | Republican | 1857 – 1861 | ||
| Frederick A. Pike | Republican | 1861 – 1863 | Redistricted to the 5th district | |
| District eliminated | 1863 | |||
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| Senators: Olympia Snowe (R), Susan Collins (R)
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