Maine's 2nd congressional district

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Maine's 2nd congressional district
Population (2000) 637,473
Median income $32,600
Ethnic composition 97.1% White, 0.4% Black, 0.5% Asian, 0.7% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI D+4

Maine's second congressional district is the larger of Maine's two congressional districts, covering most of the state. At 27,326 square miles, it is currently the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River (and 24th largest overall).

The district is currently represented by Democratic Congressman Mike Michaud.

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[edit] History

See District of Maine.

Maine used to be part of Massachusetts. Massachusetts had been allocated 20 districts after the 1810 census. When Maine became a state in 1820, 7 of those districts were credited to it.

Since then, all but the 1st and 2nd districts have become obsolete.

[edit] Makeup

District 2 consists of:

[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years ↑ District home Note
Ezekiel Whitman Federalist March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822 Redistricted from the Massachusetts 15th district
Mark Harris Democratic-Republican December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823
Stephen Longfellow Federalist 1823 – 1825
John Anderson Jacksonian 1825 – 1831
Rufus McIntire Jacksonian 1831 – 1833
Francis Smith Jacksonian 1833 – 1835
George Evans Whig 1835 – 1837
Timothy J. Carter Democratic September 4, 1837 – March 14, 1838
Virgil D. Parris Democratic-States Rights May 29, 1838 – 1839
Nathan Clifford Democratic 1839 – 1841
David Bronson Whig 1841 – 1843
Robert P. Dunlap Democratic 1843 – 1847
Asa Clapp Democratic 1847 – 1849
Nathaniel Littlefield Democratic 1849 – 1851
John Appleton Democratic 1851 – 1853
Samuel Mayall Democratic 1853 – 1855
John J. Perry Opposition 1855 – 1857
Charles J. Gilman Republican 1857 – 1859
John J. Perry Republican 1859 – 1861
Charles W. Walton Republican 1861 – May 26, 1862
Thomas Fessenden Republican December 1, 1862 – 1863
Sidney Perham Republican 1863 – 1869
Samuel Plummer Morrill Republican 1869 – 1871
William P. Frye Republican 1871 – 1881
Nelson Dingley, Jr. Republican September 12, 1881 – December 13, 1899
Charles E. Littlefield Republican June 19, 1900 – September 30, 1908
John P. Swasey Republican November 3, 1908 – 1911
Daniel J. McGillicuddy Democratic 1911 – 1917
Wallace H. White, Jr. Republican 1917 – 1931
Donald B. Partridge Republican 1931 – 1933
Edward C. Moran, Jr. Democratic 1933 – 1937
Clyde H. Smith Republican 1937 – April 8, 1940
Margaret Chase Smith Republican June 3, 1940 – 1949
Charles P. Nelson Republican 1949 – 1957
Frank M. Coffin Democratic 1957 – 1961
Stanley R. Tupper Republican 1961 – 1963
Clifford G. McIntire Republican 1963 – 1965
William Hathaway Democratic 1965 – 1973
William Cohen Republican 1973 – 1979
Olympia Snowe Republican 1979 – 1995
John Baldacci Democratic 1995 – 2003
Mike Michaud Democratic 2003 – present
Representative Party Years District home Note

[edit] Election results

US House election, 2006: Maine District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mike Michaud 179,772 70.52
Republican Laurence S. D’Amboise 75,156 29.48
Majority 104,616 41.04
Turnout 254,928
Democratic hold Swing

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