United States House delegation from Maine

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The United States House delegation from Maine is the group of U.S. Representatives elected to serve Maine’s congressional districts in the House of Representatives.

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instanceOf United States House of Representatives delegation
congressional delegation
apportionmentBasis United States decennial census
canChangeSize yes, based on reapportionment after each census
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution
coordinatesWith Maine Legislature
Office of the Governor of Maine
country United States of America
currentCongress 118th United States Congress
currentMember Chellie Pingree
Jared Golden
currentMemberRepresents Chellie Pingree – Maine's 1st congressional district
linked to: Chellie Pingree

Jared Golden – Maine's 2nd congressional district
electionCycle every two years
electorate eligible voters residing in Maine's congressional districts
firstSeatedAfterStatehood 1821
governingRules Rules of the United States House of Representatives
hasDistrict Maine's 1st congressional district
Maine's 2nd congressional district
hasNonvotingMembers no
historicalMaximumNumberOfSeats 8
historicalMaximumPeriod early 19th century
jurisdiction federal legislative matters of the United States
leadershipRoleHeldByFormerMember James G. Blaine – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
linked to: James G. Blaine

Thomas B. Reed – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
locatedInGovernmentBody United States Congress
meetsAt United States Capitol
notableFormerMember Edmund Muskie
James G. Blaine
John R. McKernan Jr.
Margaret Chase Smith
Thomas B. Reed
numberOfVotingMembers 2
oversightScope federal laws and programs affecting Maine
partOf Maine's federal delegation
partyOfCurrentMember Chellie Pingree – Democratic Party
linked to: Chellie Pingree

Jared Golden – Democratic Party
linked to: Jared Golden
represents residents of Maine's 1st congressional district
residents of Maine's 2nd congressional district
startOfCurrentDistrictConfiguration after 1960 census
statehoodContext Maine admitted to the Union in 1820
stateRepresented Maine
termLengthOfMembers 2 years
typeOfRepresentation district-based representation
upperBodyCounterpart United States Senate delegation from Maine
votingSystem first-past-the-post in single-member districts

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Chellie Pingree partOf United States House delegation from Maine
Merrill, Maine federalRepresentation United States House of Representatives (Maine delegation)
linked to: United States House delegation from Maine
Maine congressional delegation hasPart United States representatives from Maine
linked to: United States House delegation from Maine