Maine's 5th congressional district
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Maine's 5th congressional district is a former congressional district in Maine. It was created in 1821 after Maine achieved statehood in 1820. It was eliminated in 1883. Its last congressman was Thompson Henry Murch.
Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years ↑ | District home | Note |
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| Ebenezer Herrick Ebenezer Herrick Ebenezer Herrick was a U.S. Representative from Maine, father of Anson Herrick. Born in Lewiston, Maine , Herrick attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowdoinham, Maine. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits 1814–1818... |
Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along... |
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Redistricted to the | |
| Enoch Lincoln Enoch Lincoln Enoch Lincoln was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine, son of Levi Lincoln and brother of Levi Lincoln . Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lincoln graduated from Harvard University in 1807.He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in... |
Adams-Clay D-R Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along... |
March 4, 1823 – 1826 | resigned | |
| Vacant | 1826 – September 11, 1826 | |||
| James W. Ripley James W. Ripley James Wheelock Ripley was a brother of Eleazar Wheelock Ripley and a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Hanover, New Hampshire March 12, 1786. He attended the common schools and Fryeburg Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fryeburg .He... |
Jacksonian | September 11, 1826 – March 12, 1830 | resigned | |
| Vacant | March 12, 1830 – December 6, 1830 | |||
| Cornelius Holland Cornelius Holland (Maine) Cornelius Holland was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on July 9, 1783. He attended the common schools, studied medicine and commenced practice in Livermore, Maine in 1814.... |
Jacksonian | December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1833 | ||
| Moses Mason, Jr. Moses Mason, Jr. Moses Mason, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Dublin, New Hampshire, Mason moved with his parents to Bethel, Maine, in 1799. He attended the common schools, then studied medicine and commenced practice in Bethel in 1813. He was appointed first postmaster of Bethel April 1, 1815,... |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837 | ||
| Timothy J. Carter Timothy J. Carter Timothy Jarvis Carter was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Bethel in the Maine district of Massachusetts on August 18, 1800. He attended the town schools of Bethel, studied law in Northampton, Massachusetts, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1837 – March 14, 1838 | died | |
| Vacant | March 14, 1838 – May 29, 1838 | |||
| Virgil D. Parris Virgil D. Parris Virgil Delphini Parris was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and cousin of Albion Keith Parris.Born in Buckfield, Maine, Parris attended the common schools, whereupon he entered Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine, then Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He was graduated from Union College at... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1841 | ||
| Nathaniel Littlefield Nathaniel Littlefield Nathaniel Swett Littlefield was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Wells on September 20, 1804. He attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Bridgton, where he also served as postmaster from 1827-1841... |
Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | ||
| Benjamin White | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | ||
| Cullen Sawtelle Cullen Sawtelle Cullen Sawtelle was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Norridgewock, Maine, Sawtelle received his early education under private tutors and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1825.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | ||
| Ephraim K. Smart Ephraim K. Smart Ephriam Knight Smart was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Prospect on September 3, 1813. He attended the common schools, completed preparatory studies under private tutors and attended Maine Wesleyan Seminary... |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | ||
| Cullen Sawtelle Cullen Sawtelle Cullen Sawtelle was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Norridgewock, Maine, Sawtelle received his early education under private tutors and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1825.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | ||
| Ephraim K. Smart Ephraim K. Smart Ephriam Knight Smart was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Prospect on September 3, 1813. He attended the common schools, completed preparatory studies under private tutors and attended Maine Wesleyan Seminary... |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | ||
| Israel Washburn, Jr. Israel Washburn, Jr. Israel Washburn, Jr. was a United States political figure. Originally a member of the Whig Party, he later became a founding member of the Republican Party.... |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | ||
| Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
March 4, 1855 – January 1, 1861 | resigned after being elected Governor Governor of Maine The governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive.... |
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| Vacant | January 1, 1861 – January 2, 1861 | |||
| Stephen Coburn Stephen Coburn Stephen Coburn was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.He was brother to Maine Governor Abner Coburn and the father of Louise Helen Coburn, the founder of Sigma Kappa Sorority and a prominent Maine writer.Coburn was born in Bloomfield, now known as Skowhegan... |
Republican | January 2, 1861 – March 3, 1861 | ||
| John H. Rice John H. Rice John Hovey Rice was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Mount Vernon, Maine, to Nathaniel and Mary Jane Rice, Rice attended the common schools.... |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Redistricted to the | |
| Frederick A. Pike Frederick A. Pike Frederick Augustus Pike was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Calais, Maine, Pike attended the common schools and the Washington Academy, East Machias, Maine.... |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Redistricted from the | |
| Eugene Hale Eugene Hale Eugene Hale was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.Born at Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nine years as prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Maine. He was elected to the Maine... |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1879 | ||
| Thompson Henry Murch | Greenback United States Greenback Party The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward... |
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | ||
| District eliminated | 1883 | |||
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |