Maine's 5th congressional district

Maine's 5th congressional district was a 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.

Maine's 5th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1821
Eliminated1883
Years active1821-1883

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years ↑ Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1821
Ebenezer Herrick
(Bowdoinham)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823		 17th Elected in 1821.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.		 1821 – 1823
Kennebec County (partial) and Lincoln County (partial)[1]

Enoch Lincoln
(Paris)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18th
19th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1824.
Resigned.		 1823 – 1833
Cumberland County (partial), Kennebec County (partial), Lincoln County (partial), Oxford County (partial)[2]
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
January 1826
Vacant January 1826 –
September 11, 1826		 19th
James W. Ripley
(Fryeburg)		 Jacksonian September 11, 1826 –
March 12, 1830		 19th
20th
21st		 Elected September 11, 1826 to finish Lincoln's term and seated December 4, 1826.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828 on the second ballot.
Resigned.
Vacant March 12, 1830 –
December 6, 1830		 21st
Cornelius Holland
(Canton)		 Jacksonian December 6, 1830 –
March 3, 1833		 21st
22nd		 Elected to finish Ripley's term.
Also elected to the next full term.
Retired.
Moses Mason Jr.
(Bethel)		 Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837		 23rd
24th		 Elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Retired.
Timothy J. Carter
(Paris)		 Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 14, 1838		 25th Elected in 1836.
Died.
Vacant March 14, 1838 –
May 29, 1838

Virgil D. Parris
(Buckfield)		 Democratic May 29, 1838 –
March 3, 1841		 25th
26th		 Elected to finish Carter's term.
Also elected to the next full term.
Lost renomination.

Nathaniel Littlefield
(Bridgeton)		 Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th Elected in 1840.
Retired.
Benjamin White
(Montville)		 Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28th Elected in 1843.
Retired.

Cullen Sawtelle
(Norridgewock)		 Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29th Elected in 1844.
Retired.
Ephraim K. Smart
(Camden)		 Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th Elected in 1846.
Retired.

Cullen Sawtelle
(Norridgewock)		 Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851		 31st Elected in 1848.
Retired.
Ephraim K. Smart
(Camden)		 Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd Elected in 1850.
Lost re-election.

Israel Washburn Jr.
(Orono)		 Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33rd
34th
35th
36th		 Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Retired to run for governor and resigned when elected.
Republican March 4, 1855 –
January 1, 1861
Vacant January 1, 1861 –
January 2, 1861		 36th

Stephen Coburn
(Skowhegan)		 Republican January 2, 1861 –
March 3, 1861		 Elected to finish Washburn's term.
Retired.

John H. Rice
(Foxcroft)		 Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 37th Elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 4th district.

Frederick A. Pike
(Calais)		 Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869		 38th
39th
40th		 Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Lost renomination.

Eugene Hale
(Ellsworth)		 Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1879		 41st
42nd
43rd
44th
45th		 Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Lost re-election.

Thompson Henry Murch
(Rockland)		 Greenback March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883		 46th
47th		 Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District eliminated March 3, 1883

References
  1. "A New Nation Votes".
  2. "A New Nation Votes".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.