Maine's 4th congressional district

Maine's 4th congressional district was a congressional district in Maine. It was created in 1821 after Maine achieved statehood in 1820 due to the result of the ratification of the Missouri Compromise. It was eliminated in 1933 after the 1930 U.S. Census. Its last congressman was Donald F. Snow.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years ↑	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
William D. Williamson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Redistricted from the Massachusetts's 18th district and re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election.	1821 – 1823 Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington counties
Joshua Cushman	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Redistricted from the 6th district and elected in 1823 on the second ballot. Lost re-election.	1823 – 1833 Kennebec and Lincoln counties
Peleg Sprague	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1825 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828 but resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 4, 1829 – July 20, 1829
George Evans	Anti-Jacksonian	July 20, 1829 – March 3, 1837	21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th	Elected July 20, 1829 to finish Sprague's term and seated December 7, 1829. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
					1833 – 1843 [data unknown/missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Vacant		March 4, 1841 – May 31, 1841
David Bronson	Whig	May 31, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Freeman H. Morse	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]
John D. McCrate	Democratic-States Rights	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Franklin Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Rufus K. Goodenow	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Andrews	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – April 30, 1852	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 30, 1852 – June 25, 1852
Isaac Reed	Whig	June 25, 1852 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel P. Benson	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Freeman H. Morse	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
Anson P. Morrill	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
John H. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	[data unknown/missing]
John A. Peters	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel F. Hersey	Republican	March 4, 1873 – February 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		February 3, 1875 – September 13, 1875
Harris M. Plaisted	Republican	September 13, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Llewellyn Powers	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
George Washington Ladd	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
At-large districts used			1883 – 1885	[data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Boutelle	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1901	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Redistricted from the at-large district. resigned.
Vacant		March 4, 1901 – April 8, 1901
Llewellyn Powers	Republican	April 8, 1901 – July 28, 1908	57th 58th 59th 60th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		July 28, 1908 – November 3, 1908
Frank E. Guernsey	Republican	November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1917	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]
Ira G. Hersey	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Donald F. Snow	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
District eliminated		March 3, 1933

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present