United States House delegation from Maine
E465994
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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States House of Representatives (Maine delegation) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States House of Representatives delegation
ⓘ
congressional delegation ⓘ |
| apportionmentBasis | United States decennial census NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canChangeSize | yes, based on reapportionment after each census ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Maine Legislature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentCongress | 118th United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentMember |
Chellie Pingree
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jared Golden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentMemberRepresents |
Chellie Pingree – Maine's 1st congressional district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jared Golden – Maine's 2nd congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionCycle | every two years ⓘ |
| electorate | eligible voters residing in Maine's congressional districts ⓘ |
| firstSeatedAfterStatehood | 1821 ⓘ |
| governingRules | Rules of the United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistrict |
Maine's 1st congressional district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine's 2nd congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas B. Reed – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeChamber | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernmentBody | United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsAt | United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFormerMember |
Edmund Muskie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James G. Blaine NERFINISHED ⓘ John R. McKernan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Chase Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas B. Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfVotingMembers | 2 ⓘ |
| oversightScope | federal laws and programs affecting Maine ⓘ |
| partOf | Maine's federal delegation ⓘ |
| partyOfCurrentMember |
Chellie Pingree – Democratic Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jared Golden – Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLengthOfMembers | 2 years ⓘ |
| typeOfRepresentation | district-based representation ⓘ |
| upperBodyCounterpart | United States Senate delegation from Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post in single-member districts ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States House of Representatives (Maine delegation)