Angus S. King, Jr.
Independent · ME · U.S. Senate
Bio
Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Maine. A political independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, he served from 1995 to 2003 as the 72nd governor of Maine.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.7 years
- First took office
- 2013 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 51 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 82
- Senate class
- 1 · junior senator
- Bangor, ME · 207-945-8000
- Biddeford, ME · 207-352-5216
- Portland, ME · 207-245-1565
- Augusta, ME · 207-622-8292
- Presque Isle, ME · 207-764-5124
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 21 members
- Senate Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairscenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
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