23rd. Made an official state (after many years of trying to break away from Massachusetts) as part of the Missouri Compromise. read more
Maine information resource links to state homepage, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representitives, songs, birds, flowers, trees read more
The state of Maine also has three Constitutional Officers (the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, and the State Attorney General) and one Statutory Officer (the State Auditor). The legislative branch is the Maine Legislature, a bicameral body composed of the Maine House of Representatives, with 151 members, and the Maine Senate, with 35 members. read more