Question: Hodgdon Charles Buzzell, was an American lawyer and politician from Maine, Buzzell, a Republican from Belfast, severed six terms in the Maine Legislature, including four in the Maine House of Representatives and two in the Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine, the Senate currently consists of how many members?

Context articles: Hodgdon C. Buzzell
Kenneth P. MacLeod
Frank G. Farrington
Nathaniel Tompkins
Edward P. Cyr
Georgette Berube
Maine Legislature
Maine Senate
Raynold Theriault
Bennett Katz

Hodgdon Charles Buzzell (1878- September 13, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine.
 Buzzell, a Republican from Belfast, severed six terms in the Maine Legislature, including four in the Maine House of Representatives and two in the Maine Senate.
Kenneth Parker MacLeod Sr. (February 14, 1923 - October 23, 2001) was an American politician from Maine.
 A Republican, MacLeod served one term (1962-1964) in the Maine House of Representatives and 4 terms (1966-1974) in Maine Senate, including 3 terms as President of the Maine Senate.
 Growing up in Brewer, Maine, MacLeod represented his district in the Maine Legislature.
 In 1964, he ran for U.S. Congress as the Republican nominee and lost.
Frank George Farrington (September 11, 1872 - September 3, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine.
 Farrington, a Republican from Augusta, severed four terms in the Maine Legislature, including two in the Maine House of Representatives and two in the Maine Senate.
Nathaniel Tompkins (May 17, 1879 – April 22, 1949) was an American politician and jurist from Maine.
 Tompkins, a Republican, was elected to five terms in the Maine Legislature, including three in the Maine House of Representatives and two in the Maine Senate.
 During his tenure in the House, he served as House Speaker in 1935-1936.
 In 1938, he was elected to the Maine Senate.
 After being re-elected in 1940, Tompkins was elected by his fellow State Senators to be Senate President.
 He was appointed as a circuit court judge mid-way through his only term as President.
 Four years later, on July 27, 1945, he was appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
 He served in that position until his death in April 1949.
 He died in the Aroostook County Court House in Houlton.
Edward P. Cyr (May 3, 1914 – January 9, 1992) was an American businessperson and politician from Maine.
 Cyr represented Madawaska, Maine during his six terms in the Maine Legislature.
 He served from 1959 to 1964 as a Republican in the Maine Senate.
 Cyr, now a Democrat, was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1970 and returned to the Senate two years later.
 He served his sixth and final term in the Senate in 1973-74.
Georgette B. Berube (July 23, 1927 - February 16, 2005) was an American politician from Maine.
 A Democrat, Berube served in the Maine Legislature for 26 years, including terms in both the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate.
 Berube served in the Maine House from 1970 to 1982 after being elected to represent her hometown of Lewiston.
 Serving until 1982, Berube then ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maine, challenging incumbent Joseph Brennan.
 She ran as a party outsider.
 Berube, along with Republican Sherry Huber, lost the primaries but became the first women to run for Governor in Maine.
 Two years later, she sought and won a seat in the Maine Senate, where she served until 1996.
 Retiring temporarily in 1996, Berube was re-elected in 1998 and finished her political career in 2000.
The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine.
 It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate.
 The Legislature convenes at the State House in Augusta, where it has met since 1832.
The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine.
 The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35".
 Unlike the lower House, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes.
 Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.
Raynold Theriault Sr. (May 12, 1936 – June 5, 2015) was an American politician from Maine.
 Theriault served six terms in the Maine Legislature.
 He was first elected as a Democrat to the Maine House of Representatives in November 1980, where he spent three terms.
 In 1986, Theriault was elected to the Maine Senate as a Democrat.
 Theriault joined the Maine Republican Party on December 31, 1991.
 He did not seek re-election in 1992.
 He also served terms on the SAD 27 School Board of Directors and the Fort Kent Town Council.
Bennett D. Katz (October 7, 1918 - November 1, 2007) was an American politician from Maine.
 Katz, a Republican represented Augusta, Maine in the Maine Legislature from his election to the Maine House of Representatives in 1962 until his retirement from the Maine Senate in 1980.
 He spent a total of 4 years (two terms) in the House and 14 years (7 terms) in the Senate.
 His time in the Senate included two terms (1969-1970; 1979-1980) as Majority Leader.
 His son, Roger Katz, was first elected to the Maine Senate in 2010 after serving as Mayor of Augusta.