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	Two staff members on the Cohen campaign trail in 1974

In November 1972, William S. Cohen was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's second congressional district. He was re-elected to the House in 1974 and again in 1976. Representative Cohen's office was in the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C. The activities in this office were organized into four main areas: administration, legislation, constituent service and press/media activities. The records described here were created by Cohen and his staff while he was in the House, and they reflect these four basic areas of activity, plus Cohen's personal and political activities. The series are: Personal/Political/Official Records, 33 boxes; Constituent Services Records, 2 boxes; Legislative Records, 151 boxes; Press Relations/Media Activities Records, 16 boxes; and Office Administration Records, 8 boxes.

Members of Cohen's staff included:

• Administrative assistants: Michael Harkins and Thomas Daffron.
• Legislative assistants:Fred Gants, Bobbie McCarthy, Thomas Heyerdahl, Susan Collins, Michael Hastings, Cynthia Hilton, and Jean Streeter.
• Casework: Sally Lounsbury, David Clough and Helen Lyons.
• Press assistants: Mark Harroff, Richard Fallon, and Thomas Bright.
• Personal secretaries: Betty (Driver) Barrett, Linda Craig, Jill Gibson, and Cynthia Whiteman.
• Other assistants: Joseph Kieffer, Pamela Barker, Anne Burfield, Edward Simeone, Mary Pat Lennon, Robert Tyrer, and Carol Hicks.

Cohen also maintained three district offices in Maine while he was in the House. Members of the Bangor district office staff were Dale Gerry, Jacqueline McDermott, Dawn Hart, and Kim Corthell. Christian Potholm, Jane Titcomb, David Clough, Judith Gleason, Helen Kent, David Ault, and Nancy Holmes were assigned to the Lewiston office. The only other district office at that time was located in Presque Isle, and it was staffed by Jane Johnson. There are no records from the district offices represented in Cohen's papers from the U.S. House of Representatives.

Access to some of the records in the U.S. House series is restricted. Contact the Special Collections Department for further information.

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