Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives, 1820 -
YEARS
NAME
RESIDENCE
PARTY
AGE WHEN FIRST ELECTED speaker
(Resigned from House 3/5/1831)
(Elected Speaker 3/5/1831)
(Resigned from House 2/26/1835)
(Elected Speaker 2/26/1835)
(Resigned as Speaker 2/3/1994)
(Elected Speaker 2/3/1994)
1 Mundy identifies Herbert W. Trafton as a Republican. Library sources and news articles indicate Democrat.
* Approximate age, based on news articles.
Sources:
For the years 1820-1994, party, birth date, and death date information is taken primarily from Mundy, James H. Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives from 1820. Augusta, ME: Clerk of the House (1981). Residence is primarily taken from the Laws of the State of Maine. Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the Laws of the State of Maine, Legislative Record, and the Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine. In some cases, information was supplemented by published obituaries and news articles.
For the years 1995-present, party and residence information is primarily taken from the State of Maine Senate and House Registers. Birth and death dates are taken primarily from published obituaries and news articles. Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the House Legislative Record.
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Non-consecutive terms are noted as "see" references. |
YEARS |
NAME |
RESIDENCE |
PARTY |
AGE WHEN FIRST ELECTED speaker |
1820-1823 | Benjamin Ames | Bath | Democratic-Republican | 41 |
1824 | Benjamin Greene | South Berwick | National Republican | 59 |
1825-1828 | John Ruggles | Thomaston | Democratic- Republican | 35 |
1829 | George Evans | Gardiner | National Republican | 31 |
1830 | Daniel Goodenow | York | National Republican | 36 |
1831 | John Ruggles (Resigned from House 3/5/1831) |
Thomaston | Democratic-Republican | see 1825 |
1832 | Benjamin White, Jr. (Elected Speaker 3/5/1831) |
Monmouth | Democrat | 41 |
1833-1834 | Nathan Clifford | Newfield | Democrat | 29 |
1835 | Thomas Davee (Resigned from House 2/26/1835) |
Blanchard | Democrat | 37 |
1835-1836 | Jonathan Cilley (Elected Speaker 2/26/1835) |
Thomaston | Democrat | 32 |
1837 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | Democrat | 27 |
1838 | Elisha H. Allen | Bangor | Whig | 33 |
1839-1840 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | Democrat | see 1837 |
1841 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | Whig | 39 |
1842 | Charles Andrews | Turner | Democrat | 27 |
1843-1844 | David Dunn | Poland | Democrat | 31 |
1845 | Moses McDonald | Limerick | Democrat | 30 |
1846 | Ebenezer Knowlton | Montville | Democrat | 30 |
1847-1848 | Hugh D. McLellan | Gorham | Democrat | 41 |
1849-1850 | Samuel Belcher | Farmington | Democrat | 34 |
1851-1852 | George P. Sewall | Old Town | Democrat | 40 |
1853 | John Coffin Talbot, Jr. | Lubec | Democrat | 36 |
1854 | Noah Smith, Jr. | Calais | Whig | 53 |
1855 | Sidney Perham | Woodstock | Republican | 35 |
1856 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | Democrat | see 1841 |
1857 | Charles A. Spofford | Deer Isle | Democrat | 34 |
1858 | Josiah H. Drummond | Waterville | Republican | 30 |
1859 | William T. Johnson | Augusta | Republican | 43 |
1860 | Frederick A. Pike | Calais | Republican | 42 |
1861-1862 | James G. Blaine | Augusta | Republican | 31 |
1863-1864 | Nelson Dingley, Jr. | Auburn | Republican | 30 |
1865 | William A. P. Dillingham | Waterville | Republican | 40 |
1866 | James M. Stone | Kennebunk | Republican | 39 |
1867 | Lewis Barker | Stetson | Republican | 48 |
1868 | Theodore C. Woodman | Bucksport | Republican | 52 |
1869 | Josiah H. Drummond | Waterville | Republican | see 1858 |
1870 | Reuben Foster | Waterville | Republican | 36 |
1871 | Edwin B. Smith | Saco | Republican | 38 |
1872 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | Republican | 49 |
1873 | Edmund F. Webb | Waterville | Republican | 37 |
1874-1875 | William W. Thomas, Jr. | Portland | Republican | 34 |
1876 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | Republican | see 1872 |
1877 | Edward B. Nealley | Bangor | Republican | 39 |
1878 | Henry Lord | Bangor | Republican | 30 |
1879 | Melvin P. Frank | Portland | Democrat | 37 |
1880 | George E. Weeks | Augusta | Repuglican | 41 |
1881-82 | Liberty H. Hutchinson | Lewiston | Republican | 36 |
1883-84 | Josiah Manchester Haynes | Augusta | Republican | 43 |
1885-86 | Charles Hamlin | Bangor | Republican | 47 |
1887-88 | Charles E. Littlefield | Rockland | Republican | 35 |
1889-90 | Frederick N. Dow | Portland | Republican | 48 |
1891-92 | Andrew P. Wiswell | Ellsworth | Republican | 38 |
1893-94 | Albert R. Savage | Auburn | Republican | 45 |
1895-96 | Llewellyn Powers | Houlton | Republican | 58 |
1897-98 | Seth L. Larrabee | Portland | Republican | 41 |
1899-1900 | Isaiah K. Stetson | Bangor | Republican | 40 |
1901-02 | Joseph H. Manley | Augusta | Republican | 58 |
1903-04 | Oscar F. Fellows | Bucksport | Republican | 45 |
1905-06 | Morrill N. Drew | Portland | Republican | 42 |
1907-08 | Donald A. H. Powers | Houlton | Republican | 56 |
1909-10 | George G. Weeks | Fairfield | Republican | 48 |
1911-12 | Frank A. Morey | Lewiston | Democrat | 47 |
1913-14 | John A. Peters | Ellsworth | Republican | 48 |
1915-16 | Herbert W. Trafton | Fort Fairfield | Democrat 1 | 50 |
1917-18 | William L. Bonney | Bowdoinham | Republican | 50 |
1919-20 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta | Republican | 46 |
1921-22 | Charles P. Barnes | Houlton | Republican | 51 |
1923-24 | Frank H. Holley | Anson | Republican | 42 |
1925-26 | William Tudor Gardiner | Gardiner | Republican | 32 |
1927-28 | Burleigh Martin | Augusta | Republican | 38 |
1929-30 | Robert Hale | Portland | Republican | 39 |
1931-32 | E. D. Merrill | Dover-Foxcroft | Republican | 65 |
1933-34 | Franz U. Burkett | Portland | Republican | 45 |
1935-36 | Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton | Republican | 55 |
1937-38 | George E. Hill | South Portland | Republican | 33 |
1939-40 | Donald Ward Philbrick | Cape Elizabeth | Republican | 42 |
1941-42 | George D. Varney, Sr. | Berwick | Republican | 37 |
1943-44 | F. Ardine Richardson | Strong | Republican | 47 |
1945-46 | George B. Barnes | Houlton | Republican | 40 |
1947-48 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | Republican | 42 |
1949-50 | Nathaniel M. Haskell | Portland | Republican | 36 |
1951-52 | William S. Silsby | Aurora | Republican | 48 |
1953-54 | Roswell P. Bates | Orono | Republican | 41 |
1955-56 | Willis A. Trafton, Jr. | Auburn | Republican | 36 |
1957-60 | Joseph T. Edgar | Bar Harbor | Republican | 46 |
1961-62 | Vinal G. Good | Sebago | Republican | 54 |
1963-64 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | Republican | 55 |
1965-66 | Dana W. Childs | Portland | Democrat | 42 |
1967-72 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | Republican | see 1963 |
1973-74 | Richard D. Hewes | Cape Elizabeth | Republican | 46 |
1975-94 | John L. Martin (Resigned as Speaker 2/3/1994) |
Eagle Lake | Democrat | 33 |
1994-96 | Dan A. Gwadosky (Elected Speaker 2/3/1994) |
Fairfield | Democrat | 39 |
1997-1998 | Elizabeth H. Mitchell | Vassalboro | Democrat | 56 |
1999-2000 | G. Steven Rowe | Portland | Democrat | 45 |
2001-2002 | Michael V. Saxl | Portland | Democrat | 33 |
2003-2004 | Patrick Colwell | Gardiner | Democrat | 51* |
2005-2006 | John G. Richardson | Brunswick | Democrat | 47 |
2007-2008 | Glenn A. Cummings | Portland | Democrat | 45* |
2009-2010 | Hannah M. Pingree | North Haven | Democrat | 32* |
2011-2012 | Robert W. Nutting | Oakland | Republican | 63* |
2013-2016 | Mark Eves | North Berwick | Democrat | 35* |
2017-2020 | Sara Gideon | Freeport | Democrat | 45* |
2021-2022 | Ryan M. Fecteau | Biddeford | Democrat | 28* |
2023-2024 | Rachel Talbot Ross | Portland | Democrat | 62* |
2025- | Ryan M. Fecteau | Biddeford | Democrat | see 2021 |
1 Mundy identifies Herbert W. Trafton as a Republican. Library sources and news articles indicate Democrat.
* Approximate age, based on news articles.
Sources:
For the years 1820-1994, party, birth date, and death date information is taken primarily from Mundy, James H. Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives from 1820. Augusta, ME: Clerk of the House (1981). Residence is primarily taken from the Laws of the State of Maine. Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the Laws of the State of Maine, Legislative Record, and the Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine. In some cases, information was supplemented by published obituaries and news articles.
For the years 1995-present, party and residence information is primarily taken from the State of Maine Senate and House Registers. Birth and death dates are taken primarily from published obituaries and news articles. Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the House Legislative Record.
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