List of Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives is the speaker and presiding officer of the Maine House of Representatives, the lower house of the Maine Legislature.

List of Speakers

Name Years Residence Party Notes
1820–1823 Benjamin Ames Bath Democratic-Republican
1824–1825 Benjamin Greene South Berwick National Republican
1825–1828 John Ruggles Thomaston Democratic-Republican
1829–1830 George Evans Gardiner National Republican
1830–1831 Daniel Goodenow York National Republican
1831–1832 John Ruggles Thomaston Democratic-Republican Resigned
1832–1833 Benjamin White Monmouth Democratic
1833–1834 Nathan Clifford Newfield Democratic
1835 Thomas Davee Blanchard Democratic Resigned February 26, 1835
1835–1836 Jonathan Cilley Thomaston Democratic
1837–1838 Hannibal Hamlin Hampden Democratic
1838–1839 Elisha Hunt Allen Bangor Whig
1839–1840 Hannibal Hamlin Hampden Democratic
1841–1842 Josiah S. Little Portland Whig
1842–1843 Charles Andrews Turner Democratic
1843–1844 David Dunn Poland Democratic
1845–1846 Moses Macdonald Limerick Democratic
1846–1847 Ebenezer Knowlton Montville Democratic
1847–1848 Hugh Dean McLellan Gorham Democratic
1849–1850 Samuel Belcher Farmington Democratic
1851–1852 George P. Sewall Old Town Democratic
1853–1854 John C. Talbot, Jr. Lubec Democratic
1854–1855 Noah Smith, Jr. Calais Whig
1855–1856 Sidney Perham Woodstock Republican
1856–1857 Josiah S. Little Portland Democratic
1857–1858 Charles A. Spofford Deer Isle Democratic
1858–1859 Josiah H. Drummond Waterville Republican
1859–1860 William T. Johnson Augusta Republican
1860–1861 Frederick A. Pike Calais Republican
1861–1862 James G. Blaine Augusta Republican
1863–1864 Nelson Dingley, Jr. Auburn Republican
1865–1866 W. A. P. Dillingham Waterville Republican
1866–1867 James Stone Kennebunk Republican
1867–1868 Lewis Barker Stetson Republican
1868–1869 Theodore C. Woodman Bucksport Republican
1869–1870 Josiah H. Drummond Waterville Republican
1870–1871 Reuben Foster Waterville Republican
1871–1872 Edwin B. Smith Saco Republican
1872–1873 Frederick Robie Gorham Republican
1873–1874 Edmund F. Webb Waterville Republican
1874–1875 William W. Thomas, Jr. Portland Republican
1876–1877 Frederick Robie Gorham Republican
1877–1878 Edward B. Nealley Bangor Republican
1878–1879 Henry Lord Bangor Republican
1879–1880 Melvin P. Frank Portland Democratic
1880–1881 George E. Weeks Augusta Republican
1881–1882 Liberty A. Hutchinson Lewiston Republican
1883–1884 J. Manchester Haynes Augusta Republican
1885–1886 Charles Hamlin Bangor Republican
1887–1888 Charles E. Littlefield Rockland Republican
1889–1890 Frederick N. Dow Portland Republican
1891–1892 Andrew P. Wiswell Ellsworth Republican
1893–1894 Albert R. Savage Auburn Republican
1895–1896 Llewellyn Powers Houlton Republican
1897–1898 Seth L. Larrabee Portland Republican
1899–1900 Isaiah K. Stetson Bangor Republican
1901–1902 Joseph Homan Manley Augusta Republican
1903–1904 Oscar F. Fellows Bucksport Republican
1905–1906 Morrill N. Drew Portland Republican
1907–1908 Donald A. H. Powers Houlton Republican
1909–1910 George G. Weeks Fairfield Republican
1911–1912 Frank A. Morey Lewiston Democratic
1913–1914 John A. Peters Ellsworth Republican
1915–1916 Herbert W. Trafton Fort Fairfield Democratic
1917–1918 William L. Bonney Bowdoinham Republican
1919–1920 Frank G. Farrington Augusta Republican
1921–1922 Charles P. Barnes Houlton Republican
1923–1924 Frank H. Holley Anson Republican
1925–1926 William Tudor Gardiner Gardiner Republican
1927–1928 Burleigh Martin Augusta Republican
1929–1930 Robert Hale Portland Republican
1931–1932 E. D. Merrill Dover-Foxcroft Republican
1933–1934 Franz U. Burkett Portland Republican
1935–1936 Nathaniel Tompkins Houlton Republican
1937–1938 George E. Hill South Portland Republican
1939–1940 D. W. Philbrick Cape Elizabeth Republican
1941–1942 George D. Varney, Sr. Berwick Republican
1943–1944 F. Ardine Richardson Strong Republican
1945–1946 George B. Barnes Houlton Republican
1947–1948 John F. Ward Millinocket Republican
1949–1950 Nathaniel M. Haskell Portland Republican
1951–1952 William S. Silsby Aurora Republican
1953–1954 Roswell P. Bates Orono Republican
1955–1956 Willis A. Trafton, Jr. Auburn Republican
1957–1960 Joseph T. Edgar Bar Harbor Republican
1961–1962 Vinal G. Good Sebago Republican
1963–1964 David J. Kennedy Milbridge Republican
1965–1966 Dana Childs Portland Democratic
1967–1972 David J. Kennedy Milbridge Republican
1973–1974 Richard Hewes Cape Elizabeth Republican
1975–1994 John L. Martin Eagle Lake Democratic Resigned as Speaker 2-4-1994
1994–1996 Dan Gwadosky Fairfield Democratic Elected Speaker 1-25-1994
1997–1998 Libby Mitchell Vassalboro Democratic
1999–2000 G. Steven Rowe Portland Democratic
2001–2002 Michael V. Saxl Portland Democratic
2003–2004 Patrick Colwell Gardiner Democratic
2005–2006 John G. Richardson Brunswick Democratic
2007–2008 Glenn Cummings Portland Democratic
2009–2010 Hannah Pingree North Haven Democratic
2011–2012 Robert Nutting Oakland Republican
2013–present Mark Eves North Berwick Democratic
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