List of Governors of Maine
Governors
Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state. Before then, it was the District of Maine, part of the state of Massachusetts.

List of Governors of Maine

Section Title: Governors
Table Section Text: Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state. Before then, it was the District of Maine, part of the state of Massachusetts.

#	Portrait	Governor	Party	Took office	Left office	Terms

1	-	William King	Democratic-Republican	March 15, 1820	May 28, 1821	1⁄4

2	-	William D. Williamson	Democratic-Republican	May 28, 1821	December 5, 1821	1⁄4

3	-	Benjamin Ames	Democratic-Republican	December 5, 1821	January 2, 1822	1⁄4

4	-	Daniel Rose	Democratic-Republican	January 2, 1822	January 5, 1822	1⁄4

5	-	Albion K. Parris	Democratic-Republican	January 5, 1822	January 3, 1827	5

6	-	Enoch Lincoln	Democratic-Republican	January 3, 1827	October 8, 1829	21⁄3

7	-	Nathan Cutler	Democratic	October 8, 1829	January 6, 1830	1⁄3

8	-	Joshua Hall	Democratic	January 6, 1830	February 9, 1830	1⁄3

9	-	Jonathan G. Hunton	National Republican	February 9, 1830	January 5, 1831	1

10	-	Samuel E. Smith	Democratic	January 5, 1831	January 1, 1834	3

11	-	Robert P. Dunlap	Democratic	January 1, 1834	January 3, 1838	4

12	-	Edward Kent	Whig	January 19, 1838	January 2, 1839	1

13	-	John Fairfield	Democratic	January 2, 1839	January 12, 1841	11⁄2

14	-	Richard H. Vose	Whig	January 12, 1841	January 13, 1841	1⁄2

15	-	Edward Kent	Whig	January 13, 1841	January 5, 1842	1

16	-	John Fairfield	Democratic	January 5, 1842	March 7, 1843	11⁄4

17	-	Edward Kavanagh	Democratic	March 7, 1843	January 1, 1844	1⁄4

18	-	David Dunn	Democratic	January 1, 1844	January 3, 1844	1⁄4

19	-	John W. Dana	Democratic	January 3, 1844	January 3, 1844	1⁄4

20	-	Hugh J. Anderson	Democratic	January 3, 1844	May 12, 1847	3

21	-	John W. Dana	Democratic	May 12, 1847	May 8, 1850	3

22	-	John Hubbard	Democratic	May 8, 1850	January 5, 1853	3

23	-	William G. Crosby	Whig	January 5, 1853	January 3, 1855	2

24	-	Anson Morrill	Republican	January 3, 1855	January 2, 1856	1

25	-	Samuel Wells	Democratic	January 2, 1856	January 8, 1857	1

26	-	Hannibal Hamlin	Republican	January 8, 1857	February 25, 1857	1⁄2

27	-	Joseph H. Williams	Republican	February 25, 1857	January 6, 1858	1⁄2

28	-	Lot M. Morrill	Republican	January 6, 1858	January 2, 1861	3

29	-	Israel Washburn, Jr.	Republican	January 2, 1861	January 7, 1863	2

30	-	Abner Coburn	Republican	January 7, 1863	January 6, 1864	1

31	-	Samuel Cony	Republican	January 6, 1864	January 2, 1867	2

32	-	Joshua Chamberlain	Republican	January 2, 1867	January 4, 1871	4

33	-	Sidney Perham	Republican	January 4, 1871	January 7, 1874	3

34	-	Nelson Dingley Jr.	Republican	January 7, 1874	January 5, 1876	2

35	-	Seldon Connor	Republican	January 5, 1876	January 8, 1879	3

36	-	Alonzo Garcelon	Democratic	January 8, 1879	January 17, 1880	1

37	-	Daniel F. Davis	Republican	January 17, 1880	January 13, 1881	1

38	-	Harris M. Plaisted	Greenback / Democratic	January 13, 1881	January 3, 1883	1

39	-	Frederick Robie	Republican	January 3, 1883	January 5, 1887	2

40	-	Joseph R. Bodwell	Republican	January 5, 1887	December 15, 1887	1⁄2

41	-	Sebastian Streeter Marble	Republican	December 15, 1887	January 2, 1889	1⁄2

42	-	Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	January 2, 1889	January 4, 1893	2

43	-	Henry B. Cleaves	Republican	January 4, 1893	January 2, 1897	2

44	-	Llewellyn Powers	Republican	January 2, 1897	January 2, 1901	2

45	-	John Fremont Hill	Republican	January 2, 1901	January 4, 1905	2

46	-	William T. Cobb	Republican	January 4, 1905	January 6, 1909	2

47	-	Bert M. Fernald	Republican	January 6, 1909	January 4, 1911	1

48	-	Frederick W. Plaisted	Democratic	January 4, 1911	January 1, 1913	1

49	-	William T. Haines	Republican	January 1, 1913	January 6, 1915	1

50	-	Oakley C. Curtis	Democratic	January 6, 1915	January 3, 1917	1

51	-	Carl Milliken	Republican	January 3, 1917	January 5, 1921	2

52	-	Frederic Hale Parkhurst	Republican	January 5, 1921	January 31, 1921	1⁄2

53	-	Percival Proctor Baxter	Republican	January 31, 1921	January 7, 1925	11⁄2

54	-	Owen Brewster	Republican	January 7, 1925	January 2, 1929	2

55	-	William Tudor Gardiner	Republican	January 2, 1929	January 4, 1933	2

56	-	Louis J. Brann	Democratic	January 4, 1933	January 6, 1937	2

57	-	Lewis O. Barrows	Republican	January 6, 1937	January 1, 1941	2

58	-	Sumner Sewall	Republican	January 1, 1941	January 3, 1945	2

59	-	Horace Hildreth	Republican	January 3, 1945	January 5, 1949	2

60	-	Frederick G. Payne	Republican	January 5, 1949	December 24, 1952	11⁄3

61	-	Burton M. Cross	Republican	December 24, 1952	January 6, 1953	1⁄3

62	-	Nathaniel M. Haskell	Republican	January 6, 1953	January 7, 1953	1⁄3

63	-	Burton M. Cross	Republican	January 7, 1953	January 5, 1955	1

64	-	Edmund Muskie	Democratic	January 5, 1955	January 2, 1959	11⁄2

65	-	Robert Haskell	Republican	January 2, 1959	January 7, 1959	1⁄2

66	-	Clinton Clauson	Democratic	January 7, 1959	December 30, 1959	1⁄2

67	-	John H. Reed	Republican	December 30, 1959	January 5, 1967	11⁄2

68	-	Kenneth M. Curtis	Democratic	January 5, 1967	January 2, 1975	2

69	James B. Longley	Independent	January 2, 1975	January 3, 1979	1

70	-	Joseph E. Brennan	Democratic	January 3, 1979	January 7, 1987	2

71	-	John R. McKernan Jr.	Republican	January 7, 1987	January 5, 1995	2

72	-	Angus King	Independent	January 5, 1995	January 8, 2003	2

73	-	John Baldacci	Democratic	January 8, 2003	January 5, 2011	2

74	-	Paul LePage	Republican	January 5, 2011	January 2, 2019	2

75	-	Janet Mills	Democratic	January 2, 2019	—	—

Sentence(s)

James B. Longley served as the 69th Governor of Maine from 1975 to 1979, and was the first Independent to hold the office.

final_sentence: James B. Longley served as the 69th Governor of Maine from 1975 to 1979, and was the first Independent to hold the office.