List of mayors of Portland, Maine
The Mayor of Portland is the official head of the city of Portland, Maine, United States, as stipulated in the Charter of the City of Portland.

List of mayors of Portland, Maine

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Table Section Text: The Mayor of Portland is the official head of the city of Portland, Maine, United States, as stipulated in the Charter of the City of Portland.

#	Mayor	Party	Term	Notes

1	Andrew L. Emerson	1832

2	Jonathan Dow	1832

3	John Anderson	Democrat	1833

4	Levi Cutter	1834–1840

5	James C. Churchill	1841

6	John Anderson	Democrat	1842

7	Eliphalet Greeley	Whig	1843–1848

8	James B. Cahoon	Whig	1849–1850

9	Neal Dow	Whig	1851–1852

10	Albion K. Parris	Democrat	1852–1853

11	James B. Calhoon	Democrat	1853–1854

12	Neal Dow	Republican	1855–1856

13	James T. McCobb	1856

14	William Willis	Republican	1857	Previously served in the Maine Senate.

15	Jedediah Jewett	1858–1859

16	Joseph Howard	1860

17	William W. Thomas	1861–1862

18	Jacob McLellan	1863–65

19	Augustus E. Stevens	1866–1867

20	Jacob McLellan	1868

21	William Lebaron Putnam	Democrat	1869–1870	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1892-1917.

22	Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr.	1870–1872

23	George P. Wescott	1873–1874

24	Roswell M. Richardson	1875

25	Francis Fessenden	Republican	1876	Major general in the 25th and 30th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiments during the Civil War.

26	Moses M. Butler	1877–1878

27	George Walker	1879

28	William Senter	1880–1881

29	Charles F. Libby	1882

31	John W. Deering	Democrat	1883	Formerly a Republican. Commissioner of the Port of Portland under President Grover Cleveland.

32	Marquis F. King	1884

33	John W. Deering	Democrat	1885	Formerly a Republican. Commissioner of the Port of Portland under President Grover Cleveland.

34	Charles J. Chapman	1886–1888

35	Holman S. Melcher	Republican	1889–1890	Captain in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

36	George W. True	1891

37	Darius H. Ingraham	1892

38	James Phinney Baxter	Republican	1893–1896

39	Charles H. Randall	1897–1898

40	Frank W. Robinson	1899–1900	Previously Cumberland County District Attorney and judge of the Portland Municipal Court from 1893-1899.

41	Frederic E. Boothby	Republican	1901–1903

42	James Phinney Baxter	Republican	1904–1905

43	Nathan Clifford	Democrat	1906–1907

44	Adam P. Leighton, Sr.	Republican	1908–1909

45	Charles A. Strout	Republican	1910

46	Oakley C. Curtis	Democrat	1911–1914	Governor of Maine from 1915-1917.

47	William Moulton Ingraham	Democrat	1915

48	Wilford G. Chapman	Republican	1916–1917

49	Charles B. Clarke	Republican	1918–1921

50	Carroll S. Chaplin	Republican	1922–1923

51	Philip J. Deering	Democrat	1924

52	Neal W. Allen	1925–1926

53	Philip J. Deering	Democrat	1927

54	Lester F. Wallace	1928–1929

55	Ralph D. Brooks	1930

56	Arthur W. Jordan	1931

57	Ralph D. Brooks	1932

58	Arthur E. Craig	1933

59	Philip J. Deering	Democrat	1934–1935

60	Edward C. Berry	1936

61	Adam P. Leighton, Jr.	1937

62	Edward C. Berry	1938

63	Arthur E. Craig	1939

64	Harry E. Martin	1940

65	Edward C. Berry	1941

66	Adam P. Leighton, Jr.	1942

67	Herman B. Libby	1943

68	George A. Harrison	1944

69	Harry C. Libby	1945

70	Helen C. Frost	1946

71	Herman B. Libby	1947

72	Robert L. Getchell	1948–1949

73	Edward T. Colley	1950

74	Helen C. Frost	1952

75	H. Merrill Luthe	1953

76	Edward T. Colley	1954

77	Ben B. Wilson	1955

78	H. Merrill Luthe	1956

79	Carleton G. Lane	1957

80	Perley J. Lessard	1958

81	Sumner S. Clark	1959

82	Mitchell Cope	1960

83	Harold E. Frank	1961

84	Daniel B. Felix	1962

85	Ralph Amerigan	1963

86	J. Weston Walch	1964–1965

87	Charles W. Allen	1966

88	Harold E. Loring	1967

89	Donald Slipp	1969-1970

90	Dr. William L. MacVane	Democrat	1970–1971

91	Gerard P. Conley, Sr.	Democrat	1971–1972

92	Edward I. Bernstein	Republican	1973

93	William B. Troubh	Democrat	1974–1975

94	Harold Loring	1975–1976

95	Matthew I. Barron	1976–1978

96	Bruce Taliento	1978

97	Edward I. Bernstein	Republican	1978–1979

98	Llewellyn Smith	1979–1980

99	John O'Leary	Democrat	1980–1981

100	Pamela P. Plumb	1981–1982

101	Linda Abromson	Democrat	1982–1983

102	William B. Troubh	Democrat	1983–1984

103	David H. Brenerman	Democrat	1984–1985

104	Joseph D. Casale	Democrat	1985–1986

105	Philip J. Dawson	1986–1987

106	Ronald J. Dorler	1987–1988

107	Cheryl A. Leeman	Republican	1988–1989

108	Esther Clenott	Democrat	1989–1990

109	Peter O'Donnell	Democrat	1990–1991

110	Thomas H. Allen	Democrat	1991–1992

111	Charles Harlow	Democrat	1992–1993

112	Anne B. Pringle	Democrat	1993–1994

113	Richard W. "Dick" Paulson, Jr.	Democrat	1994–1995

114	Philip "Jack" Dawson	Democrat	1995–1996

115	John F. McDonough	Democrat	1996–1997

116	George N. Campbell	1997–1998

117	Thomas V. Kane	Democrat	1998–1999

118	Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones, Jr.	Democrat	1999–2000

119	Cheryl A. Leeman	Republican	2000–2001

120	Karen Geraghty	Democrat	2001–2002

121	James F. "Jim" Cloutier	Democrat	2002–2003

122	Nathan Smith	Democrat	2003–2004

123	Jill Duson	Democrat	2004–2005

124	James I. Cohen	Democrat	2005–2006

125	Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones, Jr.	Democrat	2006–2007

126	Edward Suslovic	Democrat	2007–2008

127	Jill Duson	Democrat	2008–2010

128	Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones, Jr.	Democrat	2010–2011

129	Michael F. Brennan	Democrat	2011–2015	Previously served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000 and in the Maine Senate from 2002 to 2006.

130	Ethan Strimling	Democrat	2015–incumbent

Sentence(s)

John Deering, a Democrat, served two single year terms as the mayor of Portland, Maine in 1883 and 1885.

final_sentence: John Deering, a Democrat, served two single year terms as the mayor of Portland, Maine in 1883 and 1885.