List of Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives
List of Speakers

List of Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives

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Years	Name	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 Bowdoin 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

2013–2016	Mark Eves	North Berwick	Democratic

2016–present	Sara Gideon	Freeport	Democratic

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Edgar was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.

final_sentence: Edgar was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.